BW091

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Best Wishes series

BW092 : Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three! →

Battling Authority Once Again!

BW091   EP748 パワーバトル！アイリスVSヒカリ！ Power Battle! Iris VS Hikari!

First broadcast Japan August 23, 2012 United States December 8, 2012

English themes Opening Rival Destinies Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！ Ending みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf Dub review thread on BMGf

Battling Authority Once Again! (Japanese: パワーバトル！アイリスVSヒカリ！！ Power Battle! Iris VS Hikari!!) is the 91st episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 748th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 23, 2012 and in the United States on December 8, 2012.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis The episode begins with a pre-episode teaser of the last episode with Trip, Manning, Cilan, Horatio, Ash, Geraldo, Dawn, and Iris winning the first round. The first round is Trip vs. Manning, in which Trip wins. The next round is Cilan vs. Horatio, with Cilan winning. The third round is Ash vs. Geraldo.

Major events

• Trip defeats Manning and advances to the semi-final round.
• Cilan's Stunfisk is revealed to have learned Sludge Bomb.
• Cilan defeats Horatio and advances to the semi-final round.
• Ash defeats Geraldo and advances to the semi-final round.
• Dawn's Mamoswine is revealed to have learned Ice Fang.
• Iris's Dragonite is revealed to know Dragon Rush.
• Iris defeats Dawn and advances to the semi-final round.
• Trip defeats Cilan and advances to the final round.
• Ash and Iris begin their battle.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Dawn
• Trip
• Burgundy
• Georgia
• Alder
• Freddy O'Martian
• Cynthia
• Manning
• Horatio
• Geraldo

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Mamoswine

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Boldore (Ash's)
• Krokorok (Ash's)
• Excadrill (Iris's; flashback)
• Dragonite (Iris's)
• Dwebble (Cilan's; video)
• Crustle (Cilan's)
• Stunfisk (Cilan's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Serperior (Trip's)
• Gurdurr (Trip's; video)
• Meloetta (anime)
• Heatmor (Manning's)
• Cinccino (Horatio's)
• Reuniclus (Geraldo's)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Bisharp
• This episode aired on December 5, 2012 in Germany (on Disney XD), three days before the US airdate.

Errors

• Just like in Jostling for the Junior Cup! Dragonite's antennae are orange instead of cream.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		力量對戰！艾莉絲VS小光！！
Dutch		Opnieuw Verzet Tegen Het Gezag!
Greek		Άλλη μια Μάχη με την Εξουσία!
Italian		Iris e l'inarrestabile Dragonite!
Polish		Ponowne Starcie Autorytetów!

← BW090 : Jostling for the Junior Cup!

Best Wishes series

BW092 : Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three! →

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