GS151: Love, Pokémon Style

"Love, Pokémon Style"
Information
Series	Pocket Monsters, Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver
Subtitle	Pocket Monsters: Gold and Silver Arc
Season	Season 5, Pokémon: Master Quest
№	269
Opening(s) and Ending(s)	Japanese Opening Ready Go! Ending Pocket-ering Monster-ing English Opening Believe in Me
Staff credits	脚本(きゃくほん) (Screenplay) 米村正二 (Shōji Yonemura) 絵(え)コンテ (Storyboard) 秦義人 (Yoshito Hata) 助手(じょしゅ)監督(かんとく) (Assistant director(s)) 秦義人 (Yoshito Hata) 作画(さくが)監督(かんとく) (Animation director(s)) 向田隆 (Takeshi Mukōda)
In other countries
Japan	Title よせんリーグ！マグマラシほのおのバトル！！ Airdate September 26, 2002
Japan	Title よせんリーグ！マグマラシほのおのバトル！！ Airdate September 26, 2002
Anglosphere	Title Love, Pokémon Style Airdate(s) September 18, 2003 Notes ^ a: Signifies that it only applies to the US, UK, CA, AU, NZ and SG
Anglosphere	Title Love, Pokémon Style Airdate(s) September 18, 2003 Notes ^ a: Signifies that it only applies to the US, UK, CA, AU, NZ and SG
Details
Main	Ash, Misty, Brock, Tracey
Recurring	Jessie, James, Macy, Vincent (on screen), Harrison (recap), Gary Oak (recap), Charles Goodshow (fantasy), Professor Oak, Delia, Professor Elm, Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny
Minor	Salvador (flashback)
Pokémon	Ash's Pikachu, Team Rocket's Meowth, Misty's Togepi, Jessie's Wobbuffet, Ash's Squirtle, Ash's Kingler, Ash's Bayleef, Ash's Totodile, Ash's Phanpy, Mimey, Macy's Vulpix, Macy's Electabuzz, Macy's Quilava, Macy's Slugma → Magcargo, Nurse Joy's Chansey, Salvador's Furret (flashback), Voltorb (x3)
Badges or Classes
Major event(s)	Ash retrieves Kingler, Snorlax, Muk, Tauros, Squirtle and Heracross. Ash's Phanpy knows Earthquake and Defense Curl. Ash advances to next round.
Title cards
Japanese
For other title cards, see here and here

Love, Pokémon Style (Japanese: よせんリーグ！マグマラシほのおのバトル！！, Hepburn: Preliminary Round League! Quilava's Fire Battle!!) is the 58th episode of Pokémon: Master Quest.

Synopsis

Ash begins the Silver Conference Tournament in Division H, against two opponents. The Semi-Finals round-robin style, where a victory gives you three points, a loss gives you no points, and a draw gives each challenger one point. Whoever gets the most points wins!

After his usual boast of confidence towards the match, Ash runs into one of his opponents: Macey. She is looking to know all about Ash so that she can crush him in the tournament. Just as they begin an impromptu battle, Team Rocket comes along and grabs Pikachu and Macey's Vulpix! Macey hurts herself running after them, leading Ash to use Bayleef to get rid of them fast. Its Vine Whip throws Team Rocket aside, and frees Pikachu and Vulpix before any harm is done. Macey is more than happy with Ash for "saving her life," and seems to be a bit smitten with him much the chagrin of Misty. She even threatens Ash with a date if she wins their match!

Professor Oak sends Ash all his Pokémon for the match, and Ash goes through Macey's data in order to choose the perfect combination. She loves fire types, so Ash goes with Kingler. That is, until Kingler saves a group of Voltorb from falling, and winds up shocked! Kingler will be unable to battle, leaving Ash with a tough decision to make. The decision is made for him, as Officer Jenny and Squirtle arrive to help Ash out!

