24x29 - Ultra Exciting from the Shocking Start!

[bunniefuu]

[playful music]

[narrator] Ash's goal is to battle one of the world's greatest Trainers, Leon!

Goh's goal is to catch one of every kind of Pokémon,

including Mew!

This is the story of their adventure-filled journey

through the world of Pokémon!

[camera shutter clicks]

The Pokémon World Coronation Series.

A tournament that will determine the top Pokémon Trainers.

Ash currently ranks th

which means he's worked his way up to the Ultra Class.

His first Ultra Class opponent is the Gym Leader of Sunyshore City

in the Sinnoh region, Volkner.

Back when Ash was traveling throughout Sinnoh,

he met this powerful Electric-type specialist at the Sunyshore City Gym.

I'm glad I get the chance to battle you again.

So am I, Volkner!

Isn't that…

A Z-Ring from the Alola region?

And isn't that an Electrium Z inside?

[chuckles] Oh, this?

It's a Z-Crystal made just for Pikachu and me.

Just for Pikachu and you?

-Hm. -Pika!

[scoffs]

It seems I have more to look forward to than I thought!

Let's make it a good one!

[Ash] Right!

♪ Take me on a journey ♪

♪ Please choose me ♪

♪ We could be the best team of all time ♪

♪ We'll do everything together ♪

♪ Learning, training, never stopping ♪

♪ Go, go, go ♪

♪ Anywhere you're going, so am I ♪

♪ Take me on a journey to your heart ♪

♪ The journey to your heart ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

[theme music]

[Ash and Goh] "Ultra Exciting From The Shocking Start!"

[announcer] It's the Pokémon World Coronation Series,

with a blazing-hot battle here in solar-powered Sunyshore City!

[all cheer]

Let's cheer them on, okay, Grookey?

Grookey! [chittering]

[announcer] And here are our two Trainers

going head-to-head in this Ultra Class battle!

Presently ranked th, the strongest Gym Leader in Sinnoh.

-It's Volkner! -[cheering and applause]

-Pika! -Awesome!

Just what I'd expect!

[announcer] And facing him is a newcomer to the Ultra Class!

Currently ranked th…

It's Ash!

-Ah. -[lukewarm applause]

Volkner's got a home-field advantage. [gasps]

[announcer] Today's Pokémon battle will be three on three!

[Drone Rotom buzzing]

Now, will both challengers bring out your Pokémon?

Three, two, one… Go!

-All right, Lucario. -Luxray.

-I'm choosing you! -Go!

[grunts]

Luxray!

Oh.

[Rotom Phone] Luxray. The Gleam Eyes Pokémon.

An Electric type.

With its power to see through objects,

Luxray can even find opponents on the other side of thick walls.

Battle begin!

Electric Terrain!

[grunts]

[yells]

[announcer] The b*ttlefield is charged with Electric Terrain,

so any Electric-type attacks are magnified!

[Ash] He did kick it off with Electric Terrain…

[low grumble]

Wow, things are really heating up!

Lucario, Aura Sphere!

[grunting]

[growling]

Use Rising Voltage!

[growling]

[both gasp]

[groans]

[yells]

-Lucario! -Pika!

[announcer] And it's a direct hit with Rising Voltage,

combined with Electric Terrain!

That's so much power!

Grookey…

[grunts]

Lucario, return!

You take a good rest.

Electric Terrain!

That was rough…

[groans]

All right, Gengar! I choose you next! [grunts]

[announcer] Ash sends out his second Pokémon, Gengar!

[grumbles]

Luxray, use Snarl!

[yells]

[grunting]

[announcer] Whoa! Gengar dodged the Snarl!

-What? -Now use Psychic!

Gengar! [grunting]

-[grunts] -[Gengar yells]

[groans]

[grunts]

Night Shade, go!

[growling]

[grunts, screams]

[expl*si*n]

[Luxay] Luxray.

-[gasps] -Awesome, Gengar!

-Pika. -Ash can do this!

[Grookey cheering]

-[grunts] -[Gengar] Gengar.

-[groans] -[Gengar grunting]

[announcer] That Gengar sure is sneaky!

Luxray has been brought to a standstill!

Luxray, return!

Geng?

Your Gengar is something else!

Who knew Luxray could get so flustered?

[laughs] Now, Gengar, mess with them even more!

Gengar!

All right, this one's next!

[screeching]

[announcer] Volkner's second Pokémon is a Rotom in Fan form,

called "Fan Rotom!"

-[Gengar grumbles] -[gasps]

[Rotom Phone] Rotom. Fan form. The Plasma Pokémon.

An Electric and Flying type.

Fan Rotom lives in an electric fan equipped with a special motor.

-Wow. An electric fan? -Grookey?

[both grunting]

Use Air Slash!

