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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
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Major events
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history 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 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 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.
Dub edits
- For an unknown reason, the title card lacks the characters' shadows in the Polish dub.
In other languages
Language | Title | |
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Finnish | Metsän suojelija! | |
European French | Les héros de la forêt ! | |
German | Der Wald-Champion! | |
Italian | Il campione della foresta! | |
Polish | Leśny bohater! | |
Russian | Лесной чемпион! | |
European Spanish | ¡El Campeón del Bosque! | |
Swedish | Skogens mästare! | |
Thai | แชมเปี้ยนแห่งพงไพร! ลูจาบูลปรากฏกาย!! | |
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