[Preview] Episode 387 (AG 111) - Rune Gym! Water Artist Adan! (Act Two)

[Animelee]

It's part two of the Gym battle between Satoshi and Adan! Hoenn's eighth Badge! Hoenn's last Badge! Satoshi's twenty-eighth Badge! Yeah...!

The preview is pretty jumbled-up in terms of its scenes, but it seems Adan'll be using Namazun, Luvcus, and Milocaross. Namazun seems to know Hyper Beam and Earthquake. Luvcus seems to know Rain Dance, which activates its Swift Swim. Nice to see they're incorporating abilities more and more often. And finally, Milocaross knows Mirror Coat and Whirlpool.

Satoshi will be using Juptor, Heigani, O'osubame, and Pikachu, though not necessarily in that order. I wonder if the challenger can use up to six Pokémon, while the Gym Leader can only use three? Or perhaps it's 4 VS 4, but they're not showing us Adan's fourth Pokémon in the preview. Oh well, we'll see! :)

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[Darkgel]

Rabukasu and Mirokarosu?

Holy... Maybe Adan IS queer.

(Or an 1337 beeyotch, who knows...)

[Hanada Tattsu]

Hehe - thanks, Animelee.

Interesting. So basically we'll see Swellow and Corphish have some more air time - as well as Milotic. I hope this battle is climacitc.

[Chris 2.1]

I think that it went like this:

2v2
Snorunt + Pikachu Vs Seaking + Sealeo

Basically, Ash beat Seaking and Sealeo, and has to fight Adan's next three Pokemon with any Pokemon, out of the 5 he was allowed to use, that didn't get knocked out.

So since Snorunt got knocked out, and Pikachu didn't, he can fight in part two, alongside Ash's Grovyle, Swellow and Corphish. Adan lost two Pokemon, however, and has 3 left.

[Hanada Tattsu]

I said this at SPPf and I will say it here too. I believe that Ash will loose this battle. This goes in line with Animelee's theory of the writers postponing the next (if any) league until Diamond and Pearl comes out. This will give the writers stalling time for Ash to train in time for his rematch.

[Andyhaunt]

I said this at SPPf and I will say it here too. I believe that Ash will loose this battle. This goes in line with Animelee's theory of the writers postponing the next (if any) league until Diamond and Pearl comes out. This will give the writers stalling time for Ash to train in time for his rematch.


Remember that Ash could possibly go to the Battle Frontier, and maybe he´ll be there for long time trying to beat the Frontier leaders, so that could give the writers much less time to wait for the Diamond and Pearl saga.
The question is that if this happens, will it be before or after the Hoenn League Championship??? Does anyone know where is located the Battle Frontier in Hoenn? cause if it´s near Pacifidlog, it´ll probably be before the championship cause Ash and co are going there for May´s contest.

Another remote possibility is Ash going to the Orre region, but I believe that the writers will just make another hoso special to introduce this region. Same goes to Sevii Islands

[Chris 2.1]

Yea, if Ash went to the Sevii Islands he would meet Richie, as he's on Mt Light at the moment (although he may well have left).

Battle Frontier sounds cool. *imagines intro with all the frontier leaders in it*

[Hanada Tattsu]

Guys - this may be a little random - but since I wasn't into Pkmn for a while recently - what is the Orre region exactly?

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

It's the area Colleseum takes place in.

[The Muffin Man]

Perhaps Corphish will pull a Krabby and evolve after the match, being Ash's "fourth" Pokemon vs Adan?

[Water Pokemon Master]

That would be cool!

[Hanada Tattsu]

Thanks, BJG.

Interesting. I am hoping Corphish evolves. That guy has done a lot of battling during this season.

[Craig]

Rabukasu and Mirokarosu?

Holy... Maybe Adan IS queer.

(Or an 1337 beeyotch, who knows...)

Haha.

I'm interested to see who would be the 4th pokemon, and having Corphish evolve would be fairly cool. :)

[Hanada Tattsu]

Indeed. I don't think Groyvle deserves to evolve in a gym match. He's done to much.

[Water Pokemon Master]

Well, someone has to evolve. Maybe Snorunt is already at a high level and will become a Glalie. :lol:

[Pewter City Geodude]

Pikachu kicked ass in this gym battle.

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After Milotic missed with an Iron Tail, Pikachu ran up its body...

