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* Chapter 52, the rematch between Gary and Paul. The battle could have gone to either of them, but Gary ultimately proves victorious, through a combination of ThePowerOfFriendship (in the form of the help he received from Ash and the twins), as well as taking advantage of the water battlefield with Blastoise. While Paul acknowledges that he was defeated partly because of bad luck due to the field change, he grudgingly admits that Gary had improved since their last match.
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* Misty's entire run throughout the Whirl Cup Qualifier. She managed to make it all the way to the finals, defeating several trainers with ''a lot'' more experience than her. And even despite losing to Fergus, he still acknowledged her as a WorthyOpponent enough to be looking forward for a rematch in the real Whirl Cup.
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* Chapter 50 has Ash, Anabel and their Pokémon fighting off ''Moltres''. Especially of note that Anabel succeeds in performing a Z-Move as soon as her Eevee evolves to Espeon, and they impress the bird enough that it gives Ash a new Z-Crystal as reward.
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* Ash's future Dragonair/Dragonite clearly packs as much power as in canon, even being able to give Charizard (who at this point is one of Ash's main powerhouses) a run for his money, and forcing him and Ash to get creative.
* Paul's battle against Jeanette was pretty good from beginning to end, but the caper is definitely Torterra defeating Mega Scizor by the hair, and all the handicaps (type disadvantage, decreasing power with each use of Leaf Storm, and lack of speed and mobility to dodge the attacks). A testament to Torterra's sheer power, nuff said.
* The main event of Chapter 49, Ash vs Cross:
** Kingler manages to force Cross to switch Incineroar out, and defeats a Lurantis. A Lurantis with ''Contrary''.
** Muk does pretty well against Lycanroc too. While he loses, he does leave the Rock-type so beaten up that Charizard finishes him off with a single Flamethrower.
** Charizard finally getting his revenge against Incineroar. The spar with Dragonair paid off, as the trick he pulled then (channeling the energy of one attack into a different limb to turn it in another) came out pretty useful when Incineroar thought he had him pinned so he couldn't cancel his Thunder Punches.
* Paul's battle against Jeanette was pretty good from beginning to end, but the caper is definitely Torterra defeating Mega Scizor by the hair, and all the handicaps (type disadvantage, decreasing power with each use of Leaf Storm, and lack of speed and mobility to dodge the attacks). A testament to Torterra's sheer power, nuff said.
* The main event of Chapter 49, Ash vs Cross:
** Kingler manages to force Cross to switch Incineroar out, and defeats a Lurantis. A Lurantis with ''Contrary''.
** Muk does pretty well against Lycanroc too. While he loses, he does leave the Rock-type so beaten up that Charizard finishes him off with a single Flamethrower.
** Charizard finally getting his revenge against Incineroar. The spar with Dragonair paid off, as the trick he pulled then (channeling the energy of one attack into a different limb to turn it in another) came out pretty useful when Incineroar thought he had him pinned so he couldn't cancel his Thunder Punches.
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* The Glitch War has the following:
** Guzma proves himself TooSpicyForYogSothoth, not only resisting ZZAZZ's possession, but by driving the fragment out ''by himself'' with pure rage. Keep in mind that most of the other characters whom ZZAZZ possessed or attempted to possess needed external help to break out of it.
** For ZZAZZ's credit, the powers his fragments gave to their victims is nothing short of impressive. It gave Latios the strength he needed to perfect his Luster Purge, and turned a random Zenith grunt into a very real threat for ''Steven Stone and his Metagross''!
** Lastly, [=MissingNo=]'s efforts to take out ZZAZZ, and the method he uses to get rid of him for good: trapping him in the BadFuture Wes came from, with no way to return to the past to cause more way.
** Guzma proves himself TooSpicyForYogSothoth, not only resisting ZZAZZ's possession, but by driving the fragment out ''by himself'' with pure rage. Keep in mind that most of the other characters whom ZZAZZ possessed or attempted to possess needed external help to break out of it.
** For ZZAZZ's credit, the powers his fragments gave to their victims is nothing short of impressive. It gave Latios the strength he needed to perfect his Luster Purge, and turned a random Zenith grunt into a very real threat for ''Steven Stone and his Metagross''!
** Lastly, [=MissingNo=]'s efforts to take out ZZAZZ, and the method he uses to get rid of him for good: trapping him in the BadFuture Wes came from, with no way to return to the past to cause more way.
