Line #3 Recap/PokemonS19E7AFestivalOfDecisions


1	* BigBadassBattleSequence: Ash, his friends, and Ninja Village vs. a rogue band of ninjas.
2	* BigDamnHeroes: Sanpei's teacher Saizo shows up in the nick of time, his Barbaracle TakingTheBullet for Pikachu, Frogadier and Sanpei's Greninja from Heidayu's Bisharp.
3	* CallBack: The evolution of Ash's Frogadier happens almost the exact same way as that when he was still a Froakie evolving into Frogadier: TakingTheBullet with a touch of BareHandedBladeBlock for Pikachu and Sanpei's Greninja.
4	* ContrivedCoincidence: All those who saw Ash's special Greninja have compared his appearance to the hero of legend, and even the elder wonders if there might be a connection.
5	* CurbStompBattle:
6	** Serena's Braxien, Clemont's Luxray, Shinobu's Liepard and Nihei's Venusaur utterly beat down a Skarmory, Ariados, Houndoom and Gengar with Flamethrower, Swift, Shadow Ball and Solar Beam.
7	** Ash-Greninja utterly stomps Heidayu and Bisharp.
8	* EleventhHourSuperpower: Ash-Greninja lasted only a couple of seconds, but it was enough to defeat Heidayu and Bisharp.
9	* GracefulLoser: Kagetomo, after realizing the battle is lost and his army defeated, accepts his loss solemnly and thanks his Weaville for fighting well.
10	* HeelFaceTurn: Kagetomo and Heidayu undergo one after they lose, dedicating themselves to becoming good ninjas.
11	* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: After a particularly nasty Snarl attack, Heidayu explicitly orders Bisharp to finish off Pikachu before the latter can get back up. Frogadier [[TakingTheBullet gets in the way]], evolving in the process.
12	* MassOhCrap: Everyone reacts this way to when Ash's new Greninja transforms into his SuperMode for the very first time.
13	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The heroes' "army" consists of Ash's group, the Ninja siblings, Shinobu and Saizo plus the villagers. At the start of the big battle, most of the villagers get cornered by Kagetomo's mooks, and most of the action is focused on the [[NominalImportance named characters]]. When all is said and done, the ninja villagers were able to incapacitate Kagetomo's army and we don't get to see it!
14	* OhCrap: The evil ninja's Skarmory, Ariados, Houndoom and Gengar respond with this when getting blasted into defeat.
15	* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Kagetomo attacked the ninja village as revenge on his mentor, the ninja elder, for denying him his place as the next leader on account of his lust for power.
16	* ScissorsCutsRock: An evil ninja's Houndoom is beaten by a Shadow Ball which it resists in the games.
17	* ShooOutTheClowns: Team Rocket are blasted off by a flock of Skarmory at the start of the episode before anyone can even react to them.
18	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: An evil ninja's Houndoom closes its eyes, turns its head to the side and grimaces before getting struck by Shinobu's Liepard's Shadow Ball.
19	* TookALevelInBadass: Oh boy, does Greninja ever -- and not just by evolving from Frogadier and learning Water Shuriken -- as [[{{Synchronization}} his aura briefly combines with Ash's]] to become [[SuperMode Ash-Greninja]]. It's fleeting, but it's long enough.

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