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Saved by the Beldum!

AG126   予備選スタート！マサムネ登場!! Start the Preliminaries! Masamune Appears!

First broadcast Japan April 28, 2005 United States March 11, 2006

English themes Opening I'm 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 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

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Saved by the Beldum! (Japanese: 予備選スタート！マスムネ登場！！ Start the Preliminaries! Masamune Appears!) is episode 126 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 28, 2005 and in the United States on March 11, 2006.

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

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In other languages

Portuguese: Salvo Pelo Beldum!.

Synopsis

The day before the Ever Grande Conference begins, Ash is busy training his Pokémon. Suddenly, he sees his rival, Morrison, chasing a giant riceball! Later, Morrison falls into one of the Team Rocket's pitfalls, and he has to be saved by Tyson, the trainer with the Meowth in boots.

Later, Morrison is fighting his first battle in the League against a trainer named Jump. Can he fend off the trainer's Electabuzz with his Beldum that doesn't know a lot of different techniques?

Major events

• Morrison's Beldum evolves into a Metang
• Ash, Morrison, and Tyson make it through the preliminaries.

Debuts

• Metang (Morrison's Beldum/Metang)

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Morrison
• Tyson

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Tentacruel

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimecho (James')
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Glalie (Ash's)
• Beldum (Morrison's; evolves)
• Metang (Morrison's; newly evolved, debut)
• Growlithe (Morrison's)
• Girafarig (Morrison's)
• Gligar (Morrison's)
• Steelix (Morrison's)
• Swampert (Morrison's)
• Meowth (Tyson's)
• Electabuzz (Jump's)
• Persian (Vivica's)
• Hitmonlee (Gilbert's)
• Meowth (many; flashback)
• Persian (flashback)

Other Pokémon seen at the Ever Grande Conference

• Nidoking
• Venonat
• Golduck
• Machamp
• Grimer
• Hitmonchan
• Scyther
• Magmar
• Dragonite
• Elekid
• Shroomish
• Ninjask
• Castform
• Kecleon
• Clamperl

Trivia

• This is the first League Competition episode to focus on any battles of Ash's rivals.

Morrison vs. Jump: Morrison Won

Tyson vs. Vivica: Tyson won

Ash vs. Gilbert: Ash Won

Errors

In the dub, briefly seen Machamp and Grimer are mistakingly given Machoke's and Muk's voices.

Dub edits

• The riceball Morrison is chasing turns into a sandwhich once again.

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, Which Pokémon does Tentacool evolve into?
• Choices: Octillery, Tentacruel, Remoraid
• Answer: Ok trainers! If you chose Tentacruel, you were right!

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