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Tripped Up by Torkoal
The Red Capes Strike Again

VS コータス

VS Cotoise

Info

Shogakukan full volume	Chapter 200 in Vol. 16
VIZ Media full volume	Adventure 200 in Vol. 16
Series	Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

Slateport City

Tripped Up by Torkoal (Japanese: VS コータス VS Cotoise), titled VS Torkoal in the Chuang Yi translation, is the 200th chapter of the Pokémon Adventures manga, and the 20th chapter of the Ruby & Sapphire arc.

It is subtitled The Red Capes Strike Again (Japanese: 赤装束再び The Team in Red, Once More) in the VIZ Media translation and The Team in Red, Once More in the Chuang Yi translation.

Plot

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

Ruby and Sapphire reach the end of Route 109 on Lorry, with Sapphire disappointed that they never caught up with Steven. Ruby is frustrated, saying he wants to part ways because Sapphire only ever drags him into trouble and distracts him from his goal. Sapphire retorts by saying he should be thankful that she and Lorry gave him a ride. Ruby gets off onshore, and they each yell at the other to remember their promise.

Elsewhere, Tabitha and Courtney have joined Maxie in a hideout as they await the return of Blaise. Tabitha and Courtney want to stir up trouble now that they've got the Scanner, but Maxie pours himself a drink and insists they should wait for Blaise. Blaise appears, reporting that the Submarine Explorer 1 being built in Slateport City is already 95% completed. Upon hearing this, Maxie orders the Three Fires to go after it, saying that the world will burn and the seas dry up under the scorching fire of Team Magma.

On the way to Slateport City, Ruby's Mumu evolves into Marshtomp, much to Ruby's delight. He takes a few photos, saying that Mumu is already catching up to Nana and Kiki. As he organizes the photos he took, a man approaches him, noting the Poké Balls in Ruby's hand and commending him for being a trainer at such a young age. Forcing Ruby's Pokémon out of their Poké Balls, the man praises them before declaring that Ruby will become an honorary member of the Pokémon Fan Club.

The man takes Ruby to the headquarters of the club in Slateport City, revealing that he is none other than the club's chairman. The chairman says that Pokémon are adorable and that it's a waste to battle with them, to which Ruby heartily agrees, complaining that no one else has agreed with him on that point ever since he had moved to Hoenn, and that everyone seems only obsessed with battling. The chairman decides to show Ruby around the city, starting with the Slateport Market, where they admire various decorations on sale. They eventually reach the local Contest Hall, and Ruby declares that it's finally time for his Pokémon to shine in Contests.

Unfortunately, inside the Contest Hall, the two discover that without a Hoenn Contest Pass, Ruby can't participate in Hoenn Contests. Since Hoenn Passes are only issued in Verdanturf Town, and Ruby doesn't want his father to learn he's trying to enter Contests, he tells the Pokémon Fan Club chairman that it's all right and asks whether they can blend Berries into Pokéblocks instead. Wanting two more people so that they will have four to operate the Berry Blender in order to achieve the best smoothness, the chairman races outside and drags in two men who happened to be passing by the Contest Hall.

Outside, the Three Fires watch the four blending Berries inside the Contest Hall, Courtney complaining that it would be too much trouble to separate the man they need out of the group. Blaise suggests that they just grab all of them.

In the Contest Hall, the spinning of the Berry Blender is suddenly drowned out by the spinning of something else nearby. When it comes to a stop, it is shown to be a Torkoal, and the smoke it blows chokes the four of them until they faint. Tabitha, Courtney, and Blaise throw the four in a heap onto Torkoal's back.

Major events

Ruby and Sapphire go their separate ways.
Mumu evolves into a Marshtomp.
Ruby meets the Hoenn Pokémon Fan Club Chairman.
Team Magma attack the Slateport City Contest Hall.

For a list of all major events in the Pokémon Adventures manga, please see the history page.

	Spoilers end here.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Ruby
Sapphire
Maxie
Blaise
Courtney
Tabitha
Captain Stern
Pokémon Fan Club Chairman
Dock
Coordinators
- Sydney
- Russell
- Alecsey
- Chance

Pokémon

Mightyena (Nana; Ruby's)
Delcatty (Kiki; Ruby's)
Mudkip (Mumu; Ruby's; evolves)
Marshtomp (Mumu; Ruby's; newly evolved)
Wailord (Lorry; Sapphire's)
Camerupt (Maxie's)
Ninetales (Courtney's)
Torkoal (Tabitha's)
Swellow (Blaise's)
Whismur (Whiris; Sydney's)
Taillow (Lolotai; Russell's)
Slakoth (Slokath; Alecsey's)
Electrike (Rikelec; Chance's)

Trivia

The Pokémon Fan Club Chairman's introduction scene mimics the Kanto Pokémon Fan Club chairman's introduction scene from Danger: High Voltorb.
The four contestants who appear during the Hyper Rank Cuteness Contest, as well as their Pokémon, are all based on Normal Rank Contest opponents from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. There are, however, some minor differences:
- Russel's Zubat, Zutzu (Japanese: ズババ Zubaba), has been replaced with a Taillow bearing a very similar Japanese name, Lolotai (スババ Subaba).
- Alec (Japanese: ヒトキ Hitoki) and his Slakoth, Slokth (Japanese: ケロタロウ Kerotarō), had their names slightly changed to Alecsey (Japanese: ヒロキ Hiroki) and Slokath (Japanese: ケンタロウ Kentarō), respectively.

Errors

In the Chuang Yi translation, Electrike's Facade is referred to as Charge.
In the Chuang Yi translation, Pecha is misspelled as "Peacha".

In other languages


Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		VS 煤炭龜 (Taiwan) VS 煤炭龟 (Mainland China)
European French		Le Fan Club Pokémon
German		VS. Qurtel
Italian		VS Torkoal
Korean		VS 코터스
Brazilian Portuguese		VS Torkoal
Spanish	Latin America	VS Torkoal
Spanish	Spain	Contra Torkoal
Vietnamese		VS Cotoise - Lại là đội áo đỏ