EP108: Difference between revisions

The episode begins as {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Kumquat Island]], a resort island where Ash will compete in his fourth and final Orange Crew battle. {{an|Misty}} and {{Tracey}} plan to enjoy their time while Ash {{pkmn|battle}}s. They are interrupted by a lady, who mistakes Ash for her son, [[Travis]], who had, like Ash, started a Pokémon journey with a Pikachu. After clearing the confusion, though, the beach is attacked by a {{TRT}} {{p|Rhydon}} robot, driven by {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}} and weaponized by {{TP|James|Weezing}}. Jessie tells Weezing to use {{m|Hyper Beam}}, but it instead uses {{m|Smog}}. It becomes clear that James had never gotten around to teaching Hyper Beam to Weezing. Ash then decides to put a stop to Team Rocket. In retaliation, Jessie has Arbok use {{m|Poison Sting}} on Ash and Pikachu, which is stopped thanks to the woman, whose {{p|Alakazam}} used {{m|Reflect}} to block the attack, and then {{m|Psychic}} to seal the mechanical Rhydon's mouth shut while another Smog attack is fired. This allows Ash to send out {{AP|Charizard}} amidst Team Rocket confusion, who uses {{m|Take Down}} to deal a blow to the robot. When Arbok accidentally uses {{m|Acid}} to tear a hole in the Rhydon robot, Charizard uses {{m|Flamethrower}} to overload the Rhydon robot's machinery, causing the robot to explode and send Team Rocket flying.

While in the hotel's hot spring, Ash and Tracey discuss strategy. Ash is committed to have Pikachu battle, but Tracey surmises that Alakazam will battle. Lacking {{t|Ghost}} types or {{t|Bug}} types that could deal an effective blow, Ash ponders who else could stand up to Alakazam's power. The next day, the battle begins with Luana sending out Alakazam and {{p|Marowak}} against Pikachu and Charizard. However, even before the match begins, Pikachu and Charizard are at each other; an innocuous {{m|stomp}} by Charizard had knocked Pikachu over, and the argument between the two escalated until the two were trading attacks, forcing Ash to break up the fight. Even as the match begins, Charizard's {{m|Flamethrower}} manages to hit Pikachu while Pikachu was rushing towards the opponents. When Charizard tries {{m|Tackle}} on Alakazam, and gets hit with {{m|Psychic}} in result, Ash has Pikachu assist Charizard by using {{m|ThunderShock}}—which promptly hits Charizard. This gives Marowak and Alakazam an opening to land successive {{m|Bonemerang}} and Psychic attacks on Charizard.

With Charizard on the ropes (about to eat up another Psychic), Ash warns Pikachu, standing still amidst the beating Charizard is taking, that if Charizard is unable to continue, they will lose the match. Pikachu finally ThunderShocks Alakazam, freeing Charizard. In return, Charizard catches Pikachu after Pikachu is hit by a {{m|Body Slam}} from Marowak soon after. With the two now willing to cooperate, Charizard {{m|Fly|takes to the skies}} with Pikachu in tow, allowing Pikachu to land {{m|Thunderbolt}} on Marowak, who had just launched another Bonemerang. The attack does not faze Marowak, but it manages to knock off its concentration. Meanwhile, Charizard continues to fly towards Alakazam, who was preparing a {{m|Hyper Beam}} to land point-blank on Charizard. When Charizard pulls up at the last minute, Alakazam is hit with the wayward Bonemerang attack, sending it and the charged Hyper Beam backwards. The Hyper Beam tears across the battlefield and into Marowak, knocking both of Luana's Pokémon out, and giving Ash the victory.

==Major events==

* [[Ash's Charizard]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.

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===Debuts===

====Pokémon debuts====

==Characters==

===Pokémon===

[[File:WTP EP108.png|150px|thumb|right|Who's That Pokémon?]]

* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})

==Trivia==

* This is the first of two episodes that featured {{Tracey}} without his headband on.

* Although James revealed that he had intended to teach his {{TP|James|Weezing}} {{m|Hyper Beam}}, he never does get around to actually teaching it.

* After [[Luana]] reveals her status as Gym Leader in the English dub, [[Jessie]] comments "I don't care if you're in the Orange Crew or the Grapefruit League", quite possibly a stealth reference to Major League Baseball's Spring Training league in Florida.

===Errors===

* Before the characters enter the Gym, Luana moves her mouth as if speaking but doesn't actually say anything.

* In the training room of the hotel, a {{p|Sandslash}} has the voice of a {{p|Sandshrew}}.

* When [[Ash's Charizard]] uses {{m|Take Down}} on the Rhydon robot, the cream-colored spots on its soles disappears.

* Ash's Charizard uses {{m|Tackle}}, which he and his pre-evolutions [[Anime move errors|can't learn in the games]].

===Dub edits===

[[File:Kumquat Island Jynx Pinsir.png|thumb|right|150px|Deleted scene]]

* Part of the scene where Luana hugs Ash and squishes his face in between her breasts, thinking that he is her son, is removed from the dub.

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