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...dodging a Hydro Pump on the way...

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...and grabbed Milotic by its front fins! This part was shown in slow motion, but Pikachu didn't stop...

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...it flipped Milotic over its head and into the water!

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Once they were both underwater, Pikachu finished Milotic off with a maximum-power Thunder.

[Craig]

Excellent work Pewter City Geodude :) This battle looks very awesome.

I can't wait to see Pikachu do his suplex move thing.

Anyone know if Pikachu ever had a move like that in Super Smash Bros? I can remember all of Pikachu's throws being all sort of boring but if he had something like that.. :O

[Hanada Tattsu]

LOL, I guess we really did see that Pika has gotten a lot stronger since Kanto, hehe. Wow, I've never seen him do this before.

[Dogasu]

Pikachu kicked ass in this gym battle.
<lots of pictures>

I had a real problem believing that a little Pikachu was capable of hurling a huge pokemon like Milotic over its head like that.

[Water Pokemon Master]

The physics of Pokemon and Star Wars do not apply to our universe. :)

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

I think when your opponent bends the laws of physics, you should demand a rematch.

[Zhen Lin]

Forget rematch, you'd want to go back in time and do it differently.

[Hanada Tattsu]

LMAO - come now guys, physics and Pokemon aren't really relevent to each other are they?

[Pewter City Geodude]

Yeah, we've seen non-Flying, non-Psychic Pokemon hover in midair for much longer than they should countless times, so this isn't that much of a stretch. :P

[Powarun]

Wow and LOL, wonder what Militoc did to piss Pikachu off so much. Wonder if Pika could do the same to Ash or TR if it needed to.

[Pewter City Geodude]

It didn't do anything, the whole scene was Ash's idea.

[Hanada Tattsu]

Yeah - Ash probably ordered Pikachu to do it.

[JazzJazz]

I think this is the closest thing to seismic toss or body slam that we'll ever see pikachu use...

[Pewter City Geodude]

The episode begins with a recap of the previous episode’s events. We now pick up right where the last episode left off, with Grovyle confused due to Luvdisc’s Sweet Kiss. Ash calls for Grovyle to snap out of it, but it jumps to one side and begins repeatedly banging its head on one of the land structures! Ash’s friends agree that this is going nowhere fast, and Brock calls out to Ash, saying that he should recall Grovyle. But before Ash can do anything, Luvdisc attacks with Water Gun! Due to the confusion, Grovyle was completely unprepared for this, and faints. Brock comments on how the combination of hitting itself and being blindsided with the Water Gun added up to the loss. Ash recalls Grovyle, and Adan says he’s going to have to do a lot better than that if he wants to get into the Hoenn League. Ash responds by sending out Corphish.

Meanwhile, we see that a disguised Team Rocket (with James in his Adan disguise from the previous episode) is at the amphitheater that Adan performed at. Jessie, Meowth, and Wobbuffet are trying to draw an audience for another performance by Adan, the famous Water Artist. Three women approach, and say that they thought Adan was at his Gym. Jessie laughs and says Adan finished the Gym Battle in no time. James then makes his appearance, doing an admirable impression of Adan, even kissing the hand of one of the ladies. Jessie and Meowth, off to the side, hope James remembers that he’s acting.

Back to the Gym battle, Corphish is now swimming at full speed towards Luvdisc. Ash calls for a Bubblebeam, but Luvdisc dodges and hits Corphish with Water Gun, sending it back far enough to slam against one of the land pieces. Luvdisc follows up with Sweet Kiss, but Corphish is able to dodge and counter with Bubblebeam. Luvdisc dives underwater to dodge, but Ash has Corphish hit the water from midair with Crabhammer. That throws Luvdisc above the surface, so Ash calls for a Vicegrip. The spray from Corphish’s Crabhammer is raining back onto the battlefield now. Adan tells Luvdisc to dodge, which it does, and it then starts zipping around at great speed! May and Max are surprised at this, but Brock explains that Luvdisc is taking advantage of its Swift Swim ability. May now realizes that the spray from the Crabhammer is serving the same function as rain, to trigger Swift Swim. Luvdisc now uses Water Gun, but Ash has Corphish dodge and hit the water with a Bubblebeam, calming it down and ending the spray. Corphish now follows up with Crabhammer, sending Luvdisc reeling back to slam into another piece of land. It twirls around and faints. Ash congratulates Corphish, and Adan recalls Luvdisc, saying it did its best. Ash’s friends now suspect that Adan is saving his best Pokemon for last. Adan now sends out a Whiscash. Corphish starts out with Bubblebeam, but Whiscash counters by using Surf. The Bubblebeam can’t do much against the wave Whiscash is riding. Whiscash jumps off the wave, and its body glows a little as it falls in for a Rock Smash! Whiscash lands hard on Corphish, and when the dust clears, Corphish is knocked out! Adan congratulates Whiscash, while Ash can hardly believe how strong it is.

