EP111

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EP112 : Enter The Dragonite →

Hello, Pummelo!

EP111   ウィナーズカップ！フルバトル６ＶＳ６！！ Winner's Cup! Full Battle 6 VS 6!!

First broadcast Japan September 2, 1999 United States September 23, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon World Ending

Japanese themes Opening ライバル！ Ending ラプラスにのって

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Assistant director 井上修 Osamu Inoue Animation director 梶浦紳一郎 Shin'ichirō Kajiura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Hello, Pummelo! (Japanese: ウィナーズカップ！フルバトル６ＶＳ６！！ Winner's Cup! Full Battle 6 VS 6!!) is the 111th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on September 2, 1999, and in the United States on September 23, 2000.

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

Blurb

After winning his way to the final competition for the Orange League Winner's Trophy, victory seems a long shot for Ash as the Gym Leader deploys a powerful Gengar that topples one of Ash's Pokémon after another.

Plot

As Ash and his friends approach Pummelo Island, they notice a mysterious Pokémon flying around. Upon reaching the island, Ash registers himself for a battle against the Supreme Gym Leader of the Orange Crew. After having his Badges verified, he is informed that his battle will be held the following morning and that it will be a Full Battle. Ash gets ready to start training, but Misty tells him that he needs to know where the stadium is first. The assistant escorts Ash and his friends to Pummelo Stadium and the nearby Palace of Victory, also known as the Orange League Hall of Fame, where all victorious Trainers and Pokémon are immortalized. The trio notices the Dragonite statues decorating the Palace, and the attendant confirms that the Pokémon they saw earlier was indeed the Dragonite belonging to Supreme Gym Leader Drake, who has gone undefeated for a long time because his Dragonite is too strong. Meanwhile, on the Pummelo Stadium battlefield, Team Rocket appears to steal Drake's Dragonite. However, it uses a single Hyper Beam, which sends them blasting off.

Ash gets ready to train, but finds that his Snorlax won't wake up. Upon consulting Nurse Joy, she states that Snorlax, who had just eaten, probably won't wake up for several days and will have to miss the Full Battle. Ash calls Professor Oak, who suggests using one of his other Pokémon instead. Kingler, Muk, and one of his Tauros turn up, and Ash decides to use Tauros due to the "beginner's luck" factor that won him his battles with Kingler and Muk back in the Indigo Plateau Conference. Ash puts Snorlax's Poké Ball on the transporter and receives Tauros in return. Meanwhile, Jessie and James contemplate their humiliating defeat. A van drives past and informs everyone that a challenger has been found to battle the Supreme Gym Leader the next day. Meowth suggests that they can get Dragonite when the challenger has weakened it.

The next morning, Ash arrives at Pummelo Stadium, ready to battle. After the customary handshake between Ash and Drake, the referee explains that the state of the field will change after one of them has three unconscious Pokémon. At that moment, the flat field disappears and is replaced by a rocky field with a pool in the middle. Outside, Team Rocket watches from one of the television screens, and they are amazed to learn that Ash is the challenger.

Drake starts with Ditto, while Ash starts with Pikachu. Ditto starts with Transform to turn into a Pikachu. Pikachu begins with a powerful Thunder strike, and Ditto uses its own Thunder attack. Next, they both exchange a Thunderbolt at the same time. The rocks begin to crumble underfoot, hurting Pikachu but not Ditto, who calmly hops from one to the other. Ash is frustrated and ignores Misty's suggestion that he substitute Pikachu for another Pokémon. Ditto starts using Agility, while Pikachu tries to shock it with Thunderbolt, but it proves to be too quick and evades the attack. Ditto hits Pikachu with Thunder, but it has no effect as Pikachu channels it to the ground with his tail before using Quick Attack, something Ditto copies too. The two opponents confront each other midair with an Electric attack before falling to the ground. However, Pikachu manages to get up and knock Ditto out with his electrified tail to win the round. Tracey surmises that Pikachu managed to win because he was in better physical shape.

Drake congratulates Ash on his first victory before sending out his next Pokémon, an Onix. Ash recalls Pikachu and sends out Squirtle. As Ash tells Squirtle to use Water Gun, Drake has Onix to burrow underground and avoid the attack. Initially unsure of what to do, Ash eventually tells Squirtle to get into the water. However, Onix gets to Squirtle first, knocking it into the air before holding it in a Bind. Squirtle manages to counter this by using Withdraw followed by Hydro Pump. Onix is unable to escape the torrent, and Squirtle finishes off its opponent with Skull Bash.

Drake informs Ash that he won't have a ghost of a chance against his third Pokémon, Gengar. Misty and Tracey are worried as no Pokémon is strong against a Ghost type, so Ash decides to try his beginner's luck strategy and sends out Tauros. Tauros uses Fissure, but Gengar jumps into the air, making the attack useless. Gengar uses Confuse Ray on Tauros, who becomes confused and starts running into the rocks, leaving Ash with no choice but to recall him. He sends out Lapras in the hopes of stopping Gengar's movements with Ice Beam. Lapras avoids Gengar's Hypnosis by diving underwater, emerging to hit Gengar with a Water Gun. Gengar tries Night Shade, so Lapras uses Ice Beam. The two attacks collide in an explosion that engulfs the entire arena, leaving Ash and Drake in shock and with no idea which of their Pokémon will emerge victorious.