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* Ash's fifth round match against Kaia has them for both sides. Not only Kaia found ways to work around her blindness to become a trainer, but she shows her Pokémon are pretty well-trained and capable of making effective decisions on their own, making things much harder for her opponents. She actually manages to find counters for some of Ash's own unorthodox maneuvers on the fly, such as using Torment to prevent Pikachu from using Volt Tackle as a defense against her Crobat's Toxic. Meanwhile, Ash too manages to adapt and counter her, like having Pidgeot trap Crobat in a Hurricane before attacking from above so he can't escape.
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* Ash manages to defeat the "Rookie Crusher" in the second round of the Indigo League, who's beaten every rookie he's faced in twenty years. He did so without losing ''any'' of his Pokemon (though Yanma was on the bad end of a CurbStompBattle before getting out of it with U-Turn and taking no knock outs.) Goodra in particular took out two of his Pokemon and could heave easily fought the third if the dragon had been up for it.
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* Ash manages to defeat the "Rookie Crusher" in the second round of the Indigo League, who's beaten every rookie he's faced in twenty years. He did so without losing ''any'' of his Pokemon (though Yanma was on the bad end of a CurbStompBattle before getting out of it with U-Turn and taking no knock outs.) Goodra in particular took out two of his Pokemon and could heave have easily fought the third if the dragon had been up for it.
* The highlights of the round, where Ash once again faces against Joshua:
** [[ReluctantWarrior Raichu]] not only willingly battles for Ash, she wins against Joshua's Magneton without breaking a sweat. The best part, she pulled off a Dig move ''using her tail'' as a drill to take Magneton down.
** Ash's Exeggutor uses a Confusion/Psyshock combo to keep Joshua's Arbok from attacking at all, and does so without a single scratch.
** The crowner, when Joshua has his Fearow intentionally fly close to Ash to throw him off, Ash ''punches'' Fearow out by himself. As Joshua was deliberately cheating the referee rules in Ash's favor, so Joshua is disqualified and banned from League competitions for a year. To top it, Serena could watch it on TV!
* The fourth round, Ash is in trouble against Locke's Avalugg, a Pokémon with [[MightyGlacier high defenses and powerful attacks]], [[DamageSpongeBoss and sets up a hailstorm to use its Ice Body to recover any damage it receives.]] Who defeats it? Squirtle, using Aura Sphere blasts at point-blank range.
* The highlights of the round, where Ash once again faces against Joshua:
** [[ReluctantWarrior Raichu]] not only willingly battles for Ash, she wins against Joshua's Magneton without breaking a sweat. The best part, she pulled off a Dig move ''using her tail'' as a drill to take Magneton down.
** Ash's Exeggutor uses a Confusion/Psyshock combo to keep Joshua's Arbok from attacking at all, and does so without a single scratch.
** The crowner, when Joshua has his Fearow intentionally fly close to Ash to throw him off, Ash ''punches'' Fearow out by himself. As Joshua was deliberately cheating the referee rules in Ash's favor, so Joshua is disqualified and banned from League competitions for a year. To top it, Serena could watch it on TV!
* The fourth round, Ash is in trouble against Locke's Avalugg, a Pokémon with [[MightyGlacier high defenses and powerful attacks]], [[DamageSpongeBoss and sets up a hailstorm to use its Ice Body to recover any damage it receives.]] Who defeats it? Squirtle, using Aura Sphere blasts at point-blank range.
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* Ash manages to defeat the "Rookie Crusher" in the second round of the Indigo League, who's beaten every rookie he's faced in twenty years. He did so without losing ''any'' of his Pokemon (though Yanma was on the bad end of a CurbStompBattle before getting out of it with U-Turn and taking no knock outs.)
) Goodra in particular took out two of his Pokemon and could heave easily fought the third if the dragon had been up for it.
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years. He did so without losing ''any'' of his Pokemon (though Yanma was on the bad end of a CurbStompBattle before getting out of it with U-Turn and taking no knock outs.)
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** Pidgeot managed to catch Machamp off-guard a few times to land her hits, and Hitmonchan only won against Pikachu because he activated Endure at the last second before Pikachu fired the Gigavolt Havoc. Ash might have lost the other two bouts, he still impressed Bruno enough that he commends his trainer skills.
