BW019

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A Connoisseur's Revenge!

BW019   EP676 ソムリエ対決！イシズマイVSフタチマル！！ Sommelier Showdown! Ishizumai VS Futachimaru!!

First broadcast Japan February 17, 2011 United States June 11, 2011

English themes Opening Black and White 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 うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Assistant director うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Animation director 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

A Connoisseur's Revenge! (Japanese: ソムリエ対決！イシズマイVSフタチマル！！ Sommelier Showdown! Ishizumai VS Futachimaru!!) is the 19th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 676th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 17, 2011 and in the United States on June 11, 2011.

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

Synopsis

On their way to Castelia City, Ash and co. run into a newly-opened Poké Mart. Excited, Iris runs in, followed by Ash and Cilan. In the market, Iris looks around excitedly, until she spots a Gem. The manager explains to her that it is a Dragon Gem, a rare item that increases the power of Dragon moves by 50%. However, Iris decides that the item might be too early for Axew, and she passes it, smiling.

Behind Iris, Ash spots a line of Trainers and a Pokémon Connoisseur checking the bond between the Trainers and their Pokémon. Ash becomes puzzled, and Cilan explains the concept of Pokémon Connoisseurs to Ash, along with a 'system' that ranks the rank of Connoisseur, from C, B, A, and to the highest rank, S. Cilan also adds on to his speech, informing Ash that he is an A-class Connoisseur. Ash is a surprised to see that the Connoisseur that everyone wants to see is a woman. Cilan then informs him that female Connoisseurs are known as "Connaisseuse".

Ash becomes excited and stands at the back of the line to get his Pokémon checked by the Connaisseuse. He sees how long the line is and becomes dismayed. However, behind Ash, another Connoisseur calls for him behind a curtain. When Ash approaches the curtain, the Connaisseuse 'kidnaps' Ash and forcibly brings him in the shed to talk to him about his Pokémon. The Connaisseuse introduces herself as Burgundy, and tells Ash that she could check the happiness of his Pokémon. She tries to start with Ash's Pikachu, but Ash politely refuses with a smile, telling her that he's certain that the bond between him and his Pikachu is strong. Burgundy then tells Ash that she'll check his other Pokémon, if that is the case.

Ash brings out Sewaddle, which Burgundy takes numerous pictures of it with her Pokédex. Burgundy is highly opposed to Ash's Sewaddle and furiously informs Ash that his Sewaddle's ability is Swarm, and that he should switch his Sewaddle with a different Sewaddle with a Chlorophyll ability, an ability she thinks is better than Swarm. Sewaddle becomes annoyed and responds by hitting Burgundy in the face with its String Shot. Burgundy becomes furious, rips off the String Shot from her head and asks Ash to show her a different Pokémon of his.

Ash then brings out Snivy. Burgundy indicates that Snivy somehow has a 'bitter' taste to it and she actually tries to 'taste' Ash's Snivy with her tongue. Snivy isn't really excited about Burgundy licking her, and so Snivy uses her attack Vine Whip, lashing Burgundy's tongue.

Ash then brings out Tepig. Tepig smiles at Burgundy, which she observes with distaste. Then, she says that Ash's Tepig smiles too much and how that it doesn't really look like it's suited for battle. Tepig, much like Snivy, responds by letting its Ember loose and 'roasting' Burgundy's head for a split second.

Then, Oshawott suddenly pops out of Ash's Poké Ball on its own and tries to butter up Burgundy by hugging one of her legs and smiling cutely. Burgundy responds with distaste, seeing how Oshawott is flattering her to get a good overview. Oshawott then replies with a Water Gun that hits Burgundy square in the face.

Burgundy also gave Ash's Scraggy and Pikachu a bad overview, causing each of them to attack her with Headbutt and Thunderbolt, respectively.

Then, Cilan and Iris come into the shed to see what is going on. Burgundy turns around, and as soon as she sees Cilan, she screams and points at him. Ash becomes confused and asks Cilan if he knew Burgundy. Burgundy sets out explaining about her past with Cilan. Apparently, she had challenged Cilan with her Oshawott a year ago, and had lost. She then conjures up an image of Cilan and his Pansage the way she viewed them (a scene of Cilan and Pansage, grinning evily, showering Burgundy with mocking comments). Cilan replies by saying that he had never actually done these things to Burgundy.

Burgundy still goes on explaining about what had happened at her past. After being defeated by Cilan (and hearing countless 'Connoisseur-ish' comments from him), she had set on a journey to become a Connaisseuse herself, just to have revenge on Cilan after she became a Connaisseuse and defeat him. She goes in a Connaisseuse school, passes the test, and becomes an actual Connaisseuse. Then she returns to the Striaton Gym for the planned revenge, but Cilan had already gone with Ash and co., much to Burgundy's total dismay.

