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Riding The Winds Of Change! (Japanese: グライオンとグライガー!風の迷路をぬけて!, HepburnGliscor and Gligar! Getting Through the Wind Maze!) is the 12th episode of Pokémon: DP Battle Dimension.

Synopsis[]

As Ash and his friends pass through a city, a Gliscor and a group of Gligar swarm them and gobble up all their lunch. What's more, Paul is also in town with his Murkrow—it looks like he's after Gliscor! Paul leaves without explanation, but Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy explain what's going on: a storm swept Gliscor into the city, and the local wind patterns have kept it trapped there ever since. To top it off, Gliscor's supersonic navigation waves bounced off the city's skyscrapers and lured all the Gligar to the city, where they became trapped as well.

Since then, Gliscor and the Gligar have been raiding all the food in the city to feed themselves. Now, with the help of Ash and the gang, Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy plan to lure the Pokémon to a spot where the winds will sweep them back to the forest. The plan gets underway without a hitch, until Team Rocket jump in and kidnap Gliscor and the Gligar. However, there's one friendly Gligar who lags behind the others, and its tardiness saves it from being caught up in Team Rocket's trap. This Gligar frees its friends, but now the road is blocked, leaving no way to get the Pokémon to the target spot!

Ash comes up with a new plan: get Gliscor and the Gligar together, then use Gust to blow them free of the city. Paul, who couldn't care less about the plan, catches up to Gliscor and catches it, leaving the Gligar without a leader. Fortunately, the one friendly Gligar helps Ash convince the other Gligar to follow the plan. A team of Pokémon using Gust succeeds in blowing the Gligar back to the forest—with one exception. Ash's new Gligar friend insists on coming back to Ash, so Ash takes the hint and captures it for his team. With his new buddy in tow, it's time for Ash to finally reach Veilstone City![1]

Episode plot[]

The heroes came to another town. Turtwig uses Energy Ball and succeeds, but lacks aim. As Brock and Dawn have lunch, they see a flock of Gligar and another Pokémon, who snatch all their food. Turtwig uses Energy Ball, but misses. He tries with Razor Leaf, but misses as well. The leader, Gliscor, eats their sandwiches and gets attacked (but dodges) by an Ice Beam, as Paul and his Weavile want it. Paul sends Murkrow to use Haze, but the Gliscor waves its wings and every Gligar goes away, except one. It tries to fly away, but falls on Ash, but manages to fly away later.

Paul is determined to catch that Gliscor and tells Ash to stay away. Joy and Jenny come to see the situation and get Brock stabbed by Croagunk for flirting. Team Rocket also saw that and think with the Gligar on their side, they wouldn't be hungry. Jenny tells them the Gligar and Gliscor ate all the fruit and thinks they all got lost away from the forest they should live in. Joy thinks a storm caused Gliscor to accidentally flow away into the city, and it cannot go away, as the wind is still strong in the city. As the Gliscor uses sound waves to navigate, in the city the waves went everywhere, causing the Gligar to come to the city as well. Jenny has a plan - to use the fruit as bait to lure them out of the city. The heroes also want to help them.

While the Gligar and Gliscor rest, they spot a bowl of fruit was thrown in and eat it. They go to get to a truck filled with fruit, leaving a lone Gligar to eat all the fruit in the bowl. The heroes hope the wind will blow the Gligar and Gliscor away, but they have bigger problems, as Team Rocket took them. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt and Piplup BubbleBeam, but fail to destroy the cage, not even Gliscor's X-Scissor. The lone Gligar, the same one that fell on Ash before, came and cuts the rope. The cage falls down and Gligar is blown away. Ash runs to it and gets fallen onto. The Gligar and Gliscor fly to the balloon and cut it using X-Scissor and blast Team Rocket away. This explosion caused the walls from a nearby building to fall and block the path for Gligar and Gliscor to fly away. While the Gliscor and Gligar eat the fruit, Paul watches the situation.

As the Gligar and Gliscor cause havoc, Jenny is thinking of how to get them out. Joy thinks with a lot of wind, they might be able to get them out. Brock proposes to use Gust and Ash would like to speak to get them out, to make an understanding. As Team Rocket eat the donuts, they run away from Gligar and Gliscor, who chase them. They did not expect to be blasted off from an Ice Beam, as Paul still wants Gliscor. Gliscor flies away as the Ice Beam freezes the other Gligar. Weavile uses Ice Beam, but gets hit by Sandstorm. This causes the other Gligar, including Gliscor, to fly away, except the Gligar that fell on Ash. The heroes see it again, though the Gligar rides the winds to meet up with its companions.

Paul sends Electabuzz. Weavile uses Ice Beam and Electabuzz Thunder, but the Gligar change course. Electabuzz uses ThunderPunch, hitting them, though Gliscor uses X-Scissor, pushing Electabuzz and Weavile onto Paul. The heroes followed the Gligar and Ash proposes Gliscor to come with them so they can take them back to the forest. However, Gliscor gets hit by Thunder and Ice Beam and gets caught by Paul. Ash wants to know what of other Gligar, but Paul does not care. The Gligar attacks Paul, but gets hit by ThunderPunch and Paul leaves them. The Gligar fly everywhere and with Pikachu's Thunderbolt and Piplup's BubbleBeam, the Gligar move in one direction. There are some Gligar that do not want to leave, so the Gligar that fell on Ash convinces them to go.

