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Battling Authority Once Again!

BW091   EP748 パワーバトル！アイリスVSヒカリ！ Power Battle! Iris VS Hikari!

First broadcast Japan August 23, 2012 United States December 8, 2012

English themes Opening Rival Destinies Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！ Ending みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura 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 Dub review thread on BMGf

Battling Authority Once Again! (Japanese: パワーバトル！アイリスVSヒカリ！！ Power Battle! Iris VS Hikari!!) is the 91st episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 748th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 23, 2012 and in the United States on December 8, 2012.

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

Blurb

It’s time for the second round of the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup, and Ash, Cilan, Iris, Dawn, and Trip are all in the hunt! A very confident Trip is up first, again winning his bout quickly despite a type disadvantage and moving on to the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, Iris steps outside to try to convince Dragonite to listen to her commands when they battle, instead of doing whatever it wants. But it appears to be a tough sell for the headstrong Pokémon—although a few wise words from Cynthia seem to be getting through. While she’s gone, Cilan defeats his opponent thanks to some remarkable teamwork with his Stunfisk. Then, with help from Boldore, Ash moves into the semi-finals as well!

The last battle of the round is Iris versus Dawn! It’s a clash of giants indeed, as the towering Dragonite faces off against the gargantuan Mamoswine—and at first it seems Dragonite is actually paying attention to Iris, as it obeys her first command to dodge! But it quickly reverts to its usual tactic of taking every attack head-on, and Iris gets more and more frustrated as Dawn and Mamoswine display excellent coordination. Once again, Dragonite manages to win the match on its own, and after a friendly pep talk from Dawn, Iris is even more determined to connect with her stubborn Pokémon.

The semi-finals get under way, and the first match is Trip versus Cilan! Trip has his eyes on the ultimate prize—a battle against Unova Champion Alder—and he’s secretly planning to challenge Sinnoh Champion Cynthia as well. Cilan is hoping Trip’s arrogance will make him careless—but no such luck, as Serperior manages to get through Crustle’s impressive defenses and knock Cilan out of the tournament.

Next up, it’s Ash and his Krokorok versus Iris and her Dragonite! Which of our heroes will be moving on to face Trip in the finals?

Plot

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The episode begins with a pre-episode teaser of the last episode with Trip, Manning, Cilan, Horatio, Ash, Geraldo, Dawn, and Iris winning the first round. The first round is Trip vs. Manning, in which Trip wins. The next round is Cilan vs. Horatio, with Cilan winning. The third round is Ash vs. Geraldo.

Major events

• Trip defeats Manning and advances to the semi-final round.
• Cilan's Stunfisk is revealed to have learned Sludge Bomb.
• Cilan defeats Horatio and advances to the semi-final round.
• Ash defeats Geraldo and advances to the semi-final round.
• Dawn's Mamoswine is revealed to have learned Ice Fang.
• Iris's Dragonite is revealed to know Dragon Rush.
• Iris defeats Dawn and advances to the semi-final round.
• Trip defeats Cilan and advances to the final round.
• Ash and Iris begin their battle.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Dawn
• Trip
• Burgundy
• Georgia
• Alder
• Freddy O'Martian
• Cynthia
• Manning
• Horatio
• Geraldo

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Mamoswine

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Boldore (Ash's)
• Krokorok (Ash's)
• Excadrill (Iris's; flashback)
• Dragonite (Iris's)
• Dwebble (Cilan's; video)
• Crustle (Cilan's)
• Stunfisk (Cilan's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Serperior (Trip's)
• Gurdurr (Trip's; video)
• Meloetta (anime)
• Heatmor (Manning's)
• Cinccino (Horatio's)
• Reuniclus (Geraldo's)

Trivia

Dragonite's error

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Bisharp
• This episode aired on December 5, 2012 in Germany (on Disney XD), three days before the US airdate.

Errors

• Just like in Jostling for the Junior Cup! Dragonite's antennae are orange instead of cream.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		力量對戰！艾莉絲VS小光！！
Dutch		Opnieuw Verzet Tegen Het Gezag!
German		Dragoran macht, was es will!
Greek		Άλλη μια Μάχη με την Εξουσία!
Italian		Iris e l'inarrestabile Dragonite!
Polish		Ponowne Starcie Autorytetów!
European Spanish		¡Combatiendo de Nuevo contra la Autoridad!
Swedish		I strid mot överheten igen!

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