Meanwhile, back to Team Rocket, James has now started his performance. He holds up two fans (ironically, with Team Rocket’s logo on them), and we see three tiny little jets of water coming from him—one from each fan, and one from his head. While Jessie talks about Adan, we see a view from behind James, revealing hoses leading from the three points where we saw water back to a container. Meowth rhythmically pushes on a pump to keep the water flowing. James waves his fans around a bit, but the crowd (including the three women from earlier) is completely unimpressed. They’re used to performances like we saw at the beginning of the previous episode. James mumbles to Jessie that the crowd doesn’t seem too thrilled, and Jessie agrees. She now announces to the crowd that “Adan” will conduct an autograph and photo session after the show, and this manages to excite them.

Back to the Gym, Ash tells a recalled Corphish that it did its best, and sends out Swellow. May and Max think that Swellow’s ability to fly should help it in dodging attacks. Swellow rushes in for a Quick Attack, but Whiscash stops it by grabbing Swellow in its whiskers! Whiscash then uses Tickle, as Swellow squirms in discomfort. Max explains that Tickle lowers the opponent’s Attack and Defense, and Brock comments on how unpredictable Adan is. Adan now tells Whiscash to finish it off with Hyper Beam. Swellow can do nothing but watch, and May and Max cringe and turn away. The attack strikes, sending Swellow back, landing on the ground and skidding into one of the tall structures! Swellow hits it so hard that it falls over, creating a large cloud of dust. Adan thinks the round is over, but Swellow emerges from the cloud, still ready to battle! Adan seems impressed. Ash calls for an Aerial Ace, but Adan has Whiscash dive underwater to dodge. Swellow, however, keeps right on going, diving into the water and striking! The attack knocks Whiscash back above the surface again and sends it flying. Adan calls for a Hyper Beam, so Whiscash grabs a pillar with its whisker to turn around, and fires the attack. Swellow emerges from the water and uses Quick Attack to dodge, and follows up with Aerial Ace. Adan tells Whiscash to dive underwater again. Swellow aims for Whiscash as it dives toward the water, and both Pokemon strike the water at once! The water splashes up around them, but Swellow flies up above it. When everything clears up, we see a KOed Whiscash!

Adan recalls Whiscash, and tells Ash that his attack combinations have been impressive, especially the way Swellow uses its Quick Attack to dodge. May and Max are happy, but Brock reminds them that Pikachu and Swellow are the only Pokemon Ash has left now. He reasons that both have already been in battle and taken hits, no doubt this last Pokemon of Adan’s will be his strongest, AND it has yet to battle. Adan confirms this by explaining that he saved his most cherished partner for last, and sending out Milotic! Milotic starts with a Hydro Pump, but Swellow is able to dodge and strike with Aerial Ace. The attack sends Milotic back, but it stops itself and uses Iron Tail. Swellow dodges by using Double Team. Milotic counters with Twister, striking all of the clones, including the real Swellow, and slamming it against the ceiling! Swellow falls on top of a large block, out cold. Ash & friends are amazed at Milotic’s strength, but Brock says it’s no wonder, since Milotic is Adan’s first partner and strongest Pokemon.

Ash has no other choice now but to send out Pikachu. After Adan warns Ash to brace himself for a tough match, Ash has Pikachu start out with Thunder. The attack seems to be doing good damage, and Ash’s friends explain between them that the combination of the type advantage and the fact that Milotic is in the water is contributing to the damage. The Thunder finally ends, and Adan calmly calls for a Recover. Milotic’s body glows, and it visibly looks healed! Ash and Pikachu are stunned; Ash didn’t know Milotic could use Recover. Adan says that this move was quite useful in his Pokemon Contests.