The match begins with Macey's Slugma against Ash's Totodile. Totodile's Water Gun manages to see through Slugma's Double Team, leading Macey to switch it out very quickly. For her next Pokémon she chooses an Electabuzz, to which Ash counters with Phanpy. When Electabuzz's Thunderbolt proves ineffective, she switches back to Slugma, but Phanpy's Takedown finished it off! As her third Pokémon she goes with Quilava, who surprises Phanpy with its Flame Wheel! Phanpy is no match for it, and takes Phanpy out of the picture. Macy switches out for her Electabuzz against Totodile, who gets taken out with one ThunderPunch. Only Squirtle remains, who comes close to defeat at the hands of Electabuzz's Iron Tail. While in mid-air, Squirtle fires a Water Gun and uses Skull Bash to defeat Electabuzz. Quilava is Macey's last hope, and it manages to get Squirtle on its back. Just as it charges in, Squirtle launches a Hydro Pump to take Quilava out for good, giving Ash his first victory!

With three points to his name, Ash prepares for his next match, while Macey "cancels" her date to train her newly evolves Magcargo, who evolved during their match!

Episode plot

The heroes see the screen, where Ash has to battle two trainers. Practically, one needs to win the most points to succeed into next round. Ash thinks he should win them all to succeed. As the heroes walk, they meet a girl, who recognizes Ash. Ash does not know her however, so she introduces herself as Macy, one of his opponents at the League. She knows some of Ash's strength and weaknesses. Ash is psyched up and goes to battle her, using Pikachu against her Vulpix. However, both are stolen by Team Rocket, who ride away on a bike. Ash and Macy go down the slope to catch them, but Macy trips over, so Ash catches her, saving her life. Ash leaves Macy, who seems to now have a crush on him.

Ash intercepts Team Rocket, sending Bayleef, who frees Vulpix and Pikachu. With another Vine Whip, Team Rocket is blasted off. Ash praises Bayleef, while Vulpix returns to Macy. She tries to impress Ash, since he saved her life. Misty intercepts her, introducing herself as a Water Pokémon trainer. Macy does not think Water Pokémon are good, as she values Fire Pokémon. Macy asks if Misty is Ash's girlfriend, so Misty claims she is his coach. Macy has plans for Ash, who runs off to train. At the Pokémon Center, Oak gave all the Pokémon to Ash, who entrusts Nurse Joy to watch over them. Brock attempts to impress Nurse Joy, but gets pulled off by Misty. Ash goes to choose his Pokémon, but Misty and Brock object, as he needs to analyze his opponent first.

Brock sees that Macy uses Fire Pokémon. Misty tells Ash should use Water Pokémon, even though he only has Kingler and Totodile. The heroes see Macy's last Pokémon and think of it. Later, Brock entered all of Ash's Pokémon for the next round, while Ash is ready for combat. Next day, Jessie sells the badges to children, while Meowth and James paint the bottle caps, though James still thinks they are valuable. Ash sends Kingler, for it is his Pokémon for the next battle. However, some Voltorb fall down the slope, electrocuting Kingler, who may not battle today, according to Nurse Joy. Ash does not know what to do; just then, Officer Jenny comes on a motorcycle and from her sidecar, Squirtle jumps out, making Ash pleased.

Jenny claims that the other members of Squirtle squad have given Ash's Squirtle a day off, considering their skill. Squirtle is prepared, so Ash changes his Pokémon for the League. At the League, which is watched by Oak, Tracey, Delia and Mimey, the battle starts, as Macy sends Slugma and Ash Totodile. Slugma starts with Flamethrower, so Totodile dodges and uses Water Gun. Slugma uses Double Team, for an illusion is hit, then Slugma uses Flamethrower, hitting Totodile, who retaliates with Water Gun, banishing the illusions. Macy calls Slugma back and sends Electabuzz. However, Ash calls Totodile back and sends in Phanpy, as Brock knew Macy would use it in this match. Electabuzz uses Thunderbolt, which does not affect Phanpy.

