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DP188

DP188   EP654 決着ライバルバトル！サトシ対シンジ！！ Conclusion of Rival Battle! Satoshi vs Shinji!!

First broadcast Japan August 19, 2010 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening 「サイコー・エブリディ！」（ＢＡＮＤ　ＶＥＲＳＩＯＮ） Ending 君の胸にＬａＬａＬａ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: 決着ライバルバトル！サトシ対シンジ！！ Conclusion of Rival Battle! Satoshi vs Shinji!!) is the 188th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 654th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on August 19, 2010.

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

Synopsis

The episode begins right where it left off, with Gliscor diving towards Drapion with an X-Scissor attack. It is subsequently blocked by Drapion's Pin Missile at the last moment, sending Gliscor flying back and landing on the ground. When Paul instructs Drapion to use Cross Poison, Ash calls out to Gliscor to use Fire Fang, and Gliscor is all ready to go. It jumps up, dodging the Cross Poison along the way. Gliscor lands the Fire Fang attack, which envelops Drapion in fire for a moment. Drapion then subsequently fainted, thus leaving Paul with one final Pokémon. The gang decides to cheer him on, but Brock comments that Gliscor is tired already.

Before Ash could call back his Gliscor, Paul sends out his Electivire. Ash wanted to call back Gliscor, however, Gliscor said that it could still battle, so Ash decided to leave Gliscor in the battle. Electivire uses Brick Break, together with an electric charge with its tail, sending chunks of the ground up into the air and falls onto Gliscor. Ash tells Gliscor to use Giga Impact and Electivire blocks the attack with its hands and catches Gliscor with its tail. Ash tries to call out a command, but Gliscor is unable to make an attack. Paul tells Electivire to use Brick Break on Gliscor, landing and its head and causing it to faint. Thus, leaving Ash with two Pokémon, Pikachu and Infernape.

Ash then sends in Pikachu, and Electivire uses the technique it uses before, the Brick Break with the electric charge. Pikachu uses Quick Attack to dodge the falling rocks, even using some of them for momentum, and lands the attack head on with Electivire. However, Electivire recovers and grabs Pikachu with its tail and when Pikachu tries to use Iron Tail, Electivire jolts Pikachu around so that he can't land the attack. Pikachu hits the ground, but is able to escape the pseudo-Constrict by Electivire's tail. Paul tells Electivire to use Brick Break, and Pikachu tries to circumvent the attack from happening with Quick Attack, but Electivire lands the attack dead-on. The two Pokémon jumps back after clearing the impact. Ash tells Pikachu to use Volt Tackle, sending Reggie watching from a television in Veilstone City and Barry to stand up, symbolizing that this was a bad move on Ash's part. As Pikachu is about to land the Volt Tackle, Electivire held on with its arm. Electivire has the Motor Drive ability, which increases Electivire's speed when hit by an Electric-type attack, such as Pikachu's Volt Tackle. Pikachu feels the recoil from the attack and Electivire gains the speed and quickly circles around Pikachu with a readying ThunderPunch, after Paul tells it so. Ash tells Pikachu to use Iron Tail at the last moment and the two attacks collide together. Paul recounts his and Ash's first battle when Pikachu was battling Electivire when it was just a Elekid, and it was able to punch away Pikachu with the other hand. Electivire uses the same type of attack it use in the flashback, and hits Pikachu's head, sending Pikachu flying. Pikachu tries to get up after landing from the fall, but it is too weak to battle. Pikachu faints from exhaustion, leaving Ash with one Pokémon left, his Infernape. Ash puts Pikachu behind him, and thanks it for its hard work.

