BW071

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Search for the Clubultimate!

BW071   EP728 どんどん続くよドンナマイト！クリムガンVSキリキザン！！ Steadily Progressing Donamite! Crimgan VS Kirikizan!!

First broadcast Japan March 22, 2012 United States July 21, 2012

English themes Opening Rival Destinies Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending 七色アーチ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima Assistant director 矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima Animation director 緒方厚 Atsushi Ogata No additional credits are available at this time.

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

Search for the Clubultimate! (Japanese: どんどん続くよドンナマイト！クリムガンVSキリキザン！！ Steadily Progressing Donamite! Crimgan VS Kirikizan!!) is the 71st episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 728th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 22, 2012 and in the United States on July 21, 2012.

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

Synopsis

The episode begins with the announcer, Freddy O'Martian announcing that the battle between Iris against Burgundy is going to begin very soon. Cilan says he is looking forward to seeing how much stronger Burgundy has gotten. Ash, Scraggy, Pikachu and Axew give Iris support. However, Burgundy says it'll be an easy win so Iris shouldn't get her hopes up. The referee announces that battle will now begin! Burgundy starts off by commanding Dewott to use Ice Beam. Ash is quite amazed. Excadrill dodges twice but then instead of dodging again it blocks it. Cilan says Dewott has gotten stronger and Iris may struggle. Georgia says that Iris must win so she can battle her. Bianca pokes Scraggy and says unlike Sawk, Scraggy has no muscles. She checks to see if Scraggy has muscles on its stomach, causing Scraggy to headbutt Bianca.

Continuing the battle, Dewott uses a Water Pulse which Excadrill dodges by using Dig. Burgundy tells Dewott to use Water Pulse in the dug up hole sending Excadrill flying! Dewott uses Razor Shell, but Excadrill counters with its Focus Blast. Trip then scans the pictures he took and says there's no point in watching anymore since he knows the battle style of the two. Montgomery says it's extremely boring and he doesn't have to worry about either Iris or Burgundy winning against him. Iris commands Excadrill to use Drill Run but Dewott blocks it. However both of its scalchops fall off. Iris commands Excadrill to use Metal Claw, which Burgundy just lets it use Metal Claw over and over again. Iris tells Burgundy that Water types may be resistant to the Steel type, but since Metal Claw was used repeatedly, it did a great deal of damage. However, this was all part of Burgundy's plan. Burgundy orders Dewott to use Revenge, which does lots of damage. Burgundy tells Dewott to finish the battle with a Razor Shell, which is countered by a Drill Run attack. Burgundy orders another Ice Beam which is countered again by a Focus Blast attack. Excadrill then defeats Dewott with a Dig-Drill Run combination, advancing her to the second round.

Everyone breaks for lunch at the Pokémon Center. Burgundy says next time, she'll get revenge on Iris and Cilan. However, Georgia says she'll be the one to defeat Iris, not Burgundy. Ash says hello to Trip and asks if Bianca is his first opponent. Trip rudely replies by saying Ash should worry about his own Pokémon and says Scraggy may have learned Focus Blast, but it hasn't mastered it yet. Later, Ash, tries to perfect Scraggy's Focus Blast. However, Ash and Scraggy have trouble perfecting it. However, Stephan says he and Sawk will help Scraggy. He says it would be good training for the 2nd round as well. However, Bianca comes and admires Stephan and his Sawk. Iris and Cilan come to tell Ash the Clubsplosion is about to resume. Sawk punches one of the punching bags which is swung back and forth. Stephan then heads to the Clubsplosion with Sawk. Montgomery then laughs at Sawk after they head out. Throh stops the moving punching bag and throws it, breaking the punching bag to bits!

The scene changes with Betty ordering her Simipour to use Low Sweep on Getty's Simisear knocking it out. The next match begins with Gail against Georgia. Georgia sends out Bisharp and Gail sends out her Druddigon. Georgia says this is a chance to show her Dragon Buster skills. Druddigon begins with Dragon Claw followed up by a Dragon Tail. But, Bisharp blocks the first attack and dodges the second. Georgia orders a Metal Sound then finishes Druddigon with an Iron Head.

The battle between Montgomery and Delbert begins. Ash scans Mienshao on his Pokédex. Delbert orders Mienshao to use Pound, which Throh swiftly dodges. Delbert tells Mienshao to use Hi Jump Kick which Throh counters with Superpower, followed up by Seismic Toss. Throh finally finishes Mienshao with Circle Throw.

The final match of the first round begins, with Trip against Bianca. Trip sends out Conkeldurr against Bianca's newly evolved Emboar. However, where is Bianca? Bianca was running to the battleground but falling on the ground, explaining that she was wanting to touch Mienshao's muscles. Bianca orders an Arm Thrust attack, which is blocked by Conkeldurr's concrete pillars. Emboar uses Hammer Arm which is also blocked. Bianca tells Emboar to use Flamethrower which is once again blocked. Trip tells Conkeldurr to use Bulk Up. Then Conkeldurr uses Strength doing lots of damage. Then Trip orders Rock Tomb, successfully trapping Emboar. Bianca commands Emboar to use Arm Thrust to break out, but it's no use. Finally, Trip tells Conkeldurr to finish the battle with Stone Edge.

Major events

• Iris defeats Burgundy and advances to the second round.
• Georgia's Pawniard is revealed to have evolved into Bisharp.
• Georgia defeats Gail and advances to the second round.
• Montgomery defeats Delbert and advances to the second round.
• Bianca's Pignite is revealed to have evolved into Emboar.
• Bianca and Trip begin their battle.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Simipour
• Bisharp
• Mienshao

TV episode debuts

• Emboar (Bianca's)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Don George
• Freddy O'Martian
• Trip
• Bianca
• Burgundy
• Stephan
• Georgia
• Montgomery
• Betty
• Getty
• Angus
• Gail
• Delbert
• Referee

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Mienshao (U.S. and international) Conkeldurr (Japan)

Who's That Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Scraggy (Ash's)
• Excadrill (Iris's)
• Conkeldurr (Trip's)
• Emboar (Bianca's)
• Dewott (Burgundy's)
• Sawk (Stephan's)
• Bisharp (Georgia's; debut)
• Throh (Montgomery's)
• Simipour (Betty's; debut)
• Simisear (Getty's)
• Druddigon (Gail's)
• Mienshao (Delbert's; debut)
• Deerling
• Patrat
• Foongus
• Blitzle

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Maractus
• Bianca and Georgia narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

Dewott's missing ears

• In one of the scenes, Dewott's ears are missing.
• While Bianca is hugging Sawk and just before she jumps on Stephan, her orange stockings are missing.
• Trip's Conkeldurr's nose was brown when it used Stone Edge at the end of the episode.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		不斷繼續吧，東·喬治格鬥大會！赤面龍VS劈斬司令！！
Dutch		Zoektocht naar de Clubwinnaar!
German		Die Suche nach dem Klub-Besten!
Greek		Ποιός θα Περάσει στον Δεύτερο Γύρο!
Italian		Nuove emozioni al Torneo Donamite!
Norwegian		Let etter det klubbultimate!
Polish		W Poszukiwaniu Zwycięzcy!
European Spanish		¡Puntuando para la final del Clubombazo!

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