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'''What I Did for Love!''' (Japanese: '''大一番！ハルカVSタケシ！！''' ''Decisive Game! {{tt|Haruka|May}} VS {{tt|Takeshi|Brock}}!!'') is the 167th episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, and the 441st episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 9, 2006 and in the United States on November 18, 2006.

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The upcoming [[Gardenia Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]] gives {{an|May}} the chance to win her fourth [[Ribbon]]. May trains with her {{TP|May|Eevee}} to prepare it for its debut. Meanwhile, a girl named [[Mollie]] and her {{p|Raticate}} are trying to register for the Contest. Having briefly run away from May, Eevee pops out of the ground, knocking Mollie over. May apologizes, and Mollie asks for directions to the registration desk. {{an|Brock}} gives her the directions, so Mollie runs off. Eevee goes underground again and comes back up, knocking {{Ash}} down. [[Max]] points out to May that Eevee has learned {{m|Dig}}.  

Meanwhile, [[Jessie]] orders {{MTR}} and [[James]] to help her sell fake Ribbons and merchandise to make money in order to get her new costumes since she sold off her ''Jessebella'' wardrobe to cover the cost of their [[Team Rocket's mechas|mechas]]. James looks at the fake Ribbons and notices, to his dismay, that Jessie is using his bottle caps to make them.  

The scene jumps ahead to the final round, with May's Eevee against Brock’s Marshtomp. Eevee uses {{m|Shadow Ball}}, but Marshtomp blocks with {{m|Protect}}. Marshtomp counterattacks with Mud Shot, but Eevee uses Dig to avoid it. Brock orders Marshtomp to sense Eevee's underground movements with its fins. Eevee pops out of the ground, but Marshtomp fires Water Gun the instant it appears, knocking Eevee down. Marshtomp fires Mud Shot and Eevee dodges, but the mud sticks onto Eevee's leg and causes it to slip, allowing Marshtomp to follow up with {{m|Tackle}}. Eevee fires Shadow Ball, but Marshtomp's Water Gun negates the attack before it follows up with Tackle. Eevee goes underground, but Marshtomp Tackles Eevee as soon as it appears. Eevee repeats Dig a further four times, but Marshtomp dodges them all. Marshtomp uses Mud Shot to cover the field with mud and make it impossible for Eevee to use Dig. Eevee attempts to Tackle, but Marshtomp uses Water Gun to knock it back and cause Eevee to slip in the mud. Marshtomp fires another Water Gun to stop Eevee, taking away some of May's points.  

With one minute remaining, May orders Eevee to jump on top of a dirt mound. Marshtomp fires Water Gun, but Eevee jumps and runs on the stream of water to Tackle Marshtomp, dropping Brock's points. Marshtomp tries to hit Eevee with Water Gun, but it dodges by jumping onto another dirt mound. Eevee then fires another Shadow Ball, hitting and lowering Brock's points. Eevee leaps from mound to mound while dodging Mud Shot attacks and lands a hit. Eevee uses Shadow Ball again, but Marshtomp's Water Gun stops the attack. At that moment, the time runs out. Since May has more points than Brock, she is declared the winner. Brock praises Marshtomp as {{pkmn|Activities Committee|Contest Director}} [[Raoul Contesta|Mr. Contesta]] presents May with the Gardenia Ribbon.

* {{an|May}} enters the [[Gardenia Town]] Pokémon Contest along with Brock.

* [[Mollie]]

* {{p|Raticate}}  ([[Mollie]]'s)

* {{p|Absol}} ([[Mollie]]'s)

* {{p|Arbok}}

* {{p|Sableye}}

* {{p|Manectric}}

* {{p|Marill}}

* {{p|Azumarill}}

* {{p|Snorunt}}

* {{p|Bellsprout}}

* {{p|Koffing}}

* {{p|Furret}}

* {{p|Ninetales}}

* {{p|Lombre}}

* {{p|Taillow}}

* {{p|Poochyena}}

* {{p|Persian}}

* {{p|Mareep}}

* {{p|Spinda}}

* {{p|Hoppip}}

* {{p|Oddish}}

* {{p|Mudkip}}

* {{p|Loudred}}

* {{p|Bulbasaur}}

* {{p|Azurill}}

* {{p|Beautifly}}

* {{p|Kirlia}}

* {{p|Mawile}}

* {{p|Grumpig}}

* {{p|Vulpix}}

* {{p|Lotad}}

* {{p|Marowak}}

* {{p|Caterpie}}

* {{p|Venonat}}

* {{p|Venomoth}}

* {{p|Growlithe}}

* [[I Won't Lose! ~Haruka's Theme~]] was used as an insert song for the second time.

* The baseball scene was a parody of the sports anime and manga ''{{wp|Yomiuri Giants|Star of the Giants}}'' (巨人の星).

* The English title is a reference to the title of a song of the same name from the musical ''A Chorus Line''.

* After Brock directs [[Mollie]] to the registration desk, [[Max]] remarks about this Contest being her first, just like {{TP|May|Eevee}}, but Mollie never revealed that information.

series=Advanced Generation series |

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[[zh:精灵宝可梦 超世代 第166集]]