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シャラジム戦！ピカチュウVSメガルカリオ！！
Shara Gym Match! Pikachu VS Mega Lucario!!
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First broadcast
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September 25, 2014
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November 15, 2014
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Team Kato
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| Screenplay
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Showdown at the Shalour Gym! (Japanese: シャラジム戦！ピカチュウVSメガルカリオ！！ Shara Gym Match! Pikachu VS Mega Lucario!!) is the 44th episode of the XY series, and the 843rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 25, 2014 and in the United States on November 15, 2014.
Blurb
Ash's Shalour City Gym battle against Korrina is under way! The battle begins as Ash's Hawlucha faces off against Korrina's Mienfoo. He tries to use the rhythmic battle style he learned from Tierno, but it's not going so well. Finally, he remembers Serena's observation that he has his own unique style, and decides to battle like himself instead!
With this change of tactics, Hawlucha wins. Ash then sends in Fletchinder, who quickly takes down Korrina's Machoke. The Gym Leader has just one Pokémon left, and of course it's her partner Lucario, who Mega Evolves and knocks out Fletchinder and then Hawlucha in short order. But our hero's unique battling style shines, and in the final matchup, Pikachu defeats Mega Lucario!
Ash wins the Rumble Badge, and the gang is off to Coumarine City for his next Gym battle!
Plot
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After arriving at Shalour City, Ash is ready to battle Korrina and get his third Kalos Gym Badge. Korrina releases Mienfoo as Serena checks it on her Pokédex. Ash sends out Hawlucha to battle Mienfoo. Ash tries to use Tierno's strategy but Hawlucha gets hit by a High Jump Kick despite using a rhythm to avoid. Mienfoo uses Drain Punch next, Ash tells Hawlucha to block, but it still got hit, getting its energy drained. Ash tells Hawlucha to fight back with Karate Chop, but Korrina tells Mienfoo to block it with a kick. Ash is wondering why the rhythm strategy didn't work despite that Tierno's Squirtle had no problem moving around. Korrina tells Mienfoo to use Force Palm, scoring a direct hit on Hawlucha. Ash asks Hawlucha that it still battle, which it confirms. Ash tells it to use Flying Press as Korrina tells Mienfoo to counter with Swift as Ash states that it's not a Fighting-Type move. Ash tells Hawlucha to use a rhythm, but Hawlucha still got hit. Ash has no idea how he is going to win and while looking up towards Serena, had a flashback about the dancing pratice from the other day. Following Serena's advice, Ash decides to use his own Strategy and in the middle of the fight, Mienfoo uses High Jump Kick as Hawlucha waits for the right moment to lure it in. On Ash's orders It perfeclty dodges Mienfoo's High Jump Kick and with a Flying Press, Mienfoo is down.
As Korrina recalls Mienfoo, Ash recalls Hawlucha and sents out Fletchinder as Korrina sent a Machoke.Fletchinder starts up with a Flame Charge but is hit by Machoke's Hammer Arm
and sents tumbling to the ground. Fletchinder manage to get up and launches a Razor Wind which Machoke blocks but is hurted and Fletchinder comes again with Flame Charge with Machoke preparing Focus Blast but Fletchinder dodges and hits its Flame Charge hard on Machoke, taking it out of the match.
Korrina recalls Machoke and sends out her last Pokémon: her Mega-Evolved Lucario. Ash decides to keep Fletchinder since it have a type advantage against Lucario but its match against Lucario didn't last long, as it was taken out by Lucario's Aura Sphere. Ash recalls Fletchinder and sends Hawlucha to battle Korrina's Lucario but Hawlucha only managed to hit Lucario with Flying Press while Lucario hit hard on it with Power-Up Punch, leaving the Kanto native with just one Pokemon left. Ash then sends out Pikachu to battle Lucario (with Clemont saying that Pikachu has never beaten Lucario before) and when the two enchanged Electro Ball with Aura Sphere they are both hurt but standing meaning that now is the final chance to win Pikachu then uses Iron Tail and Lucario uses Power-Up Punch and clashed. Pikachu uses Electro Ball while Lucario uses Aura Sphere and then Pikachu uses a Thunderbolt that hits Lucario dead on(it didn't tried to dodge since the attack was fast and Lucario had ran out of time to dodge it)and knocking it out while returning it back to its normal form. Ash Congratulates his Pokemon to the hard work they did and Ash receives the Rumble Badge.Ash then questions where he shall go next and Gurkinn says that his next stop is Courmarine City where the Gym Leader is Ramos. Ash and his friends then set off to Courmarine Gym to get his fourth Gym badge and also prepare himself to battle his Gym Leader friend Clemont.
Major events
- 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?: Mienfoo (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Machoke (Japan)
Trivia
Errors
- Ash's Hawlucha took damage from Mega Lucario's Bone Rush despite being immune to Ground moves.
- When Pikachu discharges electricity after Ash asks him if he can get up, Gurkinn isn't present when the camera moves behind Korrina to show the entire field.
Dub edits
- The title card segment focuses on Ash in the dub instead of Korrina.
- The kanji 命 爆発 (Life Explosion) were removed in the dub.
In other languages
European French
German
Italian
European Spanish
