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'''The Bloom Is On Axew!''' (Japanese: '''ペンドラー暴走！キバゴを救え！！''' ''The Out of Control {{tt|Pendror|Scolipede}}! Rescue {{tt|Kibago|Axew}}!!'') is the ninth episode of the {{series|Best Wishes}}, and the 666th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It aired in Japan on November 11, 2010 and in the United States on April 2, 2011.

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As {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} are on their way to [[Nacrene City]], {{an|Cilan}} and {{an|Iris}} had stopped somewhere in the forest to battle. Ash, observing them from the side, questions why he isn't the one battling. Iris tells him that he is too serious, and a {{m|Volt Tackle}} from {{AP|Pikachu}} would be too unbearable for {{TP|Iris|Axew}}. She then commands Axew to use {{m|Scratch}} on {{TP|Cilan|Pansage}}. Slowly, Axew trots over, and Pansage starts firing his {{m|Bullet Seed}} - one seed at a time. However, before Axew could even reach Pansage, the extremely gentle Bullet Seed attack proved too much for Axew, and Axew starts crying. Iris runs over to console Axew and Ash hears her telling Axew that it was only a practice. Cilan then explains that they are practicing so as to get Axew used to battle, and it was agreed previously that only 'soft' attacks at twenty percent will be used. Ash claims that battles are more productive when full effort is being put in, and Iris rebukes him for not being a gentleman and for acting like a child. Cilan tells Ash that as one of Axew's first battles, they should let Iris decide how it should be conducted, which Ash reluctantly agrees.  

When Axew is feeling better, Iris tells him to perform another Scratch attack on Pansage. Slowly, Axew trots over to Pansage, but the latter blocks his attacks by grabbing the fin on his head. As Axew flails his arms around, Iris complains and requests Cilan to be more serious. Cilan tells them that they ''are'' being serious; this is the strategy they usually employ in [[Gym]] battles: to block the opponent's attacks then follow up with a close-ranged attack. Pansage then charges his {{m|Solar Beam}}. As Iris panics, Ash asks if Axew knows any other moves he could use to counter. Iris then claims that he has one other move, but while contemplating on whether or not to use it, Pansage unleashes the Solar Beam attack which he had been charging: a tiny fleck of light which hits Axew squarely in the head and causes him to roll over. Shortly after, Ash tells Iris to let Axew use 'the other move' as using a variety of moves is also part of training. Frustrated, Iris orders Axew to use {{m|Dragon Rage}}. Axew starts charging energy, his belly glowing in blue light. As his mouth gapes open, ready to launch the attack at Pansage, he suddenly blunders, causing a gigantic explosion and a large crater to form. All but Axew were then covered in soot and severely surprised by the attack.

Meanwhile in an abandoned building, [[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}} are huddled together in front of a computer-like device. {{an|Giovanni}} appears on the screen, and instructs the {{TRT}} to travel to the [[Desert Resort]]. As it appears, the Desert Resort is at the center of an energy flow with the same energy signature as the one found at the [[Dreamyard]]. Obtaining such an energy is a key component of Team Rocket's ultimate plan, and as such, they are to meet up with another Team Rocket agent to investigate a [[Meteonite|meteorite fragment]] that is located there.

Taking a break on the trunk of a large tree, Iris glumly explains that Axew has not mastered Dragon Rage yet. Ash and Cilan then joke that it was more like a "sneeze" than a "rage", which only offends Iris. As Iris is troubled by Axew's Dragon Rage, she reveals to them that Axew only knows the two moves he had used earlier on, and with regard to his Dragon Rage, it always explodes instead of being shot out as a ball. Iris was hoping that by taking things slowly, he would gradually improve his performance. Meanwhile, Axew returns with fruits he had plucked from a tree, and was praised by Cilan. He then returns to the tree to pluck more fruits.

As Ash and Cilan comment positively on Axew's potential, Ash then offers to battle with Iris' Axew. However, Iris refuses to, and says she does not want to lose. Ash and Cilan then became curious as to how she got Axew in the first place. She then explains that he was given to her by the old matriarch from her hometown, a place which specialized in raising {{type|Dragon}}d Pokémon. There, he was a traditional rite of passage for a young Trainer to be given a Pokémon, and to go on a journey where they would grow together. A Trainer had to raise the Axew he/she was given into an {{p|Haxorus}}, a proof that the Trainer had grown to fully understand its Pokémon and its heart. As they had already left their hometown for some time, Iris became concerned about how Axew was developing and thus requested to battle Cilan. She then realizes that Axew had disappeared.

Meanwhile, Axew stands on a thin branch, trying to pick a cluster of fruit dangling near the edge of the branch. As he inched closer and stretched out, Pikachu cries out in warning. A while later, Axew finally moves close enough and grabs one of the fruit. However, the branch he was standing on now bends threateningly low; as the stalk of the fruit cleaves from the tree, the branch springs up, and Axew loses balance, tumbling down into the bush below and into between the horns of a sleeping Pokémon. Alarmed, the gigantic purple centipede-like Pokémon awakens from its slumber and shakes its head rapidly and violently, trying to free Axew from its horns.

 

 

 

 

 

Cilan then encourages Iris to train at her own pace with both Axew and Excadrill, when Ash offers to battle them. Iris refuses again, telling Ash that if he wants to battle so badly, then he should battle with Pikachu. Taking her comment literally, Ash excitedly agrees and both Trainer and Pokémon stand across each other in the open ground, taking their places and ready to battle. Ash tells Pikachu to shock him with {{m|Thunderbolt}}, and subsequently ram him with {{m|Volt Tackle}}, to which the {{t|Electric}} Mouse Pokémon complies. Cilan comments that they both are a truly unique couple while Iris is awestruck that they took her seriously. Ash and Pikachu continue their electrifying battle while lighting up the entire forest, as both Iris and Cilan watch, speechless.

* {{Ash}} and {{an|Cilan}} learn from {{an|Iris}} how she got her {{TP|Iris|Axew}}.

* Iris's Axew is revealed to know {{m|Scratch}} and {{m|Dragon Rage}}.

* {{OBP|Elder|Village of Dragons}}

* This is the first episode where a {{type|Steel}} Pokémon has displayed an immunity to {{type|Poison}} moves, despite it being valid since [[Generation II]].

* When rotated 90 degrees, some continents or parts of them shown on Team Rocket's computer [[Pokémon world in relation to the real world|highly resemble]] areas of the real world, such as {{wp|Greenland}}, {{wp|Fennoscandia}} and {{wp|Novaya Zemlya}}.

* The English dub title may be a play on "The blame is on you."

* At the beginning of this episode, Ash does not seem to be familiar with the concept of helping an opponent by holding back, despite doing so [[EP044|twice]] [[DP030|before]].

* When facing off face-to-face against Scolipede, the ridge in front of Excadrill's left middle claw is missing and when the battle was over both ridges on the right middle claw are missing as Iris and company thanks Excadrill.

* During the break in Iris and Cilan's battle, Ash's eyes are colored the way they were prior to the {{series|Best Wishes}}.

series=Best Wishes series |

[[Category:Best Wishes series episodes|009]]

[[zh:精灵宝可梦 超级愿望 第9集]]