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BW080   EP737 ポケモンソムリエ対決！テイスティングバトル！！ Pokémon Sommelier Showdown! Tasting Battle!!

First broadcast Japan May 24, 2012 United States

English themes Opening Rival Destinies Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 案浦達哉 Tatsuya Annoura No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: ポケモンソムリエ対決！テイスティングバトル！！ Pokémon Sommelier Showdown! Tasting Battle!!) is the 80th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 737th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 24, 2012.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Cilan's goal is mastery as a Pokémon Connoisseur. In the midst of his travels, a confrontation between connoisseurs occurs! A girl named Momocchi wants to pick out her first Pokémon, and choosing compatible Pokémon for new Trainers is one of the jobs of a Pokémon Connoisseur! Suddenly, an A-Class Connoisseur named Pinot Noir arrives, causing a dispute between him and Cilan on choosing the right Pokémon for Momocchi. A battle takes place in order to choose what Pokémon will be Momocchi's partner. A conflict occurs between Pinot Noir's Purrloin and Cilan's Crustle.

Major events

• Ash learns that the Gym in Opelucid City is closed.
• The group meets with Burgundy again.
• Ash learns that there is a Gym located in Tachiwaki City.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Petilil
• Whimsicott

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Nurse Joy
• Burgundy
• Pinot Noir
• Momocchi
• Mr. Hattori
• Butler

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Purrloin (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Crustle (Cilan's)
• Purrloin (Pinot Noir's)
• Foongus (Momocchi's)
• Frillish
• Deerling
• Petilil
• Sewaddle
• Lillipup
• Patrat
• Blitzle
• Swanna
• Minccino
• Cottonee
• Whimsicott
• Lilligant (fantasy)
• Gothitelle (fantasy)
• Swadloon (fantasy; multiple)
• Maractus (fantasy)
• Trubbish (fantasy)

Trivia

• Professor Oak presents a trailer for the upcoming TV brodcast of one version of the fourteenth Pokémon movie chosen by voters, and a trailer for the fifteenth Pokémon movie instead of the usual Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster.
  • During Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster, (Hooray, Hooray!) It's a Cheeky Holiday! by The Cheeky Girls is played.
• Iris narrates the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• In the fantasy scene with Gothitelle, its hands are black instead of purple.

Dub edits

In other languages

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