AG118

Less is Morrison

AG118   EP392 ライバル登場！マサムネとダンバル！！ Rival Enters! Masamune and Dumbber!!

First broadcast Japan March 10, 2005 United States February 11, 2006

English themes Opening Unbeatable Ending

Japanese themes Opening ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜 ②

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 大山和弘 Kazuhiro Ōyama Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 広岡歳仁 Toshihito Hirooka No additional credits are available at this time.

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Less is Morrison (Japanese: ライバル登場！マサムネとダンバル！！ Rival Enters! Masamune and Dumbber) is the 118th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 392nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 10, 2005 and in the United States on February 11, 2006.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis On their way to Slateport City where the Grand Festival is held, Ash, Max, May, and Brock are relaxing in the woods and eating with their Pokémon. Ash and May, with their Pokémon, eat quickly so they can get started on their training, Ash with his Snorunt training Snorunt's Ice Beam while May trains her Pokémon for the Grand Festival. While Ash tries to get his Snorunt to use Icebeam,a giant sandwich comes rolling down a hill, followed by a stocky male with red hair.

After some confusion with the sandwich which ended up with Munchlax eating it, the boy introduces himself as Morrison, and he tells Ash that he's going to win first prize in the Hoenn League. Ash then introduces himself and says that he is going to win it. They then go on to argue about who is the better of the two trainers with Ash saying that he will be the best trainer in the Universe and Morrison saying that he will be the best trainer in the Universe of Universes etc. He then challenges him to a battle.

Ash uses his Pikachu and Morrison uses his Beldum. May consults her Pokédex and it reveals that Beldum emits magnetic waves to repel the Earth's magnetic field. Morrison's Beldum starts by using Take Down, Ash asks his Pikachu to dodge and use Quick Attack which hits Beldum. After Max reveals that the only move known to Beldum is Take Down, Morrison tells his Beldum to use Take Down again, this time Ash tells Pikachu to dodge and use Thunderbolt which also hits Beldum. May and Max comments that this will be an easy win for Pikachu because Beldum only knows one move. Beldum once again uses Take Down and Pikachu dodges it again but Beldum immediately launches another Take Down this time catching Pikachu by surprise and hits Pikachu strongly. After Pikachu lands heavily, Beldum launches another Take Down which catches Pikachu again. However, neither Beldum or Pikachu were done and each launches Take Down and Iron Tail respectively. The battle ends in a double knock-out with both Pokémon unable to battle. Morrison then boasts that he has seven badges and Ash sheepishly boasts that he already has eight. Also when Brock tells Morrison that the competition is only two months away he freaks out and rushes away to win his eighth badge.

Later, Ash meets up with Morrison at the Pokémon Center and the two race to get their Pokémon healed. The two then compete in a eating contest, and staying in very hot water. At night, Morrison sleeps outside with his Beldum to enjoy the nature, and Ash decides to join in with Pikachu.

In the morning the two compete in more challenges, until Team Rocket trap them in a cage. Morrison and Ash fight Seviper and Cacnea, and free Pikachu and Beldum. The two Pokémon work together and manage to defeat the Rockets.

Morrison then sails off, promising to meet Ash in the Hoenn League.

Major events

• Ash meets Morrison, a new friend and rival for the Hoenn League.

Debuts

• Morrison

Pokémon debuts

• Beldum (Morrison's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Nurse Joy
• Jessie
• James
• Morrison
• Various trainers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Snorunt (Ash's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Ludicolo (Brock's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Beldum (Morrison's; debut)
• Oddish
• Hoothoot
• Crobat

Trivia

• The English dub title is a pun on the phrase "less is more".

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, Which Pokémon goes from land to sky in one evolution?
• Choices: Noctowl, Trapinch, Loudred
• Answer: Okay, Trainers! If you chose Trapinch, you were right!

Errors

• In the dub, when Max and Brock say that Munchlax is coming, they accidentally refer to it as Snorlax instead.

Dub edits

• Morrison's giant rice ball is turned into a giant sandwich.
• Team Rocket's rice ball is turned into a cracker.

In other languages

• Chinese: 勁敵登場！政宗與鐵啞鈴！！
• Finnish: Mahtava Morrison
• French: L'alter ego
• German: Weniger ist manchmal mehr!
• Hebrew: פחות זה מוריסון pakhot ze Morrison
• Italian: Rivali alla follia
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Morrison não tá com Nada!
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: ¡Morrison es el que más!
  • Latin America Spanish: De menos a Morrison

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