Major events

• Ash and his friends arrive on Pummelo Island, the final site of the Orange League.
• Ash's Lapras is revealed to know Water Gun.
• Ash sends his Snorlax to Professor Oak's Laboratory in exchange for one of his Tauros.
• Ash begins his first-ever Full Battle with Drake, the Orange Crew Supreme Gym Leader.
• Ash uses one of his Tauros in battle for the first time.
• Ash's Tauros is revealed to know Fissure.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Drake

Pokémon debuts

• Drake's Dragonite

Characters

Humans

Dare da? *

• Ash
• Misty
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Oak
• Cissy (flashback)
• Danny (flashback)
• Rudy (flashback)
• Luana (flashback)
• Drake
• Referee
• Crowd

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Dragonite (US and international); Ditto (Transforms from a Pikachu) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Kingler (Ash's; at Oak's Laboratory)
• Muk (Ash's; at Oak's Laboratory)
• Tauros (Ash's)
• Lapras (Ash's)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Blastoise (Cissy's; flashback)
• Nidoqueen (Danny's; flashback)
• Scyther (Danny's; flashback)
• Machoke (Danny's; flashback)
• Geodude (Danny's; flashback)
• Electrode (Danny's; flashback)
• Starmie (Rudy's; flashback)
• Dragonite (Drake's)
• Ditto (Drake's)
• Onix (Drake's)
• Gengar (Drake's)
• Blastoise (Trainer's; picture)
• Sandslash (Trainer's; picture)
• Seadra (Trainer's; picture)
• Golem (Trainer's; picture)
• Magneton (Trainer's; picture)
• Jolteon (Trainer's; picture)

Trivia

• When the group sees Dragonite at the start of the episode, the theme used is "Dragonite Takes Flight" from the score of Mewtwo Strikes Back.
• In the Japanese version, the Pokémon featured in the Dare Da? segment is Ditto. It initially appears as a Pikachu, but then transforms back into Ditto when it is revealed.
• During the battle between Pikachu and Ditto, Pikachu's Quick Attack and Ditto's Agility look the same.
• Drake's Gengar is able to hover over Tauros's Fissure attack, rendering it useless. While impossible in the games at the time, the concept of certain Pokémon, including Gengar, floating to evade Ground-type moves would later be implemented.
• This is the only time Ash's Lapras participates in an official battle.
• This episode was partially adapted into the book Thundershock in Pummelo Stadium.

Errors

• After Ash falls into the water, Misty's bag is missing.
• Dragonite is incorrectly referred as a Legendary Pokémon.
• In the scene where Ash scans his Pokédex for Dragonite, the Dragonite statue he's scanning is above it, not underneath it, unlike in the preceding shot.
• Even though Ash caught each of his Tauros in a Safari Ball, from this episode onward, Tauros's Poké Ball is always depicted as a normal Poké Ball.
• When Ash recalls his Tauros, a part of one of his gloves is missing.
• In the English dub, Tracey says that there is no type which would be strong against a Ghost-type Pokémon. In reality, Ghost-type Pokémon are weak against themselves.
• In the English dub, the announcer refers to Gengar's Confuse Ray as "Confusion Ray".

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  Tauros's Poké Ball
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  Ash's missing glove

Dub edits

• Pikachu's Jukebox: What Kind of Pokémon Are You?
• Although the English dub implies that Drake is merely a fifth Gym Leader in the Orange League, the Japanese version specifically uses the title Head Leader to denote his importance.
• Drake refers to the stadium as "Pummelo Gym" during the handshake in the dub, a term that is never used in the Japanese version.
• The announcer frequently calls out whether a move used during the battle is super effective or not very effective, something that the dub does more indirectly.
• In the Japanese version, Ditto speaks its own cry before using Thunder for the first time, despite having already transformed. This does not occur in the dub.
• In the English dub, the second move Pikachu and Ditto use against each other is Thunder Shock, while in the Japanese version, the move in question is Thunderbolt.
• Tracey's original explanation for how Pikachu beat Ditto mentions Pikachu being on a higher level than it instead of him being in better shape.
• Drake's order to have Onix use Dig is much more direct in the Japanese version, using the move's name instead of saying, "You know what to do", as in the dub.
• In the English dub, after Ash has Squirtle use Withdraw, Drake says that the battle is over. In the original Japanese version, he says that Ash should give up.
• In the Japanese version, Tracey tells Ash to withdraw Squirtle because physical moves don't work on Gengar, rather than because Squirtle is getting tired.
• The announcer and Misty's respective comments regarding Gengar being a formidable opponent and it being a Ghost type are swapped around in the dub.
• When Ash is thinking about what Pokémon to use against Gengar, Tracey originally tells Ash to use Psychic- or Ground-type moves against the Ghost/Poison Pokémon, making Ash choose Tauros due to him knowing Fissure. In the English dub, Tracey says that there is no type that is strong against a Ghost-type Pokémon, so Ash decides to use Tauros due to "beginner's luck".

In other languages

Language		Title
Arabic		"مرحبا "باميلو
Bulgarian		Привет, Пумело!
Mandarin Chinese		勝利者盃，全員大對決，六VS六
Czech		Konečně turnaj!
Dutch		Hallo, Pummelo!
European French		Bienvenue à Pomelo
German		Hallo Pummelo
Hebrew		שלום פאמלו Shalom Pummelo
Hindi		हेलो, Pummelo Hello, Pummelo *
Hungarian		Hello, Pummelo!
Italian		L'isola del drago* Benvenuti a Pummelo*
Polish		Witaj, Pummelo
Portuguese	Brazil	Alô, Pummelo!
	Portugal	Olá Pummelo
Spanish	Latin America	¡Hola Pumello!
	Spain	Hola Pomelo

← EP110 : The Stun Spore Detour

Original series

EP112 : Enter The Dragonite →

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