A Judgment Brawl
"Zig when Walrein zags!"
Score: 7/10
The battlefield changes to a pool with floating platforms. It's now Corphish versus Golduck. Golduck confuses Corphish, but Corphish's confused attacks luckily all work out anyway and defeat Golduck. Katie sends out Venomoth again, and for once, Ash does the smart thing and recalls Corphish and sends out Swellow, who defeats Venomoth with insulting ease.
Katie sends out Scizor, and after an admittedly really cool battle of countering double team with double team with double team, Swellow wins. I normally hate double team because the writers fall back on every time they need to create false tension, but this time it's actually pretty cool.
Katie's final pokemon is a Walrein, but it's too blubbery to be affected by Swellow's attacks and defeats it easily. Ash sends out Cophish, which gets out knocked out in one attack because it was already weakened from the earlier fight.
Finally, Ash sends out Grovyle, and tricks Walrein into using ice beam to freeze the pool and prevent it from diving underwater. He then waits for Walrein to use body slam and tells Grovyle to duck and use bullet seed, and by "duck," he apparently means "jump into the air."
Later, Morrison and Tyson defeat their unnamed opponents. Sadly, I already used the only joke I have for this like twelve times. We then learn that the second round will involve Ash versus Morrison, who moodily walks off, apparently not wanting to fight Ash yet. He tries to train, but he now likes Ash too much to fight him properly, and Brock explains that Morrison doesn't know how to handle fighting a friend.
The next morning, Ash and Morrison square off on an ice field. Ash starts with Corphish, and Morrison sends out Girafarig. Morrison is clearly not on top of things and loses easily, and when the judge tells him to send out another pokemon, he's paralyzed with indecision.
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Started: July 6, 2005