NARRATOR: Intense battle action
is a hallmark of the Kalos League
After many hard-fought battles,
Ash has managed to make it to the semifinal round
and Goodra has rejoined his team for the Full Battle ahead!
NARRATOR: Now, with a six-Pokémon lineup,
Ash is about to fulfill a promise
and face off against his rival Sawyer!
CHARIZARD: [DRAGON CLAW MOVE]
RHYPERIOR: [PAINED]
REMO: Rhypo, NO!
RHYPERIOR: [STUNNED]
REFEREE: Rhyperior is unable to battle! Charizard is the winner!
ANNOUNCER: And Remo's Rhyperior is defeated,
leaving him with one Pokémon left!
Ladies and gentlemen, it's crunch time!
ASH: Wow!
PIKACHU: [EXCITED]
BONNIE: So strong!
CLEMONT: In all of Alain's battles up until now,
he's only used Metagross and Charizard.
CLEMONT: His strength is still as incalculable as ever.
SERENA: Right.
ALAIN: Now, if I win this battle Next stop?
The final round! Got it?
CHARIZARD: [AFFIRMATIVE]
REMO: This Pokémon will beat them all! Go, Garchoo!
GARCHOMP: [APPEARING]
REMO: Ever since we lost to you the last time,
we've trained and pushed ourselves to the limit!
REMO: Day after day,
all we could think about was defeating you.
REMO: You're about to see the results of that hard training!
Prepare for a SHOCK!
REMO: Now, Garchoo GO! Mega Evolve!
GARCHOMP: [MEGA EVOLUTION]
ANNOUNCER: What a sight!
Garchomp has Mega Evolved! Remo means business!
REMO: Now. Watch and learn! Garchoo, Draco Meteor!
MEGA GARCHOMP: [DRACO METEOR MOVE]
ALAIN: Dodge it!
CHARIZARD: [JUMPING]
CHARIZARD: [DODGING]
CHARIZARD: [PAINED]
REMO: You must admit that's one powerful move!
ALAIN: Respond to my heart!
Now, Key Stone! Beyond Evolution! Mega Evolve!
CHARIZARD: [MEGA EVOLUTION]
ANNOUNCER: Out of this world!
Alain's Charizard has Mega Evolved, too!
It's a clash of dueling Mega-Evolved Pokémon!
MEGA CHARIZARD/ MEGA GARCHOMP: [GROWLING]
REMO: That's what I like to see! Now, Garchoo, Dragon Rush!
MEGA GARCHOMP: [DRAGON RUSH MOVE]
ALAIN: Dragon Claw!
MEGA CHARIZARD: [DRAGON CLAW MOVE]
MEGA GARCHOMP: [EXERTION] [GROWLING]
ALAIN: Charizard, throw it!
MEGA CHARIZARD: [EXERTION] MEGA GARCHOMP: [GROWLING]
-REMO: Oh, no! -ALAIN: Use Flamethrower!
MEGA CHARIZARD: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
MEGA GARCHOMP: [PAINED] MEGA CHARIZARD: [DIVING]
ALAIN/REMO: DRAGON CLAW!
MEGA GARCHOMP, MEGA CHARIZARD: [DRAGON CLAW MOVE]
REMO: Garchoo!
MEGA GARCHOMP: [STUNNED]
REFEREE: Garchomp is unable to battle! Charizard wins!
The winner is Alain!
ANNOUNCER: He did it!
It's Alain who will advance to the final round!
MEGA CHARIZARD: [LANDING]
CHARIZARD: [ROARING]
PIKACHU: [IMPRESSED]
ALAIN: That was great battling, Charizard!
I stand tall 'Cause I know I'm a winner
Knock me down I'll just get up again
You've met your match Yeah, I'm no beginner
Pokémon
Pokémon Gotta catch 'em all!
I stand tall 'cause I know I'm a winner
Pokémon
Pokémon
Gotta catch 'em all!
ASH: All right, it's time to battle Sawyer.
PIKACHU/GRENINJA/TALONFLAME/ NOIVERN/HAWLUCHA: [AFFIRMATIVE]
ASH: I know I've made mistakes. You're still with me.
And that means a lot. You're the best team ever!
