BW032

← BW031 : Ash and Trip's Third Battle!

Best Wishes series

BW033 : Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster! →

Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!

BW032   EP689 ガマガル、マッギョ！水辺の戦い！！ Gamagaru, Maggyo! Battle on the Waterfront!!

First broadcast Japan May 19, 2011 United States September 10, 2011

English themes Opening Black and White Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami 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.

Screenshots on Filb.de

Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open! (Japanese: ガマガル、マッギョ！水辺の戦い！！ Gamagaru, Maggyo! Battle on the Waterfront!!) is the 32nd episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 689th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 19, 2011 and first aired in the United States on September 10, 2011.

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

Synopsis

Ash and friends are continuing their journey to Nimbasa City. On their way, they spot a beautiful lake. Iris and Cilan think it is a great place to stop for lunch, but all Ash is thinking about what Trip said to him in the previous episode, when he said that Oshawott was having trouble with Aqua Jet because he wasn't opening his eyes underwater, and Ash decides that is the perfect training spot for that. So the group lets out all of their Pokémon, excluding Iris's Excadrill. Ash and Oshawott go into the water while the others start cooking.

Ash and Oshawott jump in the water and begin training. Ash tries to get Oshawott to open his eyes underwater, but he refuses. So Ash forcibly opens Oshawott's eyes. This scares Oshawott so much that he uses Water Gun on Ash, blasting him out of the lake. Ash, frustrated, decides to go back to the group with Oshawott.

Back at the camp, Cilan is cooking lunch while Iris watches. All of the Pokémon are having fun playing together, except for Snivy and Emolga, as they keep getting into fights. The group starts playing catch, but Emolga forcibly hits the ball as hard as she can at Snivy, so Snivy uses Vine Whip to send it away. Cilan's Dwebble catches it, but the ball deflates after Dwebble touches it with its pointy hands. Meanwhile, Ash's Scraggy wanders off and finds a group of Foongus. He begins to Headbutt them like he does with every other Pokémon he meets. However, the Foongus become angry and attack Scraggy with PoisonPowder. Cilan announces that lunch is ready, but the other Pokémon have gone to see what happened. When they get there, they get attacked by PoisonPowder as well! Iris and Cilan go to see what happened, and they are devastated. Ash and Oshawott soon come up, equally concerned. Ash then scans the Foongus with his Pokédex and the Foongus run away. Cilan says the Pokémon need serious medical attention, but there are no Pokémon Centers for miles.

However, Iris comes up with an idea. She says she needs Remeyo weed found at the bottom of lakes in order to cure the Pokémon. Iris volunteers to watch the Pokémon, while Ash, Oshawott, and Cilan go back to the lake. They arrive, and Ash and Oshawott goes to the bottom of the lake. However, Oshawott still won't open his eyes and Ash has to guide him by pulling on his ears. Nearby, an angry Palpitoad watches the duo and decides to attack. So it commands a group of Tympole to attack them. Ash spots the Remeyo weed and tells Oshawott to grab it, just when the Tympole attack! Ash manages to get away, but Oshawott, with his eyes closed, is a sitting duck just waiting to be attacked. Ash tries to get Oshawott out of harms way, but the Tympole attack with powerful Hydro Pump and Supersonic attacks. Oshawott tries to fight back using Razor Shell, but with his eyes closed, it proves ineffective. Ash begs Oshawott to open his eyes, and after a few tries, he succeeds and reflects a BubbleBeam shot at him by the Tympole. The Tympole then swim away in fear. Ash and Oshawott decide to retreat for now. However, an angry Palpitoad isn't done with them yet. It calls on its friend, Stunfisk, who was hiding with Camouflage, to attack Ash and Oshawott. So Stunfisk lauches as powerful ThunderShock attack! Ash and Oshawott somehow get out of the lake unharmed. Ash and Cilan then ponder their next move. Meanwhile, back at camp, the condition of the Pokémon is becoming worse. Iris becomes extremely worried and wonders how the boys are doing.

Ash and Oshawott plan to swim down the bottom of the lake again. However, Stunfisk jumps out of the lake and laughs at the group. Cilan volunteers to distract Stunfisk using his expert fishing skills. He hooks Stunfisk and tells Ash and Oshawott to hurry and get the Remeyo weed. However, the Palpitoad jumps out of the lake and attacks them. Ash asks Oshawott to battle Palpitoad. Oshawott looks a little nervous about that, but Ash convinces him. Oshawott starts with a Water Gun, but is easily countered by Palpitoad's Hydro Pump. Ash commands Oshawott to use Razor Shell, but is stopped by Palpitoad's Supersonic. Palpitoad then quickly switches to Mud Shot, making contact, and blasts Oshawott into a small pool of mud. Cilan takes note about how quickly Palpitoad can quickly alternate between moves. Oshawott stands up, wipes the mud of his face, and continues to battle. Meanwhile, it seems that Cilan his having a bit of trouble with Stunfisk. Stunfisk uses Mud Bomb on him, which he barely dodges. Cilan then starts throwing Stunfisk in the air and spinning it around, hoping to make it dizzy.

Oshawott and Palpitoad continue battling. Ash commands an Aqua Jet, but as usual, it misses. Palpitoad then aims another Mud Shot at Oshawott. Ash tells Oshawott to remember how he beat the Tympole because he had his eyes open, and that convinces him to open them now and is able to dodge the Mud Shot attack and hits Palpitoad with the powerful Aqua Jet, knocking it out. Meanwhile, Cilan also manages knock out Stunfisk! It got dizzy from flailing around so much. The two trainers decide to capture the Pokémon, Ash getting Palpitoad and Cilan getting Stunfisk. Now that the threat is gone, Oshawott easily goes down to the bottom of the lake and grabs the Remeyo weed. The trio go back to camp and Iris crushes it into medicine that the Pokémon take.

After a while, the Pokémon start feeling better! All the Pokémon cheer for Oshawott for being brave and mastering Aqua Jet.

Major events

• Ash's Oshawott overcomes his fear of opening eyes underwater and perfects Aqua Jet.
• Ash captures a Palpitoad.
• Cilan captures a Stunfisk.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Ash's Palpitoad
• Stunfisk (Cilan's)
• Foongus
• Tympole

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Trip (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Foongus

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Tepig (Ash's)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Scraggy (Ash's)
• Swadloon (Ash's)
• Emolga (Iris's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Dwebble (Cilan's)
• Palpitoad (Ash's; new)
• Stunfisk (Cilan's; new; debut)
• Foongus (multiple; debut)
• Tympole (multiple; debut)

Trivia

• There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster following this episode.
• Ash and Iris narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• When Ash and Oshawott are stretching before getting into the water, Ash is closest to the water facing away from it. When he kneels down, and the camera changes, their positions are switched.
• When Ash is telling Oshawott not to worry, his mouth doesn't move.
• Stunfisk's mouth is yellow instead of light brown just before Ash scans it with his Pokédex.
• When Cilan is leaning against the tree at the end of the episode, his left forearm is missing.
• During the ending scene, Tepig's tail is missing while Pansage has some lumps around his shoulders.

• 

  Stunfisk's mouth error.

• 

  Tepig's tail and Pansage's shoulders.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		藍蟾蜍、泥巴魚！水邊的戰鬥！！
Finnish		Silmät auki pelkoa päin!
Italian		Affrontare la paura con gli occhi ben aperti!

← BW031 : Ash and Trip's Third Battle!

Best Wishes series

BW033 : Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster! →

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.