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==Blurb==

<i>The kids are still headed for Izabe Island, where May will compete in her next Pokémon Contest with Bulbasaur. Meanwhile, Team Rocket has just bought a cartload of berries to make PokéBlocks out of. Unfortunately, they aren't a type that PokéBlocks can be made out of.

==Plot==

<!--Thanks to [[Dogasu]] for the synopsis.-->

Elsewhere, on Izabe Island, {{TRT}} is pulling a large cart full of [[Berry|Berries]] up a steep hill. [[Jessie]] plans to use the Berries to make [[Pokéblock]]s, enabling them to make lots of money at the upcoming Contest. However, {{MTR}} has them stop the cart and says that they can't make Pokéblocks out of those particular Berries, and that Jessie had been fooled by the berry salesman. Jessie gets angry and tries to carry the cart up the hill by herself, but without the other two helping her, she's dragged downhill as James and Meowth watch.

The camera then pans over to a nearby wall, where Harley is seen hiding. He secretly takes a Polaroid picture of May and posts it in some sort of scrapbook. Then, he draws a skull and crossbones over her picture! Harley can't believe the nerve of May, calling his precious Cacturne "scary" and whatnot. He decides to teach her a lesson.

On the land, Team Rocket is trying to make some Pokéblocks. James has a {{p|Wobbuffet}}-shaped Berry Crusher, but the Pokéblocks aren't coming out well at all (instead of being little cubes, they look more like misshapen lumps). Meowth and James give up, saying that what they're doing is impossible, but Jessie yells at them and tells them that they don't have much time before the Contest starts.

Entry #17, May! May calls on her Bulbasaur, who starts things off by using Razor Leaf. As the leaves fly through the air, the Pokémon slaps them with its Vine Whip attack, impressing the judges. We don't get to see her actual score, but we assume that she gets high marks. The Contest continues, and we get to see different {{pkmn|Coordinator}}s (we see one with an {{p|Azurill}}, one with a {{p|Camerupt}}, one with a {{p|Tentacruel}}, and one with a {{p|Surskit}}) take the stage.  

The final Coordinator is contestant #30, Harley. Harley calls on his {{TP|Harley|Cacturne}}, which surprises the audience. Max repeats May's sentiments that the Pokémon is scary, and it seems that the rest of the audience agrees as well. Harley ignores their stunned gasps and decides to show them how great his Cacturne is. He orders it to use {{m|Bullet Seed}} on the ground, and as the Pokémon runs around the judges comment on its speed. After running around for a while, spitting seeds on the ground, Cacturne comes to a stop. From above, the audience can see that the Pokémon was using its Bullet Seed attack to draw a giant skull and crossbones on the stage! The judges are impressed, but Ash and his friends worry about May's competitor.  

Backstage, May congratulates Harley on his win. Harley thanks her and tells her to be careful of her opponent, Kent. He says that his Surskit is very slow, and gives her advice on how to counter it. May thanks him as she steps on the stage.

==Major events==

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* [[Mr. Sukizo]]

* [[Nurse Joy]]

===Pokémon===

* {{p|Cacturne}} ({{OP|Harley|Cacturne}}; debut)

* {{p|Surskit}} ([[Kent]]'s)

* {{p|Tentacool}} (multiple; flashback)

==Trivia==

* May earns the moniker "Miss Tent" (Japanese: メノちゃん ''Meno-chan'') from her Contest rival Harley due to an embarrassing story that Max told Harley before the Contest. The story involves May being afraid of Tentacool and Tentacruel.  

* The English title is a pun based on the saying "A turn for the worse".

===Errors===

* When Harley was insulting May about her fear of Tentacool, he told her to calm down lest she were to evolve into an {{p|Octillery}}. Octillery is actually the evolution of {{p|Remoraid}}, not Tentacool. It's possible that this was an intentional mistake on Harley's part.

* During May and Harley's battle, at one point, the scoreboard is shown when Harley loses some points. The camera zooms out to reveal a bit of the clock that reads 5:00.

* When the counter reaches 0:00 during May and Kent's battle, their point bars both show full points.

===Dub edits===

* Caroline's cleavage is removed in the dub.

* In the {{pmin|Latin America|Latin American Spanish dub}}, in this first appearance of Harley, he is referred as a woman by Max when explaining why he told "her" about May's Tentacool experience. Furthermore, he's dubbed in a very straight way that contrasts with future episodes, where Harley's voice actor adds many extravagant elements to his personality and way of talking.

|zh_cmn={{tt|伊札貝島神奇寶貝華麗大賽！小心勁敵！ ！|Yīzhábèi (Izabe) Island Pokémon Contest! Beware of the Rival!!}}

|nl={{tt|Een Cacturne ten kwade!|A Cacturne for Evil!}}

|de={{tt|Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall|Pride goes before a fall}}

|fi={{tt|Kurja Cacturne|The lousy Cacturne}}

|he=הפתעה לא נעימה {{tt|hafta'a lo ne'eema|An Unpleasant Surprise}}

|it={{tt|Il falso amico|The false friend}}

|pt_br={{tt|O Pior de um Cacturne|The Worst from a Cacturne}}

|es_la={{tt|¡Un Cacturne puede empeorarlo!|A Cacturne can worsen it!}}

|es_eu={{tt|Un Cacturne es lo peor|A Cacturne is the worst}}

|sv={{tt|Purika-tävlingen!|The Purika contest!}}

}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Aya Matsui|377]]

[[Category:Episodes storyboarded and directed by Yoshito Hata|377]]

[[Category:Episodes animated by Izumi Shimura|377]]

[[Category:Episodes focusing on May|377]]

[[Category:Episodes with Contests|377]]

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