BW004

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BW004   EP661 バトルクラブ！謎のポケモン現る！！ Battle Club! A Mysterious Pokémon Appears!!

First broadcast Japan October 7, 2010 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending 心のファンファーレ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Assistant director 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara No additional credits are available at this time.

(Japanese: バトルクラブ！謎のポケモン現る！！ Battle Club! A Mysterious Pokémon Appears!!) is the fourth episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 661st episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on October 7, 2010.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis As Ash leaves the forest from the previous episodes, he is amazed to see a large city in front of him. Thinking of it as Sanyou City, he is pumped for the Pokémon Gym. However, Iris says that Sanyou City is in fact the next town.

Ash is feeling down but Iris tells him not to despair as there is a "Pokémon Battle Club", this piques Ash's curiosity.

Ash and Iris appear in front of a large green building, and they both enter. Iris explains how the battle club works on a computer inside. Four panels appear on the screen and Iris chooses the top left one with a picture of two trainers. She goes on and says this is the trainer's profile as pictures of Pokémon with their trainers appear. As Iris goes on Ash and Pikachu get more excited by the minute.

Ash and Iris enter a room with a Pokémon battle already started between two trainers. One trainer has a Futachimaru and the other Janoby. Ash looks them up on his Pokédex. The trainer with Janoby tells it to use Leaf Blade, but Futachimaru blasts it back with a blast of water. Janoby falls near Ash and Iris and a rather large announcer declares Janoby's defeat. Janoby's trainer runs up and asks it if it is alright. The trainer then runs out carrying the injured Pokémon. The announcer introduces himself as the battle manager and Ash and Iris introduce themselves. The announcer notices his Pikachu as it is not native to Isshu. The winning trainer asks Ash if his Pikachu is strong, then challenges Ash to a battle, which he accepts.

As Ash gets ready to battle with Pikachu, Mijumaru stumbles out of its Poké Ball, wanting to battle. Despite Ash and Pikachu's reasoning, it pushes Pikachu to the ground and gets ready to battle. The other trainer sends out Futachimaru, and upon seeing its evolution Mijumaru has its doubts and urges Pikachu to battle for it. Ash returns Mijumaru to its Poké Ball, and Pikachu and Ash get their game face on for a brawl.

Ash tells Pikachu to start off with Thunderbolt, which Futachimaru evades. Iris comments on the Pokémon's speed. Ash then tells Pikachu to use Iron Tail, this time landing a clear shot. Futachimaru falls back near its trainer it then tries to get up. Seeing this as a chance, Ash tells Pikachu to use Volt Tackle, however Futachimaru evades at the last moment. The trainer smiles and instructs Futachimaru to use Shell Blade, landing a clear hit.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket try and break into a nearby building, inside of which a silhouette of Pokémon can be seen. The Pokémon dashes out, casing Team Rocket to make noise, setting off the alarm. Meanwhile, Ash's battle is put to a halt by the alarm. The announcer goes out and checks with his subordinates. Ash, Pikachu, and Iris dash out, curious on what happened. Over at the building, they inspect but find nothing. They decide to check the security cameras. They are all then gathered in a room where a monitor shows the building's rooms in a 3D view.

Major events

• Ash captures a Pokabu.

Debuts

• Don George

Pokémon debuts

• Janoby
• Futachimaru
• Ash's Pokabu

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni
• Giovanni's secretary
• Don George
• Don George Assistants
• Trainers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Mijumaru (Ash's)
• Pokabu (Ash's; new)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Kibago (Iris's)
• Futachimaru
• Janoby
• Minezumi (Computer screen)
• Shikijika (Computer screen, flashback)
• Koromori (Computer screen)
• Umbreon (Pokédex)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Live Caster: Battle Club
• This is the first time since early in the original series that Ash has caught three Pokémon in three consecutive episodes.
• This is one of the very few times that Ash, or any main character, uses the Pokédex manually to find a Pokémon's information, rather than scanning it in the flesh. In this case, Ash looks up Umbreon after mistaking a blackened-up Pokabu for it on a monitor.
• Similar to Ash's Charmander in Kanto, Pokabu had been abused and abandoned before he had captured it.
• The female Trainer in this episode looked just like Alanna from A Poké-BLOCK Party, only with pink hair. Another Alanna look-a-like appeared in Opposites Interact!.

Errors

• In the survelliance video, Meowth's eyes are further apart than usual.

Dub edits

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