That is indeed something that was not in my favor. That Goldeen had Flail, so I was really in a panicked spot. I'm not too worried about Brendan, though, but sadly I won't be able to evolve my Shroomish, as Wattson's highest is 21. But there are a few moves Combusken can learn to help (Flame Charge and Power-Up Punch, anyone?), so he's likely gonna be my best bet for that fight. And the nice thing about Minun is that it can learn quite a few cool moves, including Encore, which will be fun…I hope.
The good news is, in Platinum, I went through Iron Island today, and there was this one Worker I came to, and I had Bunny Hop up front because I didn't want to use Fandango, who was nearing Level 41 (my level limit), and he uses a Geodude. Jump Kick doesn't OHKO, and it uses Explosion on the very first turn!!!!! But I live it with 3 HP. That was nice.
And if it goes according to plan, Marriland will likely be battling Groudon tomorrow. Maybe he could give Bulldoze to Fettuccine to lower its Speed, and Bruschetta can learn Solar Beam, but he'd have to catch that after it uses Rest, and it's still be a tight cinch to 2HKO it.
And finally, BulbaJohn recently suffered the first death of his Black 2 Wedlocke - his Raticate came to perish to Skyla's Sigilyph. And his Magmar almost cut it there, too… (I'd type more but I'm on my phone right now, lol.)