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| Season | Pokémon: Battle Frontier (Season 9) · Islands, Ribbons & a broken heart arc (AG159–AG165) |
| Episode | Season 9, episode 19 · English episode 436 · Japanese episode 440 · Bulbapedia code AG164 |
| English title | Ka Boom With a View! |
| Japanese title | 激闘！バトルパレスでジャングルバトル！！ Gekitō! Batoru Paresu de Janguru Batoru!! — “Fierce Fighting! Jungle Battle at the Battle Palace!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 16 February 2006 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 10 November 2006 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Aya Matsui |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Battle Frontier – Akina Takaya · GLORY DAY ~Kagayaku Sono Hi~ (That Shining Day) – GARDEN |
| English opening | Battle Frontier – Jason Appleton |
| Previous episode | Cutting the Ties that Bind! (AG163) |
| Next episode | King and Queen for a Day! (AG165) |
Plot episodeSpirits SymbolSceptile learns Solar Beam
Ka Boom With a View! is the 19th episode of Pokémon: Battle Frontier, the ninth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 436th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 440, Bulbapedia code AG164). It first aired in Japan on 16 February 2006 and in the United States on 10 November 2006. It falls within the season’s Islands, Ribbons & a broken heart stretch (EP159–EP165).
Premiered on Friday 10 November 2006 according to Bulbapedia’s infobox and pocketmonsters.net; the introduction to Bulbapedia’s episode page gives 11 November, the date of King and Queen for a Day!.
Synopsis
At the Battle Palace, Spenser and Scott ask whether Ash is ready, and because the sun is shining Spenser decides to hold the battle in the jungle that covers most of the island. Scott explains the rules: three Pokémon each, with only the challenger allowed to substitute. The spectators ride in a Poké Ball-shaped hot-air balloon that gives them a view of the whole island, and a flying robot referee called Jamero keeps everyone informed, since no ordinary referee could keep up. Team Rocket hide in a tree, hoping for a chance to grab Pikachu. The first round pits Spenser’s Shiftry against Sceptile. Shiftry dodges Bullet Seed and the two race through the forest; Double Team and a Shadow Ball knock Sceptile into a pond, which Shiftry fills with rocks using Rock Smash. Sceptile bursts out from behind a waterfall and wins with Pound and Leaf Blade.
Spenser’s next Pokémon is Venusaur, and Ash sends out Heracross, which he has brought over from Professor Oak’s lab for this battle; the friends watching from the balloon believe the Bug-type should have the edge over the Grass-type giant, overlooking Venusaur’s Poison typing. Heracross is more interested in sipping nectar from Venusaur’s flower at first, but its Horn Attack and Megahorn soon batter Venusaur, until a Solar Beam knocks it out. When Spenser stops for a snack, Ash switches to Swellow, which lures Venusaur toward the beach, where clouds block the sun so that Solar Beam cannot charge; Swellow dodges every attack and wins with Aerial Ace. Spenser’s final Pokémon, Claydol, then teleports around Swellow, strikes it with Rapid Spin and knocks it out with Hyper Beam.
With one Pokémon left each, it comes down to Sceptile, already tired from the first round, against the fresh Claydol, a Ground and Psychic type that can float out of reach. A stray Psybeam blows Team Rocket out of their hiding place, and then a sudden squall drenches the field, interrupting Sceptile’s charge as Claydol traps it in a sand twister and pounds it with Psybeam. When the clouds part, sunlight pours down onto the seeds on Sceptile’s back, and it unleashes a brand-new Solar Beam, which hits Claydol super-effectively and wins the match. It is a fitting victory on the same island where Sceptile so recently rediscovered its fighting spirit. Spenser awards Ash the Spirits Symbol, his fifth, and Scott warns that the next Frontier Brain will be tougher still.
Major Events
- Spirits Symbol. A three-on-three jungle battle across Metallica Island, refereed by the robot Jamero
- Ash borrows Heracross
- Sceptile beats Shiftry
- Swellow beats Venusaur
- Sceptile learns Solar Beam to beat Claydol
Trivia
- The English title plays on the E. M. Forster novel A Room with a View.
- The screenplay is by Aya Matsui.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kanto storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Max’s remarks on type effectiveness reworded
- Brock calls Rapid Spin “Sandstorm”
- Spenser’s Claydol keeps its Japanese voice
- The Japanese Battle Frontier as background music
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