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On the way to Vertress City, site of the upcoming Unova League, our heroes notice a Drilbur and a Braviary who seem to be watching them. Their Trainers—brothers Rocko and Soren—show up soon after and challenge Ash to a Tag Battle! Ash is happy to accept, and decides to pair up with Cilan for a similar land-and-air team of Pansage and Unfezant.
The first move the brothers call for is Drill Wing, which none of our heroes has ever heard of before! It turns out Soren and Rocko are skilled at using double-move attacks—in this case, Drilbur’s Drill Run combined with Braviary’s Wing Attack. It doesn’t take Ash and Cilan long to pick up on this technique, and with some impressive teamwork, they defeat the brothers...who immediately start blaming each other.
Cilan steps in to break up the fight, and wields his Pokémon Connoisseur skills to offer them some advice: each brother is well matched with his own Pokémon, but they need a Water-type Pokémon to round out their land-and-air team. And of course, since Cilan is also a Fishing Connoisseur, he’s happy to give them some lessons on how to catch one. They first hook two feisty Frillish, but can’t agree on a strategy for catching them, so the Frillish get away. Once Soren and Rocko calm down and start working together, they manage to catch a Buizel and a Corphish to add to their team. Now they can boast of being rulers of the land, the air, and the water!
Our heroes say goodbye to the brothers with promises of a Tag Battle rematch if they meet again, and the journey to the Unova League continues!
Original Release
10/18/2012
US Release
02/09/2013
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eileen Stevens | Iris |
Jason Griffith | Cilan |
Rodger Parsons | Narrator |
Matthew Labyorteaux | Rocko |
Eli James | Pansage |
Brian Munn | Soren |
Bill Rogers | Corphish |
Kayzie Rogers | Axew / Frillish |
Marc Thompson | Pokédex |
Tom Wayland | Braviary / Drilbur |
Directors
Norihiko Sutô, Kunihiko Yuyama
Writers
Creators
Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eileen Stevens | Iris |
Jason Griffith | Cilan |
Rodger Parsons | Narrator |
Matthew Labyorteaux | Rocko |
Eli James | Pansage |
Brian Munn | Soren |
Bill Rogers | Corphish |
Kayzie Rogers | Axew / Frillish |
Marc Thompson | Pokédex |
Tom Wayland | Braviary / Drilbur |
Ikue Otani | Pikachu (voice) / Pikachu |
Tyler Bunch | (voice) (as H.D. Quinn) |
Christopher Collet | (voice) (as Andrew Paull) |
Rica Matsumoto | Satoshi / Satoshi (voice) |
Aoi Yuki | Iris / Iris (voice) |
Erica Schroeder | Unfezant |
Unsho Ishizuka | Narrator (voice) |
Shin'ichirô Miki | Kojirou (voice) |
Megumi Toyoguchi | Hikari (voice) |
Megumi Hayashibara | Musashi (voice) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Kenji Okubo | Executive Producer |
Shûkichi Kanda | Producer |
Yui Kudo | Producer |
Takuro Muratsubaki | Producer |
Shigehiro Tanaka | Producer |
Tim Werenko | Producer |
Toshifumi Yoshida | Producer |
Choji Yoshikawa | Producer |