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** Pidgeot managed to catch Machamp off-guard a few times to land her hits, and Hitmonchan only won against Pikachu because he activated Endure at the last second before Pikachu fired the Gigavolt Havoc. Ash might have lost the other two bouts, but he still impressed Bruno enough that he commends his trainer skills.
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* Chapter 45 gives Ash a rather big milestone. How many rookie trainers can boast of ''defeating'' an Elite Four-level Pokémon in a one-on-one battle?
** Pidgeot managed to catch Machamp off-guard a few times to land her hits, and Hitmonchan only won against Pikachu because he activated Endure at the last second before Pikachu fired the Gigavolt Havoc. Ash might have lost the other two bouts, he still impressed Bruno enough that he commends his trainer skills.
** Pidgeot managed to catch Machamp off-guard a few times to land her hits, and Hitmonchan only won against Pikachu because he activated Endure at the last second before Pikachu fired the Gigavolt Havoc. Ash might have lost the other two bouts, he still impressed Bruno enough that he commends his trainer skills.
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* The climatic Originals vs Clones battle in the second half is full of these. Some highlights:
** The originals, being inferior in raw power to the clones, level up the playing field using smarter tactics to gang up on their foes and their (initial) numerical advantage for teamwork.
** All throughout the battle, [[spoiler:Lucario]] fights one-on-one against ''Mewtwo'', and manages to hold his own and land several hits on him!!
** [[spoiler:Anabel]] manages to use her MindControl abilities to briefly throw Mewtwo off, giving [[spoiler:Lucario]] several openings to land several hits.
** The crowner: when Mewtwo withstands Ash and Pikachu's [[LimitBreak Gigavolt Havoc]], Yellow joins in, and powers Pikachu up to boost his base Thunderbolt. Then, Ash uses his own bloodline to ''stack up'' the power even more when using another Gigavolt Havoc, turning it into a ''Mega''-Gigavolt Havoc, that finally overpowers Mewtwo!
** The originals, being inferior in raw power to the clones, level up the playing field using smarter tactics to gang up on their foes and their (initial) numerical advantage for teamwork.
** All throughout the battle, [[spoiler:Lucario]] fights one-on-one against ''Mewtwo'', and manages to hold his own and land several hits on him!!
** [[spoiler:Anabel]] manages to use her MindControl abilities to briefly throw Mewtwo off, giving [[spoiler:Lucario]] several openings to land several hits.
** The crowner: when Mewtwo withstands Ash and Pikachu's [[LimitBreak Gigavolt Havoc]], Yellow joins in, and powers Pikachu up to boost his base Thunderbolt. Then, Ash uses his own bloodline to ''stack up'' the power even more when using another Gigavolt Havoc, turning it into a ''Mega''-Gigavolt Havoc, that finally overpowers Mewtwo!
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* In the first half of Mewtwo Strikes Back, Casey Snagem and his Bond Phenomenon Chesnaught manage to land a couple solid blows on Mewtwo.
** Using Ash's Dominion Bloodline, he and Charizard manage to beat Mewtwo's.
** Using Ash's Dominion Bloodline, he and Charizard manage to beat Mewtwo's.
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* Chapter 42 has an impressive closure to Ash's Kanto Gym Challenge. To wit:
** First, when Butch and Cassidy try to stop him from entering the Gym, Ash is quick to make short work of them. Gigalith shows off her new power beating a Tentacruel and a Primeape, and then ''[[BadassAdorable Togepi]]'' takes out a Hitmontop!
** The battle proper against Giovanni starts, and the Team Rocket boss doesn't pull any punches. Squirtle manages to defeat a Rhydon, and manages to tie with a Dugtrio despite being tired from the previous bout.
** Yanma takes out Giovanni's Marowak, making good use of his speedy moves, even performing a pseudo-Seismic Toss to finish it off. Moreover, he fights so well against a ''Steelix'', Giovanni ultimately chooses to use ''[[TakingYouWithMe Explosion]]'' just to force a tie.
** Giovanni's Pokémon deserve credit too. His Marowak manages to take out Kingler and his Nidoking defeats the lead Tauros. Keep in mind these are Pokémon who have the advantage from their memories of the previous timeline, yet they went down without a single victory in the match.
** Last but not least, the Serperior vs Rhyperior final battle. Rhyperior puts up a strong defense tanking out ''every'' single attack Serperior dishes at him. Ash only manages to win by figuring out a way to get an Attract to work on Rhyperior, but that seals the deal, earning Ash his final badge.
