Clubsplosion

The Clubsplosion (Japanese: ドンナマイト Donamite) is an anime-exclusive, 16-competitor tournament held annually in Ambiga Town, Unova. It takes place in the local Battle Club and it is hosted by the town's Don George and Freddy O'Martian.

Clubsplosion participants and Don George
The setting for the competition

It was first mentioned in Climbing the Tower of Success!, when Stephan told Ash and his friends that he was going to enter. It took place from The Clubsplosion Begins! to Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!.

Competition

While it is similar to the Club Battle held in Nimbasa Town, it focuses more on hand-to-hand combat as it is a tournament geared towards Trainers of Fighting-type Pokémon. However, Pokémon of all types are allowed to participate. The winner receives a year's supply of vitamins.

Montgomery was the winner of the previous year's Clubsplosion but lost his championship title to Stephan in Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!.

Contestants

Trainer Place
Stephan Winner
Montgomery Runner-Up
Ash Top 4
Bianca Top 4
Iris Top 8
Georgia Top 8
Betty Top 8
Cilan Top 8
Trip Top 16
Delbert Top 16
Gail Top 16
Getty Top 16
Burgundy Top 16
Angus Top 16
Flora Top 16
Edmund Top 16


Rounds

The Clubsplosion is a 16-competitor tournament consisting of four rounds, and entrants are allowed one Pokémon each. All rounds consisted of Single Battles against randomly matched up Trainers by a computer.

First round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
O  Montgomery    
X  Delbert       O  Montgomery    
X  Burgundy     X  Iris    
O  Iris         O  Montgomery    
O  Betty         X  Ash    
X  Getty       X  Betty  
X  Angus    
O
 Ash    
O  Ash         X  Montgomery  
O  Stephan         O  Stephan  
X  Edmund       O  Stephan    
X  Flora     X  Cilan    
O  Cilan         O  Stephan  
X  Gail         X  Bianca    
O  Georgia       X  Georgia  
X  Trip     O  Bianca    
O  Bianca    



Pokémon used in tournament

Ash Ketchum

 
Scraggy

Iris

 
Excadrill

Cilan

 
Pansage

Trip

 
Conkeldurr

Bianca

 
Emboar

Burgundy

 
Dewott

Stephan

 
Sawk

Georgia

 
Bisharp

Montgomery

 
Throh

Edmund

 
Seismitoad

Flora

 
Gothorita

Angus

 
Simisage

Getty

 
Simisear

Betty

 
Simipour

Gail

 
Druddigon

Delbert

 
Mienshao

Trivia

  • In both the original Japanese version and the English dub, Don George's pupil, the referee, has the same voice (and actor) as he had in the Club Battle, but with more of a throaty rasp.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 東·喬治格鬥大會 Dōng Qiáozhì Gédòu Dàhuì
  Dutch Explodon Toernooi
  Finnish Ottelupamaus
  European French Donamite
  German Explodon
  Italian Torneo Donamite
  Korean 돈너마이트 Donamite
  Polish Kluboeksplozja
Portuguese   Brazil Clube-Explosão
  Portugal Clubestrondo
Spanish   Latin America Clubexplosión
  Spain Clubombazo
  Swedish Klubbsplosion


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