BW016

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BW016   EP673 再戦シッポウジム！新技炸裂！！ Shippou Gym Rematch! Explosive New Move!!

First broadcast Japan January 13, 2011 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending 心のファンファーレ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima Assistant director 岩崎友和 Tomokazu Iwasaki Animation director 原田峰文 Minefumi Harada No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: 再戦シッポウジム！新技炸裂！！ Shippou Gym Rematch! Explosive New Move!!) is the 16th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 673rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 13, 2011.

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

Major events

• Ash's Oshawott learns Aqua Jet while his Tepig learns Nitro Charge.
• Aloe's Yorterry is revealed to have evolved into a Haderia.
• Ash battles Aloe again and manages to defeat her, earning the Basic Badge.
• Ash learns that the next Unova Gym is at Castelia City.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Haderia

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Dent
• Aloe
• Don George
• Kidachi
• Nurse Joy

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Tepig (Ash's)
• Tabunne (Nurse Joy's)
• Yorterry (Aloe's; flashback)
• Haderia (Aloe's)
• Miruhog (Aloe's)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Live Caster: Pendra
• This marks the first time since the very first episode that Jessie, James, and Meowth did not appear in a regular episode of the Pokémon anime, excluding the clip show episode AG120.
• This episode can be related with how Ash battled Brawly: Brawly and Aloe were the second gym leaders Ash faced in Hoenn & Unova respectively, Ash lost to them in an official battle and beat them in his second attempt, they both appeared in three episodes, and in the rematch, Ash battled a Pokémon of theirs that evolved prior to the rematch.

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