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{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} have made it to [[Fallarbor Town]], where {{an|May}} will participate in her second [[Pokémon Contest]]. May is far more confident than last time that she and {{TP|May|Beautifly}} will win. As they enter the [[Contest Hall]], Brock finds himself surrounded by beautiful girls and May becomes nervous about all the competition. They take particular interest in a {{p|Medicham}} which is practicing its {{m|Meditate}}. Suddenly various objects around the room begin to float, including [[Max]]'s glasses and even {{AP|Pikachu}}. Medicham's Trainer, {{ho|Grace}}, tells it to stop and apologizes for its burst of psychic energy. Everything falls back to the ground and {{an|Brock}} immediately falls in love with Grace, though Max quickly pulls him away as usual. {{an|May}} apologizes for Brock, saying that he does that with every beautiful girl, and Grace begins laughing hysterically in embarrassment, accidentally shoving May over.

The group and Grace have dinner, where it is revealed that Grace already has three [[Ribbon]]s. May gets nervous again, but Grace tries to cheer her up by saying that the {{pkmn|Coordinator}} with the most experience won't necessarily win, it can just as easily come down to who they're facing and luck, but a Coordinator will never be able to win until they learn how to use their Pokémon's power completely. Unfortunately May still feels nervous, so Grace offers to show May some of Medicham's moves. Outside, Grace sends out her {{p|Medicham}} and shows off its {{m|Ice Punch}}, then combines it with {{m|Psychic}}. May hadn't even considered [[Contest combination|combining moves]] before, so she later tries it with her Beautifly, having it use {{m|Silver Wind}}, then {{m|Tackle}}. Unfortunately May can't make up her mind and quickly tells it to use {{m|Gust}} instead, then changes again to {{m|String Shot}}. All of this just ends with Beautifly getting tangled in its own String Shot.

{{an|May}}'s rival [[Drew]] shows up in time to witness this, and comments on May's indecisiveness. Drew then asks how many Ribbons May has won, knowing that the answer is zero. May fires back with the same question, but it backfires on her as Drew reveals that he has won three Contest Ribbons. Elsewhere, [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} are trying another con by convincing a passerby that they have a secret product which will make it so that he would be able to win tons of Ribbons. The man is convinced and can't wait to buy what they have. Meowth has him swear to secrecy, and Meowth reveals what he claims is secret information that the [[Contest Judge]]s do not want people to know. Jessie and James arrive disguised as satisfied customers to help sell the con. Meowth then tries to sell the man silver and gold colored [[Pokéblock]]s, saying that the gold blocks raise a Pokémon's "coolness", while the silver blocks raise their "charismatic-tism". Using {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}, {{TRT}} convince the man that they really work, when in reality they are just regular Pokéblocks that have been painted.

Back inside the Contest Hall, Ash, Brock, and Max find Drew, who thinks that the three are afraid because they're not entering the Contest. Ash says they're not, so Drew challenges them to a Pokémon battle to prove it. Ash uses {{AP|Taillow}} and has it use {{m|Quick Attack}} against [[Drew's Roselia]]. Roselia counters with {{m|Magical Leaf}}, which Taillow dodges. Roselia tries again with {{m|Petal Dance}}, and Taillow dodges again. Taillow uses {{m|Peck}}, but Roselia defends with {{m|Stun Spore}}, finally managing to hit Taillow. Roselia ends the match with a well-aimed {{m|Solar Beam}}. May is in disbelief that Ash lost the match, and continues to get discouraged about the upcoming Contest. Team Rocket's con continues to thrive, and May thinks that if she buys one of their Pokéblocks, she won't have to worry about Beautifly winning. However, Grace arrives and is immediately suspicious. The trio isn't able to answer Grace's question about what {{Berries}} were used to make the Pokéblocks, so Grace blows their con and tells everyone that real Coordinators shouldn't rely on miracle products and should be mixing their own Pokéblocks anyway. May realizes she's right, and falls to her knees in despair.

Grace has her Medicham use {{m|Psychic}} to further reveal Team Rocket's scam, and they try to take off in their balloon. As they leave, they steal May's Beautifly, Grace's Medicham, a {{p|Teddiursa}}, a {{p|Marill}}, and a {{p|Wigglytuff}}. Medicham uses Psychic to free the five Pokémon, then Beautifly uses String Shot to stop their balloon from leaving. James has his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} use {{m|Pin Missile}} to break the string, and Jessie has {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}} use {{m|Poison Tail}}, but Medicham stops it with its {{m|High Jump Kick}}. Beautifly dodges Cacnea's Pin Missile and hits it with Tackle, while Medicham blasts Team Rocket off with an {{m|Ice Punch}}. With May's morale boosted from the battle, she enters her second Pokémon Contest ready to win!