* On a meta-level, Ash managed to go through all Kanto Gyms winning his badges on the first try!
** First, when Butch and Cassidy try to stop him from entering the Gym, Ash is quick to make short work of them. Gigalith shows off her new power beating a Tentacruel and a Primeape, and then ''[[BadassAdorable Togepi]]'' takes out a Hitmontop!
** The battle proper against Giovanni starts, and the Team Rocket boss doesn't pull any punches. Squirtle manages to defeat a Rhydon, and manages to tie with a Dugtrio despite being tired from the previous bout.
** Yanma takes out Giovanni's Marowak, making good use of his speedy moves, even performing a pseudo-Seismic Toss to finish it off. Moreover, he fights so well against a ''Steelix'', Giovanni ultimately chooses to use ''[[TakingYouWithMe Explosion]]'' just to force a tie.
** Giovanni's Pokémon deserve credit too. His Marowak manages to take out Kingler and his Nidoking defeats the lead Tauros. Keep in mind these are Pokémon who have the advantage from their memories of the previous timeline, yet they went down without a single victory in the match.
** Last but not least, the Serperior vs Rhyperior final battle. Rhyperior puts up a strong defense tanking out ''every'' single attack Serperior dishes at him. Ash only manages to win by figuring out a way to get an Attract to work on Rhyperior, but that seals the deal, earning Ash his final badge.
* On a meta-level, Ash managed to go through all Kanto Gyms winning his badges on the first try!
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* Even if he didn't use his full strength, the way Ash was able to hold his own and defeat Alexander Silph's Alolan Pokémon was fairly impressive, especially considering he was using Pokémon Ash had never seen before.before and the Pokedex wasn't giving him as much help as usual due to conversing with Alexander's own A.I.
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* In Chapter 23, Snivy ''finally'' learns Aerial Ace. To make it even more awesome, [[spoiler:she evolves not long afterwards]].
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** And at the end, having run out of options, Ash brings out Sligoo to face against Janine's Ariados. Turns out Sligoo [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes is deathly afraid of them]] (most likely after his capture by Hunter J), but at Ash's urging, he still fights on [[spoiler: and ''evolves'' to Goodra in order to win.]]
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** Sabrina gives Ash two choices: he can try and get one of her Marsh Badges on the top floor, or rescue Primeape in the basement. [[spoiler: He manages to get ''both'' of them. A later chapter confirms that Sabrina registered the badge to him, indicating that she seems to view him as a WorthyOpponent]]
** Even almost giving in to his anger, Ash holds his own while Dexter prepares an escape plan. [[spoiler: The Pokédex brings ''every'' Pokémon Ash has caught so far to level the playing field against Sabrina's numbers. Special mention goes to Krabby, he makes his entrance by landing a Stomp directly on Sabrina herself and [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom sending her "accross the room"]] [[ImpactSilhouette "and through a wall"]].]]
** Sabrina is determined to get Ash to use his powers against her and stop holding back. But when she thought he couldn't give her more surprises, he proves her wrong [[spoiler: by ''creating'' a Psychium-Z and using Shattered Psyche with Butterfree's help to defeat her Mega Alakazam.]]
** When she seems on the edge of a VillainousBreakdown for being unable to get him to use his powers, [[spoiler: his female companions, along with Belladonna and her lovers show up in the nick of time to get him out of there.]] Special mention goes to [[spoiler: Aurora, who immediately freezes Sabrina in place to keep her from interfering with their escape.]]
* Chapter 36 reveals that in the aftermath of the Saffron battle, [[spoiler: Krabby, Roggenrola and Servine]] all evolved!
** Even almost giving in to his anger, Ash holds his own while Dexter prepares an escape plan. [[spoiler: The Pokédex brings ''every'' Pokémon Ash has caught so far to level the playing field against Sabrina's numbers. Special mention goes to Krabby, he makes his entrance by landing a Stomp directly on Sabrina herself and [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom sending her "accross the room"]] [[ImpactSilhouette "and through a wall"]].]]
** Sabrina is determined to get Ash to use his powers against her and stop holding back. But when she thought he couldn't give her more surprises, he proves her wrong [[spoiler: by ''creating'' a Psychium-Z and using Shattered Psyche with Butterfree's help to defeat her Mega Alakazam.]]
