← BW084 | Episode | BW086 → Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1)  (激闘タチワキジム！VSホミカ！！ (前編）) General Other Information Season: Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies Char. of the Day: None Episode №: #740 Main: Ash, Iris, Cilan Aired:  Jun-14-2012 Recurring: Jessie, James, Dr. Zager, Nurse Joy  Oct-13-2012 Opening Theme: Rival Destinies Minor: Roxie, Roo, Cook, Boy, Referee, Kenso, Audience Badge(s): Setting: Virbank City, Virbank City Gym Pokémon: Ash's Pikachu, Iris' Axew, Ash's Boldore, Team Rocket's Meowth, Ash's Leavanny, Ash's Unfezant, Nurse Joy's Audino, Roxie's Koffing, Roxie's Garbodor, Roxie's Scolipede, Meloetta, Foongus, Blitzle, Patrat (x2), Pidove (x2), Swanna, Lillipup, Sandile, Deerling Pokémon belonging to other trainers: Mienfoo, Watchog, Gothitelle Major event(s) Ash and co. meet Roxie and her band the Koffing, Ash challenges Roxie to a Gym Battle and she accepts, Ash begins his battle with Roxie. Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies

Episode Plot

Ladies and gentlemen... ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?! BECAUSE THE TIME HAS COME FOR ASH'S FINAL GYM BATTLE AND IT'LL BLOW YOUR EARDRUMS AWAY!

Since the Gym in Opelucid City was closed, Ash had to use the Virbank City Gym as a substitute and here he meets the ultra-punky Roxie and her band, the Koffing and soon finds out the Virbank Gym doubles as a live venue and with a loud Thunderbolt Ash challenges the young Gym Leader to a Gym Battle in which she accepts with one condition: Ash will battle with a full team of six Pokémon while she uses only three. What Pokémon will this next generation Pretty Poison have up her sleeve?

Debuts

Humans

• Roxie
• Roo
• Cook

Trivia

• Prior to this episode, Ash swapped Oshawott, Snivy, Scraggy and Krokorok for Boldore, Unfezant, Leavanny and Palpitoad.
• Roxie is the first Gym Leader who made her anime debut prior to the game she was in: Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2.
• There was a moment similar to IL014: Electric Shock Showdown where trainers were being beaten one after another by Roxie.
• The effect of poison has the same visual as the effect of paralysis in the anime, only purple.

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