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After the group finish their meal, Ash pits Gligar against {{AP|Buizel}}. Gligar's confidence starts to waver after Buizel sneers at it, but Ash tells it that everything will be fine. Gligar is satisfied by this, and starts off with an X-Scissor. Buizel expertly dodges before approaching with an {{m|Aqua Jet}}, however Gligar becomes petrified and leaps onto Ash for protection. Buizel continues its momentum and smashes straight into Ash, who is far from impressed. Ash irritatedly asks Gligar what's wrong with it, causing Gligar to get discouraged. Dawn tells Ash that he's going about it the wrong way. She kneels down to Gligar's level and comforts it with a hug. Ash says that he doesn't want Gligar to get spoiled from being treated that way, but Brock notes that being so harsh on it won't get him anywhere, either. He calls on {{AP|Turtwig}} to take on Gligar. While Gligar manages to dodge Turtwig's {{m|Energy Ball}}, it does so because it was trying to run away. As it soars into the air, Ash orders Gligar to use {{m|Steel Wing}}, which it does, but falters when Turtwig stares at it ferociously, ready to defend. Gligar spins around and knocking over Ash again with its weight. Ash scolds the Pokémon, saying that it has to toughening up and stop crying. Gligar takes it a little too harshly, and it flies away sobbing. Watching all of this happen from nearby bushes is {{TRT}}, who spot an opportunity to steal Gligar for {{an|Giovanni|the Boss}}, now that it's all alone and defenseless.

Later, {{AP|Staravia}} leads the group to a forest clearing, where they find Gligar along with a familiar face: Ash's old [[rival]] turned {{pkmn|Professor|Pokémon Researcher}}, [[Gary Oak]]. The two greet each other, and Dawn is instantly awe-struck by seeing {{an|Professor Oak|the poetry guy}}'s grandson again. Ash asks Gary what he's doing here, and he explains that he was on his way to [[Lake Valor]] to check out the [[Lake guardians (anime)#Azelf|Legendary Pokémon]] that Ash saw [[DP078|earlier]], because [[Professor Rowan]] asked that he do so. Gary asks about Gligar, to which Ash replies that it is his. Gary makes a guess that they were in the middle of training when it ran off. Ash takes the bait and gets offended by his assumption, to which Gary clarifies that he was only offering to help him. Ash refuses his offer and tries to call Gligar back to him, but Gligar recoils in fright and hides behind Gary. Ash grabs ahold of Gligar, trying to pull it away, but Gligar refuses to budge and continues cowering. Dawn and Brock suggests to Ash that maybe he should let Gary help him with Gligar's training. Gary agrees, and Ash grits his teeth in frustration.   

Not soon after, the two begin a battle, {{TP|Gary|Umbreon}} versus Gligar, to try to figure out why Gligar is having problems training. Ash has Gligar take to the skies and dive down for a Steel Wing. Gary calls for Umbreon to use its {{m|Shadow Ball}}. While the attack misses its target, Gligar recoils in fear anyway, and it falls back down and lands on Ash. Gary takes note that Gligar easily gets frightened when facing an opponent. Gary says that the first step they have to take is to try and overcome that fear. Ash pipes up and says that you just have to focus and concentrate, to which Gary quickly shuts him down, saying that he'll never change. He says that to use Steel Wing effectively, the Pokémon using it needs to jump up in the air as high as possible beforehand, and if they can work on that then Gligar's confidence would surely return. Dawn is amazed by how Gary explained it, to which Ash takes offense. Taking in the feedback, Gligar starts warming up to the battle by bouncing on its tail like a spring, before jumping up to fly. However, once in the air, Gligar becomes scared by the altitude and falls back down to the ground, landing on Ash again.

At that, Gary says that they've definitely got a problem on their hands if Gligar is afraid of heights, too. He asks how much battling Gligar has actually done, and Dawn explains to him that it's not very much, as Gligar got beaten pretty badly by Paul's Gliscor. Gary thinks on it for a moment before pulling out a [[Razor Fang]] from his pocket. He hands it to Ash, telling him the Razor Fang will make Gligar [[Evolution|evolve]] into Gliscor, and if they evolve it, it'll feel a lot better about its abilities. Gligar excitedly tries to grab the item from Ash's hand but Ash stops it, pulling his hand away from the over-eager Pokémon. He tells it that evolution is no substitute for hard work, and that it can evolve after it conquers its fear.  

