The Blocked Path

He’s battled giant sea monsters, flaming horses and poisonous insects, but every trainer must eventually face their ultimate challenge… a shrub blocking their path!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on October 29, 2010 · 6:07 AM 
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125 Responses to “The Blocked Path”

  1. Onecanofsprite on October 29th, 2010 6:13 am

    I guess it looks like Ash…
    *sunglasses*
    was stumped.
    YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

  2. Renkin on October 29th, 2010 6:17 am
  3. Newbonzy1 on October 29th, 2010 6:29 am

    Behold, the power of shrubbery. In fact, Nintendo thought it would be funny to make in the next gerneration a dancing tree which you have to water in order to battle… A DANCING TREE WANNABE!

  4. StompyChar on October 29th, 2010 6:36 am

    Ah yes, the inevitable shrub.

    Only option: Gloom http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-041910.php

  5. Sedinus on October 29th, 2010 6:36 am

    GodDamnedTree used BARRIER
    It's super effective…

  6. Missinko009 on October 29th, 2010 6:41 am

    This is why you can't LEAF your GRASS-types behind. It's okay though, as long as you can use CUT outside of battle, you can easily SHRUB this problem of your shoulders.

  7. rory_m on October 29th, 2010 6:47 am

    Man get away from that tree…those things are evil bastards, in fact my whole family was killed by a tree…they just didn't take its gun seriously.

  8. Mentlegen on October 29th, 2010 7:08 am

    I bet that was a critical hit…

  9. Gamage on October 29th, 2010 7:09 am

    If hes going to find cut, he'll need to *holds in laughter* branch out.

  10. Axel_X on October 29th, 2010 7:12 am
  11. arpan_gupta on October 29th, 2010 7:12 am

    Shrubs…they see me strollin, they hatin.

    (I SUCK at this)

  12. Mentlegen on October 29th, 2010 7:15 am
  13. greenxboy on October 29th, 2010 7:17 am

    kanto's worst ennemis are 30 centimeter tree

  14. Gamage on October 29th, 2010 7:17 am

    If he had HM02 he could….*giggle*… sprout his wings and fly over it.

  15. Dimomarg on October 29th, 2010 7:19 am

    It's funny cause he has cut, only he doesn't know it's for trees.

  16. Mentlegen on October 29th, 2010 7:21 am

    I'd cut that.

    inb4 She's Ten, you sick fuck!

  17. General_Asshat on October 29th, 2010 7:23 am

    Reminds me of something from Resident Evil 4…….
    Leon: 'Hey, Hunnigan, there's this fence that I can easily jump over but its not displaying the jump command. What do I do?'
    Hunnigan: 'Oh, you have to go around.'
    Leon: *turns around and sees horde of ganados*…………. Shit.

  18. General_Asshat on October 29th, 2010 7:33 am

    GRAMMAR HAMMER
    *Kanto's worst enemies are 30 centimeter trees.

  19. rory_m on October 29th, 2010 7:36 am

    Cutting people(no matter the age) is creepy altogether.

  20. rory_m on October 29th, 2010 7:39 am

    no he couldnt, not unless he has been to the town that the shrub is blocking.

    Jeez people like you are why we plant trees in the way of giant pokeballs we leave in the middle of the forest with items and not pokemon in them!

  21. chuckpebble on October 29th, 2010 7:50 am

    EFFIN' Shrubberies!
    How do they work?

  22. Darth_Destro on October 29th, 2010 8:25 am

    So you're the one doing that? I almost broke my back trying to get to one of those pokeballs, fighting off Rattata, and shrubs just to finally reach the pokeball, and what's inside? A cool rare Pokemon? No, just another pokeball. Who puts Pokeballs inside pokeballs?

  23. Fhantinabox on October 29th, 2010 8:26 am

    Well actually… I think she's more like 16…

  24. Missinko009 on October 29th, 2010 8:27 am

    In the words of Vinnie Da Gooch from Backyard Baseball: "You get an 'E' for effort!!!"