After Burgundy tells her story, Cilan tells her that since this isn't a Gym, there can't be a battle for the Badge. Burgundy then brings out the Striaton City Gym Badge, telling Cilan that she had already beat the gym with her battle with Chili. Then, Burgundy challenges Cilan to a Pokémon battle. As the battle begins outside of the market, Burgundy wants to have the battle with a special condition: if she wins the battle, Ash will have to change all of his Pokémon with different ones. Cilan agrees without a moment of hesistation, much to Ash's shock and dismay.

Burgundy brings out Dewott and Cilan brings out Dwebble. Burgundy mocks Cilan, seeing how he had picked a Template:Type2 to battle a Template:Type2, as Rock-types are weak against Water-types. Burgundy then immediately commands Dewott to use Fury Cutter. Cilan tells his Dwebble to use Protect. Dwebble immediately withdraws into its shell while Dewott repeatedly scratches Dwebble without much success. Burgundy then commands Dewott to use Water Pulse, which hits Dwebble squarely. Burgundy is convinced Dwebble will faint. However, Dwebble quickly recovers, much to Burgundy and her Dewott's confusion. Cilan goes on to tell Burgundy how his Dwebble's ability is Sturdy, and how it cannot be KO'd by one move. Then, Cilan orders Dwebble to use Shell Smash. Dewott also leaps into the air and uses Razor Shell. Quickened by the move Shell Break, Dwebble blocks off the move with its X-Scissor. Both Pokémon seem to have received a glancing blow, but it's obvious that it was too much for Dewott. It staggers, drops back down to the ground, and faints.

Burgundy can't understand why she had lost against a type that was weak against her Pokémon. Cilan replies, telling Burgundy that Pokémon battling isn't all from the manual. His strategy was to focus on Dwebble's ability and its powerful defenses, and then attack Dewott when it was weak from attacking Dwebble.

Burgundy then sends out her Sawsbuck. Cilan sends out Pansage, his key Pokémon. Burgundy orders Sawsbuck to use Horn Leech, which Pansage dodges with ease. Burgundy then orders Sawsbuck to use Megahorn. Cilan commands Pansage to use Dig, allowing it to avoid Sawsbuck's Megahorn.

Then, Pansage leaps out from the ground behind Sawsbuck and unleashes a flurry of Bullet Seeds, some of them hitting Sawsbuck square on its behind. Cilan smirks and commands Pansage to finish it off with SolarBeam. Pansage uses Solarbeam, lighting the whole field.

Sawsbuck then gives up and topples down to the ground, ending the battle with Cilan's victory. Burgundy calls her Sawsbuck back to her Poké Ball.

Later, the sun is setting, and apparently, Burgundy is setting on a new journey to become a better Connaisseuse. As Burgundy leaves, Cilan gives some final advice to Burgundy on how to be stronger. Burgundy replies with dislike and swears to beat Cilan next time, which Cilan responds with a kind smile. Then, Burgundy dashes away. The episode ends with Ash thinking of the next gym he will face, the Castelia Gym.

Major events

• Cilan is revealed to be a Class A Pokémon Connoisseur.
• Cilan has a rematch against his new rival Burgundy and wins.

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

Debuts

• Burgundy

Pokémon debuts

• Sawsbuck

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Burgundy
• Chili (flashback)
• Cress (flashback)
• Stall holders
• High class Connaisseuse
• Trainers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Dewott

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Tepig (Ash's)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Scraggy (Ash's)
• Sewaddle (Ash's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Dwebble (Cilan's)
• Dewott (Burgundy's)
• Sawsbuck (Burgundy's; debut)
• Oshawott (Burgundy's, flashback)
• Snivy (Trainers'; multiple)
• Tepig (Trainers'; multiple)
• Oshawott (Trainers'; multiple)
• Dewott (Trainers'; multiple)
• Patrat (Trainers'; multiple)
• Pansage (Trainer's)
• Pidove (Trainers'; multiple)
• Sewaddle (Trainers'; multiple)
• Sandile (Trainer's)
• Minccino (Trainers'; multiple)
• Deerling (Trainers'; multiple)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Dwebble
• This episode reveals that the Pokémon who Ash sent to Professor Juniper in the previous episode was his Pidove.
• The abilities of Ash's Sewaddle and Cilan's Dwebble are confirmed to be Swarm and Sturdy, respectively, in this episode.
• Cartoon Network's website misnamed the episode as "A Connoisseurer's Revenge", adding an er at the end of Connoisseur.

Errors

• The title A Connoisseur's Revenge is inconsistent with the fact that female Connoisseurs are called "Connaisseuse", as it was Burgundy who was after revenge.
• When Burgundy's Sawsbuck uses Jump Kick on Cilan's Pansage, Pansage uses Dig. This would technically count as evading, yet Sawsbuck does not appear to take any damage from the crash damage

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		酒侍對決！石居蟹VS雙刃丸！！

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