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ドラゴンマスターへの道！キバゴVSクリムガン！！
The Road to Become a Dragon Master! Kibago VS Crimgan!!
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First broadcast
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April 14, 2011
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| United States
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August 6, 2011
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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The Dragon Master's Path! (Japanese: ドラゴンマスターへの道！キバゴVSクリムガン！！ The Road to Become a Dragon Master! Kibago VS Crimgan!!) is the 27th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 684th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 14, 2011 and first aired in the United States on August 6, 2011.
Synopsis
The episode starts out with another battle between Ash's Scraggy and Iris's Axew. Scraggy easily dodges a Scratch attack, and counters with Headbutt. Axew winces while holding his head until Iris commands him to use Dragon Rage. Though, as usual, Axew bites down on the ball of energy and causes an explosion. Cilan remarked that Axew's "Dragon Sneeze" still had its unusual taste, which angers Iris denying Axew's attack as a sneeze. Ash reassures Axew's potential to be a powerful Pokémon, and Iris remarks that Dragon-type are difficult to train and require patience as she picked up the Tusk Pokémon and embraced him with a hug. Just when Ash recalls Scraggy to his Poké Ball, some nearby bushes begin to rustle and a sudden powerful Flamethrower shoots out of them, nearly hitting Ash and Cilan. A Druddigon then emerges from the bushes much to Iris's joy. Ash then scans the Cave Pokémon with his Pokédex as Iris praises it due to her love of the type. Druddigon then begins to charge a Focus Blast as Ash commands Pikachu to counter with Electro Ball. The two attacks then canceled each other out and Ash prepared to battle the Druddigon when suddenly a girl steps out in between the two Pokémon, seemingly relieved to have found Druddigon. It then turned and ran from her, and Iris noticed a cord wrapped around its ankle as it fled. The girl and Iris chase after Druddigon ahead of Ash and Cilan who follow behind.
Iris then arrives at a small mountain side littered with caves. The others quickly catch up to her, and she then asks Axew to find Druddigon among the caves. Axew climbs up the mountain to a high cave facing towards the sun. Axew then runs out of the cave and into Iris's hair when the enraged Druddigon storms out of the cave and lands in front of Iris. Iris then attempts to reassure the Druddigon that she is going to help it when it lets out a loud roar and then winces. She puts her hand on its snout then kneels down and untangls the cord from its ankle. With the agitated Druddigon now calmed, Iris reveals to the others that the cord was causing the Druddigon intense pain, explaining why it was so angered. Druddigon's trainer contemplates how such a thing could have made its way around Druddigon's ankle, when she suddenly realized she has yet to introduce herself. She then thanks Iris for helping her Druddigon and introduces herself as Emmy. Iris and the others then introduce themselves, and Emmy compliments Iris on her ability to find Druddigon among the caves. Iris then explains that because Druddigon's body temperature lowers when it stops moving, it was likely to go where the sun would be shining on it. Ash too is impressed by Iris's knowledge of Dragon types, and Iris boasts that it comes naturally from being raised in the Dragon Village.
In the distance, Team Rocket is spying on Druddigon and the others, revealing that they had attempted to capture the Cave Pokémon once before, but it had sliced through their wire and escaped. However they refuse to let it go, and make plans to capture Pikachu and Axew as a bonus. Pikachu and Axew are then seen playing with Druddigon while Iris reminds Ash about her hometown and how the citizens were very close to the wild Pokémon, and takes a keen interest in the Dragon Masters that lived there. Cilan then informs Ash that Dragon Masters are highly skilled trainers that are able to synchronize their hearts with those of Dragon type Pokémon, greatly increasing their power. Iris then bashfully admits that becoming a Dragon Master is her goal in life, and Emmy understood how she knew so much about Druddigon. She then requests that Iris teach her how to adapt and work together with Druddigon, as she has only just begun her journey as a Pokémon Trainer. She explains that her father gave her Druddigon, and that it's difficult having a Dragon type as a first Pokémon with no prior knowledge on how to train Pokémon. Iris then agrees to help Emmy out and suggests they practice battling to get to know Druddigon. Ash then offers to be Emmy's opponent and the trio take their places in an opening.
Ash called out his Tepig and had it use Tackle, which nails Druddigon in the chest and sent it back. Emmy becomes concerned, but then collects herself and orders Druddigon to use Focus Blast, which Tepig manages to avoid. Ash then orders Tepig to use Flame Charge, and Iris informs Emmy that Druddigon was powerful enough to endure the attack and told Emmy to have Druddigon block the attack, which she did. With hiss attack blocked, Tepig was sent tumbling to the ground. As he was trying to regain his footing, Emmy took this chance to have Druddigon attack him with Dragon Claw, but it was set off when Tepig began countering with Ember and causes Druddigon to flinch. Emmy then demands that Druddigon continue with Dragon Claw despite the Ember attack. Druddigon manages to knock away the embers with the Dragon Claw attack and land a number of hits on Tepig, knocking him out. Overjoyed in their victory, Druddigon let out a victorious roar as Emmy thanked Iris for aiding her. Iris then told Emmy to trust Druddigon, and to be patient with Dragon types, hinting to her Axew. Ash thanks Tepig for his effort and returns him to his Poké Ball, and Cilan recalls Druddigon's known moves as Flamethrower, Dragon Claw, and Focus Blast. Iris asks if Druddigon knows any more moves, and Emmy denies, saying it only knows three moves. Iris and Ash then state that if it learned a new move, it could broaden its abilities in battle.
