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'''Jostling for the Junior Cup!''' (Japanese: '''ジュニアカップ開幕！カイリューVSツンベアー！！''' ''The Junior Cup Gets Underway! {{tt|Kairyu|Dragonite}} VS {{tt|Tunbear|Beartic}}!!'') is the 90th episode of the {{series|Best Wishes}}, and the 747th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It aired in Japan on August 2, 2012 and in the United States on December 1, 2012.

{{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}}, {{an|Dawn}}, and {{an|Cilan}} enter [[Lacunosa Town]] for the [[Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup]]. Meloetta is with them to cheer them on. When two young men rushing to get good seats run into it and Ash, however, Meloetta is scared off. Cilan tells them that the opening ceremony is about to start and the friends head toward the dome, noticing a temporary Pokémon Center on the way in. Ash hears a familiar voice, and turns to see [[Alder]] talking to [[Cynthia]] and trying to get her to eat lunch with him. They are interrupted by [[Trip]], who is determined to win the tournament to face off and defeat Alder.  

The Tournament opens with the participants standing in line together as Freddy the Scoop and Alder make announcements. They kick the battling off with a ten minute exhibition match between [[Unova]] [[Elite Four]] member [[Caitlin]] and [[Sinnoh]] [[Champion]] Cynthia. Cynthia sends out [[Cynthia's Garchomp|Garchomp]], and Caitlin sends out her {{p|Gothitelle}}. The two battle, and when Garchomp's {{m|Draco Meteor}} and Gothitelle's {{m|Thunderbolt}} collide it sets off a fireworks-like display in the arena. Before either Pokémon can gain the upper hand, however, the timer runs out and the exhibition battle is declared to be a draw.

The first round matches are then announced: Trip versus Burgundy, [[Manning]] versus [[Kenton]], [[Shepherd]] versus Cilan, [[Horatio]] versus [[Simeon]], [[Marris]] versus Ash, [[Geraldo]] versus [[Cassie]], [[Ramone]] versus Dawn, and Georgia versus Iris. Meloetta appears after the matches are announced to cheer Ash and his friends on. The first battle pits [[Trip]] and his newly evolved {{TP|Trip|Serperior}} versus [[Burgundy]] and her brand new {{p|Darmanitan}}. Serperior uses {{m|Leer}} to lower Darmanitan's defense and uses a match-winning {{m|SolarBeam}}. When the smoke clears, Darmanitan is no longer able to battle and Trip is victorious.

The other battles are briefly shown, with Manning, Cilan, Horatio, Ash, Geraldo, Dawn wining before Georgia and Iris face off. Geogia uses [[Georgia's Beartic|Beartic]] to exploit [[Iris's Dragonite|Dragonite]]'s weakness to ice and starts the battle with {{m|Hidden Power}}. Dragonite ignores Iris's orders to dodge the attack, instead batting it away. Dragonite refuses to dodge any of Beartic attacks, including an {{m|Ice Beam}} and appears to be losing as it also is too stubborn to use type-effective attacks. Dragonite finally wins by knocking Beartic out with a {{m|Thunder Punch}}, and Iris wins the match. Georgia approaches Iris and tells her that it was Dragonite that won, not her, as the Pokémon had refused to listen.