  25. Dracojounin7 on October 29th, 2010 8:28 am

    Saved a great deal of you from a troll… as per usual. >.>

    Of course, he might go for me next…

  26. rory_m on October 29th, 2010 8:30 am

    you plant seeds give it a little water and sunshine some tlc and bam you have a fresh shrubbery for the knights who say ni

  27. Missinko009 on October 29th, 2010 8:30 am

    This is relevant:
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  28. rory_m on October 29th, 2010 8:31 am

    im pretty sure he was right when he said ennemis

  29. rory_m on October 29th, 2010 8:32 am

    DONT DOUBT MY BUSINESS STRATEGIES!

    This is why im in charge of sliph co and your still 10 years old

  30. Dracojounin7 on October 29th, 2010 8:41 am

    Still illegal, but you don't feel as guilty!

  31. Leo E. on October 29th, 2010 8:42 am

    Red used CUT!
    Red whited out!

  32. Alpar on October 29th, 2010 8:53 am

    I think 16 counts as legal in the Essex…

  33. Alpar on October 29th, 2010 8:55 am

    If cut works like this, then all Red needs is a lawn mower!

    …Right?

  34. Mentlegen on October 29th, 2010 9:36 am

    Belive me, even if it's legal, you won't like having any kind of relationship with a girl who uses so many pokémons with tentacles.

  35. chuckpebble on October 29th, 2010 9:44 am

    Sorry, but we are no longer the knights who say ni
    We are now the knights who say iki iki iki iki fakang foo poing mm bl hmm…

  36. Fhantinabox on October 29th, 2010 10:11 am

    Just as long as they doesn't use Vine Whip on me, I'm cool with everything!!

  37. meinmattias on October 29th, 2010 10:52 am

    What a ridiculous place to put a plant. At least put a pitfall to your death like they did in the 80s.

  38. gamegeneral on October 29th, 2010 11:20 am

    That first panel is DEFINITELY haters gonna hate.

  39. Junocis on October 29th, 2010 12:00 pm

    He shouldn't get so up tight about it. He should just
    *sunglasses*
    Brush it off.
    YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

  40. Hejiru on October 29th, 2010 12:05 pm

    I'm helpiiiiiing….

  41. Hejiru on October 29th, 2010 12:06 pm

    Not a problem:
    http://op.deadend-detour.com/wp-content/uploads/l

    Holy reusable joke, Batman!

  42. Leo E. on October 29th, 2010 12:33 pm
  43. Zyquux on October 29th, 2010 12:53 pm

    LOGGED!

  44. Zyquux on October 29th, 2010 12:55 pm

    Red should recruit Scout to cut down the tree with his herring Mackerel.

  45. Seto_Kaiba on October 29th, 2010 1:07 pm

    If Ash can't get through this, I really hope he runs into the Knights Who Say NI.

    An epic battle of British and Japanese proportions.

  46. Darth_Destro on October 29th, 2010 1:13 pm

    I see what you did there…

  47. Jade Catima on October 29th, 2010 1:27 pm

    Always with the critical normal-type moves…

  48. Paulrus-Keaton? on October 29th, 2010 1:32 pm
  49. Hejiru on October 29th, 2010 1:40 pm

    Step 1: Put items in Pokeballs.
    Step 2: Plant shrubs to guard them.
    Step 3: ???
    Step 4: PROFIT!

  50. TehVortex on October 29th, 2010 1:46 pm

    Don't know about you, but I want his shirt.

  51. demospyro on October 29th, 2010 1:51 pm
  52. demospyro on October 29th, 2010 1:52 pm

    Moments before, he regretted using bullet seed.

  53. Yoshi_Dino on October 29th, 2010 1:53 pm

    Ghost lawn mowers are the future!

  54. Yoshi_Dino on October 29th, 2010 1:54 pm

    Behold the power of wood,it compells you!

  55. Paulrus-Keaton? on October 29th, 2010 1:57 pm

    Same in Ohio and most of the boonie states. Easier for incest an' stuff. Git-R-Dun, Tractors, Tea Party, Deer Huntin', etc.

