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|en_title = Jostling for the Junior Cup!
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|ja_title = ジュニアカップ開幕!カイリューVSツンベアー!!
|nextnum = BW093
 
|name = Jostling for the Junior Cup!
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|image = BW092.png
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|num = 751
|jname = ジュニアカップ開幕!カイリューVSツンベアー!!
 
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|ja_air = {{MDY|8|2|2012}}
|jnum = 749
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|us_air = {{MDY|12|1|2012}}
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|series = Pokémon the Series: Black & White
|jair = Aug-02-2012
 
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|subtitle = Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2
|uair = Dec-01-2012
 
|season = Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies
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|season = Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies
|songs = Rival Destinies (Song)
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|ja_opening = Be an Arrow!
|songs2 = Rival Destinies
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|ja_ending = Look Look☆Here
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|en_opening = Rival Destinies (song)
|b1 = Triobadge.png
 
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|badge = Triobadge.png, Basicbadge.png, Insectbadge.png, Boltbadge.png, Quakebadge.png, Jetbadge.png, Freezebadge.png, Toxicbadge.png
|b2 = Basicbadge.png
 
 
|major = Ash and co. arrive at Lacunosa Town. Dawn meets Alder, the Champion. Dawn meets Trip, Burgundy and Georgia. Trip's Servine is revealed to have evolved into Serperior. Burgundy is revealed to have a Darmanitan. Iris' Dragonite begins to disobey Iris. Ash, Cilan, Dawn and Iris advance to next round.
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|machars = [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]], [[Iris (anime)|Iris]], [[Cilan (anime)|Cilan]], [[Dawn (anime)|Dawn]]
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|rchars = [[Trip]], [[Burgundy]], [[Georgia]], [[Cynthia (anime)|Cynthia]]
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|michars = [[Caitlin (anime)|Caitlin]], [[Alder (anime)|Alder]], [[Manning]], [[Kenton]], [[Shepherd]], [[Simeon]], [[Marris]], [[Geraldo]], [[Cassie]], [[Ramone]], [[Freddy O'Martian]]
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|pchars = [[Ash's Pikachu]], [[Iris' Haxorus (anime)|Iris' Axew]], [[Dawn's Piplup]], [[Iris' Dragonite]], [[Meloetta (anime)|Meloetta]], [[Trip's Serperior]], [[Georgia's Beartic]], [[Cynthia's Garchomp (anime)|Cynthia's Garchomp]], [[Caitlin's Gothitelle (anime)|Caitlin's Gothitelle]], [[Burgundy's Darmanitan]], [[Ash's Leavanny]], [[Cilan's Pansage]], [[Nurse Joy's Audino]], [[Foongus]], [[Watchog]], [[Lillipup]],
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[[Manning's Heatmor]], [[Horatio's Cinccino]], [[Kenton's Golett]], [[Shepherd's Galvantula]], [[Simeon's Zebstrika]], [[Marris' Karrablast]], [[Geraldo's Reuniclus]], [[Cassie's Sawsbuck]], [[Ramone's Stoutland]]
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|local = [[Lacunosa Town]]
|major = Ash and co. arrive at Lacunosa Town. Dawn meets Trip, Burgundy and Georgia. Trip's Servine is revealed to have evolved into Serperior. Burgundy is revealed to have obtained a Darmanitan. Trip defeats Burgundy and moves on. Iris's Dragonite starts disobeying her in a battle against Georgia, but she still wins and moves on. Ash, Cilan and Dawn move on to the next round.
 
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|ja_title_card = BW092 TC JA.png
|machars = [[Ash]], [[Iris (anime)|Iris]], [[Cilan (anime)|Cilan]], [[Dawn]]
 
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|en_title_card =
|rchars = [[Trip]], [[Burgundy]], [[Georgia]], [[Cynthia]]
 
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|animation = 篠原隆 (Takashi Shinohara)
|michars = [[Caitlin]], [[Alder]], Marufuji, Kenta, Sugiura, Shiozaki, Morishima, Hirokazu, Kobashi, Rikio, [[Freddy O'Martian]]
 
