22x42 - The Road to the Semi-Finals!

[bunniefuu]

[narrator] In the first match of

the Alola Pokémon League quarterfinals,

Gladion was victorious!

Now, in the second match,

after Ash and Rowlet had special training

with Toucannon and friends,

they're battling Hau and Decidueye!

Okay, Rowlet! This is us at full power!

Now, use Bloom Doom!

[trills, blasts]

[trilling]

-Now, Decidueye!

-[Decidueye] Decidueye.

[blasts]

-Huh?

-All right! Use Sinister Arrow Raid!

Decid! Decidueye! [echo]

Decid.

[Rowlet trilling]

[blasting]

-Rowlet!

-[Caster] Is it over already?

That's Rowlet.

[trilling]

[all] Pikipek.

Trum Trum.

[narrator] Even after both sides used

their Z-Moves,

this ferocious, heated battle

continues on!

♪ Rise if you're prepared

For the challenge ♪

♪ Rise to the challenge ♪

♪ Rise if you're a champion at heart ♪

♪ Rise to the challenge ♪

♪ Take my hand, we'll train as one ♪

♪ And triumph together ♪

♪ Rise to the challenge ♪

♪ Nothing is gonna stand in our way ♪

♪ Stronger and stronger

We'll rise to the challenge of life ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

[Ash] Battling on the Wing!

[crowd cheering]

-[trills]

-Huh?

[Nanu] I'll give it back.

All right, battle, restart!

[crowd cheering]

Now fly, Rowlet!

-Get up above Decidueye!

-[Rowlet trills]

Stop it! Don't let Rowlet go!

De.

[trilling]

-Cid.

-[trilling]

-Get it back down using Leaf Blade!

-[Decidueye] Decid.

Rowlet, dodge that!

[trilling]

Look! The battle's taken to the air!

[Caster] But who will gain

sky superiority?

Use Razor Leaf!

Cidueye.

[zaps]

Move, Rowlet!

[trilling]

[Ash] Use Seed b*mb!

[trilling]

-Use Leaf Blade!

-Decid.

[Rowlet trills]

[whooshing]

-[Rowlet trilling]

-De.

[trilling]

De. Decid.

[zapping]

[blasts]

I never expected this kind of battle.

Those kiddos really know how to mix it up!

-[Rowlet trills]

-Decid.

-All right, Leaf Blade!

-[Ash] Rowlet, use Razor Leaf!

[Rowlet trilling]

[zapping]

-De.

-[Rowlet trilling]

[zaps]

-Roc.

-Torracat.

Pikachu.

[squeaking]

Rowlet, this time, attack from the right!

[trills]

It looks like Ash is up to something.

Wait, what do you mean by that?

A move that could turn the battle around!

It could be Brave Bird.

Would that be effective on Decidueye?

Yeah, as long as it hits the right spot!

But Rowlet would also take damage.

Yeah, and that could end up in a draw.

[trilling]

[trilling]

-[trilling]

-De.

-[trilling]

-Cid.

-Cannon.

-[all] Pikipek. Pikipek. Pikipek.

[trilling]

Rowlet, hang in there!

Now use Razor Leaf!

De. Decid.

[blasting]

[Rowlet trilling]

[blasting]

-All right, now use Leaf Blade!

-Decid!

Rowlet, dodge it, quick!

[blasts]

[trilling]

[crowd cheering]

[Caster] Rowlet is down!

Decidueye has sky superiority!

-Come on, Rowlet, get back up!

-[Rowlet trilling]

Use Spirit Shackle! Let's go!

[wings flapping] Decid.

Cid.

[trilling]

-Rowlet, no!

-Decidueye, let's wrap this up!

Close in and use Leaf Blade!

Decidueye.

-[Rowlet trilling]

-Hey, Rowlet, use Feather Dance!

-[trilling]

-De.

[yelps]

[Caster] Ooh, Rowlet has just smashed

into the leaf wall! Can it still battle?

Ahh.

-Rowlet!

-[Rowlet squeaks]

[trilling]

[Caster] Rowlet's up once again!

Ooh. But it looks like

it took some damage!

[trilling]

Rowlet, you can do it!

[swishing]

[trills]

Feather Dance? How?

It was working on the move with Toucannon

right before the match.

-With Toucannon?

-But before Rowlet could master the move,

-it was time to leave for the match.

-Ahh.

It still looks like Rowlet used it

-to avoid some damage.

-Um-hm.

-Pika, Pika. Pika, Pika.

-Meltan. Meltan.

-Touca. Tou, Touca.

-Pikipek. Pikipek. Pikipek.

[trilling]

Hey, this is our chance! Use Razor Leaf!

Cid.

-Rowlet, fly up!

-[trills]

De.

Great! Rowlet, now use Brave Bird!

[trilling]

Yeah, I thought so.

Decidueye, hit it with Sky Attack!

Decidue.

You can do it.

All right!

Decidueye!

Decid.

[blasts]

[Caster] Two huge attacks

have hit each other head-on!

And both are down on the ground!

Can either of them get up again?

-Go, Rowlet!

-Decidueye!

Rowlet, come on.

Rowlet! Get up! Come on. Stand up!

-[all squeaking]

-Me. Meltan.

De. Decidue. De.

-Decidueye!

-Decid.

-Ah. You're amazing!

-Decidueye.

[Caster] Hau's Decidueye is standing up!

But what about Ash's Rowlet?

Rowlet!

[Ash] Rowlet!

That wraps it up.

Rowlet is unable to battle!

Which means the winners

are Hau and Decidueye!

[crowd cheering]

That's it. Yes! We really won!

[Hau laughing]

-Decid.

-We really did it!

-[laughing] All right!

-Decid. Decid. Decid.

[Caster] The winners of this

hard-fought battle are Hau and Decidueye!

[all] Who's that Pokémon?

[all] It's Pikipek.

[Pikipek] Piki. Piki. Pikipek.

[cheering]

[Caster] The winners of

this hard-fought battle

are Hau and Decidueye!

Decidueye, they just don't get any better

than you!

Decidueye.

[crowd cheering]

Pika.

[crowd cheering]

Oh, Ash...

[crowd cheering]

Hm. [sighs]

-[Hala] One second, please!

-Huh?

Huh? Gramps?

[crowd shouting]

Huh?

The chief referee has called over

the match referee.

[crowd applauding]

[crowd shouting]

[crowd shouting and whistling]

I wish to speak to this match's

final decision.

This is something that I observed

and feel the need to comment on.

What does he mean?

[crowd screaming]

After the moves by each Pokémon,

Decidueye stood up first

and supposedly won the match,

but the truth is,

Rowlet is not unable to battle!

Huh?

Huh? Does that mean...

-[Hala] Please look closer.

-[Rowlet snoring]

Rowlet is simply asleep.

-Huh?

-Cid.

[all] It's asleep?

[groans]

[snoring]

-Wake up, Rowlet!

-[Rowlet snoring]

-You're right in the middle of a battle!

-[pops]

[trilling]

[trills]

[crowd cheering]

[Hau] Ah, for pity's sake.

That Rowlet is something else.

There's never a dull moment.

I'm sorry!

It's fine.

The whole reason we're here

is to truly defeat you two!

[laughs] Thanks a lot, Hau!

Sorry, kiddo. Your Pokémon are enough

to actually make a referee cry, you know.

I'm gonna restart the match.

-Let's try this once more.

-Got it!

All right. Battle restart!

[crowd cheering]

[Caster] Here we go again!

Look at that! The Pokémon

are locked in a staredown!

Wow, talk about a lucky break.

Decidueye didn't charge up enough power

for that Sky Attack.

[Kiawe] But they both must be

at their absolute limits by now.

[trilling]

[Caster] And Ash's Rowlet makes

the first move!

-[Ash] Razor Leaf, let's go!

-[Rowlet trilling]

-Use Razor Leaf!

-Decidueye.

[blasts]

[Rowlet trills]

Use Seed b*mb!

[trills]

Send it back using Leaf Blade!

De.

[zaps]

[trilling]

-All right, Decidueye, Spirit Shackle!

-[Rowlet trills]

-Decid.

-Oh, no!

[zaps]

[trilling]

Build up to full strength!

-Use Sky Attack, now!

-Decid.

[stomps]

-[trilling]

-[Ash] Rowlet!

-[Rowlet trills]

-[flapping]

-Use Feather Dance! Remember?

-[Rowlet trills]

-Touca. Touca. Touca.

-Pikipek. Pikipek. Pikipek.

[trilling]

De.

-Now! Do it!

-Decidueye.

Rowlet!

De. De. Decid.

Huh? Decidueye, above you!

-[Ash] Rowlet! Use Brave Bird!

-[Rowlet trilling]

De!

[blasts]

[Hau] Decidueye!

De.

Decidueye is unable to battle.

Which means the winner is Ash!

[crowd cheering]

[Ash laughs]

[Caster] Talk about a comeback win!

Ash and Rowlet recovered from

a certain loss to achieve victory!

We did it, Rowlet! That was your way

of using Feather Dance, am I right?

[trills]

Rowlet's Feather Dance

really turned up the heat!

But it was entirely different

from what Toucannon taught!

-Pikipek. Pikipek. Pikipek.

-Toucannon. Toucannon.

[all squeaking]

[all squeaking]

Pika.

You deserve the best sleep

you've ever had!

[trills]

-[Hau] Ash?

-Huh?

[crowd cheering]

Congratulations!

Thanks, Hau and Decidueye!

You two were really awesome out there!

Thanks. Let's battle again sometime.

Sure thing!

-[Rowlet trills]

-Decid.

[crowd cheering]

What a Reversal. Wow.

[applauding]

-Looks like it's you and me next!

-Here we go!

[squeaking]

[squeaking]

[Hau] Gramps...

That was amazing.

Those two are something else, huh?

I know you tried your very best.

[crying]

[Hau crying]

[birds chirping]

All right, all you hungry League lovers,

bring on that cash!

It's yummy malasada time!

You keep munching them,

and we'll keep making them!

Wobbuffet!

-I'll take one!

-And I'll take two! Two sets!

That's one single!

Topped off with two sets of two!

[James] Pronto. And I've made them

all for you!

And exclusive to the League!

We have the truly tastiest

Manalo malasadas,

-sold only at Manalo Stadium!

-Wobbuffet.

[birds chirping]

[water flowing]

[splashing]

-Stufful.

-Bewear.

Stu.

[Oranguru Robot] Oranguru.

Guru. [creaking]

Stufful. Stu. Stu. Stufful.

-Ranguru.

-Stufful. Stu.

[slurping]

-Bewear.

-Stufful.

Stufful. Stufful.

[splashing]

[birds chirping]

-[Sophocles] Kiawe?

-Hm?

Before, I had the feeling there was no way

I was going to beat you.

I mean, really!

Your grandpa was an island kahuna.

And you were the first of us

to get a Z-Ring.

But...

As time passed, I was thinking

about why battles are so fun.

And then it hit me.

I really wanted to beat you sometime!

That's what I'll do. I'll beat you today!

Now that's my kind of fire!

[PA woman] Will contestants Kiawe

and Sophocles please make their way...

-Let's go!

-Right!

[crowd cheering]

[Caster] In the third match of

the Alola Pokémon League quarterfinals,

it's Kiawe versus Sophocles! They're both

classmates at the Pokémon School,

where they study under

the League's founder, Professor Kukui.

Because of that, they know

each other's Pokémon quite well.

-And that includes their moves and habits!

-[Ash] I made it! [panting]

-Your match was amazing!

-Some battle!

Congratulations on making it

to the semifinals!

-Gee, thanks!

-Pikachu.

-Roc. Roc. Roc.

-[Ash laughing] Huh?

Where's Meltan?

It's way up there.

[squeaking]

-Ahh...

-It's been up there doing that

ever since Rowlet's battle ended.

[squeaking]

-Charizard, let's go!

-Zard.

-We're gonna win this, Vikavolt!

-Vika.

Now, Trainers, get ready, battle begin!

-Use Flamethrower!

-Zard!

Move to the left!

[zaps]

-Watch for another one.

-Send them scrambling with Fire Punch!

I knew he'd do that!

Slip on by, then use String Shot!

Charizard!

[whooshing]

-Vika.

-Dodge it, quick!

-Zard.

-Use String Shot!

-Vika.

-Zard.

[zapping]

Zard.

Kiawe's Charizard is skillfully dodging

every single one of Vikavolt's moves!

That's great, Charizard! Keep it up!

The attacks were timed just a little late.

-But we're just getting started!

-Vika.

-Get them, both of you!

-Keep it up!

Use Fire Punch!

-Zard!

-All right, use Signal Beam!

-Dodge it, Charizard!

-Zard!

-Turn your beam to the side!

-[zapping]

-[Kiawe] Fly up!

-Zard!

[whooshing]

Use Aerial Ace!

-Get your Zap Cannon ready to go!

-What?

Vikavolt.

Zard!

-And fire!

-Vika.

[blasts]

Zard.

Zard.

-Charizard! No!

-Charizard.

-Here we go, Vikavolt!

-Vikavolt.

It's time for a Z-Move from Sophocles!

All of our systems are in total sync!

Now, programs ready, run!

Vika. Vika.

Time for Savage Spin-Out!

[zapping]

Vikavolt.

Zard.

[Caster] Charizard is completely

wrapped up and can't move a muscle!

Go!

Vikavolt. Vika.

[narrator] Stay tuned to find out

what happens next,

as the journey continues!