Come What May! – Pokémon Season 7, Episode 11

Plot episodeFallarbor Contest – May’s first Ribbon

Come What May! is the 11th episode of Pokémon: Advanced Challenge, the seventh season of the Pokémon anime, and the 324th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 327, Bulbapedia code AG051). It first aired in Japan on 13 November 2003 and in the United States on 6 November 2004. It falls within the season’s The Fallarbor Contest: May’s first Ribbon stretch (EP50–EP51).

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Synopsis

It’s the first round of the contest and Drew’s Roselia got some pretty high scores from the judges. Two 9.9’s and a 9.8, totalling a 29.6. Grace’s Medicham has a 29.5. May’s Beautifly has a 25.9.

The announcer calls out a trainer named Jessica, who comes in from above. Jessica is just Jessie and James, Meowth, and Wobuffet are helping her with that entrance. She sends out Dustox and it uses Tackle. Jessie tells it to use another attack, but the attack is just some glitter coming from a device on Dustox’s chest, being controlled by Meowth. She throws a piece of paper in the air and tells Dustox to use Poison Sting and Rainbow. Dustox draws a picture of itself using the stings and rainbows. She finishes with a combination of Whirlwind and Rainbow. Jessie appears to be flying because of the Whirlwind. She is clearly cheating to get the highest score. She finishes with a 29.7, the highest score that round. May makes it to the final four by a tenth of a point.

Round two, contestants will battle. First battle is May vs.Jessie, Beautifly vs. Dustox. Dustox starts with Tackle and Rainbow and Beautifly dodges. Beautifly uses String Shot and Dustox knocks Beautifly back with a Whirlwind. Dustox uses Poison Sting and Beautifly redirects the stings with Gust. Dustox uses Rainbow Tackle, Beautifly counters with Silver Wind, breaking the box Jessie is using to cheat. Dustox tries to use a Rainbow Psybeam, but the box is broken, allowing May to finish the battle with a Tackle. The judges disqualify Jessie and the rest of Team Rocket come out and do their mantra. Meowth says they’re gonna take all the trainer’s Pokemon and Pikachu sends them blasting off again with a Thunderbolt.

Up next, Drew vs. Grace, Roselia vs. Medicham. Roselia starts with Magical Leaf, Medicham meditates to dodge. Medicham uses Ice Punch and Roselia dodges and uses Petal Dance. Medicham counters with Confusion to stop the petals and send them back. Roselia uses Solarbeam and Medicham hits the ground with Ice Punch. Medicham built a barrier to redirect the Solarbeam back to Roselia. Medicham meditates and uses High Jump Kick. Roselia gets a direct hit in the face with the High Jump Kick, knocking Roselia out of the battle. The winner is Grace. The final battle will be between May and Grace.

Final battle, May vs. Grace, Beautifly vs. Medicham. Beautifly starts off with a Tackle and Medicham meditates to dodge. Medicham uses Ice Punch and Beautifly breaks the punch with Gust. Medicham stops itself from hitting the ground by using Confusion on itself. Beautifly uses String Shot, Medicham stops it with Confusion, and sends it right back, tangling Beautifly in its own string. Medicham hits Beautifly with Ice Punch, freezing it solid. Beautifly breaks free and Medicham Meditates and uses High Jump Kick. Beautifly narrowly dodges and uses Silver Wind to send Medicham to the ground. Medicham kicked the ground and injured itself. Beautifly uses Tackle and String Shot. Medicham uses Confusion to stop the string and Beautifly uses Silver Wind. Beautifly has created a Silver Wind tornado to break Medicham’s confusion. Beautifly flies through the tornado with a Tackle attack to entangle Medicham in string. Beautifly uses Tackle and Medicham breaks free and dodges. Beautifly uses Silver Wind to immobilize Medicham. Beautifly hits Medicham with Tackle. Medicham uses High Jump Kick and Beautifly goes head on with a Tackle. Beautifly and Medicham hit each other as the clock runs out, leaving May victorious. May receives her first contest ribbon, the Fallarbor Ribbon.

Major Events

• Fallarbor Contest — May wins her first Ribbon. Beautifly beats “Jessica”‘s Dustox in the semi-final and Grace’s Medicham in the final
• Grace beats Drew
• Drew gives May a rose
• First anime use of Meditate

Trivia

• The English title plays on "come what may", from Macbeth.
• The screenplay is by Shōji Yonemura.
• This is a plot episode: it advances the Hoenn storyline.

Changes in the English Dub

• 4-second pan of the Contest Hall cut
• Raoul Contesta “disqualifies” Jessie (in Japanese he simply tells her to leave)
• Pokémon Trainer’s Choice (dub only, in place of Who’s That Pokémon?): which Pokémon evolves into Shelgon? Answer: Bagon
• A cue from The Power of One used in Japan

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