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'''Come What May!''' (Japanese: '''VSチャーレム！コンテストバトル!!''' ''VS {{tt|Charem|Medicham}}! Contest Battle!!'') is the 51st episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, and the 325th episode of the {{g|anime}}. It was first broadcast in Japan on November 13, 2003 and in the United States on November 6, 2004.  
* {{BMGf|5985|Dub review thread on BMGf}} }}
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'''Come What May!''' (Japanese: '''VSチャーレム！コンテストバトル！！''' ''VS {{tt|Charem|Medicham}}! Contest Battle!!'') is the 51st episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]'', and the 325th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on November 13, 2003, and in the United States on November 6, 2004.
 
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== Synopsis ==
==Blurb==
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The last episode ended just as the {{to|Fallarbor}} {{g|Contest}} was about to start. It has started, and the coordinators are doing their display attacks. Drew is up, and he has Roselia use {{m|Petal Dance}}, which gets him a 9.9, a 9.8, and another 9.9, totaling 29.6. Next, Grace and her Medicham are up, and she displays a dramatic {{m|Hi Jump Kick}} with an intro pose, and totals a 29.5. Now, May is up, and her Beautifly brightens up the field with a {{m|Silver Wind}}, earning a total of 25.9. Ash, Brock, and Max cheer. Next, some strange familiar looking woman (to May at least) named Musashino is up. The ref calls her, but it takes a while, and then she comes dangling from the ceiling, descending… in the back, she’s being held by a rope held by a struggling James, Meowth, and Wobbuffet, so she is clearly Jessie…
<i>May is competing in her second Pokémon Contest and manages to make it to the next round along with Drew, Grace, and a disguised Jessie. Jessie has attached a device to her Dustox that produces beautiful rainbows when it performs an attack, making the attack even more beautiful.
 
Back on the stage, as expected, “Musashino” uses Dustox, and starts by having it zoom around with a {{m|Tackle}}. However, no one notices that it has a remote receiver on its back, and is really being controlled by Meowth backstage as he hears Jessie’s commands. Next, Jessie does a special trick: She holds out a piece of prism glass, has Dustox use {{m|Poison Sting}}, which hits the glass, causing a rainbow! Another {{m|Psybeam}} gets the whole field reflected by colors here and there.


This combination gets the crowd going, even May is a little impressed, but Drew looks rather suspicious. The three raters all give “Musashino” a 9.9, having her total 29.7! However, the ref then realizes that this is an illegal move, and Psybeam was never even used. It was just the rainbow reflecting on the glass that looked like a Psybeam. Disappointed, the judges lower their votes to 8.7, 8.6, and 8.5, lowering the total to 25.8. Later, after everyone finishes, it displays on the screen that “Musashino”, Drew, Grace, and May are the top 4 (Wow, who would have expected that!), and they’re gonna participate in the finals to battle! James and Meowth cheer for Jessie, as the rounds start.
May battles against Jessie, with Beautifly delivering enough of a beating to break the rainbow device and defeat Dustox. Caught cheating, Jessie is disqualified. Team Rocket tries to make trouble, but Pikachu sends them blasting off.


First battle is May VS “Musashino”, Beautifly VS Dustox, timed for 5 minutes. Dustox begins with a Tackle, and Jessie commands a Rainbow with it, so Meowth pushes a button. Beautifly flies upward, dodging the Tackle, and sending out a {{m|String Shot}}. However, Dustox counters that with a Rainbow-{{m|Whirlwind}}, sending the string back at Beautifly, taking about 20% of its health! Now, Dustox does a Poison Sting, but Beautifly blows the spikes back at Dustox with a {{m|Gust}}, not only taking 20% of its health… but also causing some sparks to fly, revealing a hint of Meowth’s attached remote receiver! Next, Dustox tries another Rainbow Tackle, which Beautifly counters easily with Silver Wind, knocking Dustox back, and taking away another 30% of health, so Dustox is halfway down! Jessie then demands a Psybeam, but as Meowth hears this, when he tries activating the remote from backstage, nothing happens. Apparently the receiver was a bit damaged in the battle, so Jessie will have to battle on her own! While Jessie is busy worrying, Beautifly Tackles Dustox, fainting it and winning the battle.
In the next battle, Grace takes on Drew and beats his Roselia in a decisive victory with her Medicham.


