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A Connoisseurer's Revenge!

BW019   EP676 ソムリエ対決！イシズマイVSフタチマル！！ Sommelier Showdown! Ishizumai VS Futachimaru!!

First broadcast Japan February 17, 2011 United States June 11, 2011

English themes Opening Black and White Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending 心のファンファーレ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Assistant director うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Animation director 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

A Connoisseurer's Revenge! (Japanese: ソムリエ対決！イシズマイVSフタチマル！！ Sommelier Showdown! Ishizumai VS Futachimaru!!) is the 19th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 676th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 17, 2011 and is scheduled to air in the United States on June 11, 2011.

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

Synopsis

On their way to Castelia City, Ash and co. run into a newly-opened Poké Mart. Excited, Iris runs in, followed by Ash and Cilan. In the market, Iris looks around excitedly, until she spots a Gem. The manager explains to her that it is a Dragon Gem, a rare item that increases the power of Dragon moves by 50%. However, Iris decides that the item might be too early for Axew, and she passes it, smiling.

Behind Iris, Ash spots a line of Trainers and a Pokémon Connoisseur checking the bond between the Trainers and their Pokémon. Ash becomes puzzled, and Cilan explains the concept of Pokémon Connoisseurs to Ash, along with a 'system' that ranks the rank of Connoisseur, from C, B, A, and to the highest rank, S. Cilan also adds on to his speech, informing Ash that he is an A-class Connoisseur. Ash is a surprised to see that the Connoisseur that everyone wants to see is a woman. Cilan then informs him that female Connoisseurs are known as "Connoisseurers".

Ash becomes excited and stands at the back of the line to get his Pokémon checked by the Connoisseurer. He sees how long the line is and becomes dismayed. However, behind Ash, another Connoisseur calls for him behind a curtain. When Ash approaches the curtain, the Connoisseurer 'kidnaps' Ash and forcibly brings him in the shed to talk to him about his Pokémon. The Connoisseurer introduces herself as Cabernet, and tells Ash that she could check the happiness of his Pokémon. She tries to start with Ash's Pikachu, but Ash politely refuses with a smile, telling her that he's certain that the bond between him and his Pikachu is strong. Cabernet then tells Ash that she'll check his other Pokémon, if that is the case.

Ash brings out Sewaddle, which Cabernet takes numerous pictures of it with her Pokédex. Cabernet is highly opposed to Ash's Sewaddle and furiously informs Ash that his Sewaddle's ability is Swarm, and that he should switch his Sewaddle with a different Sewaddle with a Chlorophyll ability, an ability she thinks is better than Swarm. Sewaddle becomes annoyed and responds by hitting Cabernet in the face with its String Shot. Cabernet becomes furious, rips off the String Shot from her head and asks Ash to show her a different Pokémon of his.

Ash then brings out Snivy. Cabernet indicates that Snivy somehow has a 'bitter' taste to it and she actually tries to 'taste' Ash's Snivy with her tongue. Snivy isn't really excited about Cabernet licking her, and so Snivy uses her attack Vine Whip, lashing Cabernet's tongue.

Ash then brings out Tepig. Tepig smiles at Cabernet, which she observes with distaste. Then, she says that Ash's Tepig smiles too much and how that it doesn't really look like it's suited for battle. Tepig, much like Snivy, responds by letting its Ember loose and 'roasting' Cabernet's head for a split second.

Then, Oshawott suddenly pops out of Ash's Poké Ball on its own and tries to butter up Cabernet by hugging one of her legs and smiling cutely. Cabernet responds with distaste, seeing how Oshawott is flattering her to get a good overview. Oshawott then replies with a Water Gun that hits Cabernet square in the face.

Cabernet also gave Ash's Scraggy and Pikachu a bad overview, causing each of them to attack her with Headbutt and Thunderbolt, respectively.

Then, Cilan and Iris come into the shed to see what is going on. Cabernet turns around, and as soon as she sees Cilan, she screams and points at him. Ash becomes confused and asks Cilan if he knew Cabernet. Cabernet sets out explaining about her past with Cilan. Apparently, she had challenged Cilan with her Oshawott a year ago, and had lost. She then conjures up an image of Cilan and his Pansage the way she viewed them (a scene of Cilan and Pansage, grinning evily, showering Cabernet with mocking comments). Cilan replies by saying that he had never actually done these things to Cabernet.