We now get to see how Team Rocket is doing. There’s quite a long line of women, awaiting their chance for a free picture. Jessie explains, much to their disappointment, that they first have to deposit some money into her box. The crowd had thought this was a free session. However, they accept the idea when Jessie goes on to explain that they’d also get a “commemorative badge” with a picture of Adan, and Wobbuffet holds up a box of little bags that the “badges” come in. (All the bags, ironically, have Team Rocket’s logo on them.) The women drop in their money, one by one, and take their badges. Jessie thanks the crowd, then whispers to James that it’s time to go. James protests, thinking about the autographs, but Jessie hooks her arm around his neck and drags him away. The crowd then realizes that the “badges” they have are actually just bottlecaps! James, still being dragged, is upset over the loss of more of his collection. Jessie and Meowth say that the most important thing is to get away with the money, but the crowd, led by the three women from earlier, turns against them. One of them sends out her Blastoise to use Hydro Pump, sending TR blasting off again. Blastoise catches the box of money that TR dropped when the attack hit.

Meanwhile, back at the Gym, Ash calls for an Iron Tail. Milotic counters with its own Iron Tail, sending Pikachu flying. Milotic follows up with Twister, sending a column of water up at Pikachu and catching it in the vortex! Ash calls for a Thunder, which electrifies the whole column and makes it dissipate. Pikachu then follows up with Quick Attack, striking and then landing on a block. May wonders what just happened, and Max and Brock realize that the Thunder vaporized the water, dispelling the Twister. Adan calls for a Hydro Pump, but Pikachu jumps off the block to dodge, and uses Thunderbolt. Milotic shakes off the attack and uses Recover again. Milotic is a little tired now, but Pikachu seems more so. Ash now realizes he has to figure out a way to stop Milotic from using Recover. Adan tells Milotic to dive underwater, and Ash gets an idea. Pikachu runs straight for the water, and Milotic emerges to do an Iron Tail. Pikachu dodges, and begins running up Milotic’s body! Milotic uses Hydro Pump, but Pikachu dodges that too. It leaps forward, and grabs Milotic’s two red fins! Without stopping, it flips Milotic over its head and into the water! This totally catches Adan off guard, and Ash calls for a full-power Thunder. The attack not only courses through Milotic, but lights up the whole water portion of the field. A column of electrified water bursts up and hits the ceiling, and the whole gym shakes for a bit. When the steam clears, the water is still electrified, and we see both Pokemon float to the surface. Pikachu is standing on a knocked-out Milotic! The judge declares Ash the winner, and he celebrates with Pikachu. His friends rejoice as well, and Brock comments on the brilliant strategy Ash used. Adan recalls and thanks Milotic.

Later, outside the Gym, Adan presents Ash with his well-deserved Rain Badge. After Ash does his trademark badge pose, Adan and Sebastian tell him that the Hoenn League starts in three months, in Ever Grande City. Ash and Pikachu agree to do some serious training before then. Adan also tells May that the next Pokemon Contest is in Pacifidlog Town. Max consults the PokeNav and finds that Pacifidlog isn’t too far away, so May says they should head there next. Adan wishes them well in their journey.

[Hanada Tattsu]

Great battle. Okay, I was wrong again.. Ash wins. :)

[Animelee]

It was pretty badass how Satoshi thought of "water", and then came up with this whole "suplex-toss-thing" idea! Back in Kanto and the Orange Region, a lot of the made-up cartoon-only moves and ideas made it into the games, like the idea of double battles, for example. I'm betting this move'll be a part of the Raichu line in Diamond and Pearl... hopefully. Man, that was badass!

I have a feeling Satoshi won't be doing all that Battle Frontier stuff. According to the narrator, it looks like after Haruka goes to Kinagi Town/Pacifidlog Town, Satoshi's going straight to Saiyuu City/Ever Grande City. I hope that Battle Frontier and the Aqua-Magma storylines come up, 'cause there's no way they can flesh out the Hoenn League for the next ten months. And I doubt they'll be able to fit a "filler" region like the Orange Region, either. Oh well, we'll see...

As for Heigani, I hope that he will pull a Krabb/Krabby, and evolve during a League battle, like his crustation counterpart! That'd be pretty badass, too! :D

[Hanada Tattsu]

Okay - we can discuss evolutions here! =) At Serebii they have some stupid (new - when I was modding there a couple of years ago they didn't have it) rule where they don't let you discuss evolutions (unless they're mentioned). Ironically they let you speculate if a certain Pokemon loses a gym battle. Its gotten a bit authoritarian there.

