AG160

Harley Rides Again

AG160   EP434 ゴンベのデビュー戦！ハーリーと真剣勝負!! Gonbe's Debut Battle! Harley and Taking the Game Seriously!

First broadcast Japan January 19, 2006 United States October 28, 2006

English themes Opening Battle Frontier Ending

Japanese themes Opening バトルフロンティア Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜 ③

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

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Harley Rides Again (Japanese: ゴンベのデビュー戦！ハーリーと真剣勝負!! Gonbe's Debut Battle! Harley and Taking the Game Seriously!) is the 160th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 434th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 19, 2006 and in the United States on October 28, 2006.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Having heard of a Pokémon Contest being held, Ash and co. wind up in Wisteria Town. May aims to get a ribbon with Munchlax as her partner for the first time. However, Harley appears along with his new and improved Octillery and is determined to get the ribbon for himself.

Major events

• Harley and Octillery win the contest which results in May's first Kanto loss, and her first loss to Harley.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Harley
• Nurse Joy
• Lilian
• Contesta
• Sukizo
• Cody (Seiyū: 坂口候一 Kōichi Sakaguchi)
• Woman A (Seiyū: 岡村明美 Akemi Okamura)
• Woman B (Seiyū: 山口由里子 Yuriko Yamaguchi)
• Woman C (Seiyū: 半場友恵 Tomoe Hanba)
• Coordinators
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Squirtle (May's)
• Eevee (May's)
• Bonsly (Brock's)
• Ariados (Harley's)
• Octillery (Harley's) (Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka)

Various Pokémon seen at the Contest

• Beedrill
• Nidoran♂
• Gloom
• Paras
• Poliwag
• Machamp
• Bellsprout
• Magneton
• Dewgong
• Gastly
• Cubone
• Hitmonlee
• Rhyhorn
• Rhydon
• Furret
• Chinchou
• Cleffa
• Politoed
• Skiploom
• Sunflora
• Quagsire
• Granbull
• Swinub
• Ralts
• Ninjask
• Mawile
• Camerupt
• Vibrava
• Shelgon

Trivia

• This is the first known instance of Harley beating May in a Contest.

Errors

• After May's appeal, her skirt turns red.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Le retour de Harley
• German: Immer wieder Harley!
• Italian: Harley colpisce ancora
• Latin American Spanish: Harley ataca de nuevo
• Iberian Spanish: Harley ataca de nuevo

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.