Ash sends out Infernape. Electivire and Infernape have a long standing rivalry, even from the Chimchar-Elekid days. Jessie, James and Meowth are busy stuffing their faces, watching this intense battle, when they should be selling the food. Electivire starts things out with a ThunderPunch and Infernape counters with Mach Punch, and the two attacks collide and neutralize each other. Infernape uses Flamethrower, which is blocked by Electivire's Protect. Electivire uses Thunder around the battlefield, but Infernape uses Dig to avoid the attack. Infernape surfaces below Electivire and hits it with a Brick Break attack, but then takes damage from the poison it received earlier. Electivire manages to stand up. After yet another blocked Flamethrower, Infernape and Electivire start attacking with Mach Punch and ThunderPunch, respectively continously. They both each land an attack before another Flamethrower by Infernape is blocked by Electivire's Protect. Ash instructs Infernape to use Mach Punch, but Electivire dodges it and wraps its tail around Infernape's arm. It uses Thunder while Infernape is connected to it, causing more damage than a normal Thunder attack. It continues to use Thunder on Infernape for a long time.

Infernape collapses to the ground, and Eelctivire lets go of its tail. As it have taken a severe beating throughout the match, it was unable to recover. The gang, Barry, Piplup and Team Rocket are all desperate for Infernape to get up but it appears to have been too much. The referee decides to declare Infernape unable to battle... when Electivire interrupts him, knowing that Infernape still has the ability to fight and wants to finish the battle properly. Paul tells Infernape that it is still weak as before, and smiles at it. Much to everyone's dismay, Infernape stands, and Ash declares that it's time to finish the battle as Infernape activates its Blaze. Ash orders a Flamethrower, and Infernape fires a super-powerful blast at Electivire who tries to hold it back with Thunder but can't stand up to the sheer power. Ash then has Infernape use Mach Punch which hits and sends Electivire flying but it still lands on its feet. Now both fully absorbed in the intensity of the match Paul screams for a ThunderPunch while Ash tells Infernape to use Flare Blitz. The two Pokémon, battling to the limits of their power, land their attacks against the other which creates a maelstrom of fire and electricity streaming into the sky illuminating the stadium. Eventually Infernape ends up on the other side of Electivire feeling the recoil from Flare Blitz while Electivire, after a delayed reaction, feels the force of the power attack. The smoke clears, but Electivire is still standing and the two Pokémon stare each other down... as do their trainers as a deathly silence falls over the battlefield. The two Pokémon remain perfectly still for what feels like an eternity... until, finally, Electivire falls and is declared as being unable to continue making Ash the victor of this truly intense battle. Brock, Dawn, Piplup and Barry scream out in elation for Ash's victorious win over Paul. Team Rocket is elated Ash won, leaving Jessie happy and James in tears. Paul walks away relieved and the pairing results for the next battle come up, pairing Ash with the mysterious Takuto and his Darkrai. Reggie delivers the news to Paul's other Pokémon, who are sad Paul lost but happy that he gave it his all. Brock and Dawn are walking outside and run into Barry, who are subsequently run into by Cynthia. They are all looking for Ash, who is trying to find Paul walking away alone. Ash and Paul leave on good terms, and Ash gazes into the setting sun, looking forward to his battle with Takuto and his Darkrai.

Major events

• The full battle between Ash and Paul ends, with Ash as the victor.
• Ash learns he will be battling Takuto in the semi-finals of the Suzuran Conference.
• Paul announces his intention to challenge the Battle Frontier next, and he and Ash end their rivalry.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Paul
• Barry
• Reggie
• Cynthia
• Takuto
• Referee
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Infernape (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Torterra (Paul's)
• Electivire (Paul's)
• Elekid (Paul's) (flashback)
• Honchkrow (Paul's)
• Weavile (Paul's)
• Ursaring (Paul's)
• Drapion (Paul's)
• Darkrai (Takuto's)
• Staraptor (Reggie's)
• Swalot (Reggie's)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture isn't shown at the end of the episode. Instead, a preview from the upcoming Best Wishes series was shown.
• Type: Wild, the Instrumental version of A Small Thing, and music from Jirachi Wish Maker and Giratina and the Sky Warrior were used in this episode.
• This is the first time that a single battle has spanned more than two consecutive episodes.
  • The battle also had the most Pokémon affected with status ailments ever in just one anime battle, with two Pokémon getting burned and five being poisoned.

Errors

Dub edits

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