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A Crasher Course in Power!

DP083   EP549 ノモセジム！VSマキシマム仮面!! Nomose Gym! Vs. Maximum Mask!!

First broadcast Japan June 19, 2008 United States November 22, 2008

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together2008 Ending 風のメッセージ (PokaPoka Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant director 中村近世 Kinsei Nakamura Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda Additional credits

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A Crasher Course in Power! (Japanese: ノモセジム！VSマキシマム仮面!! Nomose Gym! Vs. Maximum Mask!!) is the 83rd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 549th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on June 19, 2008, and in the United States on November 22, 2008.

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

Synopsis

The episode starts off with Team Rocket relaxing in the Great Marsh. Meowth doesn't want to get in the marsh but James and Carnivine pull Meowth in having him land on his face.

Buizel is training for the next Gym match and Ash and Dawn agree to have a training match. Piplup starts things off with Whirlpool and Pikachu responds with Iron Tail. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt but Piplup dodges and it hits Buizel. Buizel turns around trying to pick a fight with Pikachu but Turtwig intervenes and tries to push Buizel back. Turtwig tries too hard and makes Buizel fall on its back. Buizel, angry, uses SonicBoom but Ash gets in the way, taking the blow. Crasher Wake comes by and notices Buizel's behavior. He sends out his Floatzel which looks down on Buizel. Ash checks Floatzel on his Pokédex.

Ash and Crasher Wake are in the Gym field and the judge is explaining the rules. Crasher Wake sends out his Gyarados and Ash sends out Pikachu. Pikachu makes the first move with Thunderbolt which hits Gyarados giving it a bad damage. However, Gyarados seems hardly phased and Gyarados charges and uses Dragon Rage. Pikachu counters with Iron Tail and jumps over Gyarados. Gyarados goes for Pikachu but Pikachu dives down using Volt Tackle. The two collide and Pikachu stands out the winner.

Crasher Wake sends out Quagsire and Dawn checks it out on her Pokédex. Ash calls back Pikachu and sends out Turtwig. Turtwig uses Energy Ball but Quagsire uses its slim body to dodge into the water. Turtwig jumps over the panels on the water and Crasher Wake notices how fast Turtwig is. After watching Turtwig jump from panel to panel, Quagsire uses Mud Bomb and sends Turtwig flying backwards. Quagsire jumps up and uses Ice Beam. After initializing an Ice Beam, Quagsire uses Mud Bomb but Ash calls back Turtwig. Ash sends out Buizel and uses SonicBoom. Quagsire seems to not have even felt the attack and Quagsire charges up for Ice Beam. Remembering the combination they used in the Wallace Cup, Buizel uses Aqua Jet as Quagsire releases the Ice Beam. Buizel goes head on towards the Ice Beam soon becoming encoated with ice armor and strikes Quagsire directly. Buizel knocks out Quagsire.

Crasher Wake sends out Floatzel and Buizel charges with Aqua Jet. Floatzel inflates its sac and deflects Buizel's attack. Buizel uses Water Pulse but Floatzel blocks it by merely punching it. Floatzel uses Razor Wind and Buizel is thrown into the water. Buizel gets out and uses Water Gun but Floatzel blocks with its left fin. Buizel charges at Floatzel but Floatzel dodges and punches it in the water. Floatzel uses Bulk Up and swims after Buizel. Buizel uses SonicBoom and Floatzel uses Razor Wind. Buizel continues to swim away but Floatzel is gaining up on it. As Floatzel gets closer, Buizel stops and Floatzel swims ahead. Then, Buizel charges at Floatzel with Aqua Jet. Then, Buizel uses Water Pulse and a geyser of water sends Floatzel against the Gym ceiling. Floatzel gets out of it and Buizel uses SonicBoom. Floatzel dodges and uses Ice Fang. Buizel bites the Ice Fang after it hits and uses Water Pulse. Floatzel inflates its sac and sends the Water Pulse back at Buizel. Buizel gets knocked back and is confused. Floatzel uses Razor Wind and and Buizel tries to use Aqua Jet but only turns around. Buizel gets knocked towards Ash and Ash decides to send out Pikachu. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt and Floatzel uses Whirlpool. The attacks collide and sparkling droplets of waterdrop and shock Buizel out of its confusion. Pikachu uses Volt Tackle but Floatzel stops it with Razor Wind and sends it flying in the air. Floatzel jumps up and uses Ice Fang. Pikachu falls backwards and recovers a little bit after the attack only to find out that Ice Fang froze part of its back. Buizel wants to battle now and Ash sends it out. As Pikachu and Buizel pass each other, they clap hands and Buizel uses Water Gun to break the ice off of Pikachu's back. Buizel jumps and uses Aqua Jet and Floatzel uses Ice Fang. Both Pokémon fall back to their places and Floatzel uses Razor Wind. Razor Wind hits and makes a smoky result. Floatzel jumps up but as the smoke clears, Buizel is nowhere to be found. Buizel jumps up from out the water and releases a Water Pulse at point blank range at Floatzel and sends Floatzel flying back. Floatzel is unable to battle and Ash has won the challenge.

Outside, Buizel and Pikachu make amends from the earlier incident and Crasher Wake gives Ash the Fen Badge. Ash does his pose and shows off his newly earned Badge.

Meanwhile, at night, Team Rocket are sleeping in the Great Marsh and Wobbuffet is putting some mud on Jessie's sleeping eyes. The episode ends with Wobbuffet whispering its name.

Major events

• Ash battles Crasher Wake.
  • Ash's Pikachu defeats Crasher Wake's Gyarados.
  • Ash recalled Pikachu.
  • Ash's Turtwig fights against Crasher Wake's Quagsire, before being recalled by Ash.
  • Ash's Buizel defeats Crasher Wake's Quagsire.
  • Ash's Buizel fights against Crasher Wake's Floatzel, before being recalled by Ash.
  • Ash's Pikachu fights against Crasher Wake's Floatzel, before being recalled by Ash.
  • Ash's Buizel defeats Crasher Wake's Floatzel, and Ash wins, earning the Fen Badge.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Crasher Wake's Floatzel

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Crasher Wake
• Gym referee

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gligar (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Floatzel (Crasher Wake's)
• Gyarados (Crasher Wake's)
• Quagsire (Crasher Wake's)

Trivia

• Instead of Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture, the end of the episode featured a memorial to Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. This is part of a countdown to Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
• The length of time between Ash's Veilstone and Pastoria Gym challenges is 15 episodes, half that of the 30 episode "drought" between Ash's Eterna and Veilstone Gym challenges. (Note that within the games, this is also the longest distance between two Gyms).
• This is the first time in Sinnoh that Ash has won a Gym Battle without any of his Pokémon being defeated, and the second time that Ash has defeated a Sinnoh Gym Leader in his first battle. the first being Maylene.

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Floatzel's orange arms

• The title is a reference to a "crash course" usually meaning quick learning and may also reference to the fact that Ash fought Crasher Wake "quickly" as in battling once.

Errors

• Floatzel's arms are completely orange in one scene.
• In the beginning of the episode Piplup says "Pochama" instead of a variation of its name.

Dub edits

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Diamond & Pearl series

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