Jessie and Dustox get up, angry… Dustox still seems to have sparks dancing around it from the remote, and suddenly in front of everyone, the receiver falls off, and the truth is revealed! The audience boos, and the judges yell she’s disqualified, so she throws a smoke bomb as James and Meowth enters, and they reveal themselves as usual. So Pikachu simply {{m|Thunderbolt}}s them, and blasts them off.
Grace moves on to the finals to battle May. Medicham takes a commanding lead until May tries a combo involving Tackle and Silver Wind, pinning Medicham down. May takes the lead with one minute to go. The two Pokémon meet in a head-on collision, and though both Pokémon go down, May has more points and is declared the winner.


The ref sends May back to the waiting room to wait for the final round, as the next semifinalists, Drew and Grace enter. Like before, a 5 minute battle, Roselia VS Medicham. May watches from the screen in the hall, as Roselia starts with a {{m|Magical Leaf}}. Medicham then counters with {{m|Meditate}}, by getting in a meditating position in midair, and dodging it as it raises its Attack Power! Next, Medicham goes for an {{m|Ice Punch}}, but Roselia jumps in the air to dodge it.
Drew congratulates May, and then the kids are off to Lavaridge Town for Ash's next Gym Battle.</i>


However, its punch was so powerful, that as it connected with the field, it covered a small portion with ice. Roselia then uses a Petal Dance, but just in time, Medicham stops all the petals in midair with {{m|Confusion}}, and sends them flying back at Roselia, giving it 20% damage. Next Drew commands a {{m|SolarBeam}}, and as it gathers energy, Grace, who seems to have a plan, has Medicham quickly keep Ice Punching the field, making it all icy and full of glaciers! Then, to everyone’s amazement, when Roselia releases the SolarBeam, it hits one of the glaciers—and reflects right off it, towards another glacier! It goes in a zigzaggy path through the glaciers, and then back at Roselia, bringing it’s health down to 50%. Next, Medicham does a Meditate-Hi Jump Kick combo, finally fainting Roselia, winning the battle with full health! Grace is now to move to the final round of the Fallarbor Contest!
==Plot==
The [[Fallarbor Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]] has finally begun, and {{an|May}} is more determined than ever to win, with {{Ash}}, [[Max]], and {{an|Brock}} cheering her on in the audience. [[Drew]] and his {{TP|Drew|Roselia}} advance to the [[Contest Battle]]s with a score of 29.6, {{ho|Grace}} and her {{p|Medicham}} make it through with a score of 29.5, and May and {{TP|May|Beautifly}}’s twirling {{m|Silver Wind}} achieve a score of 25.9. Contestant 22, [[Jessie]] floats onto the stage disguised as “Jessica”. She calls out her {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}}, and with a rainbow device hidden behind a bow tie, she has it perform rainbow attacks, earning the best score of the day, a 29.7. Drew, Grace, Jessica and May, who narrowly beat another {{pkmn|Coordinator}} by a tenth of a point, are revealed as the top four and will advance onto the second round.


Grace VS May, Beautifly VS Medicham. 5 minutes. Beautifly starts with a Tackle, but Medicham Meditates, causing Beautifly to narrowly miss. Medicham now does an Ice Punch, which Beautifly counters with Gust, causing Medicham to trip and lose control, plummeting back-first to the ground! However, Medicham uses a Confusion to save itself from hitting the ground fast, although the Gust apparently gave it 10% damage on the way. Next, Beautifly uses a String Shot, which Medicham easily counters with Confusion, throwing them right back at Beautifly, entangling it! 20% of Beautifly’s health goes down. While Beautifly is struggling, Grace thinks fast and has Medicham hit it with an Ice Punch, easily freezing it and bringing its health down to 50%! But Beautifly is strong and manages to break out of the ice with all its might. Medicham then uses the Meditate-Hi Jump Kick combo, which Beautifly dodges this time.
The second round starts with May battling Jessica. Jessica sends out Dustox and tells it to use {{m|Tackle}} and add rainbow, a move that {{MTR}} is operating backstage. May tells Beautifly to dodge it and use {{m|String Shot}}. Dustox uses {{m|Whirlwind}} to send the attack back and hit Beautifly, making May lose points. Dustox uses a {{m|Poison Sting}}, which May knocks back with {{m|Gust}}, making it lose points and damaging the rainbow device. Dustox uses Tackle and May counters it with {{m|Silver Wind}}. Dustox loses even more points and damages the device even further. May congratulates Beautifly while Jessica furiously demands a rainbow {{m|Psybeam}}, which fails when Meowth discovers the remote is broken. Beautifly uses Tackle, which sends Dustox flying back into Jessica, losing all of their points at the 1:58 minute mark.  


