BW099

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BW099   EP756 大空と大地のタッグバトル！ The Tag Battle of the Sky and the Earth!

First broadcast Japan October 18, 2012 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！ Ending みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 大空と大地のタッグバトル！ The Tag Battle of the Sky and the Earth!) is the 99th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 756th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on October 18, 2012.

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

Synopsis

While walking in the middle of a corn field, Ash and his friends come across a Drilbur. Then, Pikachu points out to a Braviary and Cilan then suggests that the Braviary is watching them. They continue to walk, only to be interrupted by laughter.

Suddenly, two boys pop out, and challenge Ash and his friends to a Tag Battle Ash then accepts, but Cilan and Iris are reluctant. Cilan asks for the boys to introduce themselves, which they do, stating their names are Soran, and Riku and that they are brothers.

After hearing from Cilan that he is a Gym Leader and Ash is a would-be competitor of the Unova League, the brothers decide they want to battle them. Ash and Cilan respectively bring out their Ash's and Cilan's while Soran and Riku battle with their Braviary and Drilbiur.

Soran and Riku amaze them with their bedazzling combination moves, and they get Ash and Cilan cornered. But Ash and Cilan manage to come up with their own unique combination moves and ultimately win. After the loss,the brothers become crestfallen. Cilan evaluates their Pokémon, and comes to the conclusion that they need to catch a Water-type to gain mastery over the third aspect of the nature that comes after land and sky. To do so, Cilan goes with them to a river to fish. First they spot out a male and a female Frillish, but fail to catch either of them because of meaningless bickerings. Then they spot a Corphish and a Buizel, and using some perfect move-combinations, they taste the fruit of success. Ash and the gang congratulate them and part ways on good terms.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Braviary

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Soran
• Riku
• Emmet (fantasy)
• Ingo (fantasy)
• Chili (fantasy)
• Cress (fantasy)

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Braviary (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Unfezant (Ash's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Braviary (Soran's)
• Drilbur (Riku's)
• Corphish (Riku's; new)
• Buizel (Soran's; new)
• Frillish (male and female)
• Eelektross (Emmet's; fantasy)
• Chandelure (Ingo's; fantasy)
• Swanna
• Palpitoad

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Foongus
• Cilan breaks the fourth wall twice during the episode by pushing the split screens featuring Soran and Riku apart from each other.
• Ash owns a Pokémon from both of the Water-type species which Soran and Riku caught: Buizel and Corphish.
• Iris narrates the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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