BW084

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Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 2)

BW084   EP741 激闘タチワキジム！VSホミカ（後編） Fierce Fighting at Tachiwaki Gym! VS Homika!! (Part 2)

First broadcast Japan June 14, 2012 United States

English themes Opening Rival Destinies Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 2) (Japanese: 激闘タチワキジム！VSホミカ（後編） Fierce Fighting at Tachiwaki Gym! VS Homika!! (Part 2)) is the 84th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 741st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 14, 2012.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Major events

• Ash continues his Gym battle with Homika and wins, earning himself the Toxic Badge, completing his requirement for the Unova League.
• Ash finds out that the Unova League will begin in three months.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Homika
• Roo
• Cook
• Boy
• Referee
• Audience

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Garbodor (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Pignite (Ash's)
• Leavanny (Ash's)
• Palpitoad (Ash's)
• Garbodor (Homika's)
• Scolipede (Homika's)
• Meloetta (anime)

Trivia

• Team Rocket's Pokémon Live Caster: Kyurem VS the Scared Swordsman: Keldeo
  • Team Rocket hijacks the Live Caster from Professor Oak at the beginning of this segment.
  • Viewers could call one of three phone numbers to hear a mission from either Jessie, James, or Meowth. 10 random callers won a copy of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.
• This two-part episode marks the first time an episode has had its dub title leaked before airing in Japan, as the title was first revealed two days before this episode aired.

The error

• This marks the first time "Next Time...A New Beginning!" is put at the end of the episode instead of "To Be Continued" without Ash beginning a new journey in the next episode.
• This marks the first time Ash has not collected the exact same badges from the game the saga was based on, receiving the Toxic Badge instead of the Legend Badge as his final badge.
• This is the first time Ash's Palpitoad has appeared on-screen since Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!, 34 episodes ago, when he previously fought in another Gym battle.

Errors

• In one scene, the background appears over Homika's hair.

In other languages

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← BW083 : Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1)

Best Wishes series

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