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|director = 吉村文宏 (Fumihiro Yoshimura)
|pchars = [[Ash's Pikachu]], [[Iris' Axew]], [[Dawn's Piplup]], [[Iris' Dragonite]], [[Meloetta (Anime)|Meloetta]], [[Trip's Serperior]], [[Georgia's Beartic]], [[Cynthia's Garchomp]], [[Caitlin's Gothitelle]], [[Burgundy's Darmanitan]], [[Ash's Leavanny]], [[Cilan's Pansage]], [[Nurse Joy's Audino]], [[Foongus]], [[Watchog]], [[Lillipup]],
 
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|screenplay = 武上純希 (Junki Takegami)
Marufuji's Heatmor, Kenta's Golett, Sugiura's Galvantula, Shiozaki's Zebstrika, Morishima's Karrablast, Hirokazu's Reuniclus, Kobashi's Sawsbuck, Rikio's Stoutland
 
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|storyboard = 吉村文宏 (Fumihiro Yoshimura)
|local = [[Lacunosa Town]]}}
 
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}}
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{{Nihongo|Jostling for the Junior Cup!|ジュニアカップ開幕!カイリューVSツンベアー!!|The Junior Cup Gets Underway! Dragonite VS Beartic!!}} is the 42nd episode of ''[[Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies]]''.
   
==Plot==
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==Synopsis==
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<section begin="Synopsis"/>''The Lacunosa Town Tournament Stadium is buzzing with excitement, as the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup gets under way! With commentary from Freddy The Scoop and Champion Alder, the tournament begins with an exhibition match between Cynthia, the Sinnoh League Champion, and Caitlin, a member of the Unova Elite Four. These two top Trainers show their stuff with an elegant and beautiful battle between Caitlin’s Gothitelle and Cynthia’s Garchomp, which ends in a draw when time is called.''<section end="Synopsis"/>
Finally arriving at Lacunosa Town, [[Ash]] and co. finally arrive for the World Tournament Junior Cup, where the winner will battle Alder. As they go there to register they found Alder talking to Cynthia outside having a conversation. Naturally, Ash's rival Trip is there with his newly evolved Serperior (since Ash's 3rd battle with him [[BW034: Ash and Trip's Third Battle!|58 episodes earlier]]) when his Servine evolved, and he's not going to be knocked out of the tournament that easy. But Trip's not the only rival that their friend Dawn meets who can be a pain in the neck exactly. That's right! And lookout everyone, here comes Iris' rival, [[Georgia]], the Dragon Buster, and Cilan's rival, Burgundy, the C-Class Pokemon Connoissuese who doesn't like Dawn's Pokemon Coordinator personality when she's friends with Cilan. Now that Ash's friends and rivals are all here to enter (minus Luke, Bianca, and Stephan), who will come out on top? Round 1 begins now!
 
