Fight for the Meteorite! – Pokémon Season 7, Episode 14

Plot episodeTeam Magma vs Team AquaMt. Chimney

Fight for the Meteorite! is the 14th episode of Pokémon: Advanced Challenge, the seventh season of the Pokémon anime, and the 327th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 330, Bulbapedia code AG054). It first aired in Japan on 4 December 2003 and in the United States on 13 November 2004. It falls within the season’s Mt. Chimney & the Heat Badge stretch (EP52–EP56).

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Synopsis

Ash and the gang barely make it to catch the first Cable Car up Mt. Chimney. Team Rocket, with disguises, board the Cable Car with them.

Jessie claims they’re tour guides for Mt. Chimney. The helicopter that flew by their car was on its way to pick up a meteorite that hit Mt. Chimney. The red helicopter is owned by Team Magma, and they’re after that meteorite. Another helicopter flies by. That helicopter is owned by Team Aqua. Some guys from Team Aqua stop the Cable Car. Brock tries to call the Cable Car Operators, but they got tied up when Team Aqua took over the building. Brock says something’s a little fishy and they reveal themselves and do their mantra.

Back on Mt. Chimney, Teams Aqua and Magma battle over the meteorite. A bunch of Mightyena and Golbat from Magma’s side and a bunch of Crawdaunt and Walrein are sent out from Aqua’s side. The old guy with the meteorite runs away while they’re distracted and Commander Tabitha, from Team Magma, sends some guys after him. Commander Shelly, from Team Aqua, sends some guys after them.

Meanwhile, on the Cable Car, Team Rocket finishes their mantra. To their disgust, Ash and the gang are discussing how they’re gonna get off of the car, completely ignoring Team Rocket. Ash finds a rope with a hook on it. And manages to hoist it to the cable tower. Ash and Pikachu go first to crawl across the rope. Team Rocket jump on the rope and end up breaking it before Ash can crawl across it. Ash makes it over to the tower and he leaves to get some help.

Team Aqua and Magma continue to attack each other, pitting their Crawdaunts and Walreins against Golbats and Mightyenas respectively. Aqua appears to be losing, so Shelly orders a retreat. Tabitha orders the grunts to prepare their machine. Ash runs into the old guy with the meteorite and they manage to hide from Team Magma.

May asks if anyone else is getting hungry. Brock has it covered with his sandwiches. Team Rocket is hungry too, and Brock decides to share with them. Despite Meowth’s team spirit, it eventually breaks when his stomach growls and he happily accepts a sandwich.

Ash has a conversation with the old guy, who happens to be Professor Cozmo. He’s been studying meteorites for years. Cozmo decides to let Ash hold the meteorite as he tells a story about space and meteors. A Golbat swoops in and takes the meteorite from Cozmo. Ash and Cozmo decide to pursue Team Magma. Tabitha readies his laser, which is pointed right at Mt. Chimney.

A wind blows and starts shaking the cable car. Tabitha puts the meteorite in the laser, and starts firing it right at the mouth of Mt. Chimney. Cozmo and Ash plan to distract Magma while Ash takes the meteorite from the laser. Cozmo begins his distraction and Ash goes right for the laser. Pikachu hits the laser with Thunderbolt, overloading the laser’s output. Pikachu hits Team Magma with a Thunderbolt. Tabitha starts charging towards Ash, Cozmo tackles Tabitha before he could reach Ash. Cozmo pushes the laser right into Mt. Chimney. Tabitha orders Magma to move out. Shelly orders Team Aqua back to the ship.

Brock, Max, May, and Team Rocket make it off of the Cable Car. As Team Rocket plans to grab Pikachu and Meowth makes a landslide joke, the ground they’re standing on gives way and causes them to fall down the mountain.

Cozmo tells them to follow a road, and it will take them directly to Lavaridge Town.

Major Events

• Team Magma (Tabitha) and Team Aqua (Shelly) fight over Professor Cozmo’s meteorite on Mt. Chimney
• The cable car is stranded
• Cozmo pushes Magma’s machine into the crater
• The dub now uses the names Tabitha and Shelly
• Professor Cozmo and Walrein debut

Pokémon making their anime debut

• Walrein#0365 · AG054

Trivia

• The English title plays on "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right".
• The screenplay is by Masashi Sogo.
• This is a plot episode: it advances the Hoenn storyline.

Changes in the English Dub

• Tabitha and Shelly called by their game names from here on
• Pokémon Trainer’s Choice (dub only, in place of Who’s That Pokémon?): which Pokémon evolves into Medicham? Answer: Meditite

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