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(Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト！ユズリハ大会!! Pokémon Contest! Yuzuriha Convention!!) is episode 162 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 2, 2006.

On her second attempt at getting her third ribbon, May takes on the Pokémon Contest on Yuzuriha Island. There she stumbles upon Wakana, a rookie Coordinator who admires Drew and sees defeating May as the way to get his respect.

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Synopsis

As Ash and co. are traveling through Yuzuriha Island, On her second attempt at getting her third ribbon, May takes on the Pokémon Contest on Yuzuriha Island. There she stumbles upon Wakana, a rookie Coordinator who admires Drew...

A new challenge and a new adventure begins our story as everyone begins making preperations for the upcoming Yuzuriha Convention. Trainers wait outside the stadium doors, preparing their prized pokemon while Ash tries to hone on Sceptile's skills while they still seem to be short of perfect. Ash directs Sceptile to use a Bullet Seed attack but only comes to create a small plume of white smoke, leaving Sceptile with a suprized look on his face. Ash tries to cheer Sceptile up giving him insperational words of courage. May quickly notices Drew in the background as he walks up to our heroes.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket is by the beachside with Jessie dressed in her usual contest attire and also plans to use Manene in the upcoming contest. In the distance, May begins to work on Gonbe and Combusken's skills as Gonbe quickly lunges towards Combusken with a Mega Punch but is diverted off course and barely misses a bystander and smashes into the soft sand. Everyone works to remove Gonbe from the sand as Haruka goes to apologize for Gonbe's actions. As the young girl then tries to hand May a solitary rose, Gonbe dashs forward and snatches it from her hand devouring it in one bite. May and the young girl walk down a corridor to come across the pool area. The young girl quickly notices Drew and begins to blush as Haruka tries to introduce the two. After a few quick words, the two shake hands and Drew wishes her luck in the contest. When Drew is finally out if sight, she displays her affection for Drew. After a few short seconds, the attitude of a young, innocent girl turns into a determined one as she asks May to introduce her to Drew.

The spotlight shines on Lilian-san as she introduces and begins annoucements for the contest. Our first contestant is Jessie with her magnificent Manene dressed in Hawaiian attire. When Manene is released from its Monster Ball, it rotates on its upper head rotating around in circles while Jessie performs a small dance. The crowd roars for Jessie's performance. Our next contestant on the stage is May and her Gonbe. Haruka quickly directs Gonbe to unleash his Solarbeam as the magnificent blend of lights and colors entertwin in the stadium. Gonbe's next move is Metronome as it moves its hands in syncronization but the move backfires and Gonbe is put to sleep. After a few moments of hesitation, May throws a pokeblock into the air and while Gonbe recovers from his sleep and rotates into the air and devoures the pokeblock. Gonbe begins his decent from the air and comes down with a Mega Punch gracifully landing on the stadium platform.

The third contestant is Wakana and her Surskit as Wakana directs it to use Ice Beam. The beam successfully makes contact with the stage turning it to ice as Surskit gracefully rotates across the ring and finishes the performance with a high velocity spin. The crowd cheers and roars with Surskit's performance as all three judges give approval of Wakana's performance.

Other contestants of the contest include Hoothoot, Hypno, and Blastoise. With the first round of competition ending, our contests patientally wait for the list of contestants that have advanced to the second round. The second round of contestants is announced with May, Wakana, and Jessie all being on the list. May and Wakana display their happiness for advancement. The matchups are then announced with May to face Jessie in the first round of the tournament.

The stage is set with Haruka and her Combusken and Jessie and her Manene. Combusken begins the battle with a Flamethrower but Manene easily dodges and retaliates with its own Flamethrower deducting points from May's score. Combusken quickly increases his speed and agility while it rushes toward Manene and they both clash. Manene rotates over Combusken's body and assumes a position where Manene begins "tickling" Combusken which reduces a substantial amount of points from May. Manene continues with another Flamethrower but as the flames engulf Combusken, it recovers and blasts through the Flamethrower attack striking Manen with a Mega Punch. Manene crashes to the ground with May being announced as the winner.

As round after round end, May and Wakana advance from contestant to contestant to finally meet each other in the finals. The crowd cheers as the final battle is started. May calls upon her Combusken while Wakana releases her Vibrava. As Combusken moves in for the attack, Vibrava uses its Screech attack causing Combusken to cover its ears. While Vibrava continues with its Screech attack, Combusken launches a Flamethrower towards Vibrava making for a direct hit. Vibrava then retaliates and responds back with its Dragonbreath attack dispersing the Flamethrower. Vibrava then uses its Sand Tomb attack to encase and capture Combusken in a prison of sand. Combusken continues to struggle but is unable to remove itself from the tomb. Combusken's feathers begin to glow a faint blue as after a few moments, the sand is dispersed and Combusken releases itself from the sand. Vibrava doesn't let up with unleashing another Dragonbreath attack and hitting Combusken for great damage reducing even more additional points.

Combusken ascends into the air for a Sky Uppercut but misses his target as Vibrava goes for another Sand Tomb attack. Combusken is prepared for this attack and disperses the sand once more and descends down with a hard kick to Vibrava. The two pokemon crash into the ground as Vibrava is announced as unable to battle. May is announced as winner of this contest. Ash shows a bit of relief with May's victory as she is presented with the ribbon of the Yuzuriha Convention. Lilian-san concludes the competition with the usual phrase of "See you next time". The sunset falls upon May and Wakana as with the first sighting of Drew, Wakana moves behind May and begins to blush. With their short meeting, Drew wishes Wakana luck as she quickly collapes while Drew walks off into the distance.

As nighttime befalls Team Rocket, Jessie and Manene sit by the shoreside while James, Meowth, and Wobbuffet are worried about Jessie. The night concludes with Team Rocket left in despair and our hero, and May left with one more additional ribbon. (Written by: bgt)

Major events

• May wins the contest with Munchlax and Combusken, and earns her 3rd Kanto Ribbon.
• Combusken learns Mega Kick.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Drew
• Wakana (Seiyū: 吉田真弓 Mayumi Yoshida)
• Lilian
• Contesta
• Sukizo
• Coordinators
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's, used by Jessie in the Contest)
• Vibrava (Wakana's) (Seiyū: 三木眞一郎 Shin'ichirō Miki*)
• Surskit (Wakana's) (Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura*)
• Roselia (Drew's)
• Castform
• Hoothoot
• Gardevoir
• Machop
• Meditite
• Makuhita
• Breloom
• Psyduck
• Skarmory
• Nidorina
• Blastoise
• Hypno

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• Ash's Sceptile was added to the opening credits.
• Drew's Roselia's voice was supplied by a different, uncredited voice actor for this episode due to the absence of its regular actress, Ikue Ohtani.
• James's Mime Jr. uses Tickle, Teeter Dance, and Mimic in the contest.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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