Summary As our Heroes continue on their Sinnoh region journey with Pastoria City as their next stop, it becomes obvious that Ash's Gligar can't WAIT to have its first battle. But Ash insists Gligar's not ready yet, and to practice more first. That's when Brock offers to do just that with Gligar. A battle begins, when suddenly Gligar is carried away on a strong wind, landing right in front of none other than Paul! When Ash finally finds Paul and Gligar, the fighting between the two rivaling trainers starts all over again, culminating in Ash challenging Paul to a battle right then and there. At first there is no response from Paul, until Chimchar (who of course Paul once trained) insists they battle. Intrigued, Paul agrees, and Ash's choice for his first Pokémon battle partner is the highly motivated but inexperienced Gligar, who is defeated after one hit from Paul's powerful Gliscor. Next up is Paul's Ursaring, and Chimchar's insistence brings it up to be Ash's next battle partner. But Ursaring's Secret Power causes Chimchar to be filled with fear, and it appears all is lost for the little Fire - type, until the same power that Paul had previously been unable to awaken in Chimchar before now explodes with a VENGEANCE, and Ursaring is roundly defeated. However, Chimchar now seems demonically possessed, and it takes every ounce of strength Ash can muster to get Chimchar to calm down after winning. Defeated, Paul leaves, leaving Ash and Chimchar vowing to train harder than ever, and someday win the entire Sinnoh League!

• Action
• Adventure
• Quest
• Animation
• Hand-Drawn Animation
• Anime
• Comedy
• Animal Adventure
• Family
• Fantasy