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''Then it’s time for Round One! Ash’s rival Trip is paired up against the Pokémon Connaisseuse Burgundy, who only wants to battle her old nemesis Cilan. But Trip’s Serperior manages to take down her Darmanitan in a flash—despite the type disadvantage. Burgundy is furious, but Trip is quietly confident that he’ll win the whole tournament and go on to prove his strength by beating Alder.''
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''Cilan, Ash, and Dawn defeat their first-round opponents as well—and then, in the last battle of the round, it’s Iris and her new Dragonite versus “Dragon Buster” Georgia and her Beartic! This is Dragonite’s first battle with Iris, and it’s clear they’re not connecting: Dragonite repeatedly ignores Iris’s orders to dodge, instead standing its ground as Beartic lands hit after hit. When Beartic’s supereffective Ice Beam freezes Dragonite solid, Iris has had enough, and screams at her headstrong Pokémon to pay attention and get serious. In response, Dragonite breaks free of the ice and—without a command from Iris—launches a powerful ThunderPunch at Beartic, knocking it out! Georgia insists that she lost to Dragonite and not to Iris, but Iris is thrilled about defeating her rival anyway.''
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''Alder declares the day’s battles a success, the crowd erupts in excitement, and Round Two awaits!''<ref>{{Cite|url = https://www.pokemon.com/us/animation/seasons/15/episode-42-jostling-for-the-junior-cup/|entry = Jostling for the Junior Cup! {{!}} Pokémon TV (pokemon.com)|title = The Official Pokémon Website {{!}} Pokemon.com|access-date = {{MDY|2|4|2024}}}}</ref>
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==Episode plot==
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The heroes arrived at the Lacunosa Town and admire the stadium, where the Junior Cup will take place. Meloetta appears and is asked to cheer for all of them. Two guys accidentally push Ash, causing Meloetta to be scared off and disappear. They walk and spot Nurse Joy with Audino, thinking this is the Pokémon Center. They also encounter Alder, who tries to convince Cynthia to have lunch with him, who refuses. Dawn sees Alder and Ash goes to greet him, but Trip appears, enraged by Alder's personality. Alder tries to remember Trip's name, but Trip is not amused. Ash greets both of them, while Trip aims to win the Cup to have a chance to battle Alder himself. He aims to defeat Alder, claiming his title will be in the past.
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Cynthia leaves, while Alder follows her. Dawn thinks he has a colorful personality. Suddenly, Georgia appears and immediately chides Iris. Iris replies she is a little kid, but Georgia clarifies Iris cannot lose before she battles her, even if she is not a Dragon Master yet. Ash tells Dawn Georgia is Iris' rival. Cilan goes away, but is stopped by Burgundy, who promises to crush him. Burgundy notices Dawn, who admits she is Cilan's friend. Burgundy yells at her, claiming Cilan will soon start his boring evaluations that will make everyone's ears fall off. Burgundy aims to prove she is a better Connoisseur than Cilan, then walks away. Dawn replies there are too many annoying people here.
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Inside the stadium, Freddy O'Martian presents Alder, Unova's champion, who will fight the winner of the Cup. Alder greets everyone and reminds them to give their best, for he will wait for the challenge. Before the battle, Freddy presents two people, who will fight in the exhibition match: Caitlin of the Elite Four and Cynthia, Sinnoh's Champion. Cynthia greets Caitlin once more and gives her the chance to prove herself, for she trained well to become the Elite Four. Cynthia sends Garchomp and Caitlin, Gothitelle. The match is timed onto ten minutes. Caitlin admits it is an honor to battle Cynthia, as Gothitelle starts with Flatter, which confuses Garchomp. Gothitelle uses Psychic, causing Garchomp to be bashed onto the ground and wall.
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Gothitelle goes to bash Garchomp onto the ceiling, who uses Dragon Rush to hit Gothitelle. Cynthia congratulates on Caitlin, who shows a lot of strength and courage. Caitlin admits her old self is gone, but feels her heart pounding again. Garchomp uses Draco Meteor, but is countered by Gothitelle's Thunderbolt. The attacks collide, causing a firework. They collide again, both use Brick Break. The match ends in a draw, as the ten minutes passed. Caitlin thanks Cynthia for the match, as she aims to present her battles with elegance and beauty. She hopes more battles from Cynthia, who wishes the same and shakes her hand. The audience favors both of them, while Freddy presents the challengers of the Cup.
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The first battle is Burgundy vs. Trip, the former wishing to battle Cilan instead. Cilan is matched with Shepherd, while Ash will face Marris. Dawn will battle Ramon and Georgia will face Iris, both of them determined to crush each other. Meloetta appears among the audience, glad to see the upcoming battles. Burgundy battles Trip, as she sends Darmanitan against Serperior. Ash realizes Trip's Servine evolved. Burgundy announces her evaluation, but Trip simply orders Serperior to use Leer on Darmanitan. Burgundy calls this trickery, while Serperior uses Solar Beam, which defeats Darmanitan. Trip wins, while Burgundy calls Darmanitan back, annoyed she lost so easily. Ash admits that was quick for Trip to win. Trip, however, aims at defeating Alder.
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Later, Manning's Heatmor defeats Kenton's Golett, while Cilan's Pansage defeats Shepherd's Galvantula. Simeon's Zebstrika is defeated by Horatio's Cinccino's Giga Impact. Ash sends Leavanny, whose Energy Ball defeats Marris' Karrablast. Geraldo's Reuniclus defeats Cassie's Sawsbuck with Thunderbolt, while Dawn's Piplup uses Drill Peck to defeat Ramone's Stoutland. Last are Iris and Georgia. Iris sends out Dragonite, making Georgia pleased to see that Iris has another Dragon Pokémon other than Axew. Georgia has Beartic start off with Hidden Power, but when Iris orders Dragonite to dodge, he instead deflects the attack. Georgia orders a Focus Blast, but Dragonite again does not listen to Iris, and simply stops the attack. Cilan deduces that Dragonite considers dodging too similar to running away.
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Beartic uses back-to-back Ice Beams, and Dragonite ends up frozen solid, as he refuses to dodge or even use his super-effective Flamethrower attack. Cilan calls this reckless and that sees Iris and Dragonite are not compatible, while Ash wonders whether Dragonite even wants to win or not. Iris yells for Dragonite to be serious and battle. Dragonite breaks out of the ice and charges towards Beartic, who uses Blizzard. Dragonite powers through the move and uses Thunder Punch, instantly knocking out Beartic. Iris wins, so Georgia calls Beartic back. Iris, while glad, claims that Dragonite shouldn't be reckless. Georgia replies that she lost against Dragonite and lets Iris know that if she's to call herself a Dragon Master, she should use a Pokémon that will actually listen to her.
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With the first round over, Ash inspires his friends to do their best in the second round.
   
