BW052

Ash Versus the Champion!

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.

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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.

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

Synopsis

After obtaining his fourth gym badge, Ash, along with Iris and 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 Pikachu and Alder decides to use 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 Thunderbolts him and tells Bouffalant to use 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 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 Herdier uses 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!

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

• Gigalith

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Trip
• Alder
• Citizens

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Gigalith

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Herdier (Officer Jenny's)
• Bouffalant (Alder's)
• Gigalith (debut)
• Deerling (multiple)
• Patrat (multiple)
• Sandile (multiple)
• Pidove (multiple)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Zebstrika
• The second half of Can You Name All the Pokémon? BW was used as the episode's ending, with alterations to the animation included.
• Music from Zoroark: Master of Illusions is used as background music.
• This is the first time Ash has "battled" a Champion.
• There was no next episode preview, as the series took a one-week break before the next episode aired in Japan.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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