A Silver Wind from Beautifly brings Medicham’s health down to 50%! May, with a clever strategy, then has Beautifly do a spinning Tackle-String Shot combo, causing the strings to move in a tornado-like fashion. Medicham tries to counter with Confusion, but only manages to have the strings collect in midair in front of him before he has a chance to throw them back at Beautifly, because Beautifly then starts spinning faster and faster, causing the strings to go in quick motion it just looks like a white pillar of String Shot, which Medicham gets caught in. This being too big of a job for Medicham’s Confusion, it tries desperately to push on the walls, but falls on the field wrapped from head to toe in String Shot.
May is declared the winner, though Jessica is set on getting her revenge. As Dustox returns to the air, the rainbow device hits the ground and the whole audience sees that Jessica cheated. [[Raoul Contesta]] stands up and attempts to disqualify her, at which point Jessica screams and throws a yellow Poké Ball prop which releases yellow dust. When the dust clears, Jessica is revealed to be Jessie, with the rest of {{TRT}} standing right there. They tell the audience that they want their Pokémon, and are about to battle with their own. Ash jumps up and tells {{AP|Pikachu}} to quickly use {{m|Thunderbolt}} to blast Team Rocket off. [[Vivian Meridian]] apologizes for the interruption before the second round continues with Grace versus Drew. Grace sends out Medicham and Drew sends out Roselia. Drew starts off with {{m|Magical Leaf}}, which Grace uses {{m|Meditate}} to dodge. Medicham uses {{m|Ice Punch}}, which Roselia gracefully dodges before it uses {{m|Petal Dance}}, which Medicham stops in midair with {{m|Confusion}} and sends back, causing Roselia to lose points. Drew commands Roselia to use {{m|Solar Beam}}. Grace tells Medicham to use Ice Punch on the ground, which builds a shield around Roselia, causing it to hit itself. Grace wins the battle after knocking it out with a powerful {{m|High Jump Kick}}.


Grace hasn’t lost yet, though… this just brought Medicham’s health down to 30%. As Beautifly heads for a Tackle, Medicham just barely manages to break out and dodge it. Then, Beautifly lets out a couple glimmering tornados of Silver Wind… but Medicham easily stands between them, and holds them apart and carefully dodges… but then, Beautifly Tackles while Medicham is busy keeping its balance, dealing it some more damage and leaving it with only 10%! With 30 seconds left, Medicham goes for a Hi Jump Kick, while Beautifly goes for a Tackle… and as they move toward each other… they connect… and there’s a big explosion of yellow light, and Medicham seems to have fainted, but Beautifly has kept its balance against the wall. Either way, time is up, and Beautifly had more health… therefore, May is the winner!
The final battle pits May's Beautifly against Grace's Medicham. May starts with Tackle, which Medicham dodges with Meditate. Grace follows up with an Ice Punch, but Beautifly batters Medicham away with a Gust. Just before it falls to the ground, Medicham uses Confusion to levitate, limiting the number of points lost. Beautifly tries a String Shot which Medicham sends back with another Confusion, damaging and tangling up Beautifly. Medicham uses Ice Punch, encasing Beautifly in ice. As Beautifly breaks free, Medicham rushes in for a High Jump Kick. Beautifly dodges and uses Silver Wind, hitting Medicham and causing it to [[crash damage|hurt its knee]], costing Grace major points. Beautifly uses a Tackle and String Shot [[Contest combination|combo]], though Medicham uses Confusion to stop it. Still spinning, Beautifly overcomes this with a Silver Wind and encases Medicham in silky thread. May uses Tackle as Medicham breaks out of the string and dodges. Beautifly uses Silver Wind and traps Medicham's hands, immobilizing it. Then Beautifly uses a Tackle and Silver Wind combo to inflict more damage on Medicham. Medicham tries to turn it around with a High Jump Kick, which May tells Beautifly to counter with Tackle. The two approach each other head-on and collide just as time runs out. May is declared the winner of the Fallarbor Contest, as she was the one with more points. She is astounded by her victory over Grace before hugging Beautifly for its efforts. Raoul hands May the pink Fallarbor [[Ribbon]], which she happily places into her Ribbon case. Drew later approaches the group and declares that things would have been different if he battled May. He throws a rose to May before walking off in a smug manner. May, however, is more confident in her Coordinator ambitions while Ash has his sights set on his [[Lavaridge Gym]] match.


