AG078

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Cruisin' for a Losin'

AG078   EP352 ポケモンコンテスト！ルイボス大会!! Pokémon Contest! Ruibosu Tournament!

First broadcast Japan May 27, 2004 United States May 14, 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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 宍戸久美子 Kumiko Shishido Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Cruisin' for a Losin' (Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト！ルイボス大会!! Pokémon Contest! Ruibosu Tournament!) is the 78th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 352nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 27, 2004 and in the United States on May 14, 2005.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis It’s Contest Day in Rubello Town and May is as determined as ever to win, and with her victories in Fallarbor and Verdanturf Town she is extremely confident. After May uses Beautifly in the appeal rounds (participants are allowed to use different Pokémon for the Appeal and the Battle Rounds), she easily passes the qualifiers with Drew and Savannah. However, as she prepares for the Battle Rounds against Lairon, Ash warns her that Bulbasaur might not be ready, since it’s never actually been in a battle before but May is confident in it’s abilities, but is she being a bit overconfident, especially since the winner of the match will face Drew and his Masquerain in the final…

Major events

• May loses her second contest.
• Drew wins another contest.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Drew
• Vivian
• Contesta
• Mr. Sukizo
• Nurse Joy
• Savannah
• Sandra
• Sonny

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Camerupt

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Roselia (Drew's)
• Masquerain (Drew's)
• Flareon (Savannah's)
• Lairon (Savannah's)
• Girafarig (Sonny's)
• Azurill
• Seedot
• Shroomish

Trivia

• Music from Mewtwo Strikes Back was used in this episode.
• The English dub title is based on the phrase, "cruising for a bruising".
• This is the first time a trainer from the anime uses the expression "Battle Dance!"

In other languages

• French: En avant les perdants
• German: Probieren geht über studieren
• Italian: Consigli d'amica
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Un paseo para perder!
• Brazilian Portuguese: Aprendendo com a Derrota
• Iberian Spanish: Experimentando la derrota

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