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(Japanese: 熱闘バトルチューブ！VSチューブクイーン・アザミ!! Fierce Fighting At The Battle Tube! VS. Tube Queen Azami!! is episode 158 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 5, 2006.
Synopsis
A newly revived ambition and the flames of courage engulf our heroes as Ash steps outside of the pokemon center as fired up as ever and Bonsley begins crying uncontrollabely. Ash wonders where May is as Max rushes in the opposite direction in search for her.
At the nearby shore, Eevee and May are admiring the shoreline while Max comes running from the distance. Arriving at the Battle Pike, the doors open to reveal three figures in strange attire. As they quickly rush Ash inside of the pike, a curtain is pulled back to reveal Asumi, the frontier brain of the Battle Pike. As Asumi makes introductions, she makes an apparent mistake in her speech as she scrambles to correct herself. Ash fails to notice the small flaw as the young man opens a strange container and instructs Ash to place Pikachu inside.
Brock feeds Bonsly as May and Max come running from the background. As they begin to make their departure towards Ash's location, a group of strange people appear before Brock and begin questioning about Ash. Enshida comes from behind stating that Ash has went to the Battle Tube to take battle in part with Asumi, the frontier brain.
A projectile comes from the distance, as another Asumi is revealed. Brock shows his usual affection towards girls while being dragged off by Asumi's blonde haired assistant. During that quick sighting, Asumi seems to have taken a small liking of Brock. As Ash places Pikachu inside of the container and it closes shut, a net comes from the distance and engulfes Ash. The fateful music of tragedy is played as Team Rocket begin their usual introduction. As the walls of a fake construction of the Battle Tube fall to the ground, Team Rocket makes off into the skies with their newly captured Pikachu. Ash directs Pikachu with a Thunderbolt attack but this proves to make no effect as it disperses within the electrical protected container. A strange arrow flies through the sky as it pierces Team Rocket's balloon and they start descending towards the ground. As they make contact with the surface, a giant cloud of smoke and dust engulfes the surrounding area. The true Asumi is revealed, as Jessie quickly releases her Seviper. As Ash is about to bring Pikachu into the battle, Asumi directs him to wait as she then calls upon her Seviper. Jessie's Seviper thrusts forward with a Poison Tail but is quickly blocked by Asumi's Seviper's Poison Tail attack. After a few seconds of resistance, Jessie's Seviper falls under the pressure and is thrusted backwards towards Team Rocket. With one final blow, Asumi's Seviper sends a volcanic flamethrower towards Team Rocket and sends them blasting off into the sky again.
Enshida then makes the introductions for the real Asumi. As Asumi sees Brock again, she begins to blush again as the usual red marks can be seen under her eyes. As Brock rushes to make his second romantic introduction, he is carried away again by Max. Now inside of the true Battle Tube, the field is set before us which seems to resemble a grassy plain with a river running throughout the forestry. As the rules are set for battle, Asumi releases her Seviper as Ash calls upon his Donphan. As the announcer shouts the renowed phrase of "Ready, Go", the battle begins with Donphan rushing towards Seviper and being stopped in his tracks by Seviper's Poison Tail. As both forces clash, Seviper thrusts towards Donphan but is easily blocked as Donphan goes into his Rollout stance and begins rotating at high speeds to come crashing into Seviper. As Donphan begins around for his second attack, Seviper dodges and rotates over Donphan and strikes Donphan at the exact moment when the Rollout attack is most vunerable. Donphan rolls towards the wall in a confused state but recovers and projects from the wall and going into another blinding attack. As Asumi closes her eyes, Donphan closes in on its target and is then engulfed in a devasting flamethrower.
As Ash begins to formulate a new attack strategy, Donphan begins charging his Hyper Beam attack. While in this charging state, Seviper easily manuvers around Donphan and strikes it in the rear with its Poison Tail. As Donphan is thrusted forward, it recovers while still charging the Hyper Beam attack. Now fully charged, Donphan launches it with impending force towards Seviper, but Seviper quickly disperses the attack with water from the nearby lagoon. A cloud of heavy smoke is created around Seviper as it launches another Flamethrower attacks towards Donphan. As Donphan goes into another Rollout attack, the flames make contact with its hard outer body as it begins to spin towards Seviper's position. As the intense flames are continusally clashing with Donphan making distance between him and Seviper. As he moves closer, Seviper moves from his hidden position as Donphan reflects from a nearby rock structure and hurtles toward the sky just as Seviper is making its escape. As the ferocious flameball flies through the sky, Donphan hits Seviper directly as Seviper is then announced as unable to battle. As Brock begins to cheer, Max grabs Brock by the ear. Asumi regains her fericious battle spirit, as she then calls upon her second pokemon, Milotic.
