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== Synopsis ==

The episode opens with {{TRT}} hiking along a [[route]], nearly exhausted. A {{p|Magikarp}} lands in [[James]]'s hands as they run into [[Magikarp salesman|a man advertising a Magikarp]]. Team Rocket recognizes him as the same salesman that [[EP015|conned them]] [[AG079|many times before]], James promptly tossing the Magikarp in his face. They try to get their [[Pokémon Dollar|money]] back, but the salesman manages to change the subject, discussing an [[evolution]]-inducing machine. He tells them about a company that developed the prototype machine, but the company went bankrupt. The workers developed the technology more so the salesman can get one. Team Rocket decides to take the plans for building the machine. Before he runs off, the salesman warns them that after they build it, they need to wait a week before using the machine

Meanwhile, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} return to [[Jubilife City]] in order to reach [[Floaroma Town]]. While walking, a TV crew from the Jubilife Sinnoh Today Show asks Ash if he would evolve his {{AP|Pikachu}}, which his response is not without checking with Pikachu. They believe he is with the [[B-Button League]]. When {{an|Dawn}} asks about the club, the reporter explains that they are a group of {{pkmn|Coordinator}}s in Jubilife that compete without evolving their {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} and that the group has a very powerful Magikarp and {{p|Feebas}}. Ash and his friends head to the location and meet the leader [[Haley]] and her sister [[Oralie]]. {{an|Brock}}’s usual attraction is stopped by {{TP|Brock|Croagunk}}'s {{m|Poison Jab|jab}}.  

While Team Rocket argues, Ash orders Pikachu to use Iron Tail to break the cage. Meowth activates a switch to turn the machine into a mecha, destroying the cabin and unveiling the mecha. However, the machine implodes into dust, as it needs to execute a successful evolution. Haley and Oralie decide to exact retribution with Magikarp’s Tackle and Feebas’s {{m|Ice Beam}}, Pikachu finishing with Thunderbolt to send them blasting off. Afterward, Ash and his friends return to the city and head off to Floaroma Town.

== Major events ==

== Characters ==

=== Humans ===

* Pokémon professor

=== Pokémon ===

== Trivia ==

[[Image:Wii Remote anime.png|thumb|right|A [[Wii]] Remote look-alike.]]

* The B-Button League is a reference to the games where the B button is used to cancel evolution.

* The remote control for the evolution machine looks similar to a [[Wii]] Remote, and even has the wrist strap. Also, when Meowth presses the button on the remote to transform the machine into the robot, just after the click, he says "Wii" or "whee".

* Team Rocket trying to use a machine that induces evolution, and the fact they try to use it on a Magikarp to evolve it into a Gyarados, could be a reference to the {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} games, where Team Rocket used a machine at [[Lake of Rage]] to try and force Magikarp to evolve into Gyarados.

**This episode is also similar to ''[[EP235|Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution]]'' where an evolution inducing machine was also used. The title of this episode is also similar to that of said previous episode.

* When James buys the evolution machine, he shows actual money, which is a rare occasion. (Usually money is only referred to in speech in the anime, but not shown.)

*Strangely this episode was not included in the Japanese rental DVDs.

*When Team Rocket is waving goodbye to the Magikarp Salesman, James' black shirt is white.  

*When Magikarp uses {{m|Tackle}} on Piplup, Piplup's crown above its beak is white.

*After Dawn lets Piplup out of its Poké Ball, Team Rocket, dressed up as the C-Button League appears, and Piplup disappears. It reappears in the next scene.

== In other languages ==

|it={{tt|La macchina per l'evoluzione|The evolution machine}} & {{tt|Allenatrici convinte|Confident trainers}}