FJ053

==Synopsis==
Justin's Pokemon cannot fight intense sleep during his Ecruteak City gym battle.
==Summary==
Justin has his Ecruteak Gym Battle against Morty, which is slated to be a rare four-on-four matchup. Morty chooses a Spinarak as his first Pokemon, despite it not being a Ghost-Type. Unflinched, Justin chooses Skiploom. Morty reveals that his Spinarak knows Ghost attacks and has Spinarak hammer Skiploom with Shadow Sneak. Skiploom embraces the blow to paralyze Spinarak with Stun Spore. They trade an explosive collision between Bullet Seed and Night Shade, and Skiploom knocks out Spinarak with heavy Acrobatics. 
Noctowl is Morty's second Pokemon, and Justin recalls Skiploom for Furret to alleviate the type disadvantage. Furret opens the battle with Cut and Tackle, but Noctowl uses its flight to remain out of range. Noctowl then strikes Furret with Air Slash. Justin tries an odd strategy of having Furret burrow in to the ground with Dig multiple times, simply making various tunnels. Confused but antsy, Morty has Noctowl track Furret underground with Foresight and land a Hypnosis when the Long Body Pokemon re-emerges.  With Furret asleep, Morty lands several Air Slash attacks until Furret is rendered unable to battle.
Justin recalls his fallen Furret and calls on Totodile. The battle resumes with a collision between Water Gun and Air Slash. Then they collide Ice Fang and Sky Attack. Morty then wastes little time in having Noctowl attempt to hypnotize Totodile into sleep. Totodile jumps into the hole to dodge the attack, which Morty realizes is why Justin had Furret dig so many holes. Noctowl uses Foresight to enhance its vision to ensure Totodile cannot escape any future attacks. Justin has Totodile flood the holes with Water Gun. Doing so causes water to spout from the holes in columns, distracting Noctowl. It now has to dodge