Life Skills (Learning League): Difference between revisions

It's revealed that the trainers are in fact Team Rocket, and just like in the anime, they get blasted off by Pikachu's thunderbolt. The episode ends with The Pokétalk radio show back on the air and Oak reciting a poem about the media:

May is preparing for a contest, this time with Beautifly, as she has decided to use it's {{M|Silver Wind}} in a unique way, but she isn't sure if she's practiced enough. Ash and Max try to make her feel better, but May is reminded of [[AG035|the time Beautifly lost to a Milotic]]. She begins to panic over the contest. Ash and Max try to distract her, but their attempts were unsuccessful. It turns out that there ''is'' a trainer that has entered with a Milotic. May freaks out and snaps at Ash and Max. Ash decides to contact Quinn, who gives tips on stress management.

May is competing in a [[Pokémon Contest]] with her {{TP|May|Eevee|Glaceon}} against a trainer named Jessandra, who is really [[Jessie]] in disguse, with her {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}. Seviper uses a {{m|Poison Tail}} attack, which generates cheers from the crowd. May decides to launch a counterattack, while James and Meowth plan on disrupting her. James orders {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to use {{m|Pin Missile}}, which hits Eevee from behind. May asks her Pokémon what's wrong, Eevee isn't too hurt but is feeling a bit saddened. James's deed hasn't gone un-noticed though: [[Nurse Joy]] and an extra in the audience notices it as well. While Seviper attacks with another Poison Tail, Jessandra begins to gloat. Max tells May to not to listen to her and to focus on the match. Eevee gets it's confidence back and tries to attack. However, Cacnea shoots another Pin Missile from the sidelines, knocking Eevee off balance again. Jessandra insults May, and Meowth joins in. Round one is over with Jessandra as the winner, which causes her to gloat even more. May thinks about telling the judges that it's Jessandra's fault and that she should be disqualified for teasing her. Max reasons that even if she's a bad sport, doesn't mean that May should be one as well. However, May is too worked up about Jessandra to listen. Max calls Quinn up and he explains good sportsmanship to May and Max.

Ash and Brock are watching a trainer and his {{p|Machop}} preform a {{m|DynamicPunch}}. Both of them are impressed by its intensity, by how much muscle it has and by its {{m|Karate Chop}}. Ash looks up Machop in the Pokédex, which mentions how much it trains to master all kinds of martial arts, and it's unbelievable strength. Ash wishes that he were that strong, so Brock suggests that he should build up his muscles as well. So Ash decides to run for a bit to build them up. Brock then suggests that he should have something against his muscle, so Ash does some push-ups and slips. Brock mentions that he has to do more then that. So they decide to call Quinn up to see if he has any advice on how to exercise properly.