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{{EpicodePrevNext| | {{EpicodePrevNext | ||
prevcode=AG079 | | |prevcode=AG079 | ||
prevtitle=Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend | | |prevtitle=Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend | ||
nextcode=AG081 | | |nextcode=AG081 | ||
nexttitle=Take This House and Shuppet | | |nexttitle=Take This House and Shuppet | ||
series=Advanced Generation series| | |series=Advanced Generation series | ||
colorscheme=Hoenn}} | |colorscheme=Hoenn}} | ||
{{EpisodeInfobox| | {{EpisodeInfobox | ||
epcode=AG080 | | |epcode=AG080 | ||
altepcode=EP354 | | |altepcode=EP354 | ||
colorscheme=Hoenn | | |colorscheme=Hoenn | ||
title_en=That's Just Swellow | | |title_en=That's Just Swellow | ||
title_ja=初挑戦！空中競技・ポケリンガ！！ | | |title_ja=初挑戦！空中競技・ポケリンガ！！ | ||
title_ja_trans=Beginning Challenge! Sky Match - PokéRinger!! | | |title_ja_trans=Beginning Challenge! Sky Match - PokéRinger!! | ||
broadcast_jp=June 10, 2004 | | |broadcast_jp=June 10, 2004 | ||
broadcast_us=May 28, 2005 | | |broadcast_us=May 28, 2005 | ||
screen=yes | | |screen=yes | ||
en_series=Pokémon Advanced Challenge | | |en_series=Pokémon Advanced Challenge | ||
en_op=[[This Dream]] | | |en_op=[[This Dream]] | ||
ja_op=[[Challenger!!|チャレンジャー!!]] | | |ja_op=[[Challenger!!|チャレンジャー!!]] | ||
ja_ed=[[Smile|スマイル]] ② | | |ja_ed=[[Smile|スマイル]] ② | ||
olmteam=Team Ota | | |olmteam=Team Ota | ||
scenario=藤田伸三 | | |scenario=藤田伸三 | ||
storyboard=誌村宏明 | | |storyboard=誌村宏明 | ||
director=ながはまのりひこ | | |director=ながはまのりひこ | ||
art=広岡歳仁 | | |art=広岡歳仁 | ||
morecredits=yes | | |morecredits=yes | ||
epstaffpage=AG071-AG080 | | |epstaffpage=AG071-AG080 | ||
footnotes=*{{filb-eppics|ag|080}} }} | |footnotes=*{{filb-eppics|ag|080}} | ||
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'''That's Just Swellow''' (Japanese: '''初挑戦！空中競技・ポケリンガ！！''' ''Beginning Challenge! Sky Match - PokéRinger!!'') is the 80th episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, and the 354th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 10, 2004 and in the United States on May 28, 2005. | '''That's Just Swellow''' (Japanese: '''初挑戦！空中競技・ポケリンガ！！''' ''Beginning Challenge! Sky Match - PokéRinger!!'') is the 80th episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, and the 354th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 10, 2004 and in the United States on May 28, 2005. | ||
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James has the advantage and uses {{m|Psybeam}} on Taillow. However, Taillow retaliates with {{m|Wing Attack}}. James isn't out of the round yet, but a sand tornado starts and engulfs the ring completely. It appears as though after the tornado is over, it will be a matter of speed - who can take the ring first. In a surprise move, Ash orders Taillow to fly into the tornado but it is knocked back. In a second attempt to enter the tornado, Taillow [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{p|Swellow}}. | James has the advantage and uses {{m|Psybeam}} on Taillow. However, Taillow retaliates with {{m|Wing Attack}}. James isn't out of the round yet, but a sand tornado starts and engulfs the ring completely. It appears as though after the tornado is over, it will be a matter of speed - who can take the ring first. In a surprise move, Ash orders Taillow to fly into the tornado but it is knocked back. In a second attempt to enter the tornado, Taillow [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{p|Swellow}}. | ||
{{AP|Swellow}} successfully fends off the tornado and seizes the ring. James makes one last desperate play and tries to take the ring to the goal, but Ash orders Swellow to use Wing Attack and knocks the ring into the goal, thereby winning the PokéRinger tournament. James is heartbroken and Jessie shows up in the [[Team Rocket's mechas|Meowth balloon]] with all of the stolen Pokémon. However, Swellow saves the day with a Wing Attack. The Pokémon are freed from Team Rocket's net. Then Ash tells Pikachu to use {{m|Thunderbolt}} causing the balloon to blow up, and Team Rocket blasts off. Ash is then granted honorary lifetime citizenship of | {{AP|Swellow}} successfully fends off the tornado and seizes the ring. James makes one last desperate play and tries to take the ring to the goal, but Ash orders Swellow to use Wing Attack and knocks the ring into the goal, thereby winning the PokéRinger tournament. James is heartbroken and Jessie shows up in the [[Team Rocket's mechas|Meowth balloon]] with all of the stolen Pokémon. However, Swellow saves the day with a Wing Attack. The Pokémon are freed from Team Rocket's net. Then Ash tells Pikachu to use {{m|Thunderbolt}} causing the balloon to blow up, and Team Rocket blasts off. Ash is then granted honorary lifetime citizenship of Crossgate Town as a reward for winning the PokéRinger tournament. | ||
==Major events== | ==Major events== | ||
* {{Ash}}, {{an|May}}, and [[James]] participate in the [[PokéRinger]] | * {{Ash}}, {{an|May}}, and [[James]] participate in the {{to|Crossgate}} [[PokéRinger]]. | ||
* Ash's {{p|Taillow}} evolves into {{AP|Swellow}}. | * Ash's {{p|Taillow}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{AP|Swellow}}. | ||
* Ash wins the PokéRinger | * Ash wins the Crossgate PokéRinger, while James places second. | ||
{{animeevents}} | {{animeevents}} | ||
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* This marks the first time {{MTR}} fills in for [[James]] in the [[Team Rocket mottos#Meowth filling in for Jessie or James|Team Rocket's motto]], though he had done so for [[Jessie]] previously. | * This marks the first time {{MTR}} fills in for [[James]] in the [[Team Rocket mottos#Meowth filling in for Jessie or James|Team Rocket's motto]], though he had done so for [[Jessie]] previously. | ||
** Oddly, {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} hiccupped at the end of the motto and said "Wobba-hic!". | ** Oddly, {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} hiccupped at the end of the motto and said "Wobba-hic!". | ||
* This marks the first time Team Rocket's original theme is played since ''[[EP274|Hoenn Alone!]]'', the last episode of the | * This marks the first time Team Rocket's original theme is played since ''[[EP274|Hoenn Alone!]]'', the last episode of the [[original series]], making it the first time for it to feature in the {{series|Advanced Generation}}. It is also the first time that both the original and new themes are played in the same episode. However, note that the beginning of the original theme music appeared in [[AG020]] and [[AG024]]. | ||
* This marks the first time James borrowed a Pokémon from Jessie, who usually borrows Pokémon from him. | * This marks the first time James borrowed a Pokémon from Jessie, who usually borrows Pokémon from him to compete in [[Pokémon Contest]]s. | ||
* This episode marks one of the extremely rare occasions that a member of Team Rocket refers to one of the main characters by name (this being James while speaking to May after entering the PokéRinger competition). | * This episode marks one of the extremely rare occasions that a member of Team Rocket refers to one of the main characters by name (this being James while speaking to May after entering the PokéRinger competition). | ||
* This episode is similar to ''[[DP118|Pursuing a Lofty Goal!]]'' in multiple ways: | * This episode is similar to ''[[DP118|Pursuing a Lofty Goal!]]'' in multiple ways: | ||