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'''The Evolutionary War''' (Japanese: '''ハンテールとサクラビス！進化の謎！''' ''Huntail and {{tt|Sakurabyss|Gorebyss}}! The Riddle of Evolution!'') is the 95th episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, and the 369th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 23, 2004 and in the United States on October 1, 2005.  

Meanwhile, not far away, [[Team Rocket]] is pursuing the “twerps” as usual, in their {{p|Magikarp}} sub. Suddenly, they get stuck between two boulders underwater. They start pedaling at full power to try and break free, but the sub’s hull buckles, letting water gush in.

By now, Ash and friends have reached the Pokémon Center, and greet [[Nurse Joy]]. Brock flips out as usual, and Max drags him away. After a brief interruption so Joy can accept a call and a transported {{p|Corsola}} from another Trainer, the group suddenly hear loud voices arguing. Turns out that this Nurse Joy is also a teacher, and her students have begun arguing in her absence over whether Huntail or Gorebyss is better. Joy quiets the kids down, then takes everyone out to the pool, much to the kids’ delight. On  the way, Joy explains about the rivalry between the Huntail Trainers and the Gorebyss Trainers on these islands, and the regular water races they have.  

At the pool, the kids (including the two from the beginning of the episode) are watching two Huntail and two Gorebyss swim around a man floating in the pool. The man turns out to be none other than [[Professor Birch]]! Joy is surprised to learn that Ash and friends know the Professor, and greetings are exchanged. May assumes he must have been doing some sort of research in the pool with the Huntail and Gorebyss, but Birch says he was just playing with them for now. Birch explains that he’s here to learn more about what makes Clamperl evolve into Huntail or Gorebyss. Birch fields a couple of questions from the kids, then explains that Clamperl evolve using either the {{DL|Evolution-inducing held item|DeepSeaScale}} or {{DL|Evolution-inducing held item|DeepSeaTooth}}, and produces models of the items to show the kids. He goes on to explain that he had heard that when Clamperl are placed in the water in the two other islands, they tended to soon evolve into either Huntail or Gorebyss, so he suspects he might be able to find the DeepSeaTooth and DeepSeaScale on those islands. Ash says he and his friends would love to come along, and Birch agrees to let them come.

A scene change later, they’re in a speedboat, ready to take off for Island B. [[Nancy]] (the young girl from earlier) joins them at the last minute. Unbeknownst to them, {{ho|Keith}} (the young boy from earlier) is following in his pedal boat. Having reached Island B, Birch tastes the water from a waterfall inside a cave there. Just as he suspected, the mineral content seems very high, so he takes a water sample. Suddenly, the sound of a footstep behind them betrays the presence of Keith, much to Nancy’s annoyance. Keith is anxious to evolve his Clamperl into a Huntail, and had been eavesdropping. Birch explains that he fully intends to investigate ''both'' islands, and Keith accompanies them to Island C. This time, Nancy follows in the pedal boat. Same process here. Birch tastes the water, takes a sample, and Nancy accidentally betrays her presence. This time it’s ''her'' turn to eavesdrop on the enemy.

== Major events ==

=== Debuts ===

==== Pokémon debuts ====

== Characters ==

=== Humans ===

* {{ho|Keith}}

=== Pokémon ===

* {{p|Clamperl}} ([[Nancy]]'s, evolves)

* {{p|Gorebyss}} ([[Nancy]]'s, newly evolved; debut)

* {{p|Clamperl}} ({{ho|Keith}}'s, evolves)

* {{p|Huntail}} ({{ho|Keith}}'s, newly evolved; debut)

* {{p|Huntail}} (islanders', many)

* {{p|Gorebyss}} (islanders', many)

* {{p|Corsola}}

* {{p|Wailmer}}

== Trivia ==

=== Errors ===

* Telling about evolution of Clamperl, Professor Birch shows an example of DeepSeaTooth, which has same color as DeepSeaScale.

=== Dub edits ===

*In the final attack before Team Rocket blasts off, Huntail uses {{m|Screech}}, and then Pikachu uses {{m|Thunder}}.  In the dub, Pikachu attacks first, and it is Huntail who makes them blast off, despite Screech [[Special move|not being a physical move]]. This is an example of [[anime physics]].

 

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