I hope we do get an evolution fest during Ever Grande. Grovyle for sure - but I am beginning to see come every new episode that Corphish may not evolve - even though it may pull a Krabby.

[P0RYG0N]

Am I the only one who's hoping Heigani dosen't evolve? That thing is pretty funny in both English and Japanese.But then again, if it does pull a Krabby at the Leauge I guess that would be interesting.... But not interesting enough to compensate for the loss. :D

But after seeing the episode, it was pretty interesting. They seemed to streach reality a bit more than usual in this one, but that's always fun stuff. ;)

Oh, and Oosubame's voice was just... wrong. XD

[Water Pokemon Master]

What's with you and saying Japanese names, Pory? You always use their English names at school you poser. :lol:

And if Corphish evolves, it is going to be part Darkness. I wonder if it will be evil in anyways, or if Darkness is just merely a type that does not make a Pokemon evil.

[P0RYG0N]

Because in these threads about new Japanese episodes, the Japanese names are usually used. So if I happen to remember any Japanese names I use them, so sue me. :P (It's also somewhat a test of my own memory. :D )

Didn't they go over the whole "Darkness is just a type" thing in that Johto episode with the Houndours? I personally think dark Pokemon should actually be bad, but the show is too moral-driven to ever do it that way...

[Zak]

Not that it's my buisness to tell you, but if you're better off using the English names, PLEASE do so. If you can. Just saying that cause you seemed to be under the impression that its better to use the JP names in these threads, but I actually personally like it better when people use their English names... but like I said, do what you want. All I'm trying to say is I'm not forcing anyone to use either.


~Zak

[Animelee]

I don't think that the Dark-type is evil, but meerly, well, "dark". Y'know, quiet, collective, cool, and most of the time, serious. Either that, or they're tricksters, like Yamirami (Sableye) and Yamikarasu (Murkrow). If Heigani evolves, I hope he'll still keep the same personality, which is close to the "trickster" personality.

There's the Dark-type, and then there's Dark, like the Dark/Shadow Pokémon from Colosseum, or some of the "Dark Whatever" cards in the TCG.

And I'm sure that Dark-type Pokémon in the games are just like the ones in the show. The games are pretty moral-driven like the show when you think about it -- be the best you can be, never give up, friendship overcomes all, with friendship comes strength, etc.

[Hanada Tattsu]

The reason I am scared Corphish won't evolve is because Crawdaunt has always been one of those "evil" Pokemon. Team Aqua uses it - and we haven't seen it elsewhere. I hope Corphish pulls a Krabby. And besides - I doubt the personality would change drastically.

[JazzJazz]

The reason I am scared Corphish won't evolve is because Crawdaunt has always been one of those "evil" Pokemon. Team Aqua uses it - and we haven't seen it elsewhere. I hope Corphish pulls a Krabby. And besides - I doubt the personality would change drastically.

Don't forget that the anime can portry dark-types as both friendly and nasty, look at houndoom. We've seen it be all nice with togepi, but have also seen the "dark" side of houndoom at the hands of Team Magma.

[Water Pokemon Master]

I just remembered that Arbok and Weezing said that Pokemon were not evil, their trainers make them how they are. So, I guess that means that if a Pokemon is raised fine, it won't be evil. But then again, back then, there were no Dark types...

[Hanada Tattsu]

True. Hopefully we'll see Crawdaunt introduced in a nice way.. if its introduced.

[The Muffin Man]

I had a real problem believing that a little Pikachu was capable of hurling a huge pokemon like Milotic over its head like that.

Leverage. If Pikachu has enough momentum and strength to tug on it, he could whip Milotic back, and thus force it to either go with the tug or break its' neck. Obviously, the natural instinct is to follow through and break a rib rather than a neck.

[Hanada Tattsu]

Hehe - I just realized. Those of you who wanted Adan's butler to be Wallace in disguise were very dissapointed. :)

[P0RYG0N]

That would have been interesting, but the butler is like 30 years older than Wallace, anyway...

[Hanada Tattsu]

Its ridiculous. Its what Wallace loyalists on SPP were suggesting. *rolls eyes*