 
==Debuts==
 
==Debuts==
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===Character===
'''Humans'''
 
*[[Caitlin]]
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*[[Caitlin (anime)|Caitlin]]
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*[[Manning]]
'''Pokémon'''
 
*[[Serperior]]
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*[[Kenton]]
*[[Reuniclus]]
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*[[Shepherd]]
*[[Cinccino]]
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*[[Simeon]]
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*[[Marris]]
==World Tournament Junior Cup Exhibition Match==
 
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*[[Geraldo]]
*[[Cynthia]] vs. [[Caitlin]]
 
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*[[Cassie]]
*10 min Exhibition Match ends in a draw.
 
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*[[Ramone]]
==World Tournament Junior Cup Match-Ups of the First Round==
 
*1st battle: [[Trip]] v.s [[Burgundy]]
 
*2nd battle: [[Manning]] v.s [[Kenton]]
 
*3rd battle: Shepard v.s [[Cilan (anime)|Cilan]]
 
*4th battle: Horatio v.s Simeon
 
*5th battle: Maris v.s [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]]
 
*6th battle: Geraldo v.s Cassie
 
*7th battle: [[Ramone]] v.s [[Dawn]]
 
*8th battle: [[Georgia]] v.s [[Iris (anime)|Iris]]
 
   
 
===Pokémon===
==Advancing to the Second Round==
 
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*[[Trip's Serperior]]
*Trip by defeating Burgundy
 
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*[[Caitlin's Gothitelle (anime)|Caitlin's Gothitelle]]
*Manning by defeating Kenton
 
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*Cilan by defeating Shepard
 
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===Move===
*Horatio by defeating Simeon
 
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[[Flatter]]
*Ash by defeating Maris
 
*Geraldo by defeating Cassie
 
*Dawn by defeating Ramone
 
*Iris by defeating Georgia
 
   
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
*Dawn: There sure are lots of pain in the necks around here.
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:''"There sure are lots of pain in the necks around here."''
*Dawn's Piplup: Lup. Pip-lup.
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:''"Lup. Pip-lup."''
Dawn and Piplup thinking about Ash and co.'s rivals: Trip, Georgia, and Burgundy.
 
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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*Who's that Pokémon?: Garchomp (U.S.)
*Iris' Dragonite's personality of being reckless is the same as Ash's Charizard while battling [[Sparky]] in [[IL079: Friend and Foe Alike]].
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*Iris' Dragonite's personality of being reckless is the same as [[Ash's Charizard]] while battling [[Sparky (Pokémon)|Sparky]] in [[TB081: Friend and Foe Alike|Friend and Foe Alike]].
*Prior to two of these episodes, Ash swapped Snivy, and Scraggy for Leavanny, and Boldore to go along with Krokorok and Pignite.
 
