AG082

A Shroomish Skirmish

AG082   森の格闘王!? ワカシャモvsキノガッサ！ The Fighting King of the Forest!? Wakasyamo vs. Kinogassa!

First broadcast Japan June 24, 2004 United States June 11, 2005

English themes Opening This Dream Ending

Japanese themes Opening チャレンジャー!! Ending スマイル ②

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

A Shroomish Skirmish (Japanese: 森の格闘王!? ワカシャモvsキノガッサ！ The Fighting King of the Forest!? Wakasyamo vs. Kinogassa!) is episode 82 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 24, 2004 and in USA on June 11, 2005.

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

Synopsis

Thanks to Archaic for the synopsis.

The episode begins with everyone having their lunch and, as usual, Brock's food is great. Corphish steals Torchic's food, which of course ignites a fight, and everyone gets shocked by Pikachu. That doesn't stop the fighting, though. Meanwhile, Team Rocket are starving as usual. Meowth remembers to the second the last time that they had real food. Wobbuffett 'finds' some fruit from somewhere, which in turn leads to an argument. However, it doesn't turn into a fight because Team Rocket then realize Wobbuffett got the fruit from a group of weak plant Pokémon. Team Rocket then fight the Pokémon off-screen for the fruit. Finally, the Pokémon belonging to Ash and company stop their fighting and are summarily told off by their trainers.

Team Rocket eat the apples they've stolen but are then smacked by some Breloom, who are friends of the plant Pokémon that Team Rocket stole the fruit from. While fleeing, Team Rocket run straight into Ash and company. They launch into their now-familiar motto, stop briefly to steal more food, and then resume the motto from where they left off earlier. However, the angry Breloom have followed them and proceed to use Mega Punch on everyone.

Everyone blasts off! May and Mudkip land together on a tree branch hanging above a large, deep ravine. Torchic, crying, lands with Corphish and follows the crab as it leads them away. Ash and Brock land together somewhere in a forest with Pikachu and Swellow. The two Pokémon are then instructed to search for the others, but only seconds later, Ash and Brock are again attacked by the Breloom. Ash wants to fight but Brock doesn't, and they both flee.

Meowth and Max land together and quickly meet up with Torchic and Corphish. Meanwhile, May and Mudkip run into Team Rocket (after using Mudkip's radar). Team Rocket run right off the cliff and land onto an overhanging tree branch. Jessie and James hug each other desperately. However, Torchic is still sad and appears to be hungry.

Ash still wants to fight the Pokémon but Brock drags him off. While running, the two friends end up rolling down a hill. Pikachu and Swellow later meet up with Meowth and Max, who have been cornered by the Breloom against a rock face. Pikachu bravely joins the fight while Swellow searches for Ash. Ash and Brock fall on top of Team Rocket, and all plunge into the gorge below. They are saved by a Rapid Spin attack from Forretress. Swellow reports back.

Meanwhile, Pikachu and Corphish are fighting a losing battle to protect everyone else. Corphish is almost knocked out, but is saved by the sudden arrival of May and Mudkip. Another surprise attack almost does him in, but Torchic (who up until now had been cowering) gets in the way and appears angry. Torchic then evolves into Combusken!

Everyone's on the scene now and Combusken battles the Breloom. After using an initially useless Fire attack (which was fended off with a Mega Punch attack), Breloom challenges Combusken to hand-to-hand combat. Combusken obliges. A cross-counter knocks out both Pokémon. Team Rocket, while complimenting the fighting Pokémon, inadvertently say something to annoy both Breloom and Combusken, and are subsequently blasted off by their combined attacks. By now, Combusken and Breloom have a grudging respect for each other.

The episode ends with Brock making more food to satisfy everyone's appetite. Again, Corphish tries to steal some food but is frightened off by the stronger Combusken.

Major events

May's Torchic evolves into a Combusken.

Characters

Humans

Ash/Satoshi, May/Haruka, Max/Masato, Brock/Takeshi, Jessie/Musashi, James/Kojiro

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer’s Choice: 040 Venomoth

• 001 Bulbasaur
  • May's Bulbasaur
• 025 Pikachu
  • Ash's Pikachu
• 052 Meowth
  • Meowth (Team Rocket)
• 202 Wobbuffet
  • Jessie's Wobbuffet
• 205 Forretress
  • Brock's Forretress
• 253 Grovyle
  • Ash's Grovyle
• 255 Torchic
  • May's Torchic evolves
• 256 Combusken
  • PokéDex entry: “Combusken: The Young Fowl Pokémon. Combusken is the evolved-form of Torchic. As a Fighting Pokémon, it has the ability to breathe raging fire from its beak and to unleash high-powered kicks.”
• 258 Mudkip
  • Brock's Mudkip
• 267 Beautifly
  • May's Beautifly
• 271 Lombre
  • Brock's Lombre
• 277 Swellow
  • Ash's Swellow
• 285 Shroomish
• 286 Breloom
  • PokéDex entry: “Breloom: The Mushroom Pokémon. Breloom is the evolved-form of Shroomish. Its excellent footwork gets it within striking distance of its opponent, where it unleashes a barrage of punches.”
• 300 Skitty
  • May's Skitty
• 324 Torkoal
  • Ash's Torkoal
• 341 Corphish
  • Ash's Corphish

Trivia

This episode is possibly the first use of Mudkip's radar-fin.

Dub edits

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