BW070 : The Clubsplosion Begins!
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
BW072 : A Clubsplosion of Excitement!
Search for the Clubultimate!
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BW071   EP728
どんどん続くよドンナマイト!クリムガンVSキリキザン!!
Steadily Progressing Donamite! Crimgan VS Kirikizan!!
First broadcast
Japan March 22, 2012
United States July 21, 2012
English themes
Opening Rival Destinies
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening ベストウイッシュ!
Ending 七色アーチ
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita
Storyboard 矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima
Assistant director 矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima
Animation director 緒方厚 Atsushi Ogata
No additional credits are available at this time.

Search for the Clubultimate! (Japanese: どんどん続くよドンナマイト!クリムガンVSキリキザン!! Steadily Progressing Donamite! Crimgan VS Kirikizan!!) is the 71st episode of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, and the 728th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 22, 2012 and in the United States on July 21, 2012.

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Blurb

The Clubsplosion Tournament’s first round is under way, and the next match is Burgundy versus Iris! The two of them trade powerful attacks, and Burgundy tries to rattle Iris with some serious taunting—but Iris keeps her cool, and her Excadrill finally takes down Burgundy’s Dewott.

During a break in the action, Ash and Scraggy decide to do some special training with Stephan and his Sawk, since Scraggy’s new Focus Blast isn’t all that focused yet. With some tips from Stephan, Scraggy manages to improve its aim in preparation for the next battle.

In the next match, “Dragon Buster” Georgia finally gets to show her stuff against a Dragon type, and she and her Bisharp quickly take down their opponent’s Druddigon! Georgia moves on to the second round, and of course she’s hoping to be paired up against her rival Iris next.

Next up, the arrogant Montgomery and his Throh (who picked a fight with Stephan’s Sawk earlier in the round) defeat Delbert and his Mienshao easily. Throh exhibits an amazing blend of speed and strength, and Don George comments that Montgomery seems to be the guy to beat—which makes Stephan want to battle him even more!

Finally, it’s Bianca and Emboar battling Trip and Conkeldurr! Emboar is clearly powerful, but Conkeldurr is adept at using its concrete pillars as a shield, and Emboar’s attacks just can’t get through. It looks like Trip has the upper hand when Conkeldurr knocks Emboar over with its pillars and then prepares to use Stone Edge! Can Bianca find a way out of this?

Plot

Freddy O'Martian announces that the battle between Iris against Burgundy is going to begin very soon. Cilan says he is looking forward to seeing how much stronger Burgundy has gotten. Ash, Scraggy, Pikachu and Axew give Iris support. Burgundy starts off by commanding Dewott to use Ice Beam. Ash is quite amazed. Excadrill dodges twice but then instead of dodging again it blocks it. Cilan says Dewott has gotten stronger and Iris may struggle. Georgia says that Iris must win so she can battle her. Bianca pokes Scraggy and says unlike Sawk, Scraggy has no muscles. She checks to see if Scraggy has muscles on its stomach, causing Scraggy to headbutt Bianca.

Continuing the battle, Dewott uses a Water Pulse which Excadrill dodges by using Dig. Burgundy tells Dewott to use Water Pulse in the hole, sending Excadrill flying. Dewott uses Razor Shell, but Excadrill counters with its Focus Blast. Trip scans the pictures he took and says there's no point in watching anymore since he knows the battle style of the two. Montgomery says it's extremely boring and he doesn't have to worry about either Iris or Burgundy winning against him. Iris commands Excadrill to use Drill Run but Dewott blocks it. However both of its scalchops fall off. Iris commands Excadrill to use Metal Claw, which Burgundy just lets it use Metal Claw over and over again. Iris tells Burgundy that Water types may be resistant to the Steel type, but since Metal Claw was used repeatedly, it did a great deal of damage. However, this was all part of Burgundy's plan. Burgundy orders Dewott to use Revenge, which does lots of damage. Burgundy tells Dewott to finish the battle with a Razor Shell, which is countered by a Drill Run attack. Burgundy orders another Ice Beam which is countered again by a Focus Blast attack. Excadrill defeats Dewott with a Dig-Drill Run combination, advancing her to the second round.

Everyone takes a break for lunch at the Pokémon Center. Burgundy says next time, she'll get revenge on Iris and Cilan. However, Georgia says she'll be the one to defeat Iris, not Burgundy. Ash says hello to Trip and asks if Bianca is his first opponent. Trip rudely replies by saying Ash should worry about his own Pokémon and says Scraggy may have learned Focus Blast, but it hasn't mastered it yet. Later, Ash, tries to perfect Scraggy's Focus Blast. However, Ash and Scraggy have trouble perfecting it. However, Stephan says he and Sawk will help Scraggy. He says it would be good training for the second round as well. However, Bianca comes and admires Stephan and his Sawk. Iris and Cilan come to tell Ash the Clubsplosion is about to resume. Sawk punches one of the punching bags which is swung back and forth. Stephan heads to the Clubsplosion with Sawk. Montgomery laughs at Sawk after they head out. Throh stops the moving punching bag and throws it, breaking the punching bag to bits.

Later on, Betty orders her Simipour to use Low Sweep on Getty's Simisear, knocking it out. The next match begins with Gail against Georgia. Georgia sends out Bisharp and Gail sends out her Druddigon. Georgia says this is a chance to show her Dragon Buster skills. Druddigon begins with Dragon Claw followed up by a Dragon Tail. But, Bisharp blocks the first attack and dodges the second. Georgia orders a Metal Sound and then finishes Druddigon with an Iron Head. Then, the battle between Montgomery and Delbert begins. Ash scans Mienshao on his Pokédex. Delbert orders Mienshao to use Pound, which Throh swiftly dodges. Delbert tells Mienshao to use High Jump Kick which Throh counters with Superpower, followed up by Seismic Toss. Throh finally finishes Mienshao with Circle Throw.

The final match of the first round begins, with Trip against Bianca. Trip sends out Conkeldurr against Bianca's newly evolved Emboar. Bianca orders an Arm Thrust attack, which is blocked by Conkeldurr's concrete pillars. Emboar uses Hammer Arm which is also blocked. Bianca tells Emboar to use Flamethrower which is once again blocked. Trip tells Conkeldurr to use Bulk Up. Conkeldurr uses Strength doing lots of damage and then Trip orders Rock Tomb, successfully trapping Emboar. Bianca commands Emboar to use Arm Thrust to break out, but it's no use. Finally, Trip tells Conkeldurr to finish the battle with Stone Edge.

Major events

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Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

Characters

Humans

 
Dare da?

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Mienshao (U.S. and international) Conkeldurr (Japan)

 
Who's That Pokémon

Trivia

Errors

  • When Excadrill prepares to counter Dewott's Razor Shell with Focus Blast, he initially holds the sphere in his right hand. However, in the very next scene, it is in his left hand instead.
  • When Excadrill lands his last Metal Claw on Dewott, Dewott's ears are missing.
  • While Bianca is hugging Sawk and just before she jumps on Stephan, her orange stockings are missing.
  • Trip's Conkeldurr's nose is colored brown when it uses Stone Edge at the end of the episode.
  • In the Polish dub, during the battle between Iris and Georgia, Ash pronounces Stephan's name correctly, despite Stephan correcting him afterwards.

Dub edits

In other languages



BW070 : The Clubsplosion Begins!
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
BW072 : A Clubsplosion of Excitement!
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