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(Japanese: ハルカVSハーリー！ダブルバトルでステージ・オン!! Haruka VS Harley! Stage On with a Double Battle!!) is episode 180 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 22, 2006.

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

Synopsis

The key is in the ignition as we head into the second round of the Grand Festival. A fierce competition ahead of our hero, May, will she be able to overcome and conquer or have her dreams crushed? The Flames of Courage envelop our young heroine, May, taking us into the furious festival.

The first round has begun as Absol enlightens the stadium with a bright light shimmering from different angles. Saori and May watch Drew in his first part of the second round. A whirpool begins forming around Absol creating a gigantic circle of water circling around Absol. After a few moments, Absol uses its energy from its horn to slice and disappate the water creating a magnificent shimmering affect over the entire stadium. Drew bows taking a stance as the crowd applauds his performance.

Jessie makes a broadcast with James, Wobbuffet, and Meowth as her crew as Wakana watches from her residence with several snapshots of Drew and May placed around the house. Drew manages to walk across Jessie's path as she turns around and attempts to interview him. Drew makes a short comment and heads off into a adjacent room. Wobbuffet manages to turn his board which reflects the light from James's camera and begins scoarching Jessie's face.

Vivian introduces the elegant Harley and his Octillery. His round beings as Octillery launches a Flamethrower attack towards the ground and propels into the air slamming down into the flames. Octillery begins moving its tentacles causing the flames to move in a counterclockwise motion around his body in the shape of a ring.

Meanwhile, Aipom is still evading Ash grasping his hat in its tail and moving it slightly upwards as Ash jumps up and manages to miss. Everytime Ash attempts to grasp his hat, Aipom moves it out of his reach. Ash explains to Aipom that he wants to see May but Aipom only raises his eyelid and sticks its tounge out at Ash. Ash decides that he will attempt to capture Aipom instead. Pikachu blasts forward with Agility knocking Aipom from the tree branch while Ash launches a Pokeball towards Aipom. As the pokeball closes in on Aipom, he manages to evade the object and propel it backwards forcing the pokeball to collide with Ash hitting him on the head.

Saori's round is finally underway as Slowbro uses its Psychic to rotate around the arena on the tip of its shell. Slowbro manages to come to a single point while still rotating and launches a stream of water overhead creating an effect of a fountain. May watches Saori's magnificent round on the screen in anticipation of her upcoming round. May is announced to the arena for her second round as Ash manages to arrive just in time with Pikachu. The crowd cheers as May makes her way into the middle of the arena. With a rotation of her wrist, a solitary Pokeball is released into the stadium exploding with a bright light releasing Munchlax. Munchlax begins collecting energy from the sunlight launching a powerful Solar Beam. As the beam of energy ascends into the air, Gonbe propels into the air clashing with the energy with a Mega Punch. As the two forces clash, the sunlight slowly disappates into the atmosphere creating a glimmering effect. After her magnificent round, May questions her ability while Ash attempts to cheer her up. Saori walks upon the ground to give May congragulations. Meanwhile, Drew and Absol have their differences with Absol launching a blinding attack towards Drew just managing to slightly brush against his hair. Ash, May, and Saori catch up to Drew as he recalls Absol back into its confinement of the Pokeball and walks off into the forest. Harley notices the tenseful relation between May and Drew and laughs softly.

Fireworks explode into the air as we are brought into the third round of the battle frontier. The next round of competitors is released with May, Harley, Saori, and Drew. Brock displays his happiness for Saori advancing into the third round. The list of competitors is randomally shuffled pairing Harley vs. May, Drew vs. a young girl, and Saori vs. a male. Ash, Brock, and Max are surprized with the sight of May's first opponent being Harley.

The countdown timer begins as May calls upon Eevee and Munchlax and Harley calls upon his Wigglytuff and Cacturne. Munchlax and Eevee begin the round blazing forward with a Mega Punch as Wigglytuff inflates to two times its size disappating the attack and knocking both pokemon backwards. Wigglytuff blazes toward both the Pokémon as May anticpates the attack but Wigglytuff propels into the air and Cacturne strikes Munchlax and Eevee. Both Pokémon are knocked backwards and a fifth of May's score is reduced. Cacturne extends its needles and goes in for a final attack as Eevee manages to recover an launches a Shadow Ball while Munchlax uses its Mega Punch to increase the speed of the attack colliding with Cacturne for a direct hit. The smoke clears as Cacturne falls to the ground and is announced as unable to battle. Three-fifths of Harley's score is removed. Wigglytuff begins its decent from the air and crashs into the ground with Eevee and Munchlax managing to evade the attack barely. Wigglytuff extends its ears grasping onto both pokemon's bodies and thrusts them towards the air and begins repeatedly slapping both Pokémon with its ears and finally slamming them to the ground. Munchlax charges another Solarbeam and Eevee launches an additional Shadow Ball. Wigglytuff evades both attacks while additional Shadow Balls and Solarbeams continue their barrage. Two-thirds of May's score is removed reducing her down to a fifth of her original. Eevee and Munchlax launch another attack but miss their target on purpose with both attacks colliding behind Wigglytuff and forcing it uncontrollabely towards the ground. Munchlax runs forward and propels off of Eevee's tail igniting into the air and striking Wigglytuff down with a Mega Punch. Wigglytuff crashes into the ground and is announced as unable to battle. Harley's score is reduced to zero and May advances to the next round.

A round between a young girl and Drew is underway as the young girl's Medicham and Loudred are defeated by Roselia's Petal Dance knocking her score to zero advancing Drew to the next round. Saori manages to defeat her opponent's frozen Girafarig and Zigzagoon with a devasting Hyper Beam from Slowbro. The ice breaks shattering the young man's dream and advancing Saori to the next round. The next round finally is upon us with May and Drew calling upon their Combusken, Squirtle, Flygon, and Absol.

May quickly begins the attack with Squirtle withdrawing and rotating at a high speed. Flygon launches a whirlwind of sand towards Squirtle's direction as Combusken jumps onto Squirtle's shell and begins gaining speed glowing a blue flame around its feathers. Combusken begins gaining altitude while Absol jumps into the sandstorm and launches a magnificent light blinding Combusken and finally reveals itself from the vail striking down with a devasting Iron Tail.

A fierce battle between our heroine May and Drew await us just beyond the frontier. Will May's dreams finally be crushed underneath the ever devious Drew? (Written by: bgt)

Major events

• Ash unsuccessfully attempts to capture Aipom.
• May, Drew, Harley and Saori advance to the second round of the Grand Festival.
• May defeats Harley and advances to the quarterfinals.
• Drew and Saori also advance to the quarterfinals.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Harley
• Drew
• Ogata
• Yoshie
• Yoshito
• Wakana
• Lilian
• Vivian
• Sukizo
• Contesta
• Nurse Joy
• Coordinators
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Squirtle (May's)
• Eevee (May's)
• Aipom (recurrent)
• Roselia (Drew's)
• Masquerain (Drew's)
• Flygon (Drew's)
• Absol (Drew's)
• Cacturne (Harley's)
• Banette (Harley's)
• Octillery (Harley's)
• Wigglytuff (Harley's) (Seiyū: 冬馬由美 Yumi Tōma)*
• Slowbro (Saori's)
• Lapras (Saori's)
• Venusaur (Ogata's)
• Beedrill
• Ninetales
• Farfetch'd
• Girafarig
• Loudred
• Medicham
• Numel
• Zangoose

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• An instrumental version of 私、負けない！～ハルカのテーマ～ I Won't Lose! ~Haruka's Theme~ and Pokémon Symphonic Medley are used as background music.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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