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Clash of the Connoisseurs!

BW080   EP737 ポケモンソムリエ対決！テイスティングバトル！！ Pokémon Sommelier Showdown! Tasting Battle!!

First broadcast Japan May 24, 2012 United States September 22, 2012

English themes Opening Rival Destinies Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 案浦達哉 Tatsuya Annoura No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf Dub review thread on BMGf

Clash of the Connoisseurs! (Japanese: ポケモンソムリエ対決！テイスティングバトル！！ Pokémon Sommelier Showdown! Tasting Battle!!) is the 80th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 737th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 24, 2012 and in the United States on September 22, 2012.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Cilan's goal is mastery as a Pokémon Connoisseur. In the midst of his travels, a confrontation between connoisseurs occurs! A girl named Marigold wants to pick out her first Pokémon, and choosing compatible Pokémon for new Trainers is one of the jobs of a Pokémon Connoisseur! Suddenly, an A-Class Connoisseur named Ricard Nouveau arrives, causing a dispute between him and Cilan on choosing the right Pokémon for Marigold. A battle takes place in order to choose what Pokémon will be Marigold's partner. A conflict occurs between Richard's Purrloin and Cilan's Crustle.

Major events

• Ash learns that the Gym in Opelucid City is closed.
• The group meets with Burgundy again.
• Ash learns that there is a Gym located in Virbank City and decides to go there.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Petilil
• Whimsicott

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Nurse Joy
• Burgundy
• Ricard Nouveau
• Marigold
• Mr. Hatterly
• Butler
• Young Woman (fantasy)

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Whimsicott (US and international) Purrloin (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Crustle (Cilan's)
• Purrloin (Ricard Nouveau's)
• Foongus (Marigold's)
• Frillish
• Deerling
• Petilil
• Sewaddle
• Lillipup
• Patrat
• Blitzle
• Swanna
• Minccino
• Cottonee
• Whimsicott
• Lilligant (fantasy; Young Woman's)
• Gothitelle (fantasy)
• Swadloon (fantasy; multiple)
• Maractus (fantasy)
• Trubbish (fantasy)

Trivia

• Professor Oak presents a trailer for the upcoming TV broadcast of one version of the fourteenth Pokémon movie chosen by voters, and a trailer for the fifteenth Pokémon movie instead of the usual Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster.
  • During Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster, (Hooray, Hooray!) It's a Cheeky Holiday! by The Cheeky Girls is played.
• Iris narrates the preview for the next episode.
• The voices used for Dare da? change as of this episode.

Errors

• In the fantasy scene with Gothitelle, its hands are black instead of purple.
• When Foongus jumps toward Marigold its body is smaller than her hands, but when it appears out of her arms it is much bigger in size.

Dub edits

• In the dub, after Burgundy is sent flying by Cilan's Crustle's Rock Wrecker, Ash remarks that he "could've sworn he heard that before," possibly referencing how Team Rocket was sent blasting off in nearly every episode prior to the Best Wishes series.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		神奇寶貝酒侍對決！品評對戰！！
Dutch		Botsing tussen de Deskundigen!

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