BW052: Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!

Summary

The time has finally come. Ash vs. Elesa in a Pokémon Gym Battle. Ash tries to think of a strategy and comes up with one. Since Elesa uses Electric-Type Pokémon, and Ground-Type Pokémon beat Electric-Types, Ash has decided to use only his Palpitoad during the battle and leave Pikachu out. Will Ash's strategy work, especially if Elesa's other two Pokémon have no weakness against Ground-types? No, because her second pokemon is her Emolga which has an advantage over a Ground-Type because it's not only an Electric-Type, it is also a Flying-Type!

Debuts

Pokémon

• Tynamo

Items

• Bolt Badge

Trivia

• This is the fourth time Ash battled an Electric type Gym Leader. The first three being Lt. Surge, Wattson and Volkner.
  • This is also the only time Ash battles an Electric Gym Leader without having a rematch.
• The battle is a bit of a reverse of what happened in the Gym Battle between Ash and Falkner, with Elesa knocking out two of Ash's Pokémon with just one.
• Ash's Palpitoad is confirmed to be male in this episode.
• This is the first time in the anime that a gym leader's most powerful Pokémon got knocked out first before it did any real damage. The most powerful of a gym leaders Pokémon is usually knocked out last after it does collateral damage but this episode was different. This may have been due to type advantage as Palpitoad is a dual water and Ground-type and Ground is super-effective against Electric.
• This is the first time Ash switched his team during a Gym Battle.
• Thinking it was easy to beat Elesa, Ash only brought in Palpitoad, the only time he brought in one Pokémon to battle three
• Two of Elesa's Pokemons are out when they hit the wall. The two were Emolga and Tynamo because of Ash's Pikachu.
• This is the second time Ash used Palpitoad, Snivy, and Pikachu in a battle since BW041: Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!, BW042: Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!, BW043: The Club Battle Hearts of Fury, Emolga Versus Sawk!, and BW044: The Club Battle Finale: A Heroes Outcome! during the tournament battle sponsored by the Pokemon Battle Club in Nimbasa Town.
• The reason why the Driftveil Drawbridge is offline for repairs is because of Team Rocket in BW049:Crisis from the Underground Up!
• Professor Oak's Live Caster: Zorua
• Who's That Pokemon?: Zebstrika (Japan), Tynamo (U.S.) 

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