[grunting]

[screams]

-Night Shade, go! -Gengar.

[growling]

[announcer] This has become a fascinating match indeed,

with both Pokémon able to fly around at will!

Gengar, use Ice Punch!

[snickers] Gengar.

Geng…

Use Thunder Wave!

[screeching]

…gar! [grunts]

[screeching]

Ge… [grunting]

Gengar!

[announcer] That Thunder Wave hit Gengar head on,

and the Ice Punch never connected!

Gengar!

Pika!

Argh. It can't move.

Grookey.

Looks like Gengar's been paralyzed!

Attack using Hex!

[chirps]

[screams]

[screeching]

[groaning]

[announcer] And the Hex lands!

That move does extra damage to an opponent with a status condition!

Volkner is really piling the pressure on Ash with so many move combinations!

[Gengar screams]

No, Gengar!

[groans]

[Ash] Are you all right?

Gengar. [snickers]

[groans]

[Drone Rotom buzzing]

Gengar is unable to battle!

[audience cheers]

[announcer] Gengar gave Luxray a hard time,

but it lost quickly to Fan Rotom!

[grunts] Gengar, return!

Thanks a lot!

You really gave your all.

-Pika, pika? -[electricity crackles]

[announcer] Look at that!

The Electric Terrain effect has worn off!

Pika, pi!

[chuckles]

We should pick up the pace to make Gengar's hard work worth it!

Pika, pika!

Now, who's up next?

Pikachu!

Pikachu!

[announcer] And Ash's third Pokémon is Pikachu!

-What do you know… -[soft grunt]

[announcer] It's a battle of Electric types!

Electric-type attacks don't deliver much damage

to Electric-type Pokémon, so how will they handle this?

Pikachu, use Electroweb!

Pika, pika! Pikachu!

Pika!

Whoa. so it knows Electroweb now?

[screeching]

Rotom's trapped!

-All right, use Thunderbolt! -Now, Rotom. Return!

Pika!

Pika…

Electivire, let's go!

…chu!

[electricity crackles]

Electivire.

[grunts] Pika?

No way! That was fast!

[announcer] Volkner's third Pokémon is Electivire!

It looks like it has the Motor Drive Ability,

which means it didn't take damage!

Motor Drive also makes Electivire's speed increase

when it's hit by an Electric-type move!

Pikachu.

Electivire…

[Volkner] Let's see just how speedy Electivire is now…

And here's the result.

Fire Punch, let's go!

[growling]

Pika!

Vire!

Pika!

Pikachu!

Pika!

[groans]

-Ha! -It's so fast!

Can Electivire really move that fast?

[Rotom Phone] Electivire. The Thunderbolt Pokémon.

An Electric type.

One Electivire can produce enough energy

to power every building in a large city for an entire year.

Use Iron Tail!

Pikachu!

-[Pikachu grunts] -All right, Iron Tail as well!

Electivire.

[announcer] It's using the twin blade style of Iron Tail!

-What's going on? -[Grookey chittering]

Electi…

-vire. -Pika!

Do it!

[both grunting]

-Electi… -[Pikachu breathes heavily]

[announcer] Pikachu can't connect its attacks!

A twin-blade Iron Tail is frightening, indeed!

[Ash] Pikachu, return!

[pants]

You all right?

Pika, pika!

Hm.

Lucario, guess it's all up to you! [groans]

[grunts]

[announcer] Ash has recalled Pikachu and replaced it with Lucario!

Lucario, use Aura Sphere!

[grunting]

Use Fire Punch, now!

Electivire!

[both growling]

[both grunt]

Use Wild Charge!

Electi… vire.

-Use Double Team! -[grunting]

Electi… vire.

[announcer] A swing and a miss for Wild Charge!

-Aura Sphere! -[grunting]

Bat them away!

[grunts]

Electi… vire.

-[grunts] -Pika?

-[gasps] -Use Thunder Punch!

-Electi… -Huh?

-…vire! -[grunting]

[audience cheers]

[grunts]

Lucario!

[announcer] Look at that!

Lucario is paralyzed from the effect of that Thunder Punch!

Electivire, return!

[both gasp]

Rotom, go!

[screams]

Rotom, use Hex!

[grunting]

[announcer] Volkner's skillful use of substituting Pokémon

is really putting pressure on Lucario!

[grunts]

[announcer] That Hex did some damage!

Lucario still can't move very well at all!

[grunts] Lucario, it's now or never!

Use Reversal!

[screams]

Use Air Slash!

[screams]

[grunting]

[Lucario groans]

[grunting]

[both grunt]

[announcer] Lucario was able to move, and that Reversal was a direct hit!

The less strength a Pokémon has left, the greater the damage Reversal inflicts!

[whining]

Fan Rotom is unable to continue!

[audience cheers]

-All right! -Pika!

Wow.