The Gligar fly to the Pokémon Center. With Joy's Pokémon (who are Beautifly, Pidgeotto, Spearow and Butterfree), the Gligar flow away by the Gust. Team Rocket appears to steal them all. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, but they are too far. Ash sends Turtwig, who uses Energy Ball, but misses. Turtwig focuses and launches the Energy Ball and succeeds, blasting them off. The heroes spot there is that Gligar again, so Turtwig uses Energy Ball to blast it in the air and with the Gust, they fly away. However, the Gligar returns and falls on Ash. Brock thinks it wants to come with Ash, so it lets itself be caught and be his new Pokémon to train.

Quotes[]

(When Turtwig's attacks missed the Gliscor and Gligar)

Brock: Okay, return! (calls back all of his Pokémon)
Dawn: Everybody! (returns her Pokémon)
Ash: (returns his Pokémon) Brock, Dawn, you okay?
Brock: We’re fine.
Dawn: But who are those Pokémon?
Brock: Gliscor and Gligar.
Dawn: Whoa, I gotta see this. (opens her Pokédex and looks up about Gligar)
Dawn's Pokédex: (robotic voice) Gligar, the FlyScorpion Pokémon. It glides using the membrane attached to its arms and legs, and attacks the face of its prey with its claws.

(Meanwhile, Ash opens his Pokédex and looks up about Gliscor)

Ash's Pokédex: (robotic voice) Gliscor, the Fang Scorp Pokémon, and the evolved form of Gligar. It watches its prey as it hangs from trees by its tail and attacks from above when it sees the chance.

(After Gligar fell on Ash when he is trying to catch her)

Ash: Hey! Can't you watch where you fall?!

(When Turtwig’s Energy Ball misses Team Rocket)

Brock: The distance is there...
Dawn: But the control isn’t!
Ash: Turtwig, try again and aim carefully.

(After Turtwig's Energy Ball successfully destroys Team Rocket's balloon)

Jessie: (to Meowth) I wanted to net Gligar, not you!
Meowth: I guess it's back ta scrounging for our own sandwiches.
James: And consistently empty stomachs translate into just one thing...
Team Rocket: We're blasting off again!
Wobbuffet: Wobbuffet!

(As usual, a star appears in the sky)

Ash: That was awesome! Now don’t forget how that felt.
Turtwig: Turtwig!

(After almost all Gligar left the city)

Nurse Joy: Oh, my. That’s a relief.
Officer Jenny: Now we can finally relax.

(Just then, Ash's Gligar friend flies on-screen)

Gligar: Gli. (winks and licks her lips affectionately) Gligar!
Ash: Not again!

(To Ash's, Turtwig's and Pikachu's surprise, Gligar lands on Ash and starts struggling)

Ash: Hey! Where'd you learn how to fly?!
Dawn: (dragging Gligar off of Ash) Why didn't you go with your friends?
Gligar: (winks and licks her lips affectionately) Gli.
Brock: I'll tell you what I think! Gligar likes Ash!
Dawn and Ash: (confused) Huh?!

(Ash gasps in amazement, then looks at his Gligar friend)

Gligar: [smiling] Gligar.

Debuts[]

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Trivia[]

  • When Paul sends out Murkrow in his first attempt to catch Gliscor, he tells Murkrow to use Haze but Murkrow is not seen doing it.
  • Professor Oak's lecture: Chatot
    • Pokémon senryū: ペラペラと ラップでおしゃべり ペラップよ Perapera to, rappu de oshaberi, Perappu yo.
    • Chatot has much more involvement than most Pokémon, appearing before the reveal and during the senryū.
  • In Kanto, Ash filled his party with Squirtle two episodes before he first met Lt. Surge, Kanto's third Gym Leader. In this episode, he captures Gligar, while two episodes later he meets Maylene, Sinnoh's third Gym Leader. Another parallel is that both Squirtle and Gligar were part of a group of Pokémon of their same species that caused trouble in a town. Both of them also voluntarily followed Ash.
  • The featured town is apparently located on Route 215, which is one of the routes where wild Gligar appear in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl via the dongle method.
  • This episode's dub title is based on the title of the song Wind of Change by the Scorpions.

Mistakes[]

  • In one scene where Nurse Joy is looking at her laptop, her hat is colored the same as her hair.
  • The episode features many Electric-type moves used against Ground-type Pokémon with visible effect (Pikachu's Thunderbolt and Electabuzz's ThunderPunch). In the games Ground-types like Gligar and Gliscor are immune to them.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ^ (n.d.) . "Riding the Winds of Change! | Pokémon TV (pokemon.com)". From The Official Pokémon Website | Pokemon.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2024.


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