  56. Rocker23220 on October 29th, 2010 2:06 pm

    …..the fuck?!

  57. Rocker23220 on October 29th, 2010 2:10 pm

    Damn, I was gonna make a Knights who Say Ni joke. Haha. *Shakes fist at you*

    DAMN YOU, KNIGHTS WHO SAY NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!
    Aww, fuck it.. *walks off*

    *Everyone in the woods starts twitching*

  58. Paulrus-Keaton? on October 29th, 2010 2:14 pm
  59. rory_m on October 29th, 2010 2:19 pm

    actually we are losing a bunch of money by doing this but i reckon it will turn around and we will start getting more sales when someone finally uses up the 99 pokeballs they always but

  60. smartmonkey on October 29th, 2010 3:02 pm

    You just finish school,
    Youre lunch money got stole,
    You've been rejected by the girl you love
    and guess who's there to block you on you're way home.
    A shrub!

  61. General_Asshat on October 29th, 2010 3:15 pm

    Ah yes, Shrubs. The immortal race of green obstacles allegedly waiting in your neighborhood. We have not dismissed that claim.

  62. Jerenator on October 29th, 2010 3:16 pm

    JOKE TOO EASY
    MUST RESIST LAME COMMENT

  63. Ataeru on October 29th, 2010 3:17 pm
  64. demospyro on October 29th, 2010 3:37 pm

    I'd hit it!

  65. DM1293 on October 29th, 2010 3:45 pm

    It doesn't matter where you are, what world you're in. VGL rules you.

    Door wont open? Possess magical chains that can cut through Titan flesh? Go find a key.
    Possibly out of a monster's head.

    Jumpable shrub in your way? A short fence surrounds it? Go find a pokemon to cut the puny shrub.
    Also remember its only legal to have 6 different pokemon at you at all times. Otherwise Dr Breen is coming for you. He knows what you did.

    Possess a nuke? Sent in soldiers who are now fighting aliens which can ruin the entire human race? Eh, they'll be fine; just tell them up up down down left right left right b a start.

    Injured in combat? Apart of a solider unit? Eh just wait behind a wall. Medics and Medkits are for pussies. Speaking of which…

    Stuck on a base in Mars? Found the 3 keys you need to unlock the different security-colored doors? Drop them after you leave the stage, I'm sure you won't need them again and again and again…I mean, just look at Samus! She's so sure of herself as she empties her weapons of anything remotely usable.

    Living in a fantasy world, fresh out on your adventure with a sword and board? Talking to a knight leading the army of Stormwind Castle who gives you an assignment thats highly dangerous and possibly fatal to you? GO DO IT. What are you, a lazy pussy? Clearly the higher-level skilled soldier has more important things to do.

    Entering a fighting tournament? Fighting with such strength or weaponary that its impossible for a person to live through it once? Go two rounds with them. Or three. Your choice really if you want to give them more tries to eviscerate you.

    Are you a secret agent in the middle of either a terrorist takeover, a zombie apocalypse, or vampire outbreak? Are you armed with at least a handgun? You're fine, those things have infinite ammo and take a second to reload. Also you don't feel the weight of infinity clips.

  66. Spartan_Laser on October 29th, 2010 4:04 pm

    stupid shrubs, making me walk through national park to go to goldenrod and ecruteak city. *sighs*, oh well; that's what Butts the Pidgeott is for

  67. Fhantinabox on October 29th, 2010 4:18 pm

    That pokémon is level 10 you sick fuck!!

  68. Zyquux on October 29th, 2010 4:42 pm
  69. Ataeru on October 29th, 2010 5:00 pm

    Its an Ivysaur, so its atleast level 16…
    *INB4conversationloop*

  70. Fhantinabox on October 29th, 2010 5:02 pm

    Well played good sir, my box is tipped for you!

  71. BoxeyBrown on October 29th, 2010 5:04 pm

    Looks like someone needs to get some badges and a lame pokemon to dump cut on in order to move on.

