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Less is Morrison

AG118   ライバル登場！マサムネとダンバル!! Rival Enters! Masamune and Dumbber!!

First broadcast Japan March 10, 2005 United States February 11, 2006

English themes Opening I'm Unbeatable Ending

Japanese themes Opening ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜 ②

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 大山和弘 Kazuhiro Ōyama Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 広岡歳仁 Toshihito Hirooka No additional credits are available at this time.

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Less is Morrison (Japanese: ライバル登場！マサムネとダンバル!! Rival Enters! Masamune and Dumbber) is episode 118 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 10, 2005 and in the United States on February 11, 2006.

While on the way to the Grand Festival, the group meets a Beldum trainer named Morrison. After hearing that Morrison also intends to enter the Hoenn League, a new rivalry between Ash and Morrison is born.

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

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Synopsis

Ash, Max, May, and Brock were relaxing in the woods one day when a giant rice ball came rolling down a hill, followed by a stocky male with red hair.

Morrison and Ash then competed in a Pokémon battle, Ash using Pikachu and Morrison using Beldum. The two knocked each other out in a tie. Ash then shows Morrison his badge case and Morrison freaks out and runs to the Pokémon Center.

Later, Ash meets Morrison at the Pokémon Center and the two race to get their Pokémon healed. The two then compete in a eating contest, and staying in very hot water. At night, Morrison sleeps outside with his Beldum to enjoy the nature, and Ash decides to join in with Pikachu.

In the morning the two compete in more challenges, until Team Rocket trap them in a cage. Morrison and Ash fight Seviper and Cacnea, and free Pikachu and Beldum. The two Pokémon work together and manage to defeat the Rockets.

Morrison then sails off, promising to meet Ash in the Hoenn League.

Major Events

• Ash gains a rival for the Hoenn League.

Debuts

• Morrison
• Beldum

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Morrison
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Nurse Joy
• Jessie
• James
• Various trainers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Snorunt (Ash's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Ludicolo (Brock's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James')
• Beldum (Morrison's; debut)
• Oddish
• Hoothoot
• Crobat

Trivia

• The VA for Morrison's character in the Japanese version is Nozawa Masako, who also did VA work in the Dragonball Z and GT animes. She voiced Goku/Gohan/Goten. Ironically, Morrison's English VA is Sean Schemmel, who played the voice of Goku in the English dub of Dragonball Z.

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, Which Pokémon goes from land to sky in one evolution?
• Choices: Noctowl, Trapinch, Loudred
• Answer: Ok trainers! If you chose Trapinch, you were right!

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: L'alter ego

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