Japanese Title: Luchabull and Dark Luchabull!
Original Airdate: November 27, 2014
US Airdate: February 7, 2015
Our valiant hero, reduced to a slap fight.
When the twerps end up stumbling into another movie rehersal, a rivalry forms between Ash's Hawlucha and a Shiny Hawlucha. Is it all part of the show?
This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
- All Part of the Show: What the show thrives on. A helpful attitude when Team Rocket shoots in and is quickly blasted off.
- Damsel in Distress: Snubbull's role in the show.
- The Other Marty: In-Universe, Hawlucha fills in for Carl’s Gallade, who’s leg was injured in the opening scuffle. Luckily, it helps make his rivalry with Dark Hawlucha more plausible.
- Wimp Fight: Hawlucha and Dark Hawlucha eventually devolve into this, as their clashing egos devolve them to swinging wings at each other.
- You Just Ruined the Shot: Ash and friends see a Snubbull being harassed by a Dark Hawlucha and come to the rescue — and in doing so interrupt a rehearsal for a show.