** When she seems on the edge of a VillainousBreakdown for being unable to get him to use his powers, [[spoiler: his female companions, along with Belladonna and her lovers show up in the nick of time to get him out of there.]] Special mention goes to [[spoiler: Aurora, who immediately freezes Sabrina in place to keep her from interfering with their escape.]]
* Chapter 36 reveals that in the aftermath of the Saffron battle, [[spoiler: Krabby, Roggenrola and Servine]] all evolved!
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** Sabrina gives Ash two choices: he can try and get one of her Marsh Badges on the top floor, or rescue Primeape in the basement. [[spoiler: He manages to get ''both'' of them. A later chapter confirms that Sabrina registered the badge to him, indicating that she seems to view him as a WorthyOpponent]]
WorthyOpponent.
** Even almost giving in to his anger, Ash holds his own while Dexter prepares an escape plan.[[spoiler: The Pokédex brings ''every'' Pokémon Ash has caught so far to level the playing field against Sabrina's numbers. Special mention goes to Krabby, he makes his entrance by landing a Stomp directly on Sabrina herself and [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom sending her "accross the room"]] [[ImpactSilhouette "and through a wall"]].]]
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** Sabrina is determined to get Ash to use his powers against her and stop holding back. But when she thought he couldn't give her more surprises, he proves her wrong[[spoiler: by ''creating'' a Psychium-Z and using Shattered Psyche with Butterfree's help to defeat her Mega Alakazam.]]
Alakazam.
** When she seems on the edge of a VillainousBreakdown for being unable to get him to use his powers,[[spoiler: his female companions, along with Belladonna and her lovers show up in the nick of time to get him out of there.]] there. Special mention goes to [[spoiler: Aurora, who immediately freezes Sabrina in place to keep her from interfering with their escape.]]
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* Chapter 36 reveals that in the aftermath of the Saffron battle,[[spoiler: Krabby, Roggenrola and Servine]] Servine all evolved!
** Even almost giving in to his anger, Ash holds his own while Dexter prepares an escape plan.
** Sabrina is determined to get Ash to use his powers against her and stop holding back. But when she thought he couldn't give her more surprises, he proves her wrong
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* Agatha returns to Drowning Woods to catch all of the Ghost-types so they won't harm anybody ever again. It's specially cathartic to see the Gengar [[spoiler: who killed Agatha's brother Tony]] Tony reduced to a shadow of its former self and about to get its just desserts.
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** The climax, ''all'' of it. The battle between Steven and Zevie was full of awesome, [[spoiler: only capped off by the NearVillainVictory the latter pulled off by transforming the Megalith into ''Mega Rayquaza''. And Steven and his allies blasted the thing to pieces, ''just barely'' putting a stop to Team Zenith's plans.]]
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** The climax, ''all'' of it. The battle between Steven and Zevie was full of awesome, [[spoiler: only capped off by the NearVillainVictory the latter pulled off by transforming the Megalith into ''Mega Rayquaza''. And Steven and his allies blasted the thing to pieces, ''just barely'' putting a stop to Team Zenith's plans.]]
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** They encounter [[spoiler: an angry Mew]], who is ''not'' happy to have intruders in its home. Despite being scared out of their minds, Oak stands up to it to make it clear they mean no harm, and he manages to convince it.
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** They encounter[[spoiler: an angry Mew]], Mew, who is ''not'' happy to have intruders in its home. Despite being scared out of their minds, Oak stands up to it to make it clear they mean no harm, and he manages to convince it.
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set up a blog, she manipulates the device into agreeing, by suggesting he's refusing because he ''can't'' and forcing him to prove her wrong.
* Despite not being able to use it to its full potential, Jeanettewinning manages to make good use of the Beedrillite she borrowed from A.J, and successfully wins a Scizorite.
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* Even if he didn't use his full strength, the way Ash was able to hold his own and defeat Alexander Silph's Alolan Pokémon was fairly impressive, especially considering he was using Pokémon Ash had never seen before.
** On the flip side, Alexander got his Golisopod to dodge a ''[[LimitBreak Z-Move]]'' [[BoringButPractical using a move as simple as Substitute]].
* Despite not being able to use it to its full potential, Jeanette
* Even if he didn't use his full strength, the way Ash was able to hold his own and defeat Alexander Silph's Alolan Pokémon was fairly impressive, especially considering he was using Pokémon Ash had never seen before.
** On the flip side, Alexander got his Golisopod to dodge a ''[[LimitBreak Z-Move]]'' [[BoringButPractical using a move as simple as Substitute]].
