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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
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After obtaining his fourth [[gym]] {{badge|Bolt|badge}}, {{Ash}}, along with {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} head to Route 5. When seeing a fair, the gang is ready to play until Ash notices [[Trip]] and approaches him, questioing him on his being at Route 5. Trip tells him of a childhood memory in which Alder let him pet his Bouffalant and told him to get stronger and that he heard Alder was around. The gang hear a commotion and turn around to see [[Officer Jenny]] next to her motorcycle with [[Alder]] on it flirting with her. After Jenny makes some threats and pulls out some handcuffs, Alder jumps off and Jenny drives away. The gang walk over to Alder. Trip asks Alder if he remembers him, which he kinda does, even if he does forget Trip's name. Ash then asks to battle Alder but Trip pushes in front and asks to have one. Alder decides to battle Ash first so they head to a field nearby. Ash uses {{AP|Pikachu}} and Alder sends out his {{p|Bouffalant}}. As Pikachu begins to use [[Thunderbolt]], Alder just stands still. Bouffalant absorbs attack after attack in to his Afro, but Alder's still not giving any commands. Boffalant turns around and yells at Alder, but he's asleep! Trip wakes Alder up with a yell, who sheepishly says he must have fallen asleep. Bouffalant gets angry as everyone sweat-drops, and instead of attacking Pikachu when told to use [[Head Smash]], he does it on Alder sending him flying in to a tree. Alder starts talking to Trip about battling after he asks him a question. Alder then says he need some food before he battles again. Trip leaves, saying that if Alder's just going to fall asleep and has no interest in battling him, he has no intent to battle him.
After obtaining his fourth [[gym]] {{badge|Bolt|badge}}, {{Ash}}, along with {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} head to Route 5. When seeing the sandboxes, swings, etc., the gang is ready to play until they notice [[Officer Jenny]] ride up in her motorcycle with [[Alder]] flirting to her. She pushes Alder off and drives away. Ash, who notices [[Trip]] approaches him and questions him on his being at Route 5. Trip tells him of a childhood memory in which Alder told him to get stronger. Alder decides to battle Ash first so they head to a little field. Ash uses {{AP|Pikachu}} and Alder decides to use {{p|Bouffalant}}. As Pikachu begins to attack, Alder falls asleep, so Bouffalant isn't getting any commands. Bouffalant just stands there and tries to absorb all of Pikachu's attacks in his afro. Eventually, Alder wakes up after Pikachu {{m|Thunderbolt}}s him and tells Bouffalant to use {{m|Head Charge}}. However, Bouffulant is mad at Alder for sleeping and makes a U-turn during his Head Charge, ramming Alder into a tree. Everyone decides to take a trip to the nearby [[Pokémon Center]], where there is lots of food to eat. Trip departs, having lost interest in battling Alder. The kids are very happy to see Alder, too. However, Officer Jenny notifies [[Nurse Joy]] that a dangerous {{p|Gigalith}} has been attacking the citizens of Route 5. Nurse Joy asks Alder to do the job, so he does. Everyone goes out to see what is happening. Officer Jenny's {{p|Herdier}} uses {{m|Shadow Ball}}, but it doesn't do a thing. Gigalith begins to rampage towards Alder and Alder gets knocked out. Then, Gigalith starts to rampage towards the gang, but Alder gets back him, lifts up Gigalith and throws out. They all go to see what was wrong with Gigalith and notice a nail got stuck in its foot. Alder gives Gigalith a stone and Gigalith is then happy. Alder then sets off to wherever he wanted to go beforehand!
The gang go over to the Pokémon Center to get some food. Ash and Alder are chowing down, but Iris and Cilan just look behind them and say it's hard to eat with an audience. Alder looks behind him at the crowd of kids and says that he'll give them autographs later and to wait outside. They all slide of the screen as Alder asks the gang what they're on their journeys for. Nurse Joy runs in and tells them there's a wild {{p|Gigalith}} on a rampage through the fair. They run over to find everybody running away from the Gigalith. Alder tells everybody to stay back and sends out his Bouffalant. He looks at the Gigalith and holds out an apple, telling it to try it. Gigalith starts running toward Alder, but he just stands there, sure it will stop before running in to him. It doesn't, and Alder ends up on a pillar. Jenny says that it's up to her now, and sends out her {{p|Herdier}}. She tells it to use Shadow Ball, but Bouffalant steps in front of it and Alder tells her that he's figured out Gigalith's problem. he steps in front of it, and braces himself.  Gigalith charges toward him, but he catches it and flips it over. Alder bends over and takes a nail out of Gigalith's foot. Alder sprays a potion an Gigalith's foot and gives it a stone to eat. It flips itself back over, much happier. Jenny insists on arresting Gigalith. Alder tries to reason with her, but then a pillar starts to topple right on top of Jenny! Gigalith jumps on top of her and stops the pillar. Jenny agrees to not arrest it, and Alder sends it on it's way.


