AG110

The Great Eight Fate!
ルネジム！水のアーティスト・アダン！（前編） Rune Gym! Artist of Water - Adan! (Part One)
Broadcast dates
Japan	January 13, 2005
USA	January 28, 2006
Theme songs
Opening	Unbeatable
Japanese theme songs
Opening	ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー
Ending	GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜 ②
Credits
Animation	Team Ota
Screenplay	冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard	大山和弘 Kazuhiro Ōyama
Assistant director	ながはまのりひこ Norihiko Nagahama
Animation director	志村泉 Izumi Shimura
Screenshots on Filb.de

The Great Eight Fate! (Japanese: ルネジム！水のアーティスト・アダン！（前編） Rune Gym! Artist of Water - Adan! (Part One)) is episode 110 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 13, 2005 and in the United States on January 28, 2006.

It's time for Ash's final Gym Battle in Hoenn but his opponent is a former winner of the Grand Festival. Can Ash get through the first round in a double battle?

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash, May, Max and Brock finally arrive at Sootopolis City.
• Ash challenges Juan to a 5 on 5 Battle
• The 5 on 5 Battle is separated into two stages: one is a double battle which ends once one person's two Pokémon are unable to battle and the other stage is a standard 3 on 3 battle plus any of the Pokémon who survived the double battle.

• Juan uses a Sealeo and a Seaking whereas Ash uses Pikachu and Snorunt for the double battle.
  • Juan's Seaking knocks out Ash's Snorunt with a Hyper Beam.
  • Ash sends out his Corphish.
  • Ash's Pikachu knocks out Juan's Seaking with an Iron Tail.
  • Ash's Corphish knocks out Sealeo with a Crabhammer.
• To start the standard 3 on 3 battle, Ash uses Grovyle and Juan uses Luvdisc.
  • The episode ends with Luvdisc hitting Grovyle with a Sweet Kiss.

Debuts

• Juan

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• May
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Juan
• Sebastian
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimecho (James's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Snorunt (Ash's)
• Milotic (Juan's)
• Sealeo (Juan's)
• Seaking (Juan's)
• Luvdisc (Juan's)

Pokémon seen at the Sootopolis City performance:

• Tentacruel
• Seadra
• Goldeen
• Staryu
• Corsola
• Wingull
• Pelipper
• Masquerain
• Azurill
• Wailmer
• Barboach (debut)
• Spheal
• Gorebyss
• Chinchou
• Lanturn

Trivia

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, Which Pokémon is the final evolution of Caterpie?
• Choices: Venomoth, Butterfree, Beautifly
• Answer: OK trainers! If you chose Butterfree, you were right!

Errors

• At one scene during Juan's show, Sealeo's mouth is blue instead of cream.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Dernière ligne droite!
• Italian: Capopalestra e gentiluomo

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