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The Forest Champion!
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The Forest Champion! (Japanese: 森のチャンピオン！ルチャブル登場！！ Champion of the Forest! Luchabull Appears!!) is the 35th episode of the XY series, and the 834th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 10, 2014 and aired in the United States on September 13, 2014.
Blurb
En route to Shalour City, our heroes happily watch three forest Pokémon help each other gather berries. Suddenly, an Ursaring grabs their berries and scares them out of their wits! Then, just as suddenly, a brave Hawlucha attacks the Ursaring, giving the forest Pokémon time to retrieve their berries. But Hawlucha can't resist striking an artistic pose right before its last move, and Ursaring escapes.
Forest caretaker Keaton explains that Hawlucha is the Forest Champion, protecting weaker forest Pokémon from the more aggressive ones. Ash is quite impressed with Hawlucha and offers to help it figure out how to strike more quickly without losing its "battle artistry." During a battle between Hawlucha and Froakie, Ash figures out how Hawlucha can incorporate its signature pose into its favorite finishing move. When that proves to be a huge success, Hawlucha decides to join Ash on his journey!
Plot
The episode begins where Ash and his friends return from the Pomace Mountain and head out to Shalour City for Ash's upcoming gym battle with Korrina. But then, they witness a Sentret, a Pachirisu and a Patrat working together to gather berries and store them in a tree. Ash and the others, not wanting to disturb their work, continue their journey. After they go, however, Patrat and the other two Pokémon encounter a Pokémon and appeared dismayed by its appearance. Meanwhile, Ash and his friends heard their cries and decided to check what's going on. When they arrive, they witness an Ursaring sneaking to the tree, while an afraid Sentret, Pachirisu and Patrat were sitting on the branch. Ursaring was really happy it stole their berries they've been gathering and starts roaring at the protesting Pokémon on the branch. Serena was really sad seeing these Pokémon being afraid of an Ursaring who is bullying them, Ash and Bonnie couldn't resist it and go stop Ursaring from stealing their berries and bullying the poor innocent Pokémon. Just as Ash orders Pikachu to retrieve the berries, a wild Hawlucha flies over to the tree where the Sentret, Pachirisu and Patrat were hiding. Just as Ash remarks on how Hawlucha looks different from the one shown on his Pokédex, it removes its mask, which is revealed to be made of leaves.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Hawlucha (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Hawlucha (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Dedenne (Clemont's)
- Froakie (Ash's)
- Hawlucha (Ash's; new; debut)
- Machamp
- Conkeldurr
- Ursaring
- Sentret
- Patrat
- Pachirisu
- Pidgeotto (multiple)
- Mienshao (fantasy)
- Gurdurr (fantasy)
- Throh (flashback/fantasy)
- Sawk (flashback/fantasy)
- Mienfoo (×2; flashback/fantasy)
- Poliwrath (flashback/fantasy)
- Scraggy (flashback/fantasy)
- Makuhita (flashback/fantasy)
- Machop (flashback/fantasy)
- Croagunk (flashback/fantasy)
- Heracross (flashback/fantasy)
- Hoppip (flashback/fantasy)
- Oddish (flashback/fantasy)
- Weepinbell (flashback/fantasy)
- Diglett (×2; flashback/fantasy)
- Watchog (flashback/fantasy)
- Hariyama (flashback/fantasy)
- Hoothoot (flashback/fantasy)
- Pidgey (×2; flashback/fantasy)
- Staravia (flashback/fantasy)
- Bidoof (flashback/fantasy)
- Marill (flashback/fantasy)
- Nidoran♂ (flashback/fantasy)
- Bunnelby (flashback/fantasy)
- Zigzagoon (flashback/fantasy)
- Swinub (flashback/fantasy)
Trivia
- Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Malamar
- For the TV Tokyo airing, instead of the Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster segment, a trailer for the upcoming Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, along with the Darkrai giveaway was shown.
- Ash, Serena, and Clemont narrate the preview for the next episode.
- Music from Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice and Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade is used in this episode.
Errors
- When Patrat, Sentret and Pachirisu are helping each other to hide the berries to the tree, Bonnie's hairpin is colored the same as her hair.
- When Ursaring is telling Machamp that Hawlucha stole the berries from Patrat, Pachirisu and Sentret, Patrat's mask near its eyes is colored red instead of black.
Bonnie with five bangs on her forehead
Patrat's mask error
Dub edits
In other languages
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| Chinese | Cantonese | 森林拳王！戰鬥飛鳥登場！！ |
| Mandarin | 森林拳王！戰鬥飛鳥登場！！ | |
 Danish
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Skovens Champion! | |
 Dutch
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De boskampioen! | |
 Finnish
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Metsän suojelija! | |
 European French
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Les héros de la forêt ! | |
 German
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Der Wald-Champion! | |
 Greek
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Ο Πρωταθλητής του Δάσους! | |
 Indonesian
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Juara Hutan! | |
 Italian
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Il campione della foresta! | |
 Korean
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숲의 챔피언! 루차불 등장!! | |
 Norwegian
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Skogens forsvarer! | |
 Polish
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Leśny bohater! | |
 Brazilian Portuguese
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O Campeão da Floresta! | |
 Russian
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Лесной чемпион! | |
 European Spanish
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¡El Campeón del Bosque! | |
 Swedish
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Skogens mästare! | |
 Thai
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แชมเปี้ยนแห่งพงไพร! ลูจาบูลปรากฏกาย!! | |
 Turkish
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Ormanın kahramanı! | |
 Vietnamese
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Nhà vô địch của rừng xanh! Ruchaburu xuất hiện!! | |
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