*This episode marks the first time when two different rivals of Ash and co.'s (minus Dawn's) face each other off in a Pokemon Battle. Which is Trip: The Pokemon Trainer from Nuvema Town v.s Burgundy: The C-Class Pokemon Connoisseuse.
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*This episode marks the first time when two different rivals of Ash and co.'s (minus Dawn's) face each other off in a Pokémon Battle.
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*Caitlin is the only Unova Elite Four member to have appeared in the anime.
*That's the second time when a Connoisseur's or Connoisseuses' Evalutation Time gets interrupted. First was Cilan's Evalutation Time gets interrupted by Stephan, [[BW074: A Clubsplosion of Excitement!|during the 2nd round match-up #1 of the Clubsplosion Tournament]]. Hosted by Don George.
 
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*This episode would be the first time Trip made a type disadvantage to a win other than Ash.
 
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==Gallery==
*Also, this would be the only episode that both Burgundy and Georgia are knocked out of the tournament of round 1 because of Trip and Iris who made their type disadvantage to a win with Trip's Serperior and Iris' Dragonite (with its disobedience behavior between a bond of both Trainer and Pokemon).
 
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{{Gallery Box|
*The Title Theme of Arceus and the Jewel of Life is heard again the 7th time before the match-ups, and after the exhibition match since [[BW064: Crisis at Chargestone Cave!]], [[BW065: Evolution Exchange Excitement!]], [[BW069: Cilan Takes Flight!]], [[BW080: Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!]], [[BW086: Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 2)]], and [[BW089: Expediton to Onix Island!]].
 
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BW092 1.png {{!}} Alder tries to invite Cynthia for lunch
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BW092 2.png {{!}} Iris knows well Georgia is behind her
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BW092 3.png {{!}} Burgundy promises to defeat Cilan
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BW092 4.png {{!}} Burgundy yells at Dawn
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BW092 5.png {{!}} Dawn thinks there are too many annoying people around
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BW092 6.png {{!}} Caitlin appears
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BW092 7.png {{!}} Gothitelle's Flatter confuses Garchomp
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BW092 8.png {{!}} Garchomp's Dragon Rush hits Gothitelle
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BW092 9.png {{!}} Freddy and Alder admire the fireworks
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BW092 10.png {{!}} Garchomp and Gothitelle clash using Brick Break
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BW092 11.png {{!}} Caitlin and Cynthia shake hands
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BW092 12.png {{!}} Cilan's Pansage defeats Galvantula
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BW092 13.png {{!}} Dragonite stops Beartic's Focus Blast
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BW092 14.png {{!}} Dragonite allows itself to be hit by Ice Beam
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BW092 15.png {{!}} Dragonite is frozen solid
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BW092 16.png {{!}} Everyone is amazed Dragonite broke out of the ice
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BW092 17.png {{!}} Beartic is hit by Thunder Punch
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
   
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{{Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2 episodes}}
==Goofs==
 
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{{Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies episodes}}
*Burgundy shouldn't known better to not give Trip an evaluation time because this would waste time. Also, she shouldn't do that in the first place without giving Darmanitan a chance to launch an attack on Serperior.
 
 
[[Category:Episodes featuring Elite Four members]]
*When Burgundy said that Trip made toast out of her instead of Cilan, she was burnt toast after all when Trip did this when he executed Darmanitan.
 
*Normally, a Normal-type move like Leer would decrease a Pokemon's defenses one time but Ash and co. had no idea that Serperior's Leer is more powerful than they thought as he finish this battle with [[SolarBeam]].
 
*Every scene in the Pokemon Battle Tournament went by so fast as all of the trainers Pokemons gets beaten after another just to get to the part when Iris is battling Georgia.
 
*Its possible that Dragonite wants to battle a tough Pokemon like Beartic alone without any help from Iris as it blocks Hidden Power and Focus Blast by using hands.
 
*After Beartic freezes Dragonite with Ice Beam, its impossible for Dragonite to break free from ice by moving around from the inside.
 
*It would be impossible for a Dragon-Flying type to survive Blizzard as Dragonite run up to Beartic to score a critical hit by using [[ThunderPunch]].
 
