BW106

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Strong Strategy Steals the Show!

BW106   EP763 ダゲキ登場！サトシ対ケニヤン！！ Dageki Appears! Satoshi VS Kenyan!!

First broadcast Japan December 13, 2012 United States March 30, 2013

English themes Opening It's Always You and Me 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 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Assistant director 金崎貴臣 Takaomi Kanasaki Animation director 片山みゆき Miyuki Katayama No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf Dub review thread on BMGf

Strong Strategy Steals the Show! (Japanese: ダゲキ登場！サトシ対ケニヤン！！ Dageki Appears! Satoshi VS Kenyan!!) is the 106th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 763rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 13, 2012 and in the United States on March 30, 2013.

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

Synopsis

The episode starts out with a flashback showing Ash winning his second round battle in the Vertress Conference and advancing to the third round, battling Stephan. Stephan then sends out his Liepard. In response to this, Ash chooses Krookodile.

Liepard opens up the battle with Shadow Claw, and Ash commands Krookodile to use Dragon Claw. Both moves collide and make a powerful explosion, as Liepard moves straight into Shadow Ball and Krookodile repels it with Stone Edge. Stephan then commands Liepard to use Hyper Beam, as Krookodile dodges with Dig. Right before Krookodile can attack, Liepard uses Double Team. After resurfacing, Krookodile looks around for the real Liepard but cannot point it out. Without any time to dodge, Krookodile is hit with multiple Shadow Claws and Shadow Balls, resulting in massive damage. After pulling himself together, he is commanded by Ash to use Stone Edge, which lands and causes Liepard to take damage. Stephan then has Liepard use Double Team again, and Krookodile attempts to avoid any incoming attacks with Dig. However, Stephan expected this, and had Liepard and its copies use Hyper Beam into the hole, forcing Krookodile out of the ground. Ash commands Dragon Claw, as Stephan commands Liepard to counter with Shadow Claw. Iris asks if it is a draw, and Cilan points out that Krookodile delivered more damage given the momentum it accumulated while falling. Both Pokémon land roughly on the ground, as they are both commanded by their trainers to make another collision with Shadow Claw and Dragon Claw, respectively. After a powerful collision, Krookodile falls on his knees making Liepard look like the winner for a split second, but Liepard falls on the ground directly after, giving Krookodile the win.

Stephan recalls Liepard and sends out Zebstrika. After looking Zebstrika up on his Pokédex, Ash recalls Krookodile and sends out Palpitoad. Cilan points out that both of Zebstrika's most effective moves (Thunderbolt and Flame Charge) will not work on a Water and Ground-type like Palpitoad. After the quick talk, Iris, Bianca, Pikachu, and Axew all cheer Ash on.

Stephan commands Zebstrika to use Double-Edge, as Ash commands Palpitoad to keep Zebstrika away with Mud Shot. Zebstrika dodges Palpitoad attack with great speed and lands its attack on Palpitoad. Zebstrika follows up with Stomp and Ash commands Palpitoad to dodge, but Palpitoad can't pull it off with Zebstrika's great speed and takes damage from the attack. Cilan points out that he may have been wrong before now that he has seen that Stephan has taught Zebstrika a variety of attacks to be able to put up with Ground-types. Ash then commands Palpitoad's new attack: Sludge Wave. The attack lands and poisons Zebstrika. However, this is just what Stephan wanted, which is proven by him commanding Zebstrika to use Facade, which has increased power when the user is infected with a status ailment. The attack causes Palpitoad to take a lot of damage as Zebstrika takes even more damage from poison. After pulling himself together, Palpitoad is about to get hit by another Facade as Ash commands him to stop Zebstrika in its tracks with Supersonic. Palpitoad's attacks stops Zebstrika's attack and confuses it, making it start hurting itself. Knowing this is his chance, Ash commands Palpitoad to use Hydro Pump, which lands and forces a lot of damage upon Zebstrika. Zebstrika gets up, and charges in with a Giga Impact. Ash commands Palpitoad to dodge, but doesn't do it in time and gets hurled in the air. Palpitoad quickly fires back with Mud Shot, hurling Zebstrika into the air also. Both Pokémon smash against the wall and faint at the same time, leaving Stephan with just one Pokémon and Ash with two.

Ash recalls Palpitoad and Stephan recalls Zebstrika. Directly after, Stephan chooses Sawk. Ash looks Sawk up on his Pokédex, and Cilan points out that Stephan is down to his last Pokémon while Ash still has two of his to work with, save for the fact that Krookodile has taken a lot of damage during his battle with Liepard. Ash chooses Leavanny, and both sides get ready to battle.

