- (Japanese: 激闘のホウエン地方！挑戦バトルフロンティア！！, Hepburn: The Hoenn Region, Site of Fierce Fights! The Battle Frontier Challenge!!) is the 7th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sword & Shield.
Synopsis
Ash and Go have registered for the 'Battle Frontier Glass Cup', a battle tournament held in the Hoenn Region. This is Go's first ever Pokémon battle, and his opponent is Houji from Fuen Town. Houji sends out a Mightyena, so Go challenges him with his Scyther, who has a type advantage here. Meanwhile, Ash is rapidly advancing through the tournament, wining battle after battle. And believe it or not, when he makes it to the match that truly matters, he sends out...?
Episode Plot
At the Sakuragi Institute, Professor Sakuragi, Koharu and Go along with his Pokémon are taking yoga lessons from Mimey. Go and Koharu are struggling to following the correct movements during the exercise. Go tells Scorbunny it go and play while the others continue their yoga. Go questions on how Mimey can move so flexible, with Sakuragi explains that it might be because of its torso of body. Mimey leads the others, who fail to do the correct exercises, while it see Metapod perfectly calm and still which the others are confuses by this. However they are frighten when Scorbunny hits Metapod by accident which cause it land on a rock. They rushes to Metapod as Sakuragi checks on a rock by mistake while Go check the actual Metapod who is relief it's alright. Ash and Pikachu came and tells go that they are going to the Hoenn Region, which the latter is confuse by the former's request.
As the boys arrives in Hoenn, they see an announcement about a battle tournament, the 'Battle Frontier Glass Cup', where a trainer brings two Pokémon and battle to win a prize of Glass Flutes. Ash have registered him and Go to compete in tournament. Ash decides to bring Pikachu and Mimey for the competition. Go is surprised to see Mimey competing and asks that it can even battle with Mimey answers with a mischievous smile. Ash ask Go who will he be using in the tournament. Go states on of his Pokémon will be Scorbunny, while in a flashback, Go was originally planing to bring Pinsir with him but sees that it refuse to go, forcing him to pick Scyther.Template:Incomplete-plot
Debuts
Characters
Pokémon
- Go's Taillow
- Go's Wurmple
Move
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Trivia
- "Who's that Pokémon?:" Mightyena (JP)
- Despite Mimey's debut episode having been 1,028 episodes ago, this is the first time its Poké Ball has been seen.
- In a couple of shots, Mimey's face briefly turns to resemble that of the Mr. Mime from Detective Pikachu.
- This is the first time since IL035, 1,057 episodes ago, when a main character has caught more than one Pokémon of the same species.
- Ash repeats his Electroweb-Iron Tail combo from Final Rivals! in this episode.
- Music from Pokémon Sword and Shield is played during Ash and Houji's battle.
- This is the last episode to air in 2019 and the 2010s decade in general.
Gallery
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