Cabernet still goes on explaining about what had happened at her past. After being defeated by Cilan (and hearing countless 'Connoisseur-ish' comments from him), she had set on a journey to become a Connoisseurer herself, just to have revenge on Cilan after she became a Connoisseurer and defeat him. She goes in a Connoisseurer school, passes the test, and becomes an actual Connoisseurer. Then she returns to the Striaton Gym for the planned revenge, but Cilan had already gone with Ash and co., much to Cabernet's total dismay.

After Cabernet tells her story, Cilan tells her that since this isn't a Gym, there can't be a battle for the Badge. Cabernet then brings out the Striaton City Gym Badge, telling Cilan that she had already beat the gym with her battle with Chili. Then, Cabernet challenges Cilan to a Pokémon battle. As the battle begins outside of the market, Cabernet wants to have the battle with a special condition: if she wins the battle, Ash will have to change all of his Pokémon with different ones. Cilan agrees without a moment of hesistation, much to Ash's shock and dismay.

Cabernet brings out Dewott and Cilan brings out Dwebble. Cabernet mocks Cilan, seeing how he had picked a Template:Type2 to battle a Template:Type2, as Rock-types are weak against Water-types. Cabernet then immediately commands Dewott to use Fury Cutter. Cilan tells his Dwebble to use Protect. Dwebble immediately withdraws into its shell while Dewott repeatedly scratches Dwebble without much success. Cabernet then commands Dewott to use Water Pulse, which hits Dwebble squarely. Cabernet is convinced Dwebble will faint. However, Dwebble quickly recovers, much to Cabernet and her Dewott's confusion. Cilan goes on to tell Cabernet how his Dwebble's ability is Sturdy, and how it cannot be KO'd by one move. Then, Cilan orders Dwebble to use Shell Smash. Dewott also leaps into the air and uses Razor Shell. Quickened by the move Shell Break, Dwebble blocks off the move with its X-Scissor. Both Pokémon seem to have received a glancing blow, but it's obvious that it was too much for Dewott. It staggers, drops back down to the ground, and faints.

Cabernet can't understand why she had lost against a type that was weak against her Pokémon. Cilan replies, telling Cabernet that Pokémon battling isn't all from the manual. His strategy was to focus on Dwebble's ability and its powerful defenses, and then attack Dewott when it was weak from attacking Dwebble.

Cabernet then sends out her Sawsbuck. Cilan sends out Pansage, his key Pokémon. Cabernet orders Sawsbuck to use Horn Leech, which Pansage dodges with ease. Cabernet then orders Sawsbuck to use Megahorn. Cilan commands Pansage to use Dig, allowing it to avoid Sawsbuck's Megahorn.

Then, Pansage leaps out from the ground behind Sawsbuck and unleashes a flurry of Bullet Seeds, some of them hitting Sawsbuck square on its behind. Cilan smirks and commands Pansage to finish it off with SolarBeam. Pansage uses Solarbeam, lighting the whole field.

Sawsbuck then gives up and topples down to the ground, ending the battle with Cilan's victory. Cabernet calls her Sawsbuck back to her Poké Ball.

Later, the sun is setting, and apparently, Cabernet is setting on a new journey to become a better Connoisseurer. As Cabernet leaves, Cilan gives some final advice to Cabernet on how to be stronger. Cabernet replies with dislike and swears to beat Cilan next time, which Cilan responds with a kind smile. Then, Cabernet dashes away. The episode ends with Ash thinking of the next gym he will face, the Castelia Gym.

Major events

• Cilan is revealed to be a Class A Pokémon Connoisseur.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Sawsbuck

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Cabernet
• Chili (flashback)
• Cress (flashback)
• Stall holders
• S-class Connoisseurer
• Trainers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Tepig (Ash's)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Scraggy (Ash's)
• Sewaddle (Ash's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Dwebble (Cilan's)
• Dewott (Cabernet's)
• Sawsbuck (Cabernet's; debut)
• Oshawott (Cabernet's, flashback)
• Snivy (Trainers'; multiple)
• Tepig (Trainers'; multiple)
• Oshawott (Trainers'; multiple)
• Dewott (Trainers'; multiple)
• Patrat (Trainers'; multiple)
• Pansage (Trainer's)
• Pidove (Trainers'; multiple)
• Sewaddle (Trainers'; multiple)
• Sandile (Trainer's)
• Minccino (Trainers'; multiple)
• Deerling (Trainers'; multiple)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Dwebble
• This episode reveals that the Pokémon who Ash sent to Professor Juniper in the previous episode was his Pidove.
• The abilities of Ash's Sewaddle and Cilan's Dwebble are confirmed to be Swarm and Sturdy, respectively, in this episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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