{{Incomplete-plot}}
 
{{Pokémon: Best Wishes!}}
 
[[Category:Episodes featuring Elite Four Members]]
 
 
[[Category:Episodes focusing on Iris]]
 
[[Category:Episodes focusing on Iris]]
[[Category:Episodes in which a Legendary Pokémon Appears]]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 19:34, 18 February 2024

Jostling for the Junior Cup! (Japanese: ジュニアカップ開幕!カイリューVSツンベアー!!, HepburnThe Junior Cup Gets Underway! Dragonite VS Beartic!!) is the 42nd episode of Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies.

Synopsis

The Lacunosa Town Tournament Stadium is buzzing with excitement, as the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup gets under way! With commentary from Freddy The Scoop and Champion Alder, the tournament begins with an exhibition match between Cynthia, the Sinnoh League Champion, and Caitlin, a member of the Unova Elite Four. These two top Trainers show their stuff with an elegant and beautiful battle between Caitlin’s Gothitelle and Cynthia’s Garchomp, which ends in a draw when time is called.

Then it’s time for Round One! Ash’s rival Trip is paired up against the Pokémon Connaisseuse Burgundy, who only wants to battle her old nemesis Cilan. But Trip’s Serperior manages to take down her Darmanitan in a flash—despite the type disadvantage. Burgundy is furious, but Trip is quietly confident that he’ll win the whole tournament and go on to prove his strength by beating Alder.

Cilan, Ash, and Dawn defeat their first-round opponents as well—and then, in the last battle of the round, it’s Iris and her new Dragonite versus “Dragon Buster” Georgia and her Beartic! This is Dragonite’s first battle with Iris, and it’s clear they’re not connecting: Dragonite repeatedly ignores Iris’s orders to dodge, instead standing its ground as Beartic lands hit after hit. When Beartic’s supereffective Ice Beam freezes Dragonite solid, Iris has had enough, and screams at her headstrong Pokémon to pay attention and get serious. In response, Dragonite breaks free of the ice and—without a command from Iris—launches a powerful ThunderPunch at Beartic, knocking it out! Georgia insists that she lost to Dragonite and not to Iris, but Iris is thrilled about defeating her rival anyway.

Alder declares the day’s battles a success, the crowd erupts in excitement, and Round Two awaits![1]

Episode plot

The heroes arrived at the Lacunosa Town and admire the stadium, where the Junior Cup will take place. Meloetta appears and is asked to cheer for all of them. Two guys accidentally push Ash, causing Meloetta to be scared off and disappear. They walk and spot Nurse Joy with Audino, thinking this is the Pokémon Center. They also encounter Alder, who tries to convince Cynthia to have lunch with him, who refuses. Dawn sees Alder and Ash goes to greet him, but Trip appears, enraged by Alder's personality. Alder tries to remember Trip's name, but Trip is not amused. Ash greets both of them, while Trip aims to win the Cup to have a chance to battle Alder himself. He aims to defeat Alder, claiming his title will be in the past.

Cynthia leaves, while Alder follows her. Dawn thinks he has a colorful personality. Suddenly, Georgia appears and immediately chides Iris. Iris replies she is a little kid, but Georgia clarifies Iris cannot lose before she battles her, even if she is not a Dragon Master yet. Ash tells Dawn Georgia is Iris' rival. Cilan goes away, but is stopped by Burgundy, who promises to crush him. Burgundy notices Dawn, who admits she is Cilan's friend. Burgundy yells at her, claiming Cilan will soon start his boring evaluations that will make everyone's ears fall off. Burgundy aims to prove she is a better Connoisseur than Cilan, then walks away. Dawn replies there are too many annoying people here.

Inside the stadium, Freddy O'Martian presents Alder, Unova's champion, who will fight the winner of the Cup. Alder greets everyone and reminds them to give their best, for he will wait for the challenge. Before the battle, Freddy presents two people, who will fight in the exhibition match: Caitlin of the Elite Four and Cynthia, Sinnoh's Champion. Cynthia greets Caitlin once more and gives her the chance to prove herself, for she trained well to become the Elite Four. Cynthia sends Garchomp and Caitlin, Gothitelle. The match is timed onto ten minutes. Caitlin admits it is an honor to battle Cynthia, as Gothitelle starts with Flatter, which confuses Garchomp. Gothitelle uses Psychic, causing Garchomp to be bashed onto the ground and wall.

