AG128

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Shocks and Bonds

AG128   EP402 決勝トーナメントへ！熱き戦いの日々！ To the Tournament Finals! Every Day a Heated Battle!

First broadcast Japan May 12, 2005 United States March 18, 2006

English themes Opening Unbeatable Ending

Japanese themes Opening ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜 ②

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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Shocks and Bonds (Japanese: 決勝トーナメントへ！熱き戦いの日々！ To the Tournament Finals! Every Day a Heated Battle!) is the 128th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 402nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 12, 2005 and in the United States on March 18, 2006.

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

Synopsis

We begin in the Stadium with Ash's next battle about to start. Ash summons Grovyle and Glalie while his opponent calls out Quilava and Charizard. May realizes that Ash might be in trouble; both of his Pokémon are weak against Fire-types.

Grovyle uses Pound on Quilava while Glalie uses Icy Wind to slow down the opponents. Before long, Quilava is knocked out. But Charizard quickly counters with a Heat Wave to take out Grovyle!

Ash orders Glalie to use Ice Beam on the ground, forming a number of icy pillars to use as defenses against Fire attacks. Charizard sends Glalie flying into the pillars with a Steel Wing, but rather than injuring Glalie it ends up bouncing around in a manner much like pinball machines. Glalie uses this to build up momentum for a Headbutt and Charizard is knocked out. Ash wins!

Morrison then meets up with Ash, and both are excited to have won another battle. They leave to see how Tyson is doing.

Tyson and his opponent are each down to their last Pokémon. Tyson's using a Sceptile against an Aggron. Sceptile uses Detect to evade a barrage of Metal Claw attacks, then charges up a SolarBeam to send Aggron out of the fight. Now Tyson has won too!

Ash and his friends have now advanced to the third round of the League. From now on, all their matches will be 6-on-6 fights. Ash will be the first one to compete in such a match the next morning.

The episode cuts to Ash getting ready to face his newest opponent, a girl named Katie. Katie sends out a Venomoth while Ash counters with Torkoal. Torkoal blocks a Stun Spore with its Iron Defense, then launches a Flamethrower. Katie, panicked, calls back Venomoth and calls out Golduck. Ash orders Torkoal to use Body Slam, but Golduck knocks Torkoal off its feet with Hydro Pump and then cuts it down with Fury Swipes.

Ash sends Pikachu into the arena, so Katie recalls Golduck and sends out Dugtrio. Pikachu uses a Quick Attack and Iron Tail, but Dugtrio manages to counter with Sand Tomb. Pikachu is knocked out!

Ash quickly jumps out onto the field to pick up Pikachu. He then sends out Glalie, ordering an Ice Beam. Dugtrio is quickly defeated, and Katie sends out Misdreavus. Glalie uses a Headbutt but Misdreavus counters with Destiny Bond. Misdreavus faints, but then suddenly Glalie glows purple and collapses as well.

The battle is at a stalemate as the episode ends on a cliffhanger...

Major events

• Ash, Morrison and Tyson advance to the next round after several Double Battles.
• Ash starts the next round of the Hoenn League with a 6 on 6 battle with Katie.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Sceptile

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Morrison
• Tyson
• Misty
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Oak
• Tracey
• Delia
• Clark
• Johnny
• Katie
• Dominick (flashback)
• Referee
• Spectators

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Spheal

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Glalie (Ash's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Mr. Mime (Mimey)
• Metang (Morrison's)
• Growlithe (Morrison's)
• Girafarig (Morrison's)
• Gligar (Morrison's)
• Steelix (Morrison's)
• Swampert (Morrison's)
• Meowth (Tyson's; flashback)
• Sceptile (Tyson's; debut)
• Charizard (Clark's)
• Quilava (Clark's)
• Aggron (Johnny's)
• Venomoth (Katie's)
• Golduck (Katie's)
• Dugtrio (Katie's)
• Misdreavus (Katie's)

Pokémon seen during the recap:

• Nidoking (unnamed Trainer's)
• Venonat (unnamed Trainer's)
• Persian (Vivica's)
• Golduck (unnamed Trainer's)
• Machamp (unnamed Trainer's)
• Grimer (unnamed Trainer's)
• Marowak (Gavin's)
• Hitmonlee (Gilbert's)
• Hitmonchan (unnamed Trainer's)
• Scyther (unnamed Trainer's)
• Electabuzz (Jump's)
• Magmar (unnamed Trainer's)
• Swalot (Dominick's)
• Tropius (Dominick's)

Trivia

• The qualifying rounds of the Ever Grand Conference wrap-up:
  • Ash vs. Clark: Ash Won
  • Tyson vs. Johnny: Tyson Won
• A similar incident happened to Ash in Hello Pummelo. He fought a Trainer in a Pokémon League who had a Template:Type2 Pokémon and he used an Template:Type2 Pokémon against it and the battle ended by the two Pokémon knocking each other out, though that battle ending wasn't a result of Destiny Bond.
• The title of this episode is a pun of 'Stocks and Bonds'.
• Max states that Ash chose the perfect Pokémon to battle Clark, yet Clark had two Template:Type2 Pokémon while Ash had an Template:Type2 and a Template:Type2 which are both weak and ineffective against Fire.
• You & Me & Pokémon was used as background music in the dub.

Errors

• Headbutt shouldn't work on Misdreavus, as it is a Template:Type2 move.

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, which of these Pokémon has at least two evolutions?
• Choices: Gulpin, Spheal, Wailmer
• Answer: OK, trainers! If you chose Spheal, you were right!

In other languages

• Finnish: Järkytyksiä ja sitoumuksia
• French: Le tournoi de la victoire
• German: Die Attacken-Sonate
• Italian: Gioie e dolori
• Portuguese:
  • Brazilian: Choques e Bônus
  • Iberian: Impactos e Arremessos
• Latin America Spanish: Descargas y nudos!
• Iberian Spanish: ¡Choques y vínculos!

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