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BW083

BW083   EP740 激闘タチワキジム！VSホミカ！！ (前編） Fierce Fighting at Tachiwaki Gym! VS Homika!! (Part 1)

First broadcast Japan June 14, 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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 川田武範 Takenori Kawada 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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(Japanese: 激闘タチワキジム！VSホミカ！！ (前編） Fierce Fighting at Tachiwaki Gym! VS Homika!! (Part 1)) is the 83rd episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 740th episode of the Pokémon anime. It is scheduled to air in Japan on June 14, 2012.

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

Synopsis

In order to get his eighth Badge required for entering the Unova League, Ash finally passes through the gates of the Tachiwaki Gym. The Gym Leader is Homika, the vocalist in the super punk band "The Koffing", and the Gym doubles as both a live venue and a battlefield. The screams of an audience that love both battles and live concerts fills the air, and Ash livens up the hall with a Thunderbolt from Pikachu.

Brimming with confidence, Homika makes the outrageous suggestion that Ash will battle with six Pokémon, while she will only use three. Homika goes with the 'Poison Gas Pokémon' Koffing, saying she got it in Kanto. Ash sends out Unfezant to counter Koffing's speed, but it ends up poisoned from a Sludge Bomb. Following that, Homika continues her merciless Poison-type attacks. Ash is about to give up, but then...

Major events

Debuts

Humans

• Homika

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Homika
• Homika's band (The Koffing)
• Dr. Zager
• Roo
• Cook
• Boy
• Referee

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Unfezant (Ash's)
• Pignite (Ash's)
• Leavanny (Ash's)
• Palpitoad (Ash's)
• Boldore (Ash's)
• Audino (Nurse Joy's)
• Koffing (Homika's)
• Garbodor (Homika's)
• Scolipede (Homika's)
• Meloetta

Trivia

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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