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* Due to being shown back-to-back with ''[[BW084|Rocking the Virbank Gym (Part 2)]]'', there's is no [[Professor Oak's Live Caster]] following this episode. | * Due to being shown back-to-back with ''[[BW084|Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 2)]]'', there's is no [[Professor Oak's Live Caster]] following this episode. | ||
* This is the first time Ash has battled with a [[Gym Leader]] and used a different amount of Pokémon than her/him since his [[rematch]] with [[Whitney]] in ''[[EP159|A Dairy Tale Ending]]''. | * This is the first time Ash has battled with a [[Gym Leader]] and used a different amount of Pokémon than her/him since his [[rematch]] with [[Whitney]] in ''[[EP159|A Dairy Tale Ending]]''. | ||
** This method is similar to the way Gym Battles work in the games, where the {{player}} is allowed to use any of their six possible Pokémon, while the number of Gym Leader's Pokémon is more limited. | ** This method is similar to the way Gym Battles work in the games, where the {{player}} is allowed to use any of their six possible Pokémon, while the number of Gym Leader's Pokémon is more limited. |
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Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1)
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Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1) (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 first aired in Japan on June 14, 2012.
Synopsis
Template:Incomplete synopsis In order to get his eighth Badge required for entering the Unova League, Ash finally passes through the gates of the Virbank 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
- Ash and his friends meet Homika, the Virbank Gym's Gym Leader.
- Ash begins his battle with Homika.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Humans
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Koffing (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Axew (Iris's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Unfezant (Ash's)
- Leavanny (Ash's)
- Boldore (Ash's)
- Audino (Nurse Joy's)
- Koffing (Homika's)
- Scolipede (Homika's)
- Meloetta (anime)
- Blitzle
- Foongus
- Mienfoo (Trainer's)
- Watchog (Trainer's)
- Gothitelle (Trainer's)
- Swanna
- Pidove (two)
- Patrat (two)
- Deerling
- Sandile
- Lillipup
Trivia
- Due to being shown back-to-back with Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 2), there's is no Professor Oak's Live Caster following this episode.
- This is the first time Ash has battled with a Gym Leader and used a different amount of Pokémon than her/him since his rematch with Whitney in A Dairy Tale Ending.
- This method is similar to the way Gym Battles work in the games, where the player is allowed to use any of their six possible Pokémon, while the number of Gym Leader's Pokémon is more limited.
- This episode marks the first physical appearance of a pre-Generation V Pokémon in Unova other than Pikachu and Meowth.
- This two-part episode marks the first time an episode has received a known dub title before airing in Japan, as the titles were revealed two days before this episode aired.
- This episode marks the first time when the status condition "badly poisoned" is seen in a Gym battle.
Errors
- When Homika approaches the Trainer with the Gothitelle she had just defeated, the bottoms of her shoes are purple and not blue.
Dub edits
In other languages
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- Undubbed episodes
- Stubs
- Episode stubs
- Anime stubs
- Best Wishes series episodes
- Episodes in which a legendary Pokémon appears
- Episodes focusing on Ash
- Episodes with gym battles
- Episodes written by Atsuhiro Tomioka
- Episodes storyboarded by Takenori Kawada
- Episodes directed by Yūji Asada
- Episodes animated by Masaaki Iwane