|pchars = Ash's Pikachu, Team Rocket's Meowth, Jessie's Wobbuffet, Brock's Forretress, Jessie's Seviper, James' Cacnea, Thatcher's Plusle and Minun, pep squad's Vileplume, Shroomish, Makuhita, Roselia
|pchars = Ash's Pikachu, Team Rocket's Meowth, Jessie's Wobbuffet, Brock's Forretress, Jessie's Seviper, James' Cacnea, Thatcher's Plusle and Minun, pep squad's Vileplume, Shroomish, Makuhita, Roselia
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|major = Ash and friends re-encounter Thatcher. The four friends find a cheerleading squad.}}
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|major = Ash and friends re-encounter Thatcher. The four friends find a cheerleading squad.}}
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==Plot==
==Plot==
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[[May (anime)|May]] is very happy to see her first ribbon. [[Ash]] is confident, so they go to the next city. [[Max]] wonders where he is going, when the direction he went to was wrong one. When they arrive to a town, they hear drums being played. A kid arrives to them, making them think who they are. Ash makes a flashback - the kid is Thatcher. Ash wonders why is Thatcher doing in the town, so Thatcher explaines.
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Ashmeetsanoldfriend:ThatcherfromMt. Lighthouse!He'samemberof a pepsquad school that cheersatPokemon battles, ledbyamannamedSheridan.
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WhenThatcherwenttobecomea Pokemon trainer, he trained PlusleandMinun. Amanappearedbeforehim - a teacherfor school in which they all practice cheerleading. Thatcher was lucky enough to be accepted and he learnes to cheerlead. Team Rocket overhear, so they want to have their own cheering squad. Max thinks that HelpingHandwould be illegal in battles, soheasks[[Brock(anime)|Brock]], but Brock flirts with girls. Thatcher believes that cheering will improve the Pokemon'sefficiency.
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A disguised Team Rocket offersSheridanmoneytocheerfortheirPokemonbattles. Totest the effectivenessof the cheering, Ash and Brock offer to battleagainst Team Rocket.
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Team Rocket appearbeforethecheerleadingteacheranddemandto becomecheerleaders. Theywant to battle the gang and willpay the teacher for becoming cheerleaders. A woman arrives near the gang and asks them to battle some new students, to which Ash and Brock agree to.Thegang arrives and Thatcher introduces them to the school teacher, Sheridan. Team Rocket arrive as well, so [[James]] (disguised as Jamester) will battle Brock. Jamester sends [[James' Cacnea|Cacnea]], while Brock his [[Brock's Forretress|Forretress]]. Cacnea uses Pin Missile, but the attack is deflected by Forretress' Rapid Spin.
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Brock's Forretress knocks out James' Cacnea, whoissecretlyrevivedusing Helping Hand. Sheridanwearsamaskcontainingasmallmicrophonethathe uses to givedirections to Pokemonhiddeninsidethepep'ssquad'sgiant drums.
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Forretress uses Tackle, knocking Cacnea out.Ash thinks Cacnea's defeated, buttheSquad begins to cheer for Cacnea.Sheriganwhispers"Helping Hand" and Cacnea stands up. CacneausesNeedleArm,damagingForretressandsuprisingthegang. Cacnea uses Sandstorm and Pin Missile. Forretress uses Rapid Spin, but gets defeated due to (improved) Pin Missile. Maxgoes to checkashesawsomelightcoming from the drums. It is [[Jessie]] (disguised as Jessica) vs. Ash.
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AfterCacneawins, it's Ash and Pikachu vs. JessieandSeviper. Jessie doesn'tpayattention to the battle, and Seviper isquicklytakendown. Sheridan issuescommands to reviveSeviperrepeatedly.
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Jessicasends[[Jessie's Seviper|Seviper]] (Jessie planned that James and Meowth will take [[Ash's Piakchu|Pikachu]] using a newrobot). PikachuusesThunderbolt, then Quick Attack. Jessie isnotready yet to battle, but Pikachu uses Iron Tail, knocking Seviper out. Max sees the cheer squad from a closer distance. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, hitting Seviper.Jessiedemandssomesupport, so the squad cheers. Sheridan whispers"Aroma therapy", so max overhears those words. Inside the drum, Vileplume and Roselia use poweder to healtheSeviper.
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Maxsneaksnearbyandknocks the drumsover, revealing the Pokemonconcealedinside. Sheridanrunsoff, and Ash manages to encourage Pikachu to victory.
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Sheridanwhispers"HelpingHand",so inside the drumMakuhita and Shroomish use Helping Hand to power Seviper. Seviper uses Poison Tail, damaging Pikachu. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, hurting Seviper. Vileplume and Roselia (inisde the drum)useAroma Therapy to recover the Seviper. Pikachurepeatsthe attack once more, but so does Sheridan. Seviper uses Poison Tail and Ash orders Pikachu to evade, but Pikachu is tired so he couldn't. Thatcher advises Ash to quit, but Seviper uses Wrap.
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TeamRocketthenrevealthemselves, but Pikachuistooweak to fightthemoff. PlusleandMinunrevive Pikachu, whose Thunder attackstartsathunderstorm. Aboltoflightninghits Team Rocket's balloon, sending them blastingoff.
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Sheridanwhispersto useHelpingHand, but Maxpushesthedrums, so Roselia, Makuhita, Vileplume and Shroomish are revealed to beinside.Everyone is mad at Sheridan, so he escapes. SeviperusesWrapto attack Pikachu, then uses Haze to dim the Ash's vision. Nevertheless, Pikachu uses Thunder,defeatingSeviper.TeamRocket take their disguises off. Jessiewonderswhereisthe robot they should've get, but[[Team Rocket's Meowth|Meowth]] replies that they paid for cheerleading, however James reminds them thatPikachu is worn out and they'll capture it. An arm grabs Pikachu. Ash orders Pikchu to use Thunderbolt, but Pikachu is worn out, so he can't.
