[ASH GOES ROLLING and Pikachu takes the sticks, hopping on top of him. SOMEHOW SENDS OUT JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY to not shock Ash, but the sticks themselves, and they barrel through the crabs, knocking them over and away]
[THE CRABS RETREAT TO THE SAFETY OF THE POND!!11 aside from two smaller ones that are sadly upside down 8'(]