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'''Climbing the Tower of Success!''' (Japanese: '''難関突破！天空の塔を登れ！！''' ''Barrier Breakthrough! Climb the Tower of the Sky!!'') is the 69th episode of the {{series|Best Wishes}}, and the 726th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on March 8, 2012 and in the United States on July 7, 2012.

Stephan explains that they have to choose a partner Pokémon to help them in the competition. Cilan chooses {{TP|Cilan|Pansage}}, {{an|Iris}} chooses {{TP|Iris|Axew}}, and Stephan chooses {{TP|Stephan|Sawk}} to be their partners. Ash mentions that it has been awhile since he has last seen Sawk and scans him with his Pokédex. {{an|Miles}} arrives and asks everyone whether they are participating in the competition. Stephan mentions that Miles is the host of the festival. Iris and Cilan explain to Stephan that Miles is the former {{gy|Mistralton}} Gym Leader, and the grandfather of the current Gym Leader [[Skyla]]. Miles explains to all of the competitors what the goal is of the competition. He explains that the first contest is a true/false quiz, where the competitors who think the answer is true move to the sign with the circle on it, and the competitors who think the answer is false move to the sign with a cross on it. The first question is whether a {{type|Fire}}, {{type|Grass}}, and {{type|Rock}} are the types of the starter Pokémon that beginning Trainers may choose to start their journey. Cilan believes the question is very easy, but Stephan on the other hand believes that the answer is true and must be corrected by Cilan and Iris. The correct answer is false and only a few competitors get the answer wrong. Miles explains that {{t|Water}}, Fire, and Grass are the types to choose from for beginning Trainers. Stephan brags that nobody would get the question wrong, but Iris corrects him and says that he almost got the question wrong. The second question is whether you may eat {{ci|Castelia}} Ice Cream on Tuesdays. Ash recalls that they tried to get Castelia Ice Cream but the shop was closed the day they went. Stephan guesses that the answer is Wednesdays, but he was only guessing and doesn't really know. Cilan in a long explanation states that as a connoisseur he always remember and that the answer is Tuesdays. Iris tells Cilan that the long explanation was not necessary. They decide that the answer is true and move to the sign with a circle on it. Only half of the remaining competitors get the answer correct. The final question is whether Miles prefers [[Officer Jenny]] over [[Nurse Joy]]. Ash and his friends are stumped as to what the answer could be. [[Ricky]], who claims to be a {{tc|Psychic}} tells everyone that he knows the answer because he is a psychic. Ash scans {{p|Elgyem}} with his Pokédex. Ricky demonstrates his psychic powers by guessing that Ash is a Pokémon Trainer which Iris is skeptical that it demonstrates his powers because anyone could figure out that Ash is a Pokémon Trainer. Miles announces that there is only ten seconds left to answer, so everyone decides to let Ricky tell them the answer. Ricky uses his psychic powers and determines that Officer Jenny is the answer which would mean that the answer is true. Before Miles could reveal the answer, Elgyem uses its powers to change Miles's mind about what the answer is while Cilan notices what happened. Miles tells everyone that the answer is true, and only a few competitors answer the question correctly. Ricky again claims that it proves he is a psychic, but Iris says that it was probably a coincidence since it was a 50 percent chance of being correct.  

Miles explains that the next contest is for competitors and their Pokémon to get into a tub in the lake, and make their way to the goal with the help of their Pokémon. He explains that only the first five competitors may make it to the next contest. Cilan has Pansage paddle like he is using {{m|Dig}} to help them keep moving. Ash has Pikachu use his tail like a paddle and propel them forward. Iris has Axew use {{m|Dragon Rage}} to help them keep moving. Elgyem uses {{m|Psychic}} while Ricky uses his psychic powers to move them to the goal in first place. Cilan reaches the goal in second place, Ash in third place, and Iris in fourth place. With only one spot remaining, Stephan and Sawk jump out of the tub to use {{m|Low Sweep}} and propel all the way to the goal in fifth place.  

==Major events==

<!--This is not for summarizing everything that happens in this episode. Only events pertaining to the series as a whole, such as catching and releasing Pokémon and obtaining Badge, go here.-->

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Stephan]] again and everyone enters the [[Wishing Bell Festival]] contest.

* {{p|Patrat}} (Trainer's)

* {{p|Pidove}} (Trainer's)

* {{p|Cottonee}} (Trainer's)

* {{p|Darmanitan}} (Trainer's)

* {{p|Gothita}} (Trainer's)

* {{p|Lilligant}} (Trainer's)

* {{p|Foongus}} (Trainer's)

* {{p|Munna}} (Trainer's)

* {{p|Minccino}} (Trainer's)

* {{p|Servine}} (Trainer's)

* {{p|Sewaddle}} (Trainer's)

[[File:BW069 costumes.png|thumb|200px|right|The costumes]]

* [[Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster]]: {{p|Chandelure}}

* When Iris asks where [[Stephan]] is during the lake race, she pronounces his name correctly, making this the first occasion in which someone else besides Stephan himself has done so.

* When Cilan is once again thinking about Elesa's imitation, the scene from ''[[BW050|Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!]]'', Elesa's headphone on her head is colored the same way as her blonde hair.

* After {{p|Litwick}} blows out {{Ash}}'s candle, it faces forward and closes its eyes. However, in the next scene when Ash realizes his candle was blown out, Litwick is still facing towards Ash and doesn't face forward until after Stephan crosses the finish line.

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File:BW069_error.png|Darumaka's face error

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