Suddenly, a Shadow Ball was launched at Druddigon from the cliff side, and a Yamask revealed itself to the group and launched another Shadow Ball at Druddigon. Emmy then ordered Druddigon counter with Flamethrower, until a Woobat swooped in and began using Gust. The gust attack then sent Axew flying, who then crashed into Pikachu and caused both of them to be hurled into the air. They're then lassoed by wires along with Druddigon. Emmy ordered Druddigon to use Dragon Claw, but only managed to cut Pikachu loose while it and Axew are dragged off into a large ship. Team Rocket then reveal themselves from the top of the ship and recite their motto. Ash informs Emmy of Team Rocket's ambitions, and Iris vows never to give up on Axew and then chases after Team Rocket's ship. Although she made a valiant effort, Iris just barely misses their ship before she falls back down to the earth. James and Jessie then explain that they'll raise Axew to become a powerful weapon in Team Rocket's plan to conquer the world. They then flee from the scene having Woobat and Yamask keep the trainers at bay. Emmy remarks that they can't just give up on Druddigon and Axew, and they set off to follow Team Rocket.
James makes plans to land the ship on a nearby mountain so that they can inform Giovanni of their successful capture, when the ship begins shaking due to Druddigon's rampaging in their cargo bay. Jessie was concerned at the stability of their ship, however James was confident that their ship could handle it. On the ground, Iris, Emmy, Cilan, and Ash were trying their hardest to keep up with Team Rocket's ship, when Iris recalls the day she had received Axew from the Elder, referring to him as more than her closest friend. Inspired by her dream to become a Dragon Master, she then kicked it up a notch and began running at full speed after the ship. Druddigon continued to rampage inside the ship, but collapsed from fatigue after putting a large dent in the side of the ship. Axew then tried to help by using Dragon Rage, which caused the ship's engines to fail, sending it plummeting to the ground. With the ship now crashed, Druddigon easily managed to break open the door to their prison, and it and Axew made their escape. Ash suggested they head towards the crash site, but Iris manages to sense that Axew and Druddigon had escaped but were still pursued by Woobat and Yamask. She then makes her way towards the two Dragon types, and when Cilan and Emmy questioned her reasoning for going in the wrong direction, Ash explained that Iris could sense Axew and Druddigon, and that they should trust her senses.
Druddigon and Axew are then chased off a cliff, and when they land on the rocks below, they're met with Team Rocket once again. Druddigon attempts to attack them with Focus Blast, but it misses its target, and is then countered with Shadow Ball, which is blocked by Druddigon. Woobat then sent Axew flying with Gust, when Iris and the others suddenly appeared and announced they were going to take back Axew and Druddigon. Resistant, James commanded Yamask to use Shadow Ball. However, before it could finish the attack, Ash had Pikachu shock Yamask and Woobat with Thunderbolt, giving Druddigon and Axew a chance to escape. Axew leapt into Iris's arms as Yamask started to attack with Night Shade. Druddigon shielded its trainer from the attack, but the attack was powerful enough to cause Druddigon to lose its balance. Furious, Druddigon got back on its feet and began to glow an orange color. Overjoyed, Iris informed Emmy that Druddigon had learned how to use Draco Meteor, and how to execute the attack properly. It managed to perform Draco Meteor perfectly and knock out Yamask. Inspired by its newly learned attack, Team Rocket vowed to try even harder to catch Druddigon, and Jessie ordered Woobat to use Gust. Pikachu managed to knock off its balance with Electro Ball, and Iris told Axew to use Dragon Rage. This time, the Tusk Pokémon managed to execute a perfect Dragon Rage attack which forced Team Rocket to retreat. Iris was overjoyed with Axew perfecting Dragon Rage and smothered him in a warm embrace while nuzzling him, as Cilan remarked that Axew has ripened his flavor even more with the perfection of Dragon Rage. Ash then congratulated Druddigon on learning Draco Meteor, and Emmy stated that she would travel even more with Druddigon and the two would become even closer which Druddigon responded by nuzzling its head against Emmy's. They all vow to do their best to fulfill their various dreams as the camera pans out and their journey continues...
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Druddigon
Trivia
Errors
- When Axew is climbing up the cave wall to find Druddigon his tusks disappear.
Dub edits
In other languages