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* Jeanette winning a Scizorite.
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** Speaking of which, the Ash versus Misty fight in general: bar the generally comedic Bulbasaur v Psyduck fight Misty gave Ash a pretty strong challenge each time and got two wins off out of the five matches seen (the sixth being ambiguous, with Misty also having the nice showing of Gyarados having over four moves). Despite Ash being stronger, she showed a better battle than her sisters did.
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** And of course, they give their project a test run, when it's time to do or die. And it ''works''.
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** And of course, they give their project a test run, when it's time to do or die. And it ''works''.
''works''. The Gaiden made clear that even when ''not'' acting out of malice, ''instinct'' is enough to make most Pokemon dangerous to humans and even their fellow Pokemon. The protagonists all nearly died to the Pokemon on Faraway Island who only saw them as ''food''. And then, Oak and Hastings activated their device, and it ''pacified'' the dangerous Pokemon of the island, proving beyond a shadow of all doubt just how important Oak's and Hastings' achievement was, and why Oak received a lot of respect and admiration for it.
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* The Oak & Hastings Gaiden has a few highlights:
** Agatha and her team stay to HoldTheLine when a bunch of prehistoric Pokémon attack them, so that Oak and Hastings can continue.
** Later, Hastings ''almost'' [[spoiler: pulls a HeroicSacrifice for Oak, seeking to atone for his Capture Styler being used as a weapon for war]]. Fortunately, Oak prevents him from following through with it.
** They encounter [[spoiler: an angry Mew]], who is ''not'' happy to have intruders in its home. Despite being scared out of their minds, Oak stands up to it to make it clear they mean no harm, and he manages to convince it.
** And of course, they give their project a test run, when it's time to do or die. And it ''works''.
** Agatha and her team stay to HoldTheLine when a bunch of prehistoric Pokémon attack them, so that Oak and Hastings can continue.
** Later, Hastings ''almost'' [[spoiler: pulls a HeroicSacrifice for Oak, seeking to atone for his Capture Styler being used as a weapon for war]]. Fortunately, Oak prevents him from following through with it.
** They encounter [[spoiler: an angry Mew]], who is ''not'' happy to have intruders in its home. Despite being scared out of their minds, Oak stands up to it to make it clear they mean no harm, and he manages to convince it.
** And of course, they give their project a test run, when it's time to do or die. And it ''works''.
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* During Chapter 39, Charizard tells Ash to ''create'' a Z-Crystal so they can defeat Misty and her Blastoise. Surprisingly, he does, and Charizard then goes to perform a Breakneck Blitz, strong enough to pierce through Blastoise's ''Protect'', of all things.
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* During Chapter 39, Charizard tells Ash to ''create'' a Z-Crystal so they can defeat Misty and her Blastoise. Surprisingly, he does, and Charizard then goes to perform a Breakneck Blitz, strong enough to pierce through Blastoise's ''Protect'', of all things.''Protect'' and defeat Blastoise.
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* Iris' Axew defeating Mandi's Exeggutor with ease. [[spoiler: To top it off, he ''evolves'' after doing so.]]
* A Zapdos attacks Ash and the others while they're training. While the result of the battle was unclear, it ended with Ash creating an Electrium-Z.
* A Zapdos attacks Ash and the others while they're training. While the result of the battle was unclear, it ended with Ash creating an Electrium-Z.
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* Pikachu using a Z-Move on Oak's Dragonite, which it only withstands due to a combo of Multiscale and Horn Drill.
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* Frax and Velvet's fight in the Melemele Grand Trial Interlude.
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* Frax and Velvet's fight in the Melemele Grand Trial Interlude.
Interlude. Both they and Hala give it their all and show not only that the twins earned their win, but that Hala has more than earned his title of Kahuna.
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* Fox [=McCloude=]'s titanic effort of translating the story to Spanish all by himself, as well as every oneshot, ''and'' the version hosted on Archive. Keep in mind that the story is over 400K words long as of this writing, and all the oneshots put together are ''even longer''.
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* Fox [=McCloude=]'s titanic effort of translating the story to Spanish all by himself, as well as every oneshot, ''and'' the version hosted on Archive. Keep in mind that the story is over 400K 500K words long as of this writing, and all the oneshots put together are ''even longer''.
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* Pikachu using a Z-Move on Oak's Dragonite, which it only withstands due to a combo of Multiscale and Horn Drill.