The audience cheers, and the judge awards her the Fallarbor Ribbon! Grace then congratulates her, and May thanks her and says something which makes Grace go into her bursting-out-laughing mode. They say their goodbyes, and May puts her first ribbon in her case as they walk out. Just then, Drew notices her, and congratulates her and tosses her one of Roselia’s roses. But then, he warns her that next time he may not be so easy on her, and walks off. So, May agrees to try some more contests, but now, they decide to head back to Ash’s trail of getting the next badge!
==Major events==
[[File:May Fallarbor Ribbon.png|thumb|220px|May holding the Fallarbor Ribbon]]
* {{an|May}}, [[Jessie]], and [[Drew]] compete in the [[Fallarbor Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]].
* Jessie and Drew are eliminated in the semifinals.
* May wins the Fallarbor Contest and earns her first [[Ribbon]].
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== Major events ==
===Debuts===
*May wins her first Contest [[Ribbon]].
====Pokémon debuts====
=== Debuts ===


== Characters ==
==Characters==
=== Humans ===
===Humans===
* {{Ash}}
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|May}}
* {{an|May}}
* [[Brock]]
* {{an|Brock}}
* [[Max]]
* [[Max]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[James]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* [[Drew]]
* [[Drew]]
* [[Vivian Meridian]]
* [[Vivian Meridian]]
* [[Contesta]]
* [[Raoul Contesta]]
* [[Sukizo]]
* [[Mr. Sukizo]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* {{ho|Grace}}
* {{ho|Grace}}


=== Pokémon ===
===Pokémon===
[[File:PTC AG051.png|thumb|200px|right|Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]
[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]: {{p|Bagon}}
[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]: {{p|Bagon}}
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
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* {{p|Dustox}} ({{OP|Jessie|Dustox}})
* {{p|Dustox}} ({{OP|Jessie|Dustox}})
* {{p|Roselia}} ({{OP|Drew|Roselia}})
* {{p|Roselia}} ({{OP|Drew|Roselia}})
* {{p|Medicham}} (Grace's)
* {{p|Medicham}} ({{ho|Grace}}'s)
* {{p|Charizard}}


== Trivia ==
==Trivia==
* The title may be a reference to a line in the song Tomorrow from the musical {{wp|Little Orphan Annie}}.
* The title is a reference to a line from {{wp|William Shakespeare}}'s play ''{{wp|Macbeth}}''.
* The smoke ball Jessie throws looks similar to the [[GS Ball]].
* This is the first episode to feature [[crash damage]].
* Music from ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'' can be heard in this episode.


=== Errors ===
===Errors===
=== Dub edits ===
* Jessie was disqualified from the {{to|Fallarbor}} {{pkmn|Contest}}, despite being already eliminated due to losing her [[Contest Battle]] against May.
* When James, Meowth, and Wobbuffet are rubbing Jessie's and Dustox's backs, Wobbuffet pops up for agreement for their speech. At the same time, the sound that is usually heard when Wobbuffet pops out from its Poké Ball is heard, even though it was outside of its Ball already.
* At the start of the episode, instead of {{m|High Jump Kick}}, Grace commands Medicham to use "Hi Jump".
 
===Dub edits===
====[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]====
* Question: Trainers, which one of these Pokémon evolves into {{p|Shelgon}}?
* Choices: {{p|Bagon}}, {{p|Aron}}, {{p|Zangoose}}
* Answer: OK, Trainers, if you chose {{p|Bagon}}, you were right!


