AG040

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Watt's with Wattson

AG040   EP314 キンセツジム！テッセンの電撃バトル！！ Kinsetsu Gym! Tessen's Electric Shock Battle!!

First broadcast Japan August 28, 2003 United States September 4, 2004

English themes Opening I Wanna Be A Hero Ending

Japanese themes Opening アドバンス・アドベンチャー Ending ポルカ・オ・ドルカ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Watt's with Wattson? (Japanese: キンセツジム！テッセンの電撃バトル！！ Kinsetsu Gym! Tessen's Electric Shock Battle!!) is the 40th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 314th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 28, 2003 and in the United States on September 4, 2004.

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

Synopsis

Ash and his friends arrive at Mauville City and immediately proceed to the Mauville Gym so Ash can battle for his Dynamo Badge. Upon arriving they are whisked away at high speeds (Wattson the Gym Leader is controlling the speed) on a platform along a long corridor and over some water till they meet what appear to be a Raikou. Thinking it will attack the group, Ash immediately takes action and has Pikachu attack it with Iron Tail. The head of the Raikou falls off and it is shown that the Raikou was no more than a machine. Wattson, the Mauville City Gym Leader along with his assistant Watt promptly appear out of a door on the side. Wattson appears delighted with Ash for being able to defeat the mechanical Raikou.

At the same time Team Rocket discovers what appears to be an abandoned power station. Thinking that they could use this as a base for their operations in the Hoenn region, they proceed to enter only to find out that it's filled with Voltorb and Magnemite. Dejected, Jessie and James leave only to be stopped by a scheming Meowth who informs them that the Voltorb and Magnemite would make a great present for the boss in one of his boss fantasies.

The episode then cuts back to Ash and Wattson ready for their Gym Battle. Wattson announces that the match will be a three-on-three and he'll be using his Voltorb, Magnemite, and Magneton and as he's been training with them all for years Ash should expect a tough battle. The gang are shocked that Wattson disclosed which Pokémon he'll be using, but then start to discuss Ash's choices of Pokémon to use when Pikachu, more eager than ever, leaps into the battlefield determined to go first and Ash agrees. Wattson laughs, happy that Ash is using an Electric-type against his and commands Magnemite to use Swift. Ash responds by having Pikachu then use Thunderbolt, which is so powerful it knocks out Magnemite with a single hit! Wattson is stunned, but still jovial and sends in Voltorb telling it to use Screech. Ash has Pikachu use another Thunderbolt and Voltorb is also taken out in a single hit. By now, everyone is surprised at Pikachu's amazing performance, while Wattson has lost most of his jolly nature and, now determined to defeat Ash, angrily sends in Magneton ordering a Zap Cannon. Ash now has Pikachu use Thunder, which easily plows through the Zap Cannon and knocks Magneton out instantly. Ash is the winner, and no-one can believe just how well he did. Wattson is completely shell-shocked at being defeated so easily, however he attempts to put a brave face on and awards Ash the Dynamo Badge before leaving, leaving Watt very concerned. However Ash doesn't get a chance to celebrate his win as he notices that Pikachu's not feeling well.

The scene then cuts to the Pokémon Center where Wattson is sadly handing his Pokémon over to Nurse Joy so they can recover from the battle and informs her that Watt will be sent to pick them up. Nurse Joy appears confused at seeing the usual bubbly and warm Wattson seeming so somber and dejected, but Wattson just tells her he's having a bad day before leaving. Soon after he's gone Ash, Watt and the others rush into the Pokémon Center asking Nurse Joy to check out a now clearly sick Pikachu.

We then see Wattson sitting by what appears to be a lake, thinking about the disastrous battle with Ash and concluding he is no longer worthy of the title of Gym Leader. An Electrike then comes towards him and starts playing with Wattson.

Back at the Pokémon Center Nurse Joy tell the group that Pikachu's electric levels were higher than usual and asks Ash if he's been exposed to any high voltage recently which makes Ash disclose the incident with the mechanical Raikou. Nurse Joy informs the group that Pikachu is overcharged and this enables Pikachu to have a lot of power in its electric attacks for a short period of time. Brock then is able to figure out that this is reason for the shocking victory over Wattson. Pikachu recovers. Wattson's assistant then storms into the Pokémon Center asking if Nurse Joy has seen Wattson as he seems to have disappeared. She recalls the incident a few minutes ago where he dropped off his Pokémon somberly, then works out that Wattson is at his favorite location, a lake by the abandoned power plant, and coincidentally the same location as Team Rocket.