ASH: I believe in you more than I can say!
PIKACHU/GRENINJA/TALONFLAME/ NOIVERN/HAWLUCHA/GOODRA: [HAPPY]
NOIVERN: [ENCOURAGING]
ASH: Let's win this thing! Together!
PIKACHU/GRENINJA/TALONFLAME/ NOIVERN/HAWLUCHA: [AFFIRMATIVE]
SAWYER: It's finally time.
BONNIE: Ash's battling Sawyer
I'm getting kind of nervous.
SHAUNA: Clemont, didn't you tell me
Ash lost to Sawyer a while back?
CLEMONT: I did. Never count Sawyer out!
TIERNO: Wait till you see this.
Their battling styles are different
still, he reminds me of Ash.
TIERNO: It's like the same sort of battle vibe
is inside both of them.
TREVOR: Wow. You think so?
CLEMONT: Sawyer's been analyzing Ash's style
in order to catch up to him.
I would say that's exactly what you're referring to, Tierno.
PROFESSOR SYCAMORE: Interesting,
a match between a Trainer like Ash,
who battles with passion, and Sawyer,
who operates using cool and calm analysis
DIANTHA: In a way, they're exact opposites.
I'm really looking forward
to seeing what kind of battle this will be.
PROFESSOR SYCAMORE: Yeah.
ANNOUNCER: Now! The second battle of the semifinal round,
and our Trainers are making their entrances!
TIERNO: All right, Ash! Win it!
BONNIE: You can do it!
CHESPIN: [CHEERING]
MALVA: Get a shot of their faces first!
JAMES: Post-haste!
JESSIE: I'm just too tired
to take head sh*ts of a completely clueless Twerp!
JESSIE: We should be filming my radiant beauty.
MEOWTH: Chin up. Just a little more stuff.
This is the last battle of the livelong day.
JESSIE: Ohh!!
SAWYER: It's time.
SAWYER: I'll be waiting for you.
ASH: Yeah.
SAWYER: It's all gonna work out.
The person I admire so much will win in the end.
And I'll be waiting.
SAWYER: I wanna beat Ash.
I've just gotta beat him! And I will.
ASH: All right. Bring it on.
This one's mine.
ANNOUNCER: And now for the b*ttlefield
ANNOUNCER: It's a forest!
REFEREE: Ash versus Sawyer!
Competing head-to-head in our next semifinal battle!
REFEREE: Each Trainer will have the use of six Pokémon,
and substitutions are allowed.
REFEREE: When all six of either Trainer's Pokémon
are unable to continue, the battle will be over!
REFEREE: When three Pokémon on one side are unable to continue,
the b*ttlefield will change.
REFEREE: Trainers, begin!
ASH: Hawlucha, I choose you!
HAWLUCHA: [APPEARING]
HAWLUCHA: [JUMPING]
HAWLUCHA: [CONFIDENT]
CLEMONT: Hawlucha?
BONNIE: It looks different.
CLEMONT: Wow, you're right
SERENA: See, yesterday
SERENA: What's wrong, Hawlucha? HAWLUCHA: [DEMONSTRATING]
HAWLUCHA: [PROUD]
HAWLUCHA: [CHALLENGING]
CLEMONT: That's dramatic!
SERENA: You need to make an entrance
like the Forest Champion. That's important!
BONNIE: Yeah!
BONNIE: All right, Hawlucha, looking good!
DEDENNE: [AGREEMENT]
HAWLUCHA: [SHOUTING]
SAWYER: So, Hawlucha's gonna be your first Pokémon, huh?
ASH: Yeah, we go with Hawlucha first!
HAWLUCHA: [AGREEMENT]
SAWYER: Then I'm gonna use Slaking!
SLAKING: [YAWNING]
BONNIE: It's so cute!
POKEDEX: Slaking. The Lazy Pokémon.
Slaking lies down most of the time.
It gets up and moves only when
there is no more grass close by to eat.
BONNIE: I wanna hug!
TIERNO: That's a Slaking
CLEMONT: Slaking has quite a disadvantage
against Hawlucha, though. I wonder what Sawyer's planning
REFEREE: All right, battle begin!