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Themembersof the pepsquaddecide to gohome, Thatcher continueshisownPokemonjourney,whileAsh and friendscontinue to Lavaridge Town.
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Thatcher'sPlusleand Minum use Helping Hand, powering Pikachu up. Pikachu uses Thunder, freeing himself. Thunder attack goes to the skyandback to Teamrocket, negating electricity proof ballon and blasting them off. Thatcher realizesthatoneself'spowerisgreater than someone else's. A woman agrees with Thatcher and wil make a new start, so Brock goes with flirting routine, but Max pulls his ear. The gangleaves to Lavaridge Town.
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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===Errors===
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* Featured Pokemon: Shiftry, Taillow, Swampert, Torkoal
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* Near the beginning of the episode, the classic Pokemon identification from previous seasons is shown. The Pokemon featured was Jigglypuff.
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==Errors==
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{{Anime-stub}}
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* When the episode name is announced, the location where Ash and co. are was wrong the entire time - before it seemed they were going in north-western town - Lavaridge Town - but in this episode the location was moved, so in this episode they are traveling from Fallarbor to Lavaridge Town, which is correct.
May is very happy to see her first ribbon. Ash is confident, so they go to the next city. Max wonders where he is going, when the direction he went to was wrong one. When they arrive to a town, they hear drums being played. A kid arrives to them, making them think who they are. Ash makes a flashback - the kid is Thatcher. Ash wonders why is Thatcher doing in the town, so Thatcher explaines.
When Thatcher went to become a Pokemon trainer, he trained Plusle and Minun. A man appeared before him - a teacher for school in which they all practice cheerleading. Thatcher was lucky enough to be accepted and he learnes to cheerlead. Team Rocket overhear, so they want to have their own cheering squad. Max thinks that Helping Hand would be illegal in battles, so he asks Brock, but Brock flirts with girls. Thatcher believes that cheering will improve the Pokemon's efficiency.
Team Rocket appear before the cheerleading teacher and demand to become cheerleaders. They want to battle the gang and will pay the teacher for becoming cheerleaders. A woman arrives near the gang and asks them to battle some new students, to which Ash and Brock agree to. The gang arrives and Thatcher introduces them to the school teacher, Sheridan. Team Rocket arrive as well, so James (disguised as Jamester) will battle Brock. Jamester sends Cacnea, while Brock his Forretress. Cacnea uses Pin Missile, but the attack is deflected by Forretress' Rapid Spin.
Forretress uses Tackle, knocking Cacnea out. Ash thinks Cacnea's defeated, but the Squad begins to cheer for Cacnea. Sherigan whispers "Helping Hand" and Cacnea stands up. Cacnea uses Needle Arm, damaging Forretress and suprising the gang. Cacnea uses Sandstorm and Pin Missile. Forretress uses Rapid Spin, but gets defeated due to (improved) Pin Missile. Max goes to check as he saw some light coming from the drums. It is Jessie (disguised as Jessica) vs. Ash.
Jessica sends Seviper (Jessie planned that James and Meowth will take Pikachu using a new robot). Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, then Quick Attack. Jessie is not ready yet to battle, but Pikachu uses Iron Tail, knocking Seviper out. Max sees the cheer squad from a closer distance. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, hitting Seviper. Jessie demands some support, so the squad cheers. Sheridan whispers "Aroma therapy", so max overhears those words. Inside the drum, Vileplume and Roselia use poweder to heal the Seviper.
Sheridan whispers "Helping Hand", so inside the drum Makuhita and Shroomish use Helping Hand to power Seviper. Seviper uses Poison Tail, damaging Pikachu. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, hurting Seviper. Vileplume and Roselia (inisde the drum) use Aroma Therapy to recover the Seviper. Pikachu repeats the attack once more, but so does Sheridan. Seviper uses Poison Tail and Ash orders Pikachu to evade, but Pikachu is tired so he couldn't. Thatcher advises Ash to quit, but Seviper uses Wrap.
Sheridan whispers to use Helping Hand, but Max pushes the drums, so Roselia, Makuhita, Vileplume and Shroomish are revealed to be inside. Everyone is mad at Sheridan, so he escapes. Seviper uses Wrap to attack Pikachu, then uses Haze to dim the Ash's vision. Nevertheless, Pikachu uses Thunder, defeating Seviper. Team Rocket take their disguises off. Jessie wonders where is the robot they should've get, but Meowth replies that they paid for cheerleading, however James reminds them that Pikachu is worn out and they'll capture it. An arm grabs Pikachu. Ash orders Pikchu to use Thunderbolt, but Pikachu is worn out, so he can't.
Thatcher's Plusle and Minum use Helping Hand, powering Pikachu up. Pikachu uses Thunder, freeing himself. Thunder attack goes to the sky and back to Team rocket, negating electricity proof ballon and blasting them off. Thatcher realizes that one self's power is greater than someone else's. A woman agrees with Thatcher and wil make a new start, so Brock goes with flirting routine, but Max pulls his ear. The gang leaves to Lavaridge Town.
Trivia
Featured Pokemon: Shiftry, Taillow, Swampert, Torkoal
Near the beginning of the episode, the classic Pokemon identification from previous seasons is shown. The Pokemon featured was Jigglypuff.
Errors
When the episode name is announced, the location where Ash and co. are was wrong the entire time - before it seemed they were going in north-western town - Lavaridge Town - but in this episode the location was moved, so in this episode they are traveling from Fallarbor to Lavaridge Town, which is correct.
