AG082

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A Shroomish Skirmish

AG082   EP356 森の格闘王！？ ワカシャモvsキノガッサ！ The Fighting King of the Forest!? Wakasyamo vs. Kinogassa!

First broadcast Japan June 24, 2004 United States June 11, 2005

English themes Opening This Dream Ending

Japanese themes Opening チャレンジャー!! Ending スマイル ②

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

A Shroomish Skirmish (Japanese: 森の格闘王！？ ワカシャモvsキノガッサ！ The Fighting King of the Forest!? Wakasyamo vs. Kinogassa!) is the 82nd episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 356th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 24, 2004 and in the United States on June 11, 2005.

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

Synopsis

The episode begins with everyone having their lunch and, as usual, Brock's food is great. Corphish steals Torchic's food, which of course ignites a fight. Pikachu, as usual, tries to stop it and everyone gets shocked by Pikachu. That doesn't stop the fighting, though. Meanwhile, Team Rocket are starving as usual. Meowth remembers to the second the last time that they had real food. Wobbuffet "finds" some fruit from somewhere, which in turn leads to an argument. However, it does not turn into a fight because Team Rocket then realize Wobbuffet got the fruit from a group of weak Shroomish. Team Rocket then fight the Pokémon off-screen for the fruit. Finally, the Pokémon belonging to Ash and company stop their fighting and are summarily told off by their Trainers.

Team Rocket eat the apples they've stolen while the Shroomish have become angry and evolve into Breloom. While fleeing, Team Rocket run straight into Ash and friends. They launch into their now-familiar motto, stop briefly to steal more food, and then resume the motto from where they left off earlier. However, the angry Breloom have followed them and proceed to use Mach Punch on everyone.

Everyone blasts off! May and Mudkip land together on a tree branch hanging above a large, deep ravine. Torchic, crying, lands with Corphish and follows the Pokémon as it leads them away. Ash and Brock land together somewhere in a forest with Pikachu and Swellow. The two Pokémon are then instructed to search for the others, but only seconds later, Ash and Brock are again attacked by the Breloom. Ash wants to fight but Brock doesn't, and they both flee.

Meowth and Max land together and quickly meet up with Torchic and Corphish. Meanwhile, May and Mudkip run into Team Rocket (after using Mudkip's radar). Team Rocket run right off the cliff and land onto an overhanging tree branch. Jessie and James hug each other desperately. However, Torchic is still sad and appears to be hungry.

Ash still wants to fight the Pokémon but Brock drags him off. While running, the two friends end up rolling down a hill. Pikachu and Swellow later meet up with Meowth and Max, who have been cornered by the Breloom against a rock face. Pikachu bravely joins the fight while Swellow searches for Ash. Ash and Brock fall on top of Team Rocket, and all plunge into the gorge below. They are saved by a Rapid Spin attack from Forretress. Swellow reports back.

Meanwhile, Pikachu and Corphish are fighting a losing battle to protect everyone else. Corphish then stands in the way to protect Torchic and is getting beaten up by the four Breloom. Corphish is almost knocked out, but is saved by the sudden arrival of May and Mudkip. Another surprise attack almost does him in, but Torchic (who up until now had been cowering) gets in the way and appears angry. Torchic then evolves into Combusken!

Everyone's on the scene now and Combusken battles the Breloom. After using an initially useless Fire attack (which was fended off with a Mega Punch attack), Breloom challenges Combusken to hand-to-hand combat. Combusken obliges, and a vicious fight ensues. Both Pokémon are hit numerous times in the face by punches and kicks, and in the end a cross-counter knocks out both Pokémon. Team Rocket, while complimenting the fighting Pokémon, inadvertently say something to annoy both Breloom and Combusken, and are subsequently blasted off by their combined attacks. By now, as Meowth translates, Combusken and Breloom have a grudging respect for each other.

The episode ends with Brock making more food to satisfy everyone's appetite. Again, Corphish tries to steal some food, but is however glared at by Combusken, frightening him off.

Major events

• May's Torchic evolves into Combusken and learns Fire Spin and Sky Uppercut.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• May's Combusken

TV episode debuts

• Breloom

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Max
• Brock
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Venomoth

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Torchic (May's; evolves)
• Combusken (May's; newly evolved)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Lombre (Brock's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Shroomish (multiple; some evolve)
• Breloom (multiple; newly evolved; debut)

Trivia

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Lombre's miscolored face

• Music from Pikachu's Vacation is used as background music, including the piece that was replaced by Catch Me if You Can.
• This episode is featured on the Volume 19: Torchic copy of Pokémon All-Stars.

Errors

Breloom's miscolored tail

• During one scene when Ash and a group of Breloom were fighting, the tip of one Breloom's tail is red instead of green.
• During the opening scene Brock's Lombre has a dark shade of green instead of light green on its face.
• During the end of the episode, the narrator says that May's Torchic showed off some great fighting abilities, when it was in fact her Combusken who did that.

Dub edits

• Several shots of the fight between May's Combusken and the lead Breloom were cut out.

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, which one of these Pokémon is the best choice to battle Sunflora?
• Choices: Venomoth, Wailmer, Gastly
• Answer: OK, Trainers! If you chose Venomoth, you were right!

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		森林的格鬥王！？力壯雞對抗斗笠菇！
Dutch		Een Shroomish schermutseling
Finnish		Kiivastuneet Shroomishit
European French		Un Chapignon plutôt grognon
German		Apfeldiebe!
Hebrew		מריבה ביערmeriva baya'ar
Italian		Le mele della discordia
Portuguese	Brazil	A Luta na Floresta dos Shroomishs
	Portugal	Que Confusão de Shroomish
Spanish	Latin America	¡La escaramuza de Shroomish!
	Spain	La manzana de Shroomish

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