Previously on PokéPaul's Drag Race...the queens got their biggest challenge yet with CLAIR: THE POKÉRUSICAL where each queen had to play a different part of host Clair's life because she is self obsessed and wanted to see the queens shine like her. Queens with previous singing and dancing experience like Hitmonchan and Igglybuff shined, but Kirlia struggled after she fell over on the runway and embarassed herself, putting her in the bottom. The eventual winner was BRUXISH who fought through a lot of whining and moaning to shock the judges with her inspirational performance, and Musharna and Kirlia lipsynced pulling out all the tricks. In the end the judges kept Kirlia around as Musharna had landed in the bottom 3 times.
The queens float back from the elimination and no one is missing Musharna at all. Ponyta comments that it's like a DARK PRESENCE has been removed from her brain in the competition and she is ready to WIN a challenge as her and Swablu are the only ones without a win. Igglybuff gloats about another great week, and Hitmonchan rolls her eyes that someone as tiny and annoying as Igglybuff will NEVER be famous. Kirlia sighs and rubs out Musharna's lipstick message of "MOTHA....HAS DEPARTED." Kirlia admits she did NOT expect everything to go crashing down and her land in the bottom but she is ready to pick herself UP once she gets out of her own head.
For the mini challenge this week our six queens must match eachother to photos of them as children with the entire cast getting involved. Swablu flies around DESPERATE to win something for the first time in the challenge and show the judges how a real queen from Hoenn does it. She studies HARD for the challenge and is the only queen to remember Medicham existed so wins the mini challenge!!! She obnoxiously celebrates over the top that this is the BEGINNING of her journey to be PokéPaul's first drag superstar. As reward for winning the challenge Swablu gets to assign trainers for...the MAKEOVER!
Six GYM LEADERS come out ready to be madeover.
Marlon
Brock
Blaine
Grant
Raihan
Bugsy
Kirlia is VERY excited to makeover BUGSY for the gender neutral realness of it all. Swablu swoons and cries that she has never been around as many TWINK DADDIES as this before. Ponyta gets Blaine and complains about being the only one with someone old. Grant goes to Hitmonchan, and Igglybuff gets Raihan. This leaves Bruxish with Brock and Swablu gets Marlon.
Swablu asks Marlon for his number and says she is such a huge fan. Bruxish confesses she is nervous around men and struggles to find conversation with Brock after he makes a homophobic joke. Kirlia tells Bugsy last week she was in the bottom but it WON'T happen again. Igglybuff sings to Raihan and puts him to sleep just before the runway. Hitmonchan and Grant DON'T get along, and Ponyta sits down with Blaine.
Blaine tells Ponyta as a fire type LEADER she should listen to his advice as he is just a cute old gay guy looking to be madeover and look fancy after his entire gym burned down. Ponyta rolls her eyes but then the two begin to get along and really work together.
On the RUNWAY, our six trade daddy realnesseses come down in their makeover looks. Swablu has dressed Marlon in a skimpy thong and confesses she hopes the judges are just as turned on as she is. Bruxish gave Brock MAKEUP which he was disgusted by. Grant is dressed as Hitmonlee and they punch/kick down the runway. Igglybuff has made Raihan VERY cute. Blaine and Ponyta PRANCE down the runway. And Bugsy...comes out in some weird performative out of the box queer art sort of thing and is visibly uncomfortable as Kirlia twirls down the runway for attention...
The judges make their critiques. They tell Igglybuff and Hitmonchan their looks WERE very glamorous and good, but there was a lack of PERSONALITY. The winner of this week's challenge is...PONYTA who grabs her first win for her inspiring story of getting OVER the hurdle of being stuck with the old gay smelly guy. She laughs at Swablu for assigning her last and gallops backstage in joy. This leaves Swablu, Kirlia and Bruxish in the BOTTOM this week.
Bruxish's lack of confidence TRANSLATED to her makeover look but she says she will keep swimming in the competition if the judges let her. and cries. Swablu passionately tells the judges they are overlooking her and her amazing drag. Kirlia is SHOCKED and tells the judges she really thought this would be her week, and they just don't GET her artistic vision, and they can FUCK OFF!!!! Clair admires this confidence, and crowns Kirlia SAFE for the week, to the shock and disgust of the other queens.
Bruxish confesses she is feeling VERY upset about being in the bottom again after she won last week, and prays to the spirit of fishies that she WILL glamorously swim through this hurdle. Swablu says she is lowkey excited to be in the bottom and finally show the judges the SENSATIONAL SWABLU that they have not been able to see so far as she hasn't really been critiqued. The lipsync song is TWERKULATOR by the CITY GIRLS. Good luck...and DON'T fuck it up.
The girls are GIVING it to them and the judges are loving it. That is, until Swablu tries to pull a REVEAL by pulling a sign out of her cloudy wings.
THE HOENN GIRL
WINS.
Swablu says she has had this sign hidden in her wings since WEEK ONE ready for when she has to lipsync because she is PREPARED and HORNY. The judges look bewildered as Bruxish continues to twerkulate on stage and focus on a more simple routine. Swablu sees the judges are unimpressed and floats nimbly around the entire stage DESPERATE to be noticed, to be famous...
Ladies, I've made my decision.
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BRUXISH, SHANTAY YOU STAY! She dazzles the judges again and swims to the back in joy, saying she never expected to be in the top 5.
Swablu, you're...a unique queen with a story to tell. I just wish we got to see more of you and you spoke up -
Swablu interrupts Clair saying that is BULLSHIT and she will never be returning to this low budget shitshow because she has been TRYING to show her skills since week one and got ignored. And she IS a superstar.