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
* French: '''{{tt|Bonne chance Flora|Good luck May}}'''
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* Italian: '''{{tt|La miglior difesa è l'attacco|The best defense is the attack}}'''
|zh_cmn={{tt|對抗恰雷姆，華麗對戰！|VS Medicham, Magnificent Battle!}}
* Latin American Spanish: '''{{tt|¡Bien hecho May!|Well done May!}}'''
|nl={{tt|Kom op, May!|Come on, May!}}
* Portuguese: '''Vamos Lá, May!'''
|da={{tt|May slår til|May strikes}}
* Spanish: '''{{tt|Pase lo que pase|Whatever happens}}'''
|de={{tt|Maike macht´s möglich!|May makes it happen!}}
|fi={{tt|Mayn näytön paikka|May's place to show her skills}}
|fr_eu={{tt|Bonne chance Flora|Good luck May}}
|he=התחרות של מיי{{tt|hatakharut shel May|May's Contest}}
|it={{tt|La miglior difesa è l'attacco|The best defense is the attack}}
|no={{tt|May klarer brasene!|May embraces!}}
|pt_br={{tt|Vamos Lá, May!|Let's Go, May!}}
|pt_eu={{tt|Venha o Que Vier!|Come What May!}} {{tt|*|The word 'May' is a verb rather than the name of the character.}}
|ru={{tt|Будь что будет|Be what what it will}}
|es_la={{tt|¡Bien hecho May!|Well done May!}}
|es_eu={{tt|Pase lo que pase|Whatever happens}}
|sv={{tt|Fallarbor-tävlingen!|The Fallarbor contest!}}
|ko={{tt|포켓몬 콘테스트 단풍대회|Fallarbor Town Pokémon Contest}}
|hi=May, तुम जीत सकती हो! {{tt|''May, Tum jeet sakti ho!''|May, You can win!}} {{tt|*|Hungama dub}}
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AG051   EP325
VSチャーレム！コンテストバトル！！
VS Charem! Contest Battle!!
First broadcast
Japan November 13, 2003
United States November 6, 2004
English themes
Opening This Dream
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening アドバンス・アドベンチャー
Ending そこに空があるから
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
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

Come What May! (Japanese: VSチャーレム！コンテストバトル！！ VS Charem! Contest Battle!!) is the 51st episode of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, and the 325th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 13, 2003, and in the United States on November 6, 2004.

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Blurb

May is competing in her second Pokémon Contest and manages to make it to the next round along with Drew, Grace, and a disguised Jessie. Jessie has attached a device to her Dustox that produces beautiful rainbows when it performs an attack, making the attack even more beautiful.

May battles against Jessie, with Beautifly delivering enough of a beating to break the rainbow device and defeat Dustox. Caught cheating, Jessie is disqualified. Team Rocket tries to make trouble, but Pikachu sends them blasting off.

In the next battle, Grace takes on Drew and beats his Roselia in a decisive victory with her Medicham.

Grace moves on to the finals to battle May. Medicham takes a commanding lead until May tries a combo involving Tackle and Silver Wind, pinning Medicham down. May takes the lead with one minute to go. The two Pokémon meet in a head-on collision, and though both Pokémon go down, May has more points and is declared the winner.

Drew congratulates May, and then the kids are off to Lavaridge Town for Ash's next Gym Battle.

Plot

The Fallarbor Town Pokémon Contest has finally begun, and May is more determined than ever to win, with Ash, Max, and Brock cheering her on in the audience. Drew and his Roselia advance to the Contest Battles with a score of 29.6, Grace and her Medicham make it through with a score of 29.5, and May and Beautifly’s twirling Silver Wind achieve a score of 25.9. Contestant 22, Jessie floats onto the stage disguised as “Jessica”. She calls out her Dustox, and with a rainbow device hidden behind a bow tie, she has it perform rainbow attacks, earning the best score of the day, a 29.7. Drew, Grace, Jessica and May, who narrowly beat another Coordinator by a tenth of a point, are revealed as the top four and will advance onto the second round.