==Major events==
==Major events==

Revision as of 13:20, 5 May 2012

BW051 : Lost at the Stamp Rally!
Best Wishes series
BW053 : A Maractus Musical!
Ash Versus the Champion!
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BW052   EP709
サトシVSチャンピオン・アデク!
Satoshi VS Champion Adeku!
First broadcast
Japan October 13, 2011
United States March 10, 2012
English themes
Opening Rival Destinies
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening ベストウイッシュ!
Ending ポケモン言えるかな?BW
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano
Assistant director 矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima
Animation director 緒方厚 Atsushi Ogata
No additional credits are available at this time.

Ash Versus the Champion! (Japanese: サトシVSチャンピオン・アデク! Satoshi VS Champion Adeku!) is the 52nd episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 709th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 13, 2011 and in the United States on March 10, 2012.

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Synopsis

After obtaining his fourth gym badge, Ash, along with Iris and Cilan head to Route 5. When seeing a fair, the gang is ready to play until Ash notices Trip and approaches him, questioing him on his being at Route 5. Trip tells him of a childhood memory in which Alder let him pet his Bouffalant and told him to get stronger and that he heard Alder was around. The gang hear a commotion and turn around to see Officer Jenny next to her motorcycle with Alder on it flirting with her. After Jenny makes some threats and pulls out some handcuffs, Alder jumps off and Jenny drives away. The gang walk over to Alder. Trip asks Alder if he remembers him, which he kinda does, even if he does forget Trip's name. Ash then asks to battle Alder but Trip pushes in front and asks to have one. Alder decides to battle Ash first so they head to a field nearby. Ash uses Pikachu and Alder sends out his Bouffalant. As Pikachu begins to use Thunderbolt, Alder just stands still. Bouffalant absorbs attack after attack in to his Afro, but Alder's still not giving any commands. Boffalant turns around and yells at Alder, but he's asleep! Trip wakes Alder up with a yell, who sheepishly says he must have fallen asleep. Bouffalant gets angry as everyone sweat-drops, and instead of attacking Pikachu when told to use Head Smash, he does it on Alder sending him flying in to a tree. Alder starts talking to Trip about battling after he asks him a question. Alder then says he need some food before he battles again. Trip leaves, saying that if Alder's just going to fall asleep and has no interest in battling him, he has no intent to battle him. The gang go over to the Pokémon Center to get some food. Ash and Alder are chowing down, but Iris and Cilan just look behind them and say it's hard to eat with an audience. Alder looks behind him at the crowd of kids and says that he'll give them autographs later and to wait outside. They all slide of the screen as Alder asks the gang what they're on their journeys for. Nurse Joy runs in and tells them there's a wild Gigalith on a rampage through the fair. They run over to find everybody running away from the Gigalith. Alder tells everybody to stay back and sends out his Bouffalant. He looks at the Gigalith and holds out an apple, telling it to try it. Gigalith starts running toward Alder, but he just stands there, sure it will stop before running in to him. It doesn't, and Alder ends up on a pillar. Jenny says that it's up to her now, and sends out her Herdier. She tells it to use Shadow Ball, but Bouffalant steps in front of it and Alder tells her that he's figured out Gigalith's problem. he steps in front of it, and braces himself. Gigalith charges toward him, but he catches it and flips it over. Alder bends over and takes a nail out of Gigalith's foot. Alder sprays a potion an Gigalith's foot and gives it a stone to eat. It flips itself back over, much happier. Jenny insists on arresting Gigalith. Alder tries to reason with her, but then a pillar starts to topple right on top of Jenny! Gigalith jumps on top of her and stops the pillar. Jenny agrees to not arrest it, and Alder sends it on it's way.

Major events

  • The gang meet up with Trip again, who is revealed to have obtained his fifth Unova Gym badge.
  • Ash and his friends meet Alder for the first time.
  • Alder challenges Ash to a battle but then falls asleep during said battle thus resulting in no official winner.
For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Gigalith

Trivia

Errors

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