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A Crasher Course in Power!

DP083   EP549 ノモセジム！ＶＳマキシマム仮面！！ Nomose Gym! VS Maximum Mask!!

First broadcast Japan June 19, 2008 United States November 22, 2008

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together2008 Ending 風のメッセージ (PokaPoka Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant director 中村近世 Kinsei Nakamura Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda Additional credits

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A Crasher Course in Power! (Japanese: ノモセジム！ＶＳマキシマム仮面！！ Nomose Gym! VS Maximum Mask!!) is the 83rd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 549th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on June 19, 2008, and in the United States on November 22, 2008.

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

Synopsis

The episode starts off with Team Rocket relaxing in the Great Marsh. Meowth doesn't want to get in the marsh but James and Carnivine pull Meowth in having him land on his face.

Meanwhile, outside of the Pokémon Center, Buizel is training hard for the next Gym match, eager to make up for only managing a draw against Maylene's Lucario. Ash is also in the modd for serious training and he and Dawn agree to have a training match. Piplup starts things off with Whirlpool and Pikachu responds with Iron Tail. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt but Piplup dodges and it hits Buizel. Buizel isn't very happy about being shocked by his teammate and tries to pick a fight with Pikachu but Turtwig intervenes and tries to push Buizel back. Turtwig tries too hard and makes Buizel fall on its back. Buizel, now very angry with both Pikachu and Turtwig, uses SonicBoom but Ash gets in the way, taking the blow. Crasher Wake, having come by to make sure that the gang aren't too worn out by the previous evening's celebration, notices Buizel's behavior. He sends out his Floatzel which looks down on Buizel. Ash checks Floatzel on his Pokédex, and finds out that Floatzel is the evolved form of Buizel.

Ash and Crasher Wake are in the Gym field and the judge is explaining the rules. Crasher Wake sends out his Gyarados and Ash sends out Pikachu. Pikachu makes the first move with Thunderbolt which hits Gyarados, and it appears that it's going to take serious damage. However, Gyarados seems hardly phased; it charges up and uses Dragon Rage. Pikachu counters with Iron Tail and the overhand strike allows him to soar into the airspace above Gyarados. Gyarados goes for Pikachu with Bite but Pikachu dives down, using his fall to go into Volt Tackle. Pikachu collides into Gyarados' face and Pikachu stands out as the winner.

Crasher Wake sends out Quagsire and Dawn checks it out on her Pokédex. Ash calls back Pikachu and sends out Turtwig. Turtwig uses Energy Ball but Quagsire uses its slim body to dodge into the water. Turtwig jumps over the panels on the water and Crasher Wake notices how fast Turtwig is. After watching Turtwig's jumps causing tell-tale ripples from panel to panel, Quagsire uses Sludge Bomb and sends Turtwig flying backwards. Quagsire jumps up and uses Ice Beam. After initializing an Ice Beam, Quagsire uses Sludge Bomb but Ash calls back Turtwig. Ash sends out Buizel and uses SonicBoom. Quagsire seems to not have even felt the attack and Quagsire charges up for Ice Beam. Remembering the combination they used in the Wallace Cup, Buizel uses Aqua Jet as Quagsire releases the Ice Beam. Buizel goes head on towards the Ice Beam and is able to create Ice Aqua jet which strikes Quagsire directly knocking it out.