  72. Missinko009 on October 29th, 2010 5:04 pm

    The power of woo--OH GAWD!!!

  73. Missinko009 on October 29th, 2010 5:11 pm

    I blame BUSH…

  74. Missinko009 on October 29th, 2010 5:13 pm
  75. MasterLuigi452 on October 29th, 2010 5:20 pm

    Well played sir.

  76. MasterLuigi452 on October 29th, 2010 5:22 pm

    I don't get it.
    If you can't use Cut outside of the battle, why not use something like Flamethrower?

  77. Darth_Destro on October 29th, 2010 6:20 pm

    How am I supposed to use them all up when I keep finding them behind the shrubs?

    On a side note: How fun is it to say "Shrub"? I can't stop.

  78. General_Asshat on October 29th, 2010 6:32 pm

    GRAMMAR HAMMER
    *I'm pretty sure he was right when he said ennemis.

  79. Spartan_Laser on October 29th, 2010 6:43 pm

    property damage???

  80. Paulrus-Keaton? on October 29th, 2010 7:03 pm

    It's okay. I'll make one for you. I'll even throw in grammatical errors and allcaps.

    OVURUSED JOKE IZ OVURUSED LOL COPYPASTA

  81. Paulrus-Keaton? on October 29th, 2010 7:07 pm
  82. LoganH15 on October 29th, 2010 8:44 pm

    Looks like Red didn't have what it took…
    *Sunglasses*
    To make the cut.

    YYYYYYYEEEEEAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

  83. Spartan_Laser on October 29th, 2010 9:47 pm

    My eyes!!! THEY BURNNNN!!!!
    also, Oddish FTW!!!

  84. Spartan_Laser on October 29th, 2010 10:33 pm

    correction:
    Gary Motherfukin Oak

  85. A_Creative_Name on October 29th, 2010 11:30 pm

    I thought it was up up down down left right left right A B start?

  86. A_Creative_Name on October 29th, 2010 11:32 pm

    Pfff, he won't wast his time on you, so he planted a shrub instead.

  87. A_Creative_Name on October 29th, 2010 11:35 pm

    …of war?

  88. Zyquux on October 29th, 2010 11:39 pm
  89. Spartan_Laser on October 30th, 2010 12:26 am

    ahh, so that's why the shrub's girth cannot be ignored by Red…

  90. A_Creative_Name on October 30th, 2010 2:32 am

    GRAMMAR HAMMER FAIL

    *You didn't correct "ennemis."

  91. DM1293 on October 30th, 2010 3:14 am

    It is the nineties! WHERE ARE MY KEYS!?

    (I can't dignify your statement with a serious retort. Konami Fanboy in me wants to kill you still :D)

  92. Juggernaut470 on October 30th, 2010 3:20 am

    I think the population of +1 Angels on this site, is maybe, 10 times the amount of Trolls. Which leads to many free +1's and renders the Trolls -1's inert

  93. Zyquux on October 30th, 2010 5:05 am

    IRONY ALERT

    He was being ironic.

  94. DCMN on October 30th, 2010 5:13 am

    Funking Shrubs. How do they work?

  95. Vlauer on October 30th, 2010 5:22 am

    I friggin knew someone will do this. +1

  96. Missinko009 on October 30th, 2010 7:42 am

    Because Smokey the Ursaring wants you to prevent forest fires.

  97. Missinko009 on October 30th, 2010 7:43 am

    Tree and Snorelax used BLOCK. It's SUPER EFFECTIVE.

  98. Missinko009 on October 30th, 2010 7:44 am

    Oh so THAT'S where it originally came from…I knew I saw this somewhere before…huh…

  99. Alpar on October 30th, 2010 12:24 pm

    There exists this thing I'd like to call a GameShark…

  100. Newbonzy1 on October 30th, 2010 12:27 pm

    "Everyday when you're walkin' down the street! Everybody that you meet…" BUSH!

