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!.

The setting for the competition

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.

Pokémon used by other Trainers

Magmar	Rhydon	Scyther	Hitmonchan ♂
Furret	Yanma	Bagon	Metagross
Zangoose	Tauros ♂	Granbull

In other languages

Language		Title
French		Tournoi en double d'Unionpolis
German		Herzhofen-Zweiermatch
Italian		Gara a coppie di Cuoripoli
Brazilian Portuguese		Competição de Batalhas em Dupla da Cidade de Hearthome
Spanish	Latin America	Batalla Corazonada
Spanish	Spain	Combate Corazón
Swedish		Hearthome City parstridtävlingen