AG020

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Advanced Generation series

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Brave the Wave

AG020   EP294 ムロジム！波乗りジムリーダー・トウキ登場！ Muro Gym! Enter Touki the Surfing Gym Leader!

First broadcast Japan April 10, 2003 United States February 7, 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 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 宍戸久美子 Kumiko Shishido Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Brave the Wave (Japanese: ムロジム！波乗りジムリーダー・トウキ登場！ Muro Gym! Enter Touki the Surfing Gym Leader!) is the 20th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 294th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 10, 2003 and in the United States on February 7, 2004.

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

Synopsis

Ash and Pikachu walk out of the Pokémon Center, ready to challenge the Dewford Gym. Brock and Max are talking about Ash wanting to earn his Second Badge fast. May then walks out but is holding her pillow, causing her to blush.

They all have gotten to the gym, seeing that the gym says "brave the wave" Max thinks they are confident. Brock wonders if the Leader looks like Chuck from the Cianwood Gym. Ash says that it doesn’t matter, they can still win. He walks up to knock on the door, when a lot of girls come running out, knocking Ash over. A man follows them out and says that Ash should probably not take a nap there. Brock immediately begins to flirt with all the girls. The man wonders what Ash wants and Ash says that he is looking to challenge the gym leader. The man reveals that the gym leader is him and that his name is Brawly. Ash gets mad that Brawly will not battle him today, as he is going surfing. Ash wonders what kind of a gym leader he is but May and Brock tell him to relax and both head for the beach with Ash and Max grudgingly following them.

Many people are out surfing on the ocean already. Two people walk into a café, and find three people that recite a motto about food, creeping them out. Team Rocket says that the twerps have come and Jessie and James become excited, wanting to catch Pikachu.

The gang is standing on the beach when May says that she wants to go swimming. Without a break, she begins to take off her clothes, revealing a swimsuit underneath. Brock begins to call out to the girls when May sees Brawly. He sends out a Makuhita who goes surfing with him. Ash looks Makuhita up on his Pokédex. Ash gets mad that the guy won’t battle him to surf and says that he is going to challenge him right now.

Brawly and Makuhita are working on their surfing when Ash calls out to them, wanting a battle. Brawly admires his determination as Ash appears next to them, in the ocean. Brawly, Ash and Makuhita get washed up onto the shore, with Ash still begging for a battle.

Team Rocket then send a net out over Pikachu, capturing him. Pikachu attempts to shock them, but the net is electric proof. Brawly wonders who they are, and Team Rocket runs off. Brawly orders Makuhita to help Pikachu and he runs out into the ocean, hitting them and freeing Pikachu. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt on them and they blast off.

Brawly finally agrees to battle Ash, much to his happiness. Ash is pumped as they are standing in the gym. May wonders what his strategy is, but Max and Brock don’t think he has one. They warn Ash, but he says with Taillow he can win against a surfer dude.

Ash sends out Taillow as his first Pokémon, and Brawly counters with Machop. Ash tells Taillow to use Wing Attack, hitting Machop. Ash has Taillow use more Wing Attack, all of them hitting Machop. Ash wonders how Machop can still look so strong after getting hit so many times. Brock says that Machop is absorbing the blows so Ash has Taillow use Quick Attack. Brawly finally orders a move, Cross Chop, hitting Taillow square on and knocking it out. Brock realizes that surfing must have given advantage to Brawly’s Pokémon and tells Ash to stop using power attacks. Ash says that if they keep using power attacks the Brawly’s Pokémon will wear down eventually and says that he is sticking with his strategy.

Ash then sends out Treecko. He tells Treecko to use Pound continuously. Then he changes to Quick Attack when Machop gets tired but it misses. Ash orders Pound one more time, and it hits, knocking Machop out. Brawly says that this battle is getting interesting and May and Max think he is going to win. Brock says that he thinks Machop only fainted because it was tired from battling Taillow, and now Treecko is tired. Brawly sends out Makuhita and Ash has Treecko use Pound over and over. Makuhita dodges them all and Treecko begins to get tired. Ash then has Treecko use Quick Attack and Makuhita counters with Vital Throw, slamming Treecko to the ground. He then has Makuhita use Arm Thrust and everybody thinks Treecko is done when it gets back up, barely. Ash then orders Pound again and Makuhita counters with Seismic Toss. Treecko barely gets back up when Makuhita evolves into Hariyama. Brock tells Ash to give up and Brawly agrees, but Ash won’t give up. Ash has Treecko use Pound again, but Hariyama blocks it and uses Knock Off, slamming Treecko into the wall and knocking it out. Brawly tells Ash to get Treecko to a Pokémon Center.

Nurse Joy is helping Treecko and Ash asks if it will be okay. Nurse Joy says that physically is it fine, but forcing a Pokémon to battle that hard she did not like. She tells Ash that it needs rest and his friends agree. Ash gets mad at them saying that they were so close to winning but they lost to a leader who would rather be surfing then training. Brock tells him to knock it off and Ash runs out of the room.

Ash and Pikachu are walking along the beach in the sunset. Ash says that he should never have done that to Treecko. They see Brawly out surfing with Hariyama, helping it get used to its new form. He tells Hariyama that if Ash had battled with a level head, things might have been different so they need to keep training. Ash them walks up to Brawly and tells him that Treecko will be fine. Ash then apologizes for thinking surfing was worthless. Brawly tells him that playing in nature becomes training. Ash then apologizes to his friends and Ash says that he wants to stay on the island and train for his rematch.

Major events

• Ash challenges Brawly to a Gym battle
• Brawly's Makuhita evolves into a Hariyama.
• Ash loses the battle.

Debuts

• Brawly

Pokémon debuts

• Makuhita (Brawly's)
• Hariyama (Brawly's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Brawly

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Delibird

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Taillow (Ash's)
• Treecko (Ash's)
• Makuhita (Brawly's, evolves; debut)
• Hariyama (Brawly's, newly evolved; debut)
• Machop (Brawly's)

Trivia

• This is the last dub episode until Fear Factor Phony to feature Ken Gates as the narrator.
• This is one of the few times where Ash lashes out at one of his friends after a loss. When Brock tries to give him advice about what he should have done, he yells "Shut up!" at him before storming out of the room. Though, he just may have been upset because Treecko and Taillow got hurt so badly.
• In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto.

Errors

• Brawly said that Hariyama managed to defeat Ash's Taillow and Treecko, although Hariyama only defeated Ash's Treecko. Brawly's Machop is the one who defeated Ash's Taillow.

Dub edits

• Text is added to the sign outside Brawly's Gym. It reads "Fight the Big Wave".

In other languages

• Chinese: 武鬥道館！衝浪道館訓練家藤樹登場！
• French: A l'assaut des vagues
• German: König der Wellen
• Hebrew: להתייצב מול הגל lehityatsev mul hagal
• Italian: Sull'onda dell'entusiasmo
• Polish: Mistrz wielkiej fali
• Portuguese:
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Domando as Ondas
  • Iberian Portuguese: Enfrentar a Onda!
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Que gozada de ola
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Toma la ola!

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Advanced Generation series

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