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'''Pokémon Double Trouble''' (Japanese: '''タッグバトル！さいごのジム!!''' ''Tag Battle! The Final Gym!!'') is episode 108 of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 12, 1999 and in the United States on September 9, 2000. | '''Pokémon Double Trouble''' (Japanese: '''タッグバトル！さいごのジム!!''' ''Tag Battle! The Final Gym!!'') is episode 108 of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 12, 1999 and in the United States on September 9, 2000. | ||
In this episode, Ash arrives at [[Kumquat Island]], home of the fourth and final Orange League badge. However, the match is a [[double battle]] and the Gym Leader has mistaken Ash for her own son. | |||
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
The episode begins as Ash and company arrive at [[Kumquat Island]], a resort island where Ash will also compete in his fourth and final Orange Crew battle. While Misty and Tracey plan to enjoy their time while Ash battles, they are interrupted by a lady, who mistakes Ash for her son, Travis, who had, like Ash, started a Pokémon journey with a Pikachu. After clearing the confusion, though, the beach is attacked by a Team Rocket {{p|Rhydon}} robot, driven by {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}} and weaponised by {{TP|James|Weezing}}. As Weezing's {{m|smog}} (originally intended to be a {{m|Hyper Beam}}, but James had not taught Weezing) terrorizes the beach, Ash decides to put a stop to Team Rocket. In retaliation, Jessie has Arbok use {{m|Poison Sting}} on Ash, which is stopped thanks to the woman, whose {{p|Alakazam}} had used {{m|Reflect}} to block the attack, and then {{m|Psychic}} to seal the mechanical Rhydon's mouth shut while another Smog attack is fired. This allows Ash to send out {{AP|Charizard}} amidst Team Rocket confusion, who uses {{m|Take Down}} to deal a blow to the robot. When Arbok accidentally uses {{m|Acid}} to tear a hole in the Rhydon robot, Charizard uses {{m|Flamethrower}} to overload the Rhydon robot's machinery, causing the robot to explode and send Team Rocket flying. | |||
In the middle of the ordeal, the woman is revealed to be [[Luana]], the final member of the Orange Crew, and a local hotelier whose hotel includes a workout gym and an indoor Pokémon stadium. Ash and company are invited to stay in her hotel's most exquisite suite free of charge, and they agree on a "double battle", to be held the next day, for the final Orange League badge - in the match, both leader and challenger will use two Pokémon simultaneously. However, the match ends when the first Pokémon is unable to battle, wherein the opposing team are declared the winners. | |||
While in the hotel's hot spring, Ash and Tracey discuss strategy. Ash is commited to have Pikachu battle, but Tracey surmises that Alakazam will battle. Lacking {{t|Ghost}}-types or {{t|Bug}}-types that could deal an effective blow, Ash ponders who else could stand up to Alakazam's power. The next day, the battle begins with Luann sending out Alakazam and {{p|Marowak}} against Pikachu and Charizard. However, even before the match begins, Pikachu and Charizard are at each other: an innocuous stomp by Charizard had knocked Pikachu over, and the argument between the two escalated until the two were trading attacks, forcing Ash to break up the fight. Even as the match begins, Charizard's Flamethrower manages to hit Pikachu while Pikachu was rushing towards the opponents. When Charizard tries {{m|Tackle}} on Alakazam, and gets hit with Psychic in result, Ash has Pikachu assist Charizard by using {{m|Thundershock}} - which promptly hits Charizard. This gives Marowak and Alakazam an opening to land successive {{m|Bonemerang}} and Psychic attacks on Charizard. | |||
With Charizard on the ropes (about to eat another Psychic), Ash warns Pikachu, standing still amidst the beating Charizard is taking, that if Charizard is unable to continue, they will lose the match. Pikachu finally Thundershocks Alakazam, freeing Charizard. In return, Charizard catches Pikachu after Pikachu is hit by a Marowak {{m|Body Slam}} soon after. With the two now willing to cooperate, Charizard takes to the skies with Pikachu in tow, allowing Pikachu to land {{m|Thunderbolt}} on Marowak, who had just launched another Bonemerang. The attack does not faze Marowak, but it manages to knock off its concentration. Meanwhile Charizard continues to fly towards Alakazam, who was preparing a {{m|Hyper Beam}} to land point-blank on Charizard. When Charizard pulls up at the last minute, Alakazam is hit with the wayward Bonemerang attack, sending it and the charged Hyper Beam backwards. The Hyper Beam tears across the battlefield and into Marowak, knocking both of Luann's Pokémon out, and giving Ash the victory. | |||
After Ash receives the Jade Star Badge for the victory, Luann tells Ash that he is finally able to compete in the Orange League against other qualified trainers for the right to challenge the leader of the Orange Crew for the League Championship trophy. Leaving Kumquat Island, Luann tells Ash that should he encounter Travis, that he should deliver some greetings from home for him. | |||
== Major events == | == Major events == | ||
* Ash earns the [[Badge#Jade Star Badge|Jade Star Badge]], the fourth and final badge in the Orange Islands. | * Ash earns the [[Badge#Jade Star Badge|Jade Star Badge]], the fourth and final badge in the Orange Islands. | ||