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'''Charizard's Burning Ambitions''' (Japanese: '''リザードンのたに！またあうひまで！！''' ''The Valley of {{tt|Lizardon|Charizard}}! Until We Meet Again!!'') is the 134th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 10, 2000 and in the United States on February 3, 2001.  

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A fatigued {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} hike along a path, followed by a similarly fatigued {{TRT}}. [[Jessie]] contemplates abandoning the trio's quest to capture Pikachu, while [[James]] mentions how many {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} Ash's friends have compared to them, using [[Ash's Charizard]] as an example. As they walk, Ash mentions that with {{AP|Pikachu}} and Charizard by his side, he could beat any opponent, but his friends mention that he uses Charizard excessively, making it unfair for opponents. The group overhears a faint echo, so {{an|Brock}} decides to respond. A woman calls over to them from atop a cliff and introduces herself as {{jo|Liza}}, the caretaker of the [[Charicific Valley]]. Liza knows that Ash has a {{p|Charizard}} by the scent on him and reveals that she knows him because of [[EP131|his victory]] at the [[Violet Gym]], before inviting the group to visit the valley.

Liza calls out [[Charla]], a female Charizard that helps transport Liza, {{an|Misty}}, and Brock in a balloon. There isn't enough room for Ash, but Liza suggests for him to fly on his Charizard. Charla takes off as Ash asks how to ride, which stuns Liza that he had never flown on a Charizard. Ash summons his Charizard and requests a ride; he refuses at first, but Liza's taunt motivates Charizard to try. Ash and Pikachu hop on Charizard as he stomps and flies off, but he accidentally leaves them behind. After getting them back on, Charizard unsteadily and furiously flies with them onboard. Meanwhile, Liza mentions that the Charizard in the valley are wild, except for Charla. Ash and Charizard catch up, but Charla speeds forward, angering Charizard. Meanwhile, Team Rocket slides down a mountain hill towards the valley.

As Liza, Misty, and Brock reach the Charicific Valley, Liza mentions its history and how the Charizard train naturally without humans by battling each other, with the intense competition making them the strongest worldwide. Misty thinks that it would be too intense for Ash's Charizard, but Charizard tries to prove their strength. However, Charla and Liza note that only weak Charizard show off, suggesting that he needs training. Charizard fires a {{m|Flamethrower}} to disprove this, but he briefly sets Ash on fire while he takes her comments as an insult. Ash demands to have a battle with Liza using Charla, but she mentions that she raised her since she was a {{p|Charmander}}. As a result, Ash and Charizard want to battle the ones in the valley, so Liza shows them all of the other Charizard, leaving them stunned at their larger size. One larger Charizard walks by and Liza points out that if Ash's Charizard can defeat it, he may qualify to join.

Team Rocket, watching from a distance, realizes they cannot capture any of the Charizard in the valley because they were easily able to beat Ash's Charizard, who always beats them, while the [[Team Rocket's mechas|mecha]] that they bought is inadequate, hence why Jessie names it "Gigantic Mistake". Meanwhile, after Charizard repeatedly beats the gates, Liza reopens them and repeats her instructions, but Charizard stubbornly refuses. Liza allows Charla to attack, and Charizard is tossed into a lake. Liza tells Charizard to stay put and reflect before closing the gates again. When night falls, Misty notes that Charizard has stayed in place since that afternoon. Ash wants to leave, but Charizard doesn't budge. Team Rocket watches as {{MTR}} translates Charizard's thoughts about wanting to be stronger. Throughout the night, Ash and his friends fall asleep, but Team Rocket tosses rocks at Charizard to keep him awake and prevent his flame from dying out. Through the gates, Liza and Charla realize how determined Charizard is to get in.

The next morning, Ash wakes up and sees Charizard still sitting in place. Just then, Team Rocket's mecha shows up and rolls up to the gates, attempting to break in. Charizard confronts the mecha and hits it with Flamethrower, causing it to explode and send Team Rocket blasting off, just as the trio had planned. The gates open, revealing an applauding Liza, who invites Charizard in, explaining that he finally proved that he wants to enter. Shocking his friends, Ash coldly tells Charizard that he should stay in the valley if he wants to, and then adds that he doesn't want a weak Charizard anyway. Ash starts to walk away and points to the valley, telling Charizard that it has a lot to learn there. Then, out of fear that he might change his mind, Ash starts running away, followed by Misty and Brock. Pikachu briefly remains to bid Charizard farewell before following the group as well. As Ash runs, tears stream down his face as he silently hopes that Charizard will train as hard as he can in the Charicific Valley and that Charizard won't forget him. Charizard bids his Trainer farewell by roaring and firing a Flamethrower into the sky as Ash, knowing that he can't look back, keeps running.

* A shot of this episode was reanimated and reused in a flashback in ''[[SM042|Alola, Kanto!]]''.

* In the English dub, {{Ash}} says that he has not ridden Charizard before; however, this is not true, as he rode on Charizard in both ''[[EP046|Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon]]'' and ''[[EP105|Charizard Chills]]''. He never said this in the Japanese version.

** Technically, the moment in ''Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon'' doesn't really count as Ash riding Charizard, as it wasn't intentional. Additionally, both Charizard and Ash were half-asleep from {{an|Jigglypuff}}'s {{m|sing}}ing, so they may not remember it.

** Furthermore, in ''Charizard Chills'', Charizard was perfectly capable of carrying Ash without any troubles, while in this episode, Charizard struggled with Ash's weight.

* The initial dialogue between {{jo|Liza}}, {{an|Brock}}, and Ash was changed completely in the English dub; this included changing Liza from calling for Charizard in general to calling for [[Charla]]. This creates an error since multiple plumes of fire emerge from behind the mountains, which couldn't have been produced by one Charizard.

* In the English dub, Liza refers to {{an|Misty}} by her name despite nobody ever telling her that name. In the Japanese version, Liza never refers to Ash, Misty, and Brock by their name.

* When Team Rocket blasts off, their mouths move, but no sound comes out in the English dub.

* In the Japanese version, James never said that the mecha was purchased online.