BW094

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BW094

BW094   EP751 セイガイハジム戦! マンタインVSダイケンキ!! Seigaiha Gym Battle! Mantain VS Daikenki!!

First broadcast Japan September 13, 2012 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！ Ending みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Assistant director 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Animation director 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: セイガイハジム戦！ マンタインVSダイケンキ！！ Seigaiha Gym Battle! Mantain VS Daikenki!!) is the 94th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 751st episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on September 13th, 2012.

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

Major events

• Ash and his friends meet Marlon.
• Kotetsu battles Marlon and wins, earning the Wave Badge, thus allowing him to compete in the Unova League.
• Kotetsu is revealed to have a Samurott and a Ferrothorn.
• Kotetsu leaves the group.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Marlon

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Samurott

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Marlon
• Kotetsu
• Jervis
• Cynthia
• Referee

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Samurott (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Meloetta (anime)
• Riolu (Kotetsu's)
• Ferrothorn (Kotetsu's)
• Samurott (Kotetsu's)
• Jellicent (Marlon's)
• Mantine (Marlon's)
• Wailord (Marlon's)

Trivia

Kotetsu and Riolu in the opening

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Archeops
• The opening swaps Dawn and Piplup for Kotetsu and his Riolu.
• As of this episode, music from both Black—Victini and Reshiram and White-Victini and Zekrom are used in the television series.
• As of this episode, all forms of all Unova starter Pokémon have made their appearance in the anime series.
  • As of this episode all three final stage starters of the Unova starter Pokémon are owned by one of Ash's rivals. With Trip owning Serperior, Bianca owning Emboar and Kotetsu owning Samurott.
• At one point, Ash and Kotetsu hum the Aim to Be a Pokémon Master theme.

In other languages

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