Gothitelle goes to bash Garchomp onto the ceiling, who uses Dragon Rush to hit Gothitelle. Cynthia congratulates on Caitlin, who shows a lot of strength and courage. Caitlin admits her old self is gone, but feels her heart pounding again. Garchomp uses Draco Meteor, but is countered by Gothitelle's Thunderbolt. The attacks collide, causing a firework. They collide again, both use Brick Break. The match ends in a draw, as the ten minutes passed. Caitlin thanks Cynthia for the match, as she aims to present her battles with elegance and beauty. She hopes more battles from Cynthia, who wishes the same and shakes her hand. The audience favors both of them, while Freddy presents the challengers of the Cup.

The first battle is Burgundy vs. Trip, the former wishing to battle Cilan instead. Cilan is matched with Shepherd, while Ash will face Marris. Dawn will battle Ramon and Georgia will face Iris, both of them determined to crush each other. Meloetta appears among the audience, glad to see the upcoming battles. Burgundy battles Trip, as she sends Darmanitan against Serperior. Ash realizes Trip's Servine evolved. Burgundy announces her evaluation, but Trip simply orders Serperior to use Leer on Darmanitan. Burgundy calls this trickery, while Serperior uses Solar Beam, which defeats Darmanitan. Trip wins, while Burgundy calls Darmanitan back, annoyed she lost so easily. Ash admits that was quick for Trip to win. Trip, however, aims at defeating Alder.

Later, Manning's Heatmor defeats Kenton's Golett, while Cilan's Pansage defeats Shepherd's Galvantula. Simeon's Zebstrika is defeated by Horatio's Cinccino's Giga Impact. Ash sends Leavanny, whose Energy Ball defeats Marris' Karrablast. Geraldo's Reuniclus defeats Cassie's Sawsbuck with Thunderbolt, while Dawn's Piplup uses Drill Peck to defeat Ramone's Stoutland. Last are Iris and Georgia. Iris sends out Dragonite, making Georgia pleased to see that Iris has another Dragon Pokémon other than Axew. Georgia has Beartic start off with Hidden Power, but when Iris orders Dragonite to dodge, he instead deflects the attack. Georgia orders a Focus Blast, but Dragonite again does not listen to Iris, and simply stops the attack. Cilan deduces that Dragonite considers dodging too similar to running away.

Beartic uses back-to-back Ice Beams, and Dragonite ends up frozen solid, as he refuses to dodge or even use his super-effective Flamethrower attack. Cilan calls this reckless and that sees Iris and Dragonite are not compatible, while Ash wonders whether Dragonite even wants to win or not. Iris yells for Dragonite to be serious and battle. Dragonite breaks out of the ice and charges towards Beartic, who uses Blizzard. Dragonite powers through the move and uses Thunder Punch, instantly knocking out Beartic. Iris wins, so Georgia calls Beartic back. Iris, while glad, claims that Dragonite shouldn't be reckless. Georgia replies that she lost against Dragonite and lets Iris know that if she's to call herself a Dragon Master, she should use a Pokémon that will actually listen to her.

With the first round over, Ash inspires his friends to do their best in the second round.

Debuts

Character

Pokémon

Move

Flatter

Quotes

"There sure are lots of pain in the necks around here."
"Lup. Pip-lup."

Trivia

  • Who's that Pokémon?: Garchomp (U.S.)
  • Iris' Dragonite's personality of being reckless is the same as Ash's Charizard while battling Sparky in Friend and Foe Alike.
  • This episode marks the first time when two different rivals of Ash and co.'s (minus Dawn's) face each other off in a Pokémon Battle.
  • Caitlin is the only Unova Elite Four member to have appeared in the anime.

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References

  1. ^ (n.d.) . "Jostling for the Junior Cup! | Pokémon TV (pokemon.com)". From The Official Pokémon Website | Pokemon.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2024.