The second round starts with May battling Jessica. Jessica sends out Dustox and tells it to use Tackle and add rainbow, a move that Meowth is operating backstage. May tells Beautifly to dodge it and use String Shot. Dustox uses Whirlwind to send the attack back and hit Beautifly, making May lose points. Dustox uses a Poison Sting, which May knocks back with Gust, making it lose points and damaging the rainbow device. Dustox uses Tackle and May counters it with Silver Wind. Dustox loses even more points and damages the device even further. May congratulates Beautifly while Jessica furiously demands a rainbow Psybeam, which fails when Meowth discovers the remote is broken. Beautifly uses Tackle, which sends Dustox flying back into Jessica, losing all of their points at the 1:58 minute mark.

May is declared the winner, though Jessica is set on getting her revenge. As Dustox returns to the air, the rainbow device hits the ground and the whole audience sees that Jessica cheated. Raoul Contesta stands up and attempts to disqualify her, at which point Jessica screams and throws a yellow Poké Ball prop which releases yellow dust. When the dust clears, Jessica is revealed to be Jessie, with the rest of Team Rocket standing right there. They tell the audience that they want their Pokémon, and are about to battle with their own. Ash jumps up and tells Pikachu to quickly use Thunderbolt to blast Team Rocket off. Vivian Meridian apologizes for the interruption before the second round continues with Grace versus Drew. Grace sends out Medicham and Drew sends out Roselia. Drew starts off with Magical Leaf, which Grace uses Meditate to dodge. Medicham uses Ice Punch, which Roselia gracefully dodges before it uses Petal Dance, which Medicham stops in midair with Confusion and sends back, causing Roselia to lose points. Drew commands Roselia to use Solar Beam. Grace tells Medicham to use Ice Punch on the ground, which builds a shield around Roselia, causing it to hit itself. Grace wins the battle after knocking it out with a powerful High Jump Kick.

The final battle pits May's Beautifly against Grace's Medicham. May starts with Tackle, which Medicham dodges with Meditate. Grace follows up with an Ice Punch, but Beautifly batters Medicham away with a Gust. Just before it falls to the ground, Medicham uses Confusion to levitate, limiting the number of points lost. Beautifly tries a String Shot which Medicham sends back with another Confusion, damaging and tangling up Beautifly. Medicham uses Ice Punch, encasing Beautifly in ice. As Beautifly breaks free, Medicham rushes in for a High Jump Kick. Beautifly dodges and uses Silver Wind, hitting Medicham and causing it to hurt its knee, costing Grace major points. Beautifly uses a Tackle and String Shot combo, though Medicham uses Confusion to stop it. Still spinning, Beautifly overcomes this with a Silver Wind and encases Medicham in silky thread. May uses Tackle as Medicham breaks out of the string and dodges. Beautifly uses Silver Wind and traps Medicham's hands, immobilizing it. Then Beautifly uses a Tackle and Silver Wind combo to inflict more damage on Medicham. Medicham tries to turn it around with a High Jump Kick, which May tells Beautifly to counter with Tackle. The two approach each other head-on and collide just as time runs out. May is declared the winner of the Fallarbor Contest, as she was the one with more points. She is astounded by her victory over Grace before hugging Beautifly for its efforts. Raoul hands May the pink Fallarbor Ribbon, which she happily places into her Ribbon case. Drew later approaches the group and declares that things would have been different if he battled May. He throws a rose to May before walking off in a smug manner. May, however, is more confident in her Coordinator ambitions while Ash has his sights set on his Lavaridge Gym match.

Major events

May holding the Fallarbor Ribbon
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Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Bagon

Trivia

Errors

  • Jessie was disqualified from the Fallarbor Contest, despite being already eliminated due to losing her Contest Battle against May.
  • When James, Meowth, and Wobbuffet are rubbing Jessie's and Dustox's backs, Wobbuffet pops up for agreement for their speech. At the same time, the sound that is usually heard when Wobbuffet pops out from its Poké Ball is heard, even though it was outside of its Ball already.
  • At the start of the episode, instead of High Jump Kick, Grace commands Medicham to use "Hi Jump".

Dub edits

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

  • Question: Trainers, which one of these Pokémon evolves into Shelgon?
  • Choices: Bagon, Aron, Zangoose
  • Answer: OK, Trainers, if you chose Bagon, you were right!

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