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BW090 : Jostling for the Junior Cup!
Best Wishes series
BW092 : Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three!
Battling Authority Once Again!
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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.

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 in the United States on December 8, 2012.

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Blurb

It’s time for the second round of the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup, and Ash, Cilan, Iris, Dawn, and Trip are all in the hunt! A very confident Trip is up first, again winning his bout quickly despite a type disadvantage and moving on to the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, Iris steps outside to try to convince Dragonite to listen to her commands when they battle, instead of doing whatever it wants. But it appears to be a tough sell for the headstrong Pokémon—although a few wise words from Cynthia seem to be getting through. While she’s gone, Cilan defeats his opponent thanks to some remarkable teamwork with his Stunfisk. Then, with help from Boldore, Ash moves into the semi-finals as well!

The last battle of the round is Iris versus Dawn! It’s a clash of giants indeed, as the towering Dragonite faces off against the gargantuan Mamoswine—and at first it seems Dragonite is actually paying attention to Iris, as it obeys her first command to dodge! But it quickly reverts to its usual tactic of taking every attack head-on, and Iris gets more and more frustrated as Dawn and Mamoswine display excellent coordination. Once again, Dragonite manages to win the match on its own, and after a friendly pep talk from Dawn, Iris is even more determined to connect with her stubborn Pokémon.

The semi-finals get under way, and the first match is Trip versus Cilan! Trip has his eyes on the ultimate prize—a battle against Unova Champion Alder—and he’s secretly planning to challenge Sinnoh Champion Cynthia as well. Cilan is hoping Trip’s arrogance will make him careless—but no such luck, as Serperior manages to get through Crustle’s impressive defenses and knock Cilan out of the tournament.

Next up, it’s Ash and his Krokorok versus Iris and her Dragonite! Which of our heroes will be moving on to face Trip in the finals?

Plot

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The episode begins with a pre-episode teaser of the last episode with Trip, Manning, Cilan, Horatio, Ash, Geraldo, Dawn, and Iris winning the first round. The first round is Trip vs. Manning, in which Trip wins. The next round is Cilan vs. Horatio, with Cilan winning. The third round is Ash vs. Geraldo.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Mamoswine

Trivia

Dragonite's error

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages



BW090 : Jostling for the Junior Cup!
Best Wishes series
BW092 : Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three!
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