Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition
The Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition (Japanese: タッグバトル大会 Tag Battle Tournament) is an anime-exclusive tournament held in Hearthome City consisting of Tag Battles. It is one of Hearthome's biggest attractions along with the Pokémon Contest and the Collection. It is hosted by Enta, and it took place between Tag! We're It...! and Smells Like Team Spirit!.
Competition
The Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition was held in a giant stadium and accepted 32 registrations. When registering for the tournament, each Trainer was given an entry card with a number on its front. During the opening ceremony, a computer shuffled all the cards, randomly pairing up two numbers and forming 16 different teams. After that, Trainers started looking for the person holding the card whose number was matched with the number on their card.
With the teams formed, the tournament began with the Tag Battles taking place one at a time. All battles were observed by a referee. The prize is two Soothe Bells, one for each winner.
Known participants
| Trainers | Place |
|---|---|
| Ash and Paul | Winners |
| Dawn and Conway | Runners-up |
| Brock and Holly | Top 4 |
| A Psychic and a Black Belt | Top 8 |
| A Scientist and Ace Trainer | Top 16 |
| Giant and unnamed Trainer | Top 16 |
Pokémon used in competition
Ash
 Pikachu ♂ |
 Turtwig |
 Staravia ♂ |
 Chimchar |
After Paul released Chimchar in Glory Blaze!, it joined Ash's team and was used in the final battle.
Dawn
 Piplup ♂ |
 Pachirisu |
 Buneary ♀ |
 Buizel ♂ |
Brock
 Sudowoodo ♂ |
 Croagunk ♂ |
Paul
 Chimchar |
 Torterra |
 Elekid → Electabuzz |
Conway
 Slowking |
 Aggron |
 Heracross |
Holly
 Wingull |
 Nosepass |
 Farfetch'd |
Giant
 Koffing |
Pokémon used by other Trainers
 Magmar |
 Rhydon |
 Scyther |
 Hitmonchan ♂ |
| Furret |
 Yanma |
 Bagon |
 Metagross |
 Zangoose |
 Tauros ♂ |
Granbull |
In other languages
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