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Rhapsody in Drew

AG123   EP397 決戦！グランドフェスティバル③！！ Decisive Battle! Grand Festival! (Part 3)

First broadcast Japan April 7, 2005 United States February 25, 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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 大山和弘 Kazuhiro Ōyama Assistant director ながはまのりひこ Norihiko Nagahama Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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Rhapsody in Drew (Japanese: 決戦！グランドフェスティバル③！！ Decisive Battle! Grand Festival! (Part 3)) is the 123rd episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 397th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 7, 2005 and in the United States on February 25, 2006.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis May and Harley begin their battle. Harley uses Cacturne and Banette, while May uses Beautifly and Bulbasaur. May makes a decisive victory, with more then a minute and a half left. Harley is outraged, and wants to see May and Drew loose.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket attempts to impersonate Robert as they did with Anthony. Ash comes in, and after some encouragement from Robert, Snorunt evolves into Glalie, and masters Ice Beam, using it to blast off Team Rocket.

Using Bulbasaur and Combusken, May then defeats Anthony's Swalot and Pinsir. She makes it into the top-8, and finds out her next opponent is Drew.

Drew reveals that he has a Flygon, and has been training it for this moment. He also uses his Roselia. May uses Skitty and Combusken. She battles well, but loses to Drew. To show support for May, the crowd begins to cheer for her.

The scene cuts to Drew battling Robert in the final round, and loses. Robert is declared this year's top-coordinator.

During an after party, May finds Drew training on the beach. They talk about getting ready for next year's competition, and Drew walks off. Ash, Brock, Max, and May's Mom join her. May tells them she decided she will keep trying to become the next top-coordinator. But first Ash states he will win the Hoenn League.

Major events

• May beats Harley and Anthony in the Hoenn Grand Festival battles.
• Ash's Snorunt evolves into Glalie and masters Ice Beam.
• Drew is revealed to have obtained a Flygon.
• Drew defeats May in the next round.
• Robert defeats Drew and wins the Grand Festival.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Glalie (Ash's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy (three)
• Caroline
• Drew
• Harley
• Anthony
• Robert
• Vivian Meridian
• Raoul Contesta
• Mr. Sukizo
• Pokémon Coordinators
• Norman

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Golem

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimecho (James's)
• Snorunt (Ash's; evolves)
• Glalie (Ash's; debut, newly evolved)
• Combusken (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Roselia (Drew's)
• Masquerain (Drew's)
• Flygon (Drew's)
• Milotic (Robert's)
• Claydol (Robert's)
• Cacturne (Harley's)
• Banette (Harley's)
• Swalot (Anthony's)
• Pinsir (Anthony's)

Trivia

• This is the last episode to feature Ikue Ohtani as Drew's Roselia in the English dub.
• The English dub title is most likely a reference to George Gershwin's famous composition, Rhapsody in Blue.
• This is the last episode where Karen Neill provides the voice of Caroline.
• Music from Mewtwo Strikes Back is used.

Errors

Dub edits

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, What is the final evolution of Geodude?
• Choices: Dugtrio, Golem, Regirock
• Answer: Ok, trainers! If you chose Golem, you were right!

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		決戰！大型慶典(3)！！
Finnish		Rapsodia Drew-mollissa
French		Le défi de Flora
German		Studieren geht über verlieren!
Italian		Verso la finale
Portuguese	Brazil	Rapsódia em Drew
	Portugal	Rapsódia de Drew
Spanish	Latin America	La Rapsodia de Drew
	Spain	¡Fascinación por Drew!

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.