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At the [[Pokémon League]] tournament held in [[Indigo Plateau]], the rivals {{Adv|Red}} and {{Adv|Blue}} begin their heavily anticipated match to decide the League Champion for the year's competition, with {{adv|Bill}}, {{Adv|Green}} and {{adv|Professor Oak}} amongst the excited audience. A simultaneous drop of their [[Poké Ball]]s reveals [[Blue's Charizard]] and Red's [[Saur]]; Bill instantly bemoans the elemental odds stacked against Red. Taunting Red for a misprediction, Blue orders a {{m|Fire Spin}} that Saur barely dodges, but as Charizard lunges in for a follow-up attack Saur surprises it with a burst of {{m|PoisonPowder}}. Red follows with a {{m|Razor Leaf}} that Blue is forced to assist his addled Charizard in dodging, before switching for his {{p|Snorlax}} to continue.

However, Blue is quick to respond with his {{p|Machamp}}, and through its four arms it blocks Snor's limbs and prevents it from attacking. At Blue's invitation a show of physical strength begins on the battlefield; eventually, Machamp easily lifts Snor with its four arms, before spinning it about to render Snor dizzy and slamming it onto the floor. As the floor cracks from the sheer impact, Blue sneers at Red for his earlier [[PS018|care]] of Machamp. Bill is certain that Red has a backup plan - indeed, Red has secretly commanded Snor to use {{m|Harden}} in anticipation of further attacks from Machamp. However, Blue surprises everyone by having Machamp {{m|Karate Chop}} onto the floor, using the shattered debris as a lever to catapult Snor into the air, and out of the battlefield. The Professor, watching on, muses on his grandson learning to be flexible like Red in his battle strategies. Just as Snor is about to be disqualified for going out of bounds, however, the Snorlax plummets from mid-air and crushes Machamp in a {{m|Double-Edge}} as the spectators scramble in fright. Red calls to Blue, teasing him for underestimating Snorlax' manoeuvreability, while the Professor notices that Red has learned to apply knowledge to his instinctive tactics, like Blue.

* {{p|Snorlax}} (Snor/{{tt|Lax|Chuang Yi}}; Red's)

* While {{adv|Blue}} only uses three Pokémon ({{p|Charizard}}, {{p|Machamp}}, and {{p|Ninetales}}), Red uses four ([[Saur]], {{DL|Red (Adventures)|Snor}}, [[Poli]], and [[Pika]]).