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| Season | Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series (Season 25) · Marnie, the Monarch & a return to Kalos arc (JN099–JN104) |
| Episode | Season 25, episode 9 · English episode 1179 · Japanese episode 1185 · Bulbapedia code JN099 |
| English title | Battling Turned Up to Eleven! |
| Japanese title | スパイクタウンのマリィ！ Supaiku Taun no Marī! — “Marnie of Spikemuth!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 25 February 2022 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 21 October 2022 · Netflix |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Wan, Tsū, Surī (One, Two, Three) – Karaage Sisters · Batsugun Taipu (Supereffective Type) – Pokémon Music Club |
| English opening | With You – Echosmith |
| Previous episode | Out of Their Elements! (JN098) |
| Next episode | Meeting Up with the Monarch! (JN100) |
Plot episodeAsh vs MarnieRank 15
Battling Turned Up to Eleven! is the 9th episode of Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series, the twenty-fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1179th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1185, Bulbapedia code JN099). It first aired in Japan on 25 February 2022 and in the United States on 21 October 2022. It falls within the season’s Marnie, the Monarch & a return to Kalos stretch (EP99–EP104).
Released on Netflix in the US on 21 October 2022 with the first part (JN091–JN102); Teletoon had premiered it in Canada on 23 July 2022.
Synopsis
Misdirected to Spikemuth by Team Yell, Ash races to Wyndon Stadium on the back of Gym Leader Piers’s motorcycle and defeats Piers’s sister Marnie in a World Coronation Series battle between Gigantamax Gengar and Gigantamax Grimmsnarl. Ash and Goh arrive in Spikemuth expecting a battle, only to find Piers rehearsing with his band in the Dark-type Gym. Piers is annoyed by the interruption, but when Ash mentions that his next opponent is Marnie, Piers reveals that she is his younger sister and that she is waiting for Ash at Wyndon Stadium: Team Yell, Marnie’s devoted fans, have deliberately sent him to the wrong town. With time running out, Piers drives Ash to Wyndon on his motorcycle, explaining on the way that Marnie entered the World Coronation Series to make Spikemuth famous again. The town’s Gym has no Power Spot, and Piers’s preference for traditional battles without Dynamax has made it unpopular, so Spikemuth has nearly emptied out, something Piers blames on himself.
At Wyndon, the scheduled time has passed, but Marnie refuses to win by default, and Ash arrives just in time; when Team Yell scold him for being late, Marnie rebukes them, saying a forfeit victory would mean nothing. Piers and Goh watch from the stands as Ash’s Gengar faces Marnie’s ace, Grimmsnarl. Spirit Break overpowers Gengar’s Dazzling Gleam, Gengar’s Ice Punch knocks Grimmsnarl down, and then Grimmsnarl’s sudden bow lures Gengar into its signature move, False Surrender, for heavy damage. Marnie Gigantamaxes Grimmsnarl, and Piers tells Goh that Dynamax battles are her specialty, so the siblings help their hometown in their own ways. G-Max Snooze makes Gengar drowsy, but it fights off sleep, and while Gengar slips through the shadows Max Quake hits it hard and its Sludge Bomb barely scratches the giant.
Ash Gigantamaxes Gengar, and Max Ooze clashes with Max Starfall until Grimmsnarl’s Gigantamax wears off. It dodges Max Hailstorm, lands Spirit Break and charges with Darkest Lariat, which shields it even through G-Max Terror. As Gengar’s own giant form begins to fade, Ash has it swallow Grimmsnarl whole and spit it out again as it shrinks. Marnie’s Stomping Tantrum, powered up after a missed attack, meets Gengar’s Shadow Ball, which overpowers it and knocks Grimmsnarl out. Ash wins, rising to 15th in the World Coronation Series, and the crowd applauds Marnie too. Outside, Team Yell tell Marnie that her battle has made many people want to visit Spikemuth, giving the town new hope. Smiling broadly, Marnie shakes Ash’s hand and promises to keep improving, and Ash feels closer than ever to the Master Class.
Major Events
- Ash vs Marnie. Misdirected by Team Yell, Ash beats Marnie at Wyndon Stadium, Gigantamax Gengar against Gigantamax Grimmsnarl, and rises to rank 15
- Gengar’s Dazzling Gleam is the first Fairy-type move used by one of Ash’s Pokémon, so they have now used moves of every type
- Eight animated move debuts, the most since EP004
- The last episode with the third version of 1·2·3
- Debuts of Marnie, Piers, Team Yell, Toxtricity in both forms, Obstagoon and Gigantamax Grimmsnarl, and Rillaboom’s TV-episode debut
Pokémon making their anime debut
Toxtricity#0849 · JN099
Obstagoon#0862 · JN099
Rillaboom#0812 · JN099
Trivia
- The English title plays on the phrase “turn it up to eleven”, from This Is Spinal Tap (1984), for Marnie and her rock-band fans.
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kanto, Galar & beyond storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- The Spikemuth caption is removed
- The last episode with Karaage Sisters’ version of 1·2·3
Part of our Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.