Macy calls Electabuzz back and sends Slugma back. Phanpy starts with Earthquake, shaking Slugma, then uses Rollout. Slugma uses Flamethrower, so Phanpy uses Defense Curl. Slugma misses using Body Slam and gets shaken by Earthquake. Phanpy takes down Slugma, defeating it. Macy sends Quilava, so Phanpy rolls out, but gets hit by Quilava's Flame Wheel. Quilava uses Quick Attack on Phanpy, who retaliates with Take Down, who gets defeated by another Flame Wheel. Ash calls Phanpy back and sends Totodile, while Quilava is called back and Macy sends Electabuzz. Totodile uses Water Gun, but gets prevented by Electabuzz' Light Screen. Totodile goes to headbutt Electabuzz, though gets defeated by ThunderPunch. Ash sends his final Pokémon, Squirtle.

Electabuzz goes to attack, but gets hit by Water Gun. Jenny anticipates when will Squirtle use its new tactics. Squirtle dodges Electabuzz' ThunderPunch and uses Water Gun, which gets canceled by Iron Tail. Electabuzz repeats the attack, hitting Squirtle. Electabuzz goes to use ThunderPunch, but gets hit by Water Gun. Electabuzz uses Thunderbolt, but Squirtle dodges and uses Skull Bash on Electabuzz, defeating it. Macy sends Quilava back, so Squirtle uses Water Gun, but gets intercepted by Flamethrower. Quilava uses Swift, so Squirtle uses Bubble, colliding the attack. Due to the smoke, Macy cannot see, so Quilava gets hit by Squirtle's Water Gun. Quilava dodges Squirtle's Bubble and retaliates with Quick Attack. Squirtle falls on its shell and cannot move.

Quilava goes to finish Squirtle with Flame Wheel. However, Squirtle spins by using Hydro Pump, hitting Quilava and defeating it. Macy calls Quilava back and thanks Ash for such a great battle. Macy thinks Ash is the man she thought he was. Ash replies he should thank her, as he and Squirtle are rejoined back. Meanwhile, Team Rocket have sold all the bottle caps as badges. James promises he won't stop until they tripled the profit, so Jessie and Meowth support this idea. Later, Brock tells Ash he can either win or have a draw with the next challenger, but Ash still expects a victory. Suddenly, Macy comes and shows her Slugma evolved into Magcargo, so it'll remind her of Ash. She tells she will postpone their date, and runs off to win her next battle. The heroes are surprised, but Ash is still determined to win more battles.

Debuts

Character

• Macy

Pokémon

• Slugma (Macy's)
• Macy's Magcargo
• Macy's Vulpix
• Macy's Electabuzz

Trivia

• This episode's name has been similarly named later for RS069: Love, Petalburg Style!
• The "Who's that Pokémon?" is Skiploom.
• When Kingler is electrocuted from the three Voltorb, white bubbles are coming out from its mouth while fainted. This also happens in real life when being electrocuted.
• Macy's Quilava's Flame Wheel bears a resemblance of the abilities of both Volt Tackle and Flame Charge in its flaming appearance. This is eventually corrected in the Diamond and Pearl series where its ability resembles a flaming wheel.

Dub edits

In the English dub, when Ash is battling Macy, Brock says "Both of Ash's Pokémon are water types and they're totally weak against fire type." This is supposed to be Electric-type since fire is actually weak against water and not the other way around.

Gallery

Ash and his opponents

Ash does not know Macy

Team Rocket caught Vulpix and Pikachu

Ash saves Macy

Macy has a crush on Ash

Misty introduces herself

Macy and Misty bicker

Brock flirts with Joy

Kingler gets electrocuted

Squirtle came to support Ash

Ash vs. Macy

Totodile uses Water Gun on illusions

Phanpy is not electrocuted

Phanpy rolls out on Slugma

Quilava defeats Phanpy

Electabuzz fainted

Quilava goes to defeat Squirtle

Squirtle fights back with Hydro Pump

Ash and Squirtle won