Back at the lake Electrike shows Wattson his Thunder Wave. Wattson then sees Team Rocket stealing the Voltorb and Magnemite from the power plant in a new electric proof machine. The group arrive at the scene and confront Team Rocket. Team Rocket steals Pikachu and Electrike and then attempt to escape. Ash is about to follow them to retrieve his Pikachu but Wattson stops him and tells him that he has a plan.

Team Rocket are overjoyed with the apparent victory over the twerps. Suddenly out of nowhere the same mechanical Raikou appears right in front of Team Rocket. The group then show up as well. Thinking it's a real Raikou, Team Rocket are petrified and become too scared to attack it. Torchic and Forretress then unsuccessfully attack the machine. Pikachu and Electrike then use Iron Tail and Bite respectively to try to break the cage they're in. Team Rocket eventually decide to try to attack the Raikou and have Seviper launch a Poison Tail attack on it which immediately destroys it. Right at that moment the Pokémon they just stole have just managed to break the cage and escape. Seviper and Cacnea attack Pikachu, however Pikachu easily beats them. Dustox is then sent out and beats Pikachu but Electrike then steps in and beats it. Pikachu then uses Thunderbolt to send Team Rocket flying. Ash then confesses to Wattson the reason why he was able to beat Wattson so easily and offers to hand the Badge back to Wattson. However Wattson refuses to accept the Badge back insisting that Pikachu deserved it for its efforts in helping save the Pokémon at the power plant. Wattson and his assistant then say their goodbyes to the group and Ash promises Wattson that he'll battle him again in the future.

Major events

• The gang arrives in Mauville City.
• Ash defeats Wattson easily, due to an overcharged Pikachu from an earlier incident, and earns the Dynamo Badge.
• Jessie's Dustox is revealed to know Whirlwind.
• Wattson captures an Electrike.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Electrike (Wattson's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Wattson
• Nurse Joy
• Watt

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who’s That Pokémon?: Meditite

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Torchic (May's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Magnemite (Wattson's)
• Magneton (Wattson's)
• Voltorb (Wattson's)
• Electrike (Wattson's, new; debut)
• Magnemite
• Magneton
• Voltorb

Trivia

• For reasons unknown, this episode, as well as Jump For Joy, A Different Kind Of Misty, and A Pokéblock Party has aired only three times on American TV. These may be classified as the lost TV episodes since Pokémon: Advanced underwent a three-month hiatus on Kids' WB!. They can still be obtained on Volume 8 of the Advanced DVD and the Advanced DVD Box Set.
• This is the last episode of the sixth season, Pokémon: Advanced.
• This episode is the last episode to feature the Who's That Pokémon? eyecatch in the dub until Pokémon: Black & White almost six years and eight seasons later.
• On Pokémon.com, this episode is listed as What's With Wattson?.

Errors

• Before the battle, Max states that the Grass-type is strong against the Electric-type
• Max said that Thunder Wave confused Jessie's Dustox, but actually it paralyzed it.
• Pikachu dodged Magnemite's Swift, even though in the games this attack cannot miss.

Dub edits

• In the Japanese version, the Raikou that Pikachu destroyed and the Raikou that defeated Team Rocket were two different robots. However, the dub neglects to mention this, and instead implies that Wattson repaired the Raikou that Pikachu destroyed between his destroying it and it blasting off Team Rocket.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		紫菫道館，鐵旋的電擊戰鬥！
European French		Un match électrique
German		Spaß muss sein
Hebrew		קרב מחשמלkrav mekhashmel
Italian		Incontro scioccante
Polish		Watt i Wattson
Portuguese	Brazil	Com Carga Total
	Portugal	Qual é a do Wattson?
Spanish	Latin America	¿Wattson y Watt?
	Spain	Watt y Wattson
Swedish		Wattson & Watt

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