ASH: Let's go, Hawlucha! Make the first move!
Use Karate Chop!
HAWLUCHA: [AFFIRMATIVE] HAWLUCHA: [KARATE CHOP MOVE]
HAWLUCHA: [CHALLENGING]
SLAKING: [YAWNING] HAWLUCHA: [SURPRISED]
ASH: Now use High Jump Kick!
HAWLUCHA: [JUMPING]
HAWLUCHA: [HIGH JUMP KICK MOVE]
HAWLUCHA: [CHALLENGING]
ANNOUNCER: Really?
While Hawlucha aggressively att*cks,
Slaking's doing nothing at all!
ASH: Use X-Scissor!
HAWLUCHA: [X-SCISSOR MOVE]
HAWLUCHA: [FRUSTRATED]
CLEMONT: Whenever Hawlucha's having a battle,
it usually gets worked up by trading blows with its opponent.
But if its opponent doesn't move
SERENA: Things get difficult.
TIERNO: Just keep attacking! If it's not gonna move,
you'll eventually win the match!
ASH: Now, Karate Chop!
HAWLUCHA: [KARATE CHOP MOVE]
SLAKING: [YAWNING]
ASH: Hawlucha, use Karate Chop again!
HAWLUCHA: [AFFIRMATIVE] HAWLUCHA: [KARATE CHOP MOVE]
ANNOUNCER: Hawlucha unleashes fierce att*cks!
Slaking must be feeling that!
HAWLUCHA: [PLEASED]
ANNOUNCER: Slaking is unfazed!
TIERNO: I think Slaking's just acting tough.
BONNIE: Tough? What do you mean?
SAWYER: Now, Slaking, use Slack Off!
SLAKING: [SLACK OFF MOVE]
CLEMONT: Right now?!
CLEMONT: Slack Off is a move that
allows the user to recover its strength simply by relaxing!
TREVOR: Even so, if Slaking keeps on taking hits like that,
it will eventually lose.
SERENA: I wonder what Sawyer's strategy is.
ASH/SERENA/CLEMONT/BONNIE, ACT BREAK: "Who's that Pokémon?"
ASH/SERENA/CLEMONT/BONNIE: "It's Slaking!"
ASH: No doubt about it.
Sawyer's got something up his sleeve.
If so, I've gotta beat him before he acts on it!
ASH: High Jump Kick, go!
HAWLUCHA: [HIGH JUMP KICK MOVE]
ASH: Now use X-Scissor!
HAWLUCHA: [X-SCISSOR MOVE]
HAWLUCHA: [LANDING]
HAWLUCHA: [SHOCKED]
ASH: All right, Flying Press!
HAWLUCHA: [FLYING PRESS MOVE]
SAWYER: Slaking, Counter! Let's go!
SLAKING: [COUNTER MOVE]
HAWLUCHA: [PAINED]
ASH: Hawlucha, no!
BONNIE: Hawlucha!
DEDENNE: [WORRIED]
REFEREE: Hawlucha is unable to battle!
SLAKING: [PLEASED]
REFEREE: Slaking's the winner!
ANNOUNCER: It looked like Hawlucha had the upper hand,
but in one shot, it's out of contention!
ASH: Great job. You were awesome. Now, take a good rest.
So that's what you were after all along!
SAWYER: I always thought about using Slaking against Hawlucha.
I knew Hawlucha wouldn't have such an easy time
if its opponent didn't defend.
ASH: I'm impressed.
You took Hawlucha's battling style and used it against it.
SERENA: Who would have thought of such a tactic?
CLEMONT: Looks like Sawyer thought through his strategies
much more than we anticipated.
ANNOUNCER: Now, who will be Ash's second Pokémon?
ASH: Talonflame, I choose you!
TALONFLAME: [APPEARING]
ASH: 'Kay t's do this. Use Steel Wing!
TALONFLAME: [STEEL WING MOVE]
SAWYER: Slaking, use Slack Off!
SLAKING: [SLACK OFF MOVE]
BONNIE: Look! It healed itself again!
SERENA: Maybe they're dragging it out,
so it can win it again with one attack!
ASH: Slaking's gotta be feeling Hawlucha's att*cks!