Later that night, Team Rocket are sound asleep, which Ash tells Gligar is their chance to escape. Gligar nods, and Ash tells it to use X-Scissor to break open the bars on the cage. Gligar's two attempts aren't strong enough, so Ash tries to smash open the cage himself. Gligar watches this in amazement before resolving itself to use X-Scissor again. This time Ash notices a change in the strength of the bar, as it appears wobbly at the top. At this, Ash and Gligar work together and attack the cage bars at the same time, which breaks them open. The two escape from Team Rocket. On the way they come across an old, rickety bridge, and Gligar jumps on Ash's back as they try to get across it. The bridge's supporting rope snaps, sending Gligar and Ash plummeting. Luckily Ash manages to grab hold of the rope and pulls himself and Gligar up to safety.  

Ash looks around for another way to cross the chasm, and notices a tree near the edge of the cliff. At this, he has Gligar knock it over with Steel Wing, and on its second attempt Gligar fells the tree to make a crossing. Ash is proud of Gligar, and tells it that it's earned the Razor Fang that Gary gave him before. Gligar is overwhelmed with happiness and hugs Ash, but the happy moment is interrupted by Team Rocket who appear in their Gliscor balloon who are determined to deliver Gligar to Giovanni. The Gliscor tail shoots out again, but Ash jumps in the way of it and is captured instead. Holding Gligar in his arms, he tells it that he's going to let it go so it can escape. He does so, and Gligar falls down below. Ash falls himself while trying to scale the mecha. Ash passes Gligar as they both descend. He throws Gligar the Razor Fang, which Gligar catches, causing it to instantly evolve into {{AP|Gliscor}}. Gliscor is now a lot faster than before and manages to catch Ash, using its tail to cushion their landing. Ash thanks his new Gliscor for saving him. Team Rocket are also impressed to see the newly evolved Gliscor.

Ash tells Team Rocket that Gliscor belongs to him and isn't going anywhere. He has Gliscor use X-Scissor, which smashes into the Gliscor balloon tail and knocks it back. At this, Gary, Dawn and Brock run onto the scene and call out to Ash. Dawn is amazed to see that Gligar has evolved, and Brock congratulates it for doing so. Team Rocket shout out to the group below angry at being ignored, and {{MTR}} sends out the claws of the Gliscor balloon mecha. This is deflected once again by the real Gliscor's X-Scissor attack. Ash tells it to grab a hold of a tree branch and charge up its power, which it does, before flinging itself from the tree and using Steel Wing aimed at Team Rocket. James smirks, saying that Gliscor can't beat their mecha balloon's power. Meowth activates the balloon's Steel Wing mode. Though Ash's Gliscor wins out, and Team Rocket's mecha is split in half. Ash tells {{AP|Pikachu}} to use {{m|Thunderbolt}}, which causes the Gliscor bot to explode and sending Team Rocket blasting off. As the sun rises, Ash and Gliscor exchange smiles, with the rift between them healed and a stronger [[friendship]] than before.

* The English [[dub]] title is a reference to the phrase "''fighting fire with fire''".

* This is the last episode where Ash and Gary battle each other.

* This is the only time one of {{cat|Ash's Pokémon}} [[evolution|evolves]] using an [[item]].

** This is also the only time that one of Ash's Pokémon has a [[List of cross-generational evolution families|cross-generational evolution]] take place while under his ownership.

* In the {{pmin|Latin America|Latin American}} dub, {{OBP|Delibird|Team Rocket}} is referred as "Mensajeave", a literal translation from its name.

* In the {{pmin|Brazil|Brazilian Portuguese}} dub, {{m|Silver Wind}} is referred to as ''Asa de Prata'', which actually means "Silver Wing".

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