AG035

Win, Lose or Drew!

AG035   EP309 ハルカ！ポケモンコンテスト初挑戦!! Haruka! The First Pokémon Contest Challenge!!

First broadcast Japan July 24, 2003 United States May 29, 2004

English themes Opening I Wanna Be A Hero

Japanese themes Opening アドバンス・アドベンチャー Ending ポルカ・オ・ドルカ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 宍戸久美子 Kumiko Shishido Additional credits

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Win, Lose or Drew! (Japanese: ハルカ！ポケモンコンテスト初挑戦!! Haruka! The First Pokémon Contest Challenge!!) is the 35th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 309th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 24, 2003 and in the United States on May 29, 2004.

May enters her first Pokémon Contest but can she get over her nerves and prove herself to be a match to Drew?

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Synopsis

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Major events

• May enters but loses her first Pokémon Contest to Drew.
• Drew is defeated by Robert who becomes the winner of the Contest.

Debuts

• Vivian Meridian
• Robert

Pokémon debuts

• Milotic

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Vivian Meridian
• Contesta
• Sukizo
• Nurse Joy
• Drew
• Robert

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Dustox

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Roselia (Drew's)
• Milotic (Robert's; debut)

Various Contest Pokémon seen:

• Psyduck
• Ponyta
• Bellossom
• Forretress
• Poochyena
• Wingull
• Shroomish
• Azurill

Trivia

• The episode's title is a reference to the phrase "Win, Lose or Draw;" as well as a song of the same name by The Allman Brothers Band.

Errors

• Drew is missing his sleeves in a short scene right after losing to Robert.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Flora tente sa chance
• German: Hopp oder Top!
• Hebrew: נצחון הפסד או לשלוף nitsakhon hefsed o lishlof
• Italian: Chi vince, chi perde
• Portuguese:
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Vencer ou Perder, Empatar Nunca!
  • European Portuguese: Vencer, Perder ou Drew
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Ganar, perder o Drew
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Ganar, perder o empatar!

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