Donphan quickly goes on the attack thrusting towards Milotic but makes contact with Milotic's Hydro Pump thrusting it backwards and making Donphan unable to battle. With Satoshi being pressured for his second pokemon choice, he analyzes the situation and decides to choose his electric friend, Pikachu. As Pikachu goes for a Thunderbolt attack, it makes contact with Milotic as it is then dispersed by Milotic's tail and Pikachu is then met with Milotic's Hydro Pump. The same attack which knocked Donphan unconscious and unable to battle. Brock displays his affection towards Asumi as she blushes again being offguard for a few seconds. As Pikachu rushes forward with an Iron Tail attack, he meets resistance by Milotic's Iron Tail attack and is quickly thrusted backwards. Pikachu begins into a Volt Tackle but is stopped by Milotic's Twister attack and is then plummled by a Hydro Pump. Milotic begins for an Iron Tail attack as Pikachu goes into another Volt Tackle attack. As the two forces clash, the impending electrical field around Pikachu begins to take its effect on Milotic. While Pikachu dashs towards Milotic, it begins to Recover and clashes with Pikachu thrusting it backwards. Pikachu begins for one last Volt Tackle, as Milotic tries to defend against the attack with Twister. As the winds surround Pikachu, the electrical field from the previous Volt Tackle is dispersed as Pikachu now begins rotating at high speeds within the twister and starts into another Volt Tackle attack. As Pikachu rotates throughout the twister, he finally makes contact with Milotic knocking it unconscious and announced as unable to battle.
Ash is announced as the victor over this battle while Enshida explains Ash's strategy in defeating Asumi. As both meet in the middle, they give their congragulations and Ash is presented with his newly obtained Battle Coin. While Max begins to analyze the Pokenavi, Brock goes into another romantic state displaying his neverending love for Asumi. Within a few seconds, Brock's romance is broken up by Max's pulling of his ear. The usual goodbyes are exchanged as Asumi begins to blush again towards the affection given from Brock. As she steps inside of a nearby building, she is greeted by Skitty and various other pokemon as her face then begins to turn cherry red. Now heading in the direction of the next frontier brain, Brock displays his love and affection for Asumi one more time. With an impending relationship made between Brock and Asumi and Ash with a newly obtained Battle Coin, everyone seems to have obtained something a little bit more worthwile in their adventure. As the sun sets, our heroes disperse off in the distance with the flames of courage brighter than ever.
Major events
- Ash Ketchum wins the Luck Symbol with Donphan and Pikachu.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash Ketchum
- May
- Brock
- Max
- Jessie
- James
- Lucy (Seiyū: 田中敦子 Atsuko Tanaka)
- Ibara (Seiyū: 斉木美帆 Miho Saiki)
- Female referee (Seiyū: 半場友恵 Tomoe Hanba)
- Female student A (Seiyū: 小平有希 Yuki Kodaira)
- Female student B (Seiyū: 大谷育江 Ikue Ohtani)*
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Manene (James's)
- Donphan (Ash's)
- Eevee (May's)
- Bonsly (Brock's)
- Seviper (Jessie's)
- Abra (Lucy's)
- Snorlax (Lucy's)
- Cyndaquil (Lucy's)
- Swinub (Lucy's)
- Makuhita (Lucy's)
- Skitty (Lucy's)
- Seviper (Lucy's) (Seiyū: 林原めぐみ Megumi Hayashibara)*
- Milotic (Lucy's) (Seiyū: 佐藤智恵 Chie Satō)*
* No official credit was given for this character.
Trivia
- May's Eevee was added to the opening credits.
- The L·O·V·E·L·Y ~Dream-Seeing LOVELY BOY~ instrumental is used.
- Pokémon Symphonic Medley is used during the latter part of the battle.
Errors
Dub edits
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