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| Season | Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond (Season 16) · N on the road arc (BW114–BW119) |
| Episode | Season 16, episode 19 · English episode 769 · Japanese episode 774 · Bulbapedia code BW116 |
| English title | The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion! |
| Japanese title | 燃えよリザードン！VSカイリュー！ Moe yo Rizādon! Tai Kairyū! — “Burn, Lizardon! VS Kairyu!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 7 March 2013 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 8 June 2013 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Yajirushi ni Natte! 2013 (Be an Arrow! 2013) – Rica Matsumoto · Sakura Gō Raundo (Sakura Go-Round) – Shiritsu Ebisu Chūgaku |
| English opening | It’s Always You and Me (Version 2) – Neal Coomer & Kathryn Raio |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Charmander (US) |
| Previous episode | The Pokémon Harbor Patrol! (BW115) |
| Next episode | Team Plasma’s Pokémon Manipulation! (BW117) |
Plot episodeCharizard returnsUnfezant to Oak’s lab
The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion! is the 19th episode of Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond, the sixteenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 769th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 774, Bulbapedia code BW116). It first aired in Japan on 7 March 2013 and in the United States on 8 June 2013. It falls within the season’s N on the road stretch (EP114–EP119).
Synopsis
A Kanto Fair reminds Ash of his Charizard, which he calls back from the Charicific Valley in exchange for Unfezant and then battles against Iris’s Dragonite. A clumsy stage Charmander’s spinning Ember act leads Ash to tell his friends how he met his own Charmander.
In reanimated flashbacks, Ash recalls rescuing Charmander from its selfish Trainer Damian, its battles as Charmander, its disobedience as Charmeleon and Charizard, its loss at the Indigo Plateau Conference, the night of care in the Orange Islands that won its trust, and its later training in the Charicific Valley and comebacks against Clair, Gary and Noland. Professor Oak sends Charizard’s Poké Ball, and Unfezant goes to Oak’s lab to race with Swellow and Staraptor.
Charizard greets Pikachu with a Flamethrower but glares at Iris’s Dragonite, so Ash and Iris let them battle. Charizard blocks Thunder Punch with Wing Attack, lands Slash and grounds Dragonite with Dragon Tail before N calls the match, saying the two now respect each other. Iris is shocked to learn Charizard is not a Dragon-type, and Charizard agrees to continue in Unova with Ash.
Major Events
- Charizard returns. A Kanto Fair
- Reanimated flashbacks of Ash’s Charmander line, with Misty, Brock, Tracey and Primeape
- Unfezant goes to Oak’s lab and Charizard rejoins Ash
- Charizard against Iris’s Dragonite, called off by N
- Charizard’s last official battle
- The last episode with Boldore in Ash’s party
- Michele Knotz voices Misty for the first time
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Unova storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- In Japanese Iris had planned to catch a Charmander, in English a Charizard
- The flashbacks are redubbed with the current cast — Michele Knotz voices Misty for the first time, and Stuart Zagnit, as Koga, is the only 4Kids actor to reprise a role
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