ASH: Keep it up!
Use Flame Charge and don't let Slaking recover!
CLEMONT: Even if Slack Off works,
it doesn't change the fact that Slaking has taken damage.
And eventually, that will be an opportunity to strike!
SAWYER: Use Hammer Arm!
SLAKING: [HAMMER ARM MOVE]
SLAKING: [COLLAPSE]
TALONFLAME: [FLAME CHARGE MOVE] SLAKING: [HAMMER ARM MOVE]
SLAKING: [PAINED]
ASH: Yess! Use Brave Bird!
TALONFLAME: [BRAVE BIRD MOVE]
SLAKING: [PAINED]
SLAKING: [STUNNED]
REFEREE: Slaking is unable to battle!
Talonflame's the winner!
ANNOUNCER: And Talonflame gets that win
with a barrage of att*cks!
ASH: All right!
PIKACHU: [EXCITED]
SAWYER: You were amazing, Slaking.
You did exactly what I was hoping you would do.
SAWYER: Alright Clawitzer, you're up next. Now Go!
CLAWITZER: [APPEARING]
CLEMONT: Clawitzer. It's a Water type,
battling Talonflame, who's a Fire type
TREVOR: He's going by the book.
SAWYER: Clawitzer, use Aqua Jet!
CLAWITZER: [AQUA JET MOVE]
ASH: Dodge it, quick! TALONFLAME: [DODGING]
ASH: It's following Talonflame!
CLAWITZER: [AQUA JET MOVE] TALONFLAME: [DODGING]
SHAUNA: I had no idea you can use Aqua Jet like that!
TREVOR: Sawyer's strategies are out of the box!
TIERNO: Yeah, kind of reminds me of Ash.
SAWYER: I've been inspired by your ideas
and trained hard to think in a different way.
ASH: Awesome. Talonflame, dive in!
SAWYER: All right! Clawitzer, use Ice Beam!
CLAWITZER: [ICE BEAM MOVE] TALONFLAME: [PAINED]
ASH: Use your smoking hot Flame Charge!
TALONFLAME: [FLAME CHARGE MOVE]
CLEMONT: Look at the way that Flame Charge melted the ice!
BONNIE: Yippee! DEDENNE: [CHEERING]
SAWYER: Aqua Jet, let's go!
CLAWITZER: [AQUA JET MOVE]
TALONFLAME: [FLAME CHARGE MOVE]
TALONFLAME: [STUNNED]
ASH: Talonflame, no! PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
REFEREE: Talonflame is unable to battle! Clawitzer's the winner!
ANNOUNCER: And Clawitzer comes out on top in an aerial battle!
ASH: Thanks a lot, Talonflame.
SAWYER: Talonflame's best known for its speed.
If I could make it stop just for a moment, I knew we could win.
JESSIE: What do you know?
The Twerp's looking rather twerpish.
JAMES: The pressure's on.
MEOWTH: You think he's gonna lose?
JESSIE: For some strange reason that stinks.
CLEMONT: It feels like everything is going
according to the way Sawyer planned it from the beginning.
SERENA: It seems that way.
Sawyer really has Ash all figured out.
CLEMONT: Yeah.
CLEMONT: Like Sawyer's taken everything he's learned
from Ash to heart.
CLEMONT: All his hard work is paying off.
SERENA: Know what? Ash isn't going to lose.
SERENA: Nobody could ever duplicate the Ash we all know.
ASH: Let's see
ASH: 'Kay, P hu, I choose you!
PIKACHU: [CHALLENGING]
ANNOUNCER: And there's Ash's third Pokémon!
SAWYER: So now it's time for Pikachu
BONNIE: Go for it, Pikachu!
DEDENNE: [CHEERING]
CHESPIN: [CHEERING]
ASH: It's all up to you, buddy! Use the forest for cover.
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE] [RUNNING]
ANNOUNCER: Pikachu makes the first move!
Such incredible speed!
Is this what it means to be lightning fast?
ASH: All right, Thunderbolt, let's go!
PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]
SAWYER: Dodge it, quick! CLAWITZER: [DODGING]
BONNIE: It dodged it!
CLEMONT: It's not over yet
ASH: Use Quick Attack!
