Plot

Ash and Morrison are battling each other in the Hoenn League and Morrison is so upset he can't bring himself to choose his next Pokemon after his Girafrig is knocked out! He's almost disqualified before he decides to send Growlithe out against Ash's Corphish. But Morrison doesn't have Growlithe attack and his Pokemon is quickly knocked out. Ash angrily demands to know why Morrison isn't fighting which makes Morrison realize his Pokemon are counting on him to give it his best, too.

He rallies and brings out Swampert--both it and Corphish unleash their strongest attacks, resulting in a double KO! It's time for a battlefield change and Morrison apologizes to Ash. Then, Pikachu and Morrison's Steelix take to the grass battlefield. Another head-to-head battle results in Pikachu out of the match and Torkoal is defeated as well! It's up to Grovyle to beat Steelix, but Morrison's Gligar gets the better of their aerial battle. Gligar and Ash's Swellow have another double KO, so this match will be decided by Glalie and Metang. Some clever strategy wins the day for Ash, who becomes one of only 8 semifinalists! And Ash soon finds out that he will be facing Tyson in the semifinals and their match begins with a real bang!