BW091

This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

← BW090 : Jostling for the Junior Cup!

Best Wishes series

BW092 : Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three! →

Battling Authority Once Again!

BW091   EP748 パワーバトル！アイリスVSヒカリ！ Power Battle! Iris VS Hikari!

First broadcast Japan August 23, 2012 United States December 8, 2012

English themes Opening Rival Destinies Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！ Ending みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

Battling Authority Once Again! (Japanese: パワーバトル！アイリスVSヒカリ！！ Power Battle! Iris VS Hikari!!) is the 91st episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 748th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 23, 2012 and is scheduled to air in the United States on December 8, 2012.

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

Major events

• Trip defeats Manning and advances to the semi-final round.
• Cilan's Stunfisk is revealed to have learned Sludge Bomb.
• Cilan defeats Horatio and advances to the semi-final round.
• Ash defeats Geraldo and advances to the semi-final round.
• Dawn's Mamoswine is revealed to have learned Ice Fang.
• Iris's Dragonite is revealed to know Dragon Rush.
• Iris defeats Dawn and advances to the semi-final round.
• Trip defeats Cilan and advances to the final round.
• Ash and Iris begin their battle.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Dawn
• Trip
• Burgundy
• Georgia
• Alder
• Freddy O'Martian
• Cynthia
• Manning
• Horatio
• Geraldo

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Mamoswine (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Boldore (Ash's)
• Krokorok (Ash's)
• Excadrill (Iris's; flashback)
• Dragonite (Iris's)
• Dwebble (Cilan's; video)
• Crustle (Cilan's)
• Stunfisk (Cilan's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Serperior (Trip's)
• Gurdurr (Trip's; video)
• Meloetta (anime)
• Heatmor (Manning's)
• Cinccino (Horatio's)
• Reuniclus (Geraldo's)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Bisharp

In other languages

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← BW090 : Jostling for the Junior Cup!

Best Wishes series

BW092 : Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three! →

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