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==Blurb==

<i>We join our heroes just in time to witness an unusual sight: a battle taking place between Cilan’s Pansage and Iris’s Axew! Of course, Ash wants to get in on the action, but Iris isn’t interested. Because Axew doesn’t have much battle experience, she’s asked Cilan to help her train it by using very restrained attacks.

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. When Axew is feeling better, Iris tells him to perform another Scratch attack on Pansage. Though Pansage blocks the attack by grabbing the fin on Axew's head. As Axew flails his arms around, Iris orders Cilan to be more serious. Cilan remarks that this is the strategy he usually employs 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 [[move]]s 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', so 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 are then covered in soot and severely surprised by the attack.

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. 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 leaves again to get more. 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 an {{OBP|elder|Village of Dragons}} from her hometown, the [[Village of Dragons]], a place which specialized in raising {{type|Dragon}} Pokémon. There, it is a traditional rite of passage for a young Trainer to be given a Pokémon. A Trainer has to raise the Axew they were 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 admits she is concerned about how Axew was developing and thus requested to battle Cilan. She then realizes that Axew has disappeared.

Meanwhile, Axew stands on a thin branch, trying to pick a cluster of fruit from overhead. Axew finally moves close enough and grabs a fruit. However, as the stalk of the fruit cleaves from the tree, the branch springs up, which causes Axew to lose his balance. He tumbles down into the bush below and into between the horns of a sleeping Pokémon. Alarmed, a {{p|Scolipede}} awakens from its slumber and shakes its head rapidly and violently, trying to free Axew from its horns. Pikachu jumps off the tree and attacks it with {{m|Iron Tail}}. Enraged, it charges at Pikachu only to miss and send the tree behind Pikachu flying into the air. Pikachu tries to run away, and Axew attempts a Dragon Rage attack on Scolipede. However, once again, the attack explodes before it could be launched.

However, their celebration is short-lived, as Scolipede recovers and turns to Iris, ready to attack. It brushes its hind feet against the ground in preparation to charge, but doing so, it accidentally knocks Excadrill and sends him rolling away. Agitated, Excadrill {{m|Dig|burrows underground}} and surfaces, hitting Scolipede in the face. The two Pokémon stare at each other, eyes glowing with fury; a battle is about to ensue. Ash asks Iris to give commands, but Iris simply states that Excadrill will not listen to her, and as such, the team watches as Scolipede launches another Toxic attack at Excadrill. Excadrill, being a partial {{type|Steel}} Pokémon, is not affected by {{type|Poison}} attacks, and merely slaps the Toxic away. Excadrill then uses {{m|Drill Run}}, before tossing a charging Scolipede into the sky and across the forest as it tries to use a counterattack. Excadrill lets out a victorious roar, and as the group expresses their gratitude towards him, he stares into the sky for a while before grunting and returning back to his dormant drill-like state. Iris recalls Excadrill.

==Major events==

* The [[Team Rocket trio]] is told to head to the [[Desert Resort]].

* Iris is revealed to own an {{TP|Iris|Excadrill}}.

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===Debuts===

====Humans====

====Pokémon debuts====

* {{p|Tepig}} ({{OP|Ash|Tepig}})

* {{p|Snivy}} ({{OP|Ash|Snivy}})

* {{p|Pansage}} ({{OP|Cilan|Pansage}})

* {{p|Scolipede}} (debut)

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

==Trivia==  

<!--NO. If you're editing this to mention that this is the first episode of the BW series where Ash's Oshawott doesn't appear, stop right there. It's been removed countless times, and it's for a reason. It is NOT notable trivia. It's only notable in cases like Pikachu, Meowth, Piplup, and Axew- you know, the ones that never go into their Poké Balls. In short, NOT Oshawott.-->

* [[Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster]]: [[Gym Leader]]

* Music from ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' is used in the background.

* This is the first episode where [[Iris's Axew]] is seen using any [[move]]s.

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

* {{AP|Pikachu}}'s talent for impressions is referenced again in this episode, as he is quickly seen doing imitations of both Axew and {{p|Scolipede}}.

* 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]].

===Errors===

* When facing off face-to-face against Scolipede, the ridge in front of {{TP|Iris|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.

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