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AG176   タケシ＆サトシ！タッグバトルでニビジムを守れ!! Takeshi & Satoshi! Defend Nibi Gym in a Tag Battle!!

First broadcast Japan May 18, 2006 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening スパート！ Ending 私、負けない！ ～ハルカのテーマ～

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui 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.

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(Japanese: タケシ＆サトシ！タッグバトルでニビジムを守れ!! Takeshi & Satoshi! Defend Nibi Gym in a Tag Battle!!) is episode 176 of Advanced Generation. It is scheduled to air in Japan on May 18, 2006.

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

Synopsis

In a blaze of glory, our heroes are headed towards Pewter Gym and become even closer to the forbiding Battle Pyramid. Upon successful arrival at the gym, strange looks overcome our heroes. Brock explodes with the sight of the frightful remodeling of his beloved gym.

Brock is welcomed back with open arms as his siblings surround him. After a few moments, every one of his siblings form in single line form. The oldest sibling instructs Brock that mother and father have left with the others confirming the statement.

Brock places a call to his mother and father who happen to be at an airport. Brock is upset while his Mother is in a joyous mood, acting as if everything is ok. As Brock displays his anger, his mother just ignores his comments and wishes him a goodbye as Ludicolo and Manene grant him the same parting.

After she disconnects the call, two persons dressed in airport staff attire and a Meowth arrive handing Brock's father two tickets for a honeymoon. As the plane jets off into the sky, Team Rocket plot to capture the pokemon of Pewter Gym now with no gym leader. Meowth goes into his usual illusions with Giovanni being pampered by Pewter Gym's former pokemon.

Brock explores further into the newly renovated gym with various streaks of colors plastered across the walls and floor. An adjancent door opens to the pathway and a Steelix grasps onto Brock's body and moves him closer. Brock in a confused state, doesn't recognize that his original Onix evolved into Steelix while he was away. As soon as Steelix becomes friendly. Brock finally notices that Steelix was his original Onix as Steelix places him onto the ground. After a few seconds, Golem, Gligar, and Geodude stampede into the arena to display their pleasure with Brock's return. Brock turns to think his younger sibling, Forrest, for his hard work and commitment in assisting the Pewter Gym.

Brock prepares a delectable lunch for his siblings and Ash, May, and Max. Meanwhile, Team Rocket begins plotting their attack on Pewter Gym. After a few seconds, a Delibird descends from the air and delivers two Monster Balls to Jessie. Team Rocket escape into a nearby field and call upon the two pokemon. After the blinding light disperses, an Aggron and Charizard is revealed. Now with two powerful pokemon within their possession, Team Rocket arrive at Brock's residence and ring the doorbell. Everyone rushes to the door to see who the visitor is. Once Brock answers the door, Jessie and James are quick to forward a challenge to the ominious Pewter Gym.

The battle goes underway as Ash and Brock call upon their magestic Steelix and Donphan. Team Rocket release their Charizard and Aggron. Jessie doesn't hesitate to begin the battle as Charizard blazes forward with a Flamethrower striking Steelix directly. Donphan blazes forward striking Charizard and breaking the ferocious steam of flames. Aggron launches forward with a Mega Punch colliding with Donphan and exploding him backwards. Steelix flares forward but comes to meet Charizard's ferocious Flamethrower and knocked backwards. Aggron follows up with a Hyper Beam tearing up the gym floor and finally coming to meet its target, Donphan, striking for a direct hit.

Donphan and Steelix begin to recover from the attack as Ash and Brock reformulate their strategy. Donphan begins the second round exploding forward with a Rollout attack knocking Charizard off balance. Steelix follows up with an Iron Tail knocking Charizard backwards and grasps onto Charizard's body constricting and restraining Charizard. Aggron launches a devasting Hyper Beam hitting Steelix directly and releases its grasp on Charizard. Charizard explodes into the air and counterattacks with another Flamethrower as Steelix strategically uses its tail to uplift rock to guard against and disperse the fire attack. As the smoke begins to dissapate, Donphan launches through the smoke and strikes Charizard for a direct hit. Aggron launches a Water Pulse attack striking Donphan knocking it backwards. Aggron continues the attack with another Water Pulse. The impending wave of water closes in on Donphan as Steelix strikes Donphan launching him over the wave striking Aggron. As the battle continues, Meowth escapes off into the distance not without Max noticing his departure.

Meowth collects the Monster Balls of Pewter Gym as Max arrives to confront this Meowth. As his hat falls off, Max realizes that Meowth is actually Meowth of Team Rocket. Jessie and James attempt to recover from the last round as Charizard launches another Flamethrower attack and manages to hit Aggron. Both pokemon begin fueding and finally charge a corrosponding Flamethrower and Hyper Beam which manage to collide and fuse creating a magnificent explosion enveloping Team Rocket. As the dust clears, Team Rocket's outfit is charred and soon crumbles revealing themselves to Ash and Brock. Meowth attempts to escape but Forrest manages to call upon his Geodude who clashes with Meowth knocking it off course. Meowth drops the bag and a few monster balls spill out from inside.

As Brock attempts to confront Team Rocket, Forrest interrupts and interrogates their actions with attempting to steal the Monster Balls. Aggron and Charizard go on the attack with Hyper Beam and Flamethrower while Steelix uplifts more rock to defend against the impending attacks. Geodude blasts forward with a powerful Mega Punch striking Charizard directly. As Charizard and Aggron stumble from the attack, everyone contributes to Team Rockets defeat with a fusion of magestic attacks. Team Rocket blazes off like a brilliant star.

Brock's Mother and Father finally arrive home as Brock explains the previous situation to them. As usual, his mother ignores his comments and goes to grab a wand shaped item to display to Brock.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket hang from atop a tree as Delibird arrives to claim the pokeballs. Team Rocket attempts to reason with it but it only escapes off into the distance. A grand departure is exchanged with our heroes. The Flames of Courage grow ever so brighter for our everlasting heroes as we grow ever so closer within close proximety of the forbiding Battle Pyramid. (Synopsis by: Bgtfamily)

Major events

• Brock's Onix has evolved into Steelix

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Forest
• Flint
• Lola
• Brock's brothers and sisters
  • Forest
  • Saburō (Seiyū: 半場友恵 Tomoe Hanba)
  • Yomoko (Seiyū: 井浦愛 Ai Iura)
  • Gorō (Seiyū: 森愛子 Aiko Mori)
  • Mutsuko (Seiyū: 林原めぐみ Megumi Hayashibara*)
  • Nanako (Seiyū: 大谷育江 Ikue Ohtani*)
  • Yaoki (Seiyū: 犬山イヌコ Inuko Inuyama*)
  • Kurō (Seiyū: 吉川友佳子 Yukako Yoshikawa)
  • Tōko (Seiyū: 佐々木日菜子 Hinaki Sasaki)
• Giovanni (fantasy)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Manene (James's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Donphan (Ash's)
• Steelix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Crobat (Brock's)
• Ludicolo (Brock's)
• Gyarados (Lola's, fantasy)
• Tentacruel (Lola's, fantasy)
• Vaporeon (Lola's, fantasy)
• Marill (Lola's, fantasy)
• Slowpoke (Lola's, fantasy)
• Blastoise (Lola's, fantasy)
• Poliwag (Lola's, fantasy)
• Delibird (Team Rocket)
• Charizard (Team Rocket)
• Aggron (Team Rocket)
• Golem (Flint's)

Trivia

• Pokémon Symphonic Medley is used as background music.
• Ikue Ohtani returns from maternity leave in this episode.

In other languages

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