  101. Neentendow on October 30th, 2010 2:56 pm

    OBJECTION!
    Electric isn't very effective against grass!

  102. Spartan_Laser on October 30th, 2010 4:09 pm

    ill grab mah bukket…

  103. Weibbles on October 30th, 2010 10:17 pm

    *Puts on professor hat&pointer*
    The origin behind this is that when Blue and Red version first came out, many did not know about cut. So many of the first players/people without any information believed that the shrubs were unpassable or secret areas. *THE MORE YOU KNOW :D *

    Alternatively, you could view this as he forgot his HM CUT slave for the 99'th time :c

  104. smartmonkey on October 31st, 2010 9:14 am

    OBJECTION! That argument is only based on the assumption that they know that they live in a virtual world and they know that the spoon doesn't exist.

  105. coltsman88 on October 31st, 2010 8:24 pm

    That's funny, I hide Voltorbs and Electrodes in mine! (:|) (|:)

  106. coltsman88 on October 31st, 2010 8:26 pm

    Your post should seriously be about +3000

  107. coltsman88 on October 31st, 2010 8:33 pm

    GRAMMAR HAMMER!
    *I friggin' knew someone would add "haters gonna hate" to the first panel of that comic

    1) Apostrophe
    2) "This" was not specific enough
    3) "Will" should have been "would" (notice that every word in the sentence to the reader's left is in fact, a verb, even if they are used as another part of speech)

  108. Zyquux on October 31st, 2010 8:36 pm

    OBJECTION!

    The second point is not entirely valid as the comment was a reply to a comment whose sole purpose was to post a picture. "This" was specific enough.

  109. Norwegiankid on November 11th, 2010 3:07 am

    Also, every Swimmer who engages in a Pokémon battle on the sea will automatically grant the power of Jesus, like standing on water.

  110. xxpikalexxx on November 12th, 2010 10:24 pm

    And to think you'll only need that HM for about half the game…

  111. zeldafan8 on December 3rd, 2010 9:59 pm

    Cross shrub in your path.
    Use flamethrower and burn it?
    Nope.
    Go get Cut.

  112. Ragnellrok on December 14th, 2010 12:16 am

    The knights who previously said Ni demand too many damn shrubberies.

  113. Cactuspuncher on January 18th, 2011 12:13 pm

    Goddammit… a 5 inch deep pond

  114. AnimeLove03 on March 15th, 2011 10:31 pm

    And then he spends hours of his life staring at the little tree. Then he goes "OH! I could just step over it!" *lifts leg to step over, leg doesn't move*

    "Dammit! Stupid forced game interactions!"

  115. Red on March 29th, 2011 9:22 pm

    the mightiest tree in the forest?
    A mackerel will simply not do.

  116. nighten2_0 on March 29th, 2011 9:56 pm

    MATRIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

  117. nighten2_0 on March 29th, 2011 9:58 pm

    TAKE THIS!!!
    "this" IS NEVER SPECIFIC! YOU SHOULD BE BANISHED TO THE ENDS OF THIS EARTH FOR THAT!!!!!

  118. nighten2_0 on March 29th, 2011 10:03 pm

    …that sounds… WRONG.

  119. nighten2_0 on March 29th, 2011 10:05 pm

  120. nighten2_0 on March 29th, 2011 10:05 pm

    can I haz an emoz?

  121. nighten2_0 on March 29th, 2011 10:06 pm

    … you got that off of SUPER EFFECTIVE didn't you?

  122. nighten2_0 on March 29th, 2011 10:07 pm

    no wood as in- OH GOD THE TENTACLES!!! RUN!!!!!!

  123. Master Eraqus on March 29th, 2011 11:22 pm

    You're the only one I know of that comments on older posts for no obvious reason.

    Just an observation, by the way.

  124. pkmntrainerGold on May 10th, 2011 9:15 pm

    *spamming the buttion*

  125. PortalMan118 on May 30th, 2011 12:19 am

    this is why they need a weed wacker-type pokemon.

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