| Dealing With Defensive Types!
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ミオジム戦！はがねのバトル！！
Mio Gym Match! Steel Battle!!
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First broadcast
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December 25, 2008
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| United States
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May 30, 2009
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Dealing With Defensive Types! (Japanese: ミオジム戦！はがねのバトル！！ Mio Gym Match! Steel Battle!!) is the 108th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 574th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 25, 2008 and in the United States on May 30, 2009.
Synopsis
Ash's gym battle with Byron is about to begin as Roark prepares to officiate the match. Byron summons Bronzor while Ash summons Chimchar. Roark recognizes Chimchar from his battle against Paul. Chimchar immediately jumps up and fires Flamethrower. Bronzor stays in place and resists the attack thanks to Heatproof, something Byron trained for. Chimchar repeats the attack as Bronzor uses Rain Dance to change the weather and dampen Chimchar's abilities. Chimchar digs as the Rain Dance wears off. Chimchar comes out and fires Flamethrower, but Bronzor uses Gyro Ball to dodge and hit, knocking Chimchar down. Chimchar gets back up as a second Gyro Ball comes about. Chimchar meets the attack head-on with Flame Wheel. The collision creates a huge explosion, bringing both Pokémon down. Ash and Byron urge their Pokémon to get up. Though both struggle to get up, Bronzor collapses, unable to battle. Noticing Chimchar’s fatigue, Ash recalls Chimchar from battle.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket sneaks around the gym to try and steal the fossils. However, they make a detour to the kitchen to steal the food. A Kabuto, Omanyte and Omastar find them and Omanyte and Omastar uses Water Gun and Kabuto uses Aqua Jet blast off Team Rocket from the Gym for good.
Byron sends out Steelix as Ash calls upon Buizel to battle. Dawn believes in the type advantage since Steelix is Template:Type2 and Template:Type2, but everyone else knows that it may not be a big advantage. Knowing about Steelix’s defense power, Ash hesitates to make a move, but Byron’s motivation gets him moving. Buizel fires Water Gun as Steelix uses Screech to both repel the attack and stall Buizel. Dawn notices how the move is the same technique that Roark’s Onix used in his first battle with Roark. Steelix uses Bind to ensnare Buizel before using Iron Tail to toss Buizel and slam it to the ground. When the dust clears, Buizel still stands, but it collapses unable to battle. After checking to make sure Buizel wasn’t severely injured, he recalls his Pokémon.
Ash summons Chimchar once again to battle. The Pokémon fires Flamethrower immediately, striking and causing Steelix to falter. However, Chimchar staggers, still reeling from the first round. Steelix launches Iron Tail as Chimchar back-flips to dodge. After a brief hesitation, it digs into the field, but Steelix uses Iron Tail on the battlefield to force Chimchar. Steelix tries to bind Chimchar, but it dodges before digging again. Steelix repeats its attempt, forcing Chimchar out and attempting another Bind, but Chimchar dodges again. Steelix tries to follow up, but the ground near Steelix caves and throws the Pokémon off balance, due to Chimchar’s digging. Chimchar hits with Flame Wheel to Steelix’s head, knocking it out. Meanwhile, Team Rocket attempts to sneak into the building again, but a Kabutops chases them away.
Byron summons his prized Pokémon Bastiodon. Ash reflects on how it stopped Rampardos’s Head Smash and notices Chimchar’s declining energy. Wanting to finish quickly, Ash has Chimchar launch Flamethrower immediately. Bastiodon’s Iron Defense easily deflects the attack before it counters with Metal Burst, blasting Chimchar against a rock. Chimchar struggles to rise, but it falls back down, unable to battle. Ash recalls Chimchar.
Team Rocket comes back to the Gym, and finds a display room showing special fossils. They run into a Armaldo and a Cradily, but two fossil Pokémon manages to blast Team Rocket out from the Gym with their combination of Hyper Beam and Energy Ball.
Ash summons his final Pokémon Gliscor. Dawn questions why he didn’t choose Staravia for aerial attacks, but Brock believes in Ash’s choice, this being Gliscor’s first gym battle. Gliscor gets behind Bastiodon and uses Steel Wing, but Bastiodon uses Iron Defense to repel. Gliscor tries to get behind again and attempts Fire Fang, but Bastiodon’s Flash Cannon hits Gliscor and halts the attack. While Gliscor hits the turf, Bastiodon charges with Iron Head. Gliscor quickly flies up to dodge, but Bastiodon comes back around and tosses Gliscor up with a second Iron Head. Bastiodon succeeds with a third Iron Head, keeping Gliscor suspended. Bastiodon fires Flash Cannon, but Gliscor spreads its wings to dodge before jumping on Bastiodon's back, grabbing its horns and landing a Fire Fang.
Bastiodon tries to throw Gliscor off as Gliscor or hangs on and repeats Fire Fang. Bastiodon tosses it off and fires Flash Cannon, but Gliscor uses its tail to trip Bastiodon and causes the attack to miss. Bastiodon and Gliscor are both exhausted. Both Ash and Byron know that the last hit will decide the outcome. Bastiodon charges with Iron Head. Gliscor uses X-Scissor to stop Bastiodon, but it fails. Ash tells Gliscor to take cover behind a rock, so Byron has Bastiodon smash it. It does so, but Gliscor managed to fly up at the last moment. Bastiodon fires Flash Cannon, but Gliscor dodges and uses Sand-Attack to cloak the area before hitting with a close-range Fire Fang. The explosion tosses both Pokémon aside, but Bastiodon falls, unable to battle. Ash wins the match as Gliscor hugs Ash. Afterward, Roark and Byron congratulate Ash on his victory. Byron gives Ash the Mine Badge. Ash gladly accepts it and holds it up, his Pokémon celebrating as well.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Trivia
- Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Machoke
- This is Gliscor's first Gym battle, and as of this episode Ash's entire team has now participated in at least one Gym battle.
- As of this episode, Buizel has participated in more Gym Battles that any other member of Ash's Sinnoh team (including Pikachu if Gym Battles from other regions aren't counted). However, it also ties with Chimchar if its battle against Roark as a part of Paul's team is counted.
- This episode marks the shortest time between gym battles for Ash against a Sinnoh Gym Leader. Ash's last Gym battle was just six episodes ago, against Fantina.
- Ash's victory against Byron is similar to his victory over Jasmine.
- Jasmine's badge, the Mineral Badge, was the sixth Johto badge Ash obtained, while the Mine Badge is the sixth Sinnoh badge Ash obtained.
- Both Jasmine and Byron were defeated in the 108th episode of their region (EP117 being the first episode of Johto).
- Both leaders specialize in Template:Type2s, and also used a Steelix in battle.
- Byron's Steelix was defeated by Ash's Chimchar, the Sinnoh region's Template:Type2 starter, while Jasmine's Steelix was defeated by Ash's Cyndaquil, the Johto region's Template:Type2 starter.
- Music from Mewtwo Strikes Back and Pikachu's Vacation is used. Pokémon Symphonic Medley is used as background music.
- Meowth breaks the fourth wall during this episode.
- A remixed version of Team Magma and Team Aqua's battle music is used in this episode.
- The name of the episode could be referring to the high defense stat that most steel-types possess,which is the type that Byron specializes in.
Errors
- In multiple scenes, the stripes on Byron's pants are colored gray instead of yellow.
- Bastiodon's Iron Defense protected it against Chimchar's Flamethrower. However, this could not work as Iron Defense only raises Defense, not Special Defense.
Dub edits
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