They're really starting to cheer for Ash!

[Grookey cheering]

Come on, Ash! Give them something to cheer for.

You really did it!

Can you keep going?

[grunts]

[electricity crackles]

Just like the Aura Pokémon.

It brushed off the paralysis with one attack!

Is Ash going to finish this using Lucario?

Grookey, key.

Luxray…let's go!

[announcer] And Volkner chooses Luxray for a second time!

Just two left.

But now I know what Volkner's strategy is,

so let's finish this off!

Electric Terrain!

[yells]

[announcer] That Electric Terrain puts the pressure on Lucario!

Aura Sphere!

[yells]

[Volkner] Use Rising Voltage!

Luxray!

[Lucario growls]

[grunts]

-[expl*si*n] -[both grunt]

-[Pikachu] Pi… -[Ash grunts]

[Ash] Lucario!

Luxray!

[electricity crackles]

[both groan]

[Drone Rotom buzzing]

Both Luxray and Lucario are unable to battle!

[announcer] Look at that! Both are down!

All that's left now is the bout between Electivire and Pikachu!

It was a draw?

Grookey.

Thanks a lot, Lucario!

You battled really hard!

This is the last round, Pikachu.

Pika!

It's all yours!

-Let's go! -Pi…

Pikachu. [electricity crackles]

Go, Electivire!

Electivire.

[announcer] They're Electric types,

so Electric-type attacks won't have much effect.

And with Motor Drive, Pikachu is in for rough battling!

Use Iron Tail!

Pika!

[Volkner] Use Wild Charge!

[yells]

-Electi… -Pika. Pika!

-…vire! -[grunts]

[Pikachu groans]

[groans]

-How much power can it have? -Grookey, groo.

Vire!

[announcer] And Electivire is completely calm

despite Wild Charge's recoil damage!

[coughs]

[Ash] Pikachu, you all right?

Pika!

[electricity crackles]

[announcer] The Electric Terrain has dissipated.

But Pikachu's so much smaller.

Now what is Ash gonna do?

Electivire, use Iron Tail!

Electi…

vire!

Use Iron Tail right back!

Pikachu!

[both grunting]

[screaming] Pika!

[grunts]

[announcer] And Pikachu scores!

Electivire's humongous body is staggering!

Pika!

You two are something, all right.

What a team!

Your passion and your all-out style…

Battling you will make us stronger!

[Pikachu chattering]

All right!

[suspenseful music]

-Pika! -Yeah!

You wanna battle with Electric-type moves, huh?

That's it! The bond of friendship between them!

Pikashunium Z!

Pika!

-Pika! -[grunts]

A Z-Move? I've waited for that.

[grunts]

[action music]

[Ash grunts]

Much bigger than a Thunderbolt!

, , Volt Thunderbolt!

Pika.

Yeah, this is much, much bigger!

At super-full power!

Pi, pika!

-Pikachu, use , , Volt Thunderbolt! -Pika!

[electricity crackles]

Pika, pika, pika, pika. Pika, pika, pika, pika.

Pika!

So that's , , Volt Thunderbolt?

Elec…

Electivire!

Absorb all of its power using Motor Drive!

[grunts]

[screams]

[announcer] It's taking the , , Volt Thunderbolt head on!

[Electivire continues screaming]

Pika!

[expl*si*n]

[announcer] Unbelievable!

[slow suspenseful music]

[grunting]

-[groans] -[thuds]

-[victorious music] -[pants]

[Drone Rotom buzzing]

[Drone Rotom] Electivire is unable to battle!

Pikachu is the winner, which means the victory goes to Ash!

[cheering and applause]

All right!

We did it, Pikachu!

-[Pikachu] Pikachu. -Come here.

[both laugh]

-You did it, buddy! -Pika.

[announcer] And so, the match is decided!

The winner of this closely fought battle is Ash!

As a result of today's battle,

there has been a change

in the World Coronation Series Trainer rankings.

[announcer] With Volkner's defeat,

Ash has risen in the Ultra Class rankings to !

[grunting]

You fought an excellent battle, Electivire.

Vire, vire.

-All right, Ash! -Grookey.

You did it!

Thanks for cheering me on, Goh!

Pika!

-[Ash] Volkner! -What a , , Volt Thunderbolt!

I was shocked it overwhelmed Electivire.

When I heard you were gonna be my next opponent,

I knew that we'd need to bring out our strongest move!

You might be the eye of the Ultra Class storm.

I think your stormy winds might even shake things up in…

the coveted Master Class.

The Master Class?

Yes.

Cynthia, Sinnoh's Champion, is listed among their members.

Cynthia? Really?

[narrator] Ash has just won his first Ultra Class battle.

But there are lots of strong opponents still waiting for him.

Who will be next?

The answer, as the journey continues!

[closing theme music]