Sawk starts out with Bulk Up, and Leavanny starts out with String Shot. Stephan commands Sawk to break free, and he does. Sawk then uses Close Combat, and Ash commands Leavanny to dodge. Stephan takes on a surprised look, and Ash points out that he and Leavanny have been doing serious speed training. Ash then commands Leavanny's new move: X-Scissor. The attack lands and causes Sawk to take some damage, as Stephan commands him to go in for multiple Karate Chops. However, Leavanny dodges them all with grace. Stephan then gets the idea that Leavanny won't be able to dodge if Sawk uses an attacks that lowers speed, so he commands Low Sweep. However, Ash commands Leavanny to dodge again and use Razor Leaf, which Sawk blocks. Leavanny then uses a powerful Energy Ball attack which lands and sends Sawk flying back. Sawk gets up, and Ash commands Leavanny to use another X-Scissor. Stephan commands Sawk to "catch" the X-Scissor and use Low Sweep to lower Leavanny's speed. After being weakened from the attack, Leavanny is unable to dodge an incoming Close Combat fron Sawk. However, after taking the attack, Leavanny's ability, Swarm, kicks in. Ash knows this is his chance and commands a powered up X-Scissor. However, Sawk dodges and uses Bulk Up. Ash commands String Shot and Stephan commands Sawk to break free. Despite having used Bulk Up twice, Sawk has trouble getting the threads off because of Leavanny's Bug-type attacks being powered up. Ash commands back-to-back X-Scissor's, and Sawk dodges each one by a little bit in an attempt to cut the threads off. Sawk finally breaks free and begins to look worn out, but goes straight in for a Karate Chop. Ash commands Leavanny to counter with Razor Leaf, but Sawk blocks it and lands his attack on Leavanny, knocking him out.

Ash recalls Leavanny and sends out Krookodile, who shows the damage he took from earlier. Cilan points out that Krookodile, a Dark-type, is at a disadvantage against Sawk, a Fighting-type. After giving each other a quick speech of intimidation, Ash and Stephan get ready to finish it.

Sawk is commanded by Stephan to use Close Combat while Krookodile is commanded by Ash to counter with Dragon Claw. After attacking, Krookodile begins to look like it can't take another attack, right as Sawk prepares for a Karate Chop. However, Ash fires right back by commanding Krookodile to use his new move: Aerial Ace. Krookodile charges in and dodges the Karate Chop, landing the super effective attack on Sawk, knocking him out.

After recalling Sawk, Ash and Stephan both congratulate each other for a great battle, as the entire audience gives them both a round of applause. Right after this, Virgil, Cameron and Russet were all shown to have won their battles as well. Right after this, the big screen shows that Ash will face Cameron in a full battle. As night falls, Cilan is shown to have made everyone a big feast. Ash and Stephan begin to have a contest to see who can eat the most. Stephan also tells Ash that he had better not lose to anyone else he is up against now that he has beaten him, and also that he will cheer him on. Later on, Cilan and Iris are getting ready for bed as Iris asks where Ash is. Cilan tells her that he is too stoked for his upcoming battle the next day to sleep. Ash is then shown in the stadium looking around and thinking that he will be there tomorrow battling Cameron, just as he sees a tent out on the battlefield. Cameron and Riolu come out of it, and Ash tells him that he cannot wait for their battle the next day.

As the sun rises, Ash is out on the battlefield with Cameron getting ready to commence their battle as Cameron reveals his secret weapon: Hydreigon. Ash takes on a surprised look at Cameron's first choice, and the episode ends here.

Major events

• Ash's Palpitoad is revealed to have learned Sludge Wave.
• Ash's Leavanny is revealed to have learned X-Scissor and to have Swarm as his Ability.
• Ash's Krookodile is revealed to have learned Aerial Ace.
• Ash defeats Stephan, eliminating the latter from the tournament.
• Cameron defeats Kenton, advancing to the next round.
• Virgil defeats Flora, advancing to the next round.
• Ash and Cameron begin their battle.
• Cameron is revealed to own a Hydreigon.

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

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Bianca
• Stephan
• Cameron
• Virgil
• Freddy O'Martian
• Antonio
• Dino
• Flora
• Katharine
• Kenton
• Manning
• Ramone
• Russet
• Referee
• Trainers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Liepard (US and international) Krookodile (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Leavanny (Ash's)
• Palpitoad (Ash's)
• Krookodile (Ash's)
• Zebstrika (Stephan's)
• Sawk (Stephan's)
• Liepard (Stephan's)
• Riolu (Cameron's)
• Hydreigon (Cameron's)
• Eevee (Virgil's)
• Umbreon (Virgil's)
• Gothitelle (Flora's)
• Jellicent (Manning's)
• Gigalith (Kenton's)
• Eelektross (Russet's)
• Deerling (Trainer's)
• Watchog (Trainer's)
• Patrat (Trainer's)
• Foongus (Trainer's; ×2)
• Pidove
• Lillipup

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Extreme Speed Genesect
• As of this episode, all variations of Overgrow have been seen in the anime.
• Like a scene that resembles that in the still-postponed original BW023 was used in Meloetta and the Undersea Temple, another scene from the postponed episode was used for this episode; this time, it was Liepard using Hyper Beam, except the Liepard in this episode belongs to Stephan.
• Freddy O'Martian paraphrases boxer Muhammad Ali's famous catchphrase when describing Leavanny, "floats like a Butterfree, stings like a Beedrill."

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		打擊鬼登場！小智對肯尼洋！！

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