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While passing through a small town, {{ash}} and {{ashfr}} stop to watch [[Zoey]] {{pkmn|battle}} an unfamiliar {{pkmn|Trainer}}, who is actually the {{ci|Hearthome}} [[Gym Leader]] [[Fantina]]. {{TP|Zoey|Glameow}} attempts to dodge a {{p|Mismagius}}'s {{m|Psybeam}}, but gets hit and {{status|confusion|confused}}. Zoey orders a {{m|Shock Wave}}, but since Glameow is confused it misses. Glameow then recovers and fires off another Shock Wave, but it is blocked by a {{m|Magical Leaf}} from Mismagius, and then the whole lot is sent back at Glameow with a {{m|Psywave}}. The [[Contest combination|combination]] knocks out Glameow, and the two battlers exchange compliments. As they shake hands, {{an|Brock}} butts in and professes his love for the other Trainer; however {{TP|Brock|Croagunk}} {{m|Poison Jab|stops}} him. Zoey then introduces them to Fantina, informing {{Ash}} that she is the Hearthome Gym Leader as well as a [[Top Coordinator]]. Fantina mentions that she has become a traveling Trainer, and so had no choice but to leave the Gym empty while she is away.

{{TRT}}, who have been listening in, discuss Fantina. [[James]] mentions that the "job description" reminds him of [[Juan|another Gym Leader]]. [[Jessie]] then decides that they need to figure out Fantina's style so she can copy it to win {{pkmn|Contest}}s.

In the nearby [[Pokémon Center]] Ash tries to persuade Fantina to go back to the Gym so that he can challenge her. Jessie, [[List of Team Rocket’s disguises|disguised as reporter Jessadia]], then butts in and tries to get Fantina to talk about her role as a Gym Leader, but Fantina brushes them off, saying that she needs to go and train. Zoey then suggests that they will understand better if Fantina tells them why she became a traveling Trainer. Fantina explains that with a lot of hard work, she was able to win the [[Grand Festival]] with her {{p|Misdreavus}}, earning the title of Top Coordinator. Afterwards, she was invited to become a Gym Leader, and the [[Hearthome Gym]] was opened. However eventually some of the Trainers would defeat her in a [[rematch]], and she felt that she wasn't giving them a good enough battle. Brock states that he understands exactly how she feels from when he was the [[Pewter City]] Gym Leader. Fantina also states that she has been working on a new battle style which incorporates the beauty of a [[Contest Battle]] and the ferocity of a Gym match. She agrees to a battle, as one of the first things that traveling Trainers do. However her Pokémon are too tired for two battles, so Ash and {{an|Dawn}} use the Coin Toss app on her [[Pokétch]].

Dawn is fuming that she lost the Coin Toss as Ash and Fantina get ready for battle. Ash suggests that the battle should be three-on-three with substitutions, over when all the Pokémon on one team are unable to battle. Fantina agrees and Dawn uses a Coin Toss to decide who should start the battle. Fantina wins the toss and goes first, while Jessie tells James to only focus the camera on Fantina. After Fantina holds up a {{i|Poké Ball}}, Ash sends out {{AP|Buizel}} and Fantina sends out her {{TP|Fantina|Drifloon}}. Drifloon whips up an {{m|Ominous Wind}}. Buizel counters with {{m|Water Gun}}, but Drifloon dodges and hits Buizel. Buizel breaks out of the attack and hits Drifloon with {{m|Aqua Jet}}. Drifloon then puts Buizel to {{status|sleep}} with {{m|Hypnosis}}, before winching him up into the sky, following up with {{m|Psychic}}. Buizel wakes up, but then promptly faints. Ash then sends out {{AP|Chimchar}}, who opens with a {{m|Flamethrower}}, but Drifloon stops it with Psychic and plays around with it before using {{m|Will-O-Wisp}} and following up with Hypnosis. Chimchar struggles to stay awake, but falls asleep. Ash immediately [[recall]]s Chimchar and Dawn comments that it was good that Ash got Chimchar back in its Poké Ball, but Brock points out that unlike confusion, Pokémon continue to sleep even after they are returned to their Poké Ball.

Ash sends out {{AP|Pikachu}}, knowing that if Pikachu falls asleep the battle is as good as over. Drifloon hits Pikachu with Will-O-Wisp and Pikachu retaliates with {{m|Thunderbolt}}, hitting Drifloon. Pikachu leaps into a {{m|Volt Tackle}}, but Drifloon blocks his advance and pushes him backwards with Ominous Wind. Ash calls for another Thunderbolt. It hits, but doesn't help as it simply causes Drifloon to [[evolution|evolve]] into {{p|Drifblim}}. Dawn checks it on her [[Pokédex]], then Pikachu uses Thunderbolt but Drifblim dodges. Fantina has her Pokémon move into close range and put Pikachu to sleep with Hypnosis. Ash then forfeits the match, and the Trainers exchange compliments. Fantina says that she will return to the Hearthome Gym to do a bit of work with her Drifblim, agreeing to have a battle with Ash when he gets there. Dawn also asks for a match sometime, and Fantina agrees to it.

That night, Team Rocket show the footage of the battle to {{TP|Jessie|Yanmega}} and Jessie asks it to dodge like Drifblim, but Yanmega says that it can't. James and {{MTR}} point out that Yanmega and Drifloon are very different Pokémon, but Jessie remarks that some special training will help.

Back at the Pokémon Center, Zoey shows Dawn that she has won her third [[Ribbon]]. She says that she won't be entering the [[Celestic Town]] Contest, but will be there to cheer Dawn on. Meanwhile, Ash is sitting on the floor surrounded by his Pokémon as he tries to figure out a way to counter Drifblim's Hypnosis. Dawn is equally determined to win her upcoming Contest, as she and Ash proclaim that some more training is in order.