Crasher Wake sends out Floatzel and Buizel charges with Aqua Jet. Floatzel inflates its sac and deflects Buizel's attack. Buizel uses Water Pulse but Floatzel blocks it by merely punching it. Floatzel uses Razor Wind and Buizel is thrown into the water. Buizel gets out and uses Water Gun but Floatzel blocks with its left fin. Buizel charges at Floatzel but Floatzel dodges and punches it into the water. Floatzel uses Bulk Up and swims after Buizel. Buizel uses SonicBoom and Floatzel uses Razor Wind. Buizel continues to swim away but Floatzel is gaining up on it. Ash calls out for Buizel to think of the water as its friend. As Floatzel gets closer, Buizel inflates it's sack, stopping suddenly while Floatzel zooms ahead. Buizel scores a direct hit at Floatzel's exposed back with Aqua Jet. Then, Buizel uses Water Pulse and a geyser of water is pulled upwards with the attack, pinning Floatzel against the Gym ceiling. Floatzel uses Ice Fang to get out of it and Buizel uses SonicBoom. Floatzel dodges and uses Ice Fang. Buizel bites the Ice Fang after it hits and uses Water Pulse. Floatzel inflates its sac and sends the Water Pulse back at Buizel. Buizel gets knocked back and is confused. Floatzel uses Razor Wind and and Buizel tries to use Aqua Jet but only turns around. Buizel gets knocked towards Ash and Ash decides to send out Pikachu. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt and Floatzel uses Whirlpool. The attacks collide and electrified droplets of water fall, shocking Buizel out of its confusion. Pikachu uses Volt Tackle but Floatzel stops that with Razor Wind, sending him flying in the air. Floatzel jumps up and uses Ice Fang. Pikachu falls backwards and recovers a little bit after the attack only to find out that Ice Fang froze part of his back. Buizel, having watched Pikachu give his all in spite of the difficultly he's having, wants to battle now and Ash sends it out. As Pikachu and Buizel pass each other, they high-five and Buizel uses Water Gun to break the ice off Pikachu's back. Buizel jumps and uses Aqua Jet and Floatzel uses Ice Fang. Both Pokémon fall back to their places and Floatzel uses Razor Wind. Razor Wind hits and creates a cloud of smoke. Floatzel jumps up but as the smoke clears, Buizel is nowhere to be found. Buizel jumps up from out of the water and releases a Water Pulse at point blank range into Floatzel and sends Floatzel flying back. Floatzel is unable to battle and Ash has won the challenge.

Outside, Buizel and Pikachu make amends from the earlier incident and Crasher Wake gives Ash the Fen Badge. Ash does his pose and shows off his newly earned Badge.

Meanwhile, at night, Team Rocket are sleeping in the Great Marsh and Wobbuffet is putting some mud on Jessie's sleeping eyes. The episode ends with Wobbuffet whispering its name.

Major events

• Ash has a gym battle with Crasher Wake and wins, earning the Fen Badge.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Crasher Wake
• Gym referee

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gligar (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Floatzel (Crasher Wake's)
• Gyarados (Crasher Wake's)
• Quagsire (Crasher Wake's)

Trivia

• Instead of Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture, the end of the episode featured a memorial to Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. This is part of a countdown to Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
• The length of time between Ash's Veilstone and Pastoria Gym challenges is 15 episodes, half that of the 30 episode "drought" between Ash's Eterna and Veilstone Gym challenges. Within the games, this is also the longest distance between two Gyms.
• This is the first time in Sinnoh that Ash has won a Gym Battle without any of his Pokémon being defeated.
• The title is a reference to a "crash course" usually meaning quick learning and may also reference to the fact that Ash fought Crasher Wake "quickly" as in battling once.

Errors

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Floatzel's orange arms

• Floatzel's arms are completely orange in one scene.
• In the beginning of the episode Piplup says "Pochama" instead of a variation of its English name.
• Each time Floatzel uses Razor Wind, it doesn't need to charge first.

In other languages

• Chinese (Taiwan): 濕原道館！VS極限假面！！
• Czech: Zápas s Crasherem Wakem
• Dutch: Een Krachtig Gevecht Met Crasher!
• Finnish: Murskavoitto!
• French: Une équipe soudée !
• German: Power Crash(er)-Kurs!
• Italian: La quarta medaglia di Sinnoh!
• Polish: Siła Stalowej Pięści
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Una súper trayectoria de poder!
• Iberian Spanish: ¡Todo un Curso de Poder Destructor!
• Brazilian Portuguese: Uma Montanha no Meio do Caminho!

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