EP112

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Original series

EP113 : Viva Las Lapras →

Enter The Dragonite

EP112   ファイナルバトル！カイリューとうじょう!! Final Battle! Enter Kairyu!!

First broadcast Japan September 9, 1999 United States September 23, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon World Ending

Japanese themes Opening ライバル！ Ending ラプラスにのって

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

Enter The Dragonite (Japanese: ファイナルバトル！カイリューとうじょう!! Final Battle! Enter Kairyu!!) is episode 112 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 9, 1999 and in the United States on September 23, 2000.

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

Synopsis

Last time, Ash had begun his battle with Drake. Pikachu and Squirtle had already defeated Drake's Ditto and Onix (Pikachu beat Ditto and Squirtle beat Onix, respectively), now, he's got to beat Drake's Gengar. In a collision with Lapras's Ice Beam and Gengar's Night Shade, which Pokémon will remain standing? Will it be Drake's Gengar or Ash's Lapras?

After the explosion from the Ice Beam and Night Shade attacks, both Gengar and Lapras faint. Ash and Drake recall their Pokémon and a field change ensues. After field change, Drake calls out his Venusaur and Ash uses Tauros. Ash tries to start things off with a Fissure attack, but the attack doesn't work, because the sand on the field absorbed the attack. Drake tells Venusaur to use SolarBeam. Ash tells Tauros to use Take Down, but Tauros is unable to hit Venusaur due to all the sand on the field. Ash tells Tauros to use Horn Attack. Tauros's Horn Attack sends Drake's Venusaur soaring into the air. As this happens, Venusaur releases its SolarBeam on Tauros, but Tauros isn't down, yet. Tauros, after dodging Venusaur's Vine Whip, hits Venusaur with Take Down, defeating Venusaur.

Drake recalls Venusaur and sends out his Electabuzz. Ash decides to let Tauros rest, and sends out Bulbasaur. Drake tells Electabuzz to use Thunder, but Bulbasaur counters it with Razor Leaf. Drake tells Electabuzz to use ThunderPunch, and Ash has Bulbasaur use Tackle. However, after being hit by Electabuzz's ThunderPunch, Bulbasaur is defeated. Ash sends out Charizard. Charizard and Electabuzz fight it out with their best attacks. Charizard grabs Electabuzz by its neck and uses Seismic Toss. Electabuzz is defeated and now, Drake has only one Pokémon left. Luckily for Drake, he has saved the best for last. And so, Drake removes the Poké Ball from his necklace and sends out Dragonite.

Ash's Charizard seems unafraid of the pseudo-legendary Dragon Pokémon. Charizard quickly uses a Flamethrower but Dragonite counters with Water Gun, not only negating the attack but also striking Charizard with the super-effective move. Charizard then attempts to Fly upward, and Dragonite quickly follows. Dragonite starts to use Ice Beam, and one hits Charizard's wing and it starts to go into freefall. Luckily Charizard recovers and goes in for a Seismic Toss but Dragonite escapes, turns the move around and grabs Charizard by the neck. Dragonite then uses Slam and Charizard is sent crashing into the ground. Luckily it just survives the move and stands up, facing Dragonite dead on. Ash commands Charizard to use Dragon Rage, and Drake commands Dragonite to do the same. Both attacks collide, and the two Pokémon are sent flying back. While Dragonite is left fazed, it's too much for Charizard and it faints. Ash recalls Charizard, thanking it for wearing Dragonite down. Indeed, Dragonite is already seen breathing heavily from the battle.

Knowing all his Pokémon will have to work together to take out Dragonite, Ash sends out Squirtle, who is still tired from it's earlier battle with Drake's Onix and commands a Hydro Pump, but it is countered by Dragonite's Water Gun. Squirtle is sent flying and then Dragonite uses Thunderbolt. Squirtle is luckily able to use Withdraw in time, but is still badly hurt. Drake commands a Body Slam, and Dragonite flies into the air and starts to descend. Ash tells Squirtle to use Bubble, and the attack hits dead on, causing the Body Slam to fail, but instead upon landing Dragonite uses Tail Whip on Squirtle hard, knocking it out.

Out of nowhere, Team Rocket appears in their balloon and tosses a net at Drake's Dragonite, trapping the dragon! After Team Rocket says their motto, Drake grows furious with Team Rocket interrupting the match and commands Dragonite to send the bad guys blasting off again.

With Team Rocket out of the way, the battle continues. With only two Pokémon left, Ash decides to send out Tauros against Dragonite. Tauros is still tired from its fight with Venusaur but it's ready to battle. Drake commands a Fly, followed by a Body Slam. Ash tells Tauros to take the hit, surprising Drake. The Body Slam hits, but doesn't have the intended effect. Using the sand on the battlefield to absorb the impact, Tauros has caught Dragonite in its horns. Tauros then throws Dragonite hard into the ground. Dragonite gets up and hits Tauros with a Thunder, knocking the exhausted Pokémon out.

Pikachu is Ash's last chance. The electric mouse hops into the stage ready to fight! Dragonite stares down Pikachu, unafraid but panting heavily (it is obviously worn down from defeating the rest of Ash's team). Pikachu starts things off with an Agility, but is knocked into the air by Dragonite. Dragonite gets ready to use Hyper Beam, but Pikachu uses its tail to dodge the attack! After Pikachu lands on Dragonite's head, Ash tells Pikachu to use Thunder and Pikachu does so. Dragonite and Pikachu are exhausted after the battle, and after a staring contest, Drake's Dragonite falls to the ground, defeated!

Ash has won the match and is given the coveted Orange League Winner's Trophy by Drake, who congratulates him on a worthy victory, and tells Ash that he's a great Pokémon Trainer, to which Ash responds that it's because he has great Pokémon. As well as receiving the trophy Ash, Pikachu, Squirtle, Tauros, Lapras, Bulbasaur and Charizard are given the honor of being inducted into the Orange League Hall of Fame.

Major events

• Ash beats Drake and wins the Orange League Trophy and earns a spot in the Orange League hall of fame.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Drake
• Crowd

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Tentacruel (US and international); Fushigibana (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Tauros (Ash's)
• Lapras (Ash's)
• Dragonite (Drake's)
• Ditto (Drake's; flashback)
• Onix (Drake's; flashback)
• Gengar (Drake's)
• Venusaur (Drake's)
• Electabuzz (Drake's)

Trivia

• This episode marks the first time Ash becomes the champion of a Pokémon League.
• This episode's dub title is a reference to the movie, Enter the Dragon.
• When Ash was deciding what Pokémon he was going to battle Drake's Venusaur with, he considered using Lapras despite it having already fainted.
• Drake's Dragonite uses a total of ten different moves over the course of the battle; in the games, Pokémon may only know four at a time.

Errors

• When Ash returned his Lapras into its Poké Ball, Lapras's lower jaw is blue.

In other languages

• French: Le trophée du vainqueur
• German: In der Höhle des Drachen
• Hebrew: הופעתו של דרגונייט hofa'ato shel Dragonite
• Italian: Una grande vittoria
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Que Venha o Dragonite
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Adelante Dragonite
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Entra Dragonite!

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Original series

EP113 : Viva Las Lapras →

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