PIKACHU: [QUICK ATTACK MOVE] SAWYER: Dodge it, Clawitzer!
CLAWITZER: [DODGING]
PIKACHU: [FRUSTRATED]
SAWYER: Use Ice Beam!
CLAWITZER: [ICE BEAM ATTACK]
ASH: Dodge that! PIKACHU: [DODGING]
ASH: Use Electro Ball!
PIKACHU: [ELECTRO BALL MOVE] SAWYER: Clawitzer, Dragon Pulse!
CLAWITZER: [DRAGON PULSE MOVE]
PIKACHU: [ELECTRO BALL MOVE] CLAWITZER: [PAINED]
PIKACHU: [PAINED]
CLAWITZER: [PAINED]
ANNOUNCER: Neither of them are backing down
in this close battle!
SAWYER: We really need to beat Pikachu.
That will give us a huge advantage.
All right, Clawitzer, use Aqua Jet!
CLAWITZER: [AQUA JET MOVE] ASH: Into the forest!
PIKACHU: [DODGING] [JUMPING]
CLAWITZER: [LANDING] [LOOKING]
ASH: And now use Iron Tail!
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE] [IRON TAIL MOVE]
SAWYER: Hurry and clamp it! CLAWITZER: [DETERMINED]
PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]
PIKACHU: [OUTRAGED]
ANNOUNCER: Clawitzer has Pikachu in its grasp!
SAWYER: Now, stay right there and use Water Pulse!
CLAWITZER: [WATER PULSE MOVE]
ASH: Electro Ball!
PIKACHU: [ELECTRO BALL MOVE]
CLAWITZER: [PAINED]
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE] ASH: Now use Thunderbolt!
PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]
CLAWITZER: [PANICKING] [PAINED]
SAWYER: Clawitzer!
CLAWITZER: [STUNNED]
REFEREE: Clawitzer is unable to battle! Pikachu's the winner!
ASH: All right! PIKACHU: [HAPPY]
BONNIE: Wow, Pikachu and Ash won! Yippee!
DEDENNE: [EXCITED]
SERENA: Now it's two against two!
PROFESSOR SYCAMORE: Marvelous!
PROFESSOR SYCAMORE: Such an intriguing battle between them.
One to remember!
DIANTHA:There is such a strong bond
bond of trust between both Trainers and their Pokémon
SAWYER: You were great, Clawitzer.
SAWYER: Now this is what
SAWYER: I expect from a battle with Ash!
SAWYER: I'm glad you're back! You're the guy I look up to.
SAWYER: Ash, you never fail to surprise me every single time!
ASH: Well, that was close, too close.
It's 'cause of Pikachu that we won.
PIKACHU: [PLEASED]
ASH: So, what Pokémon are you gonna use next, huh?
SAWYER: All right, Aegislash time!
AEGISLASH: [APPEARING]
ANNOUNCER: Sawyer's third Pokémon is Aegislash!
TIERNO: Aegislash, huh?
I wonder how Ash is going to get past its King's Shield?
ASH: Let's make it happen, buddy!
Get on back into the forest!
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE] [RUNNING] [JUMPING]
PIKACHU: [JUMPING]
SAWYER: Aegislash! Use Sacred Sword!
AEGISLASH: [SACRED SWORD MOVE]
PIKACHU: [JUMPING]
AEGISLASH: [SACRED SWORD MOVE] PIKACHU: [LANDING] [QUESTIONING]
PIKACHU: [JUMPING]
AEGISLASH: [SACRED SWORD MOVE]
PIKACHU: [RUNNING] [QUESTIONING]
SHAUNA: What's going on?
TREVOR: I'm not quite sure.
CLEMONT: Anything can happen at this point.
Sawyer is serious about winning this.
Be careful, Ash Be careful.
PIKACHU: [WATCHING]
NARRATOR: What will be the next move
in Ash and Sawyer's long-awaited battle? How will it be resolved?
And who will advance to the finals?
More answers to come, as the Kalos League journey continues!
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Japanese anime follows Ash a young trainer of fictional creatures called Pokémon.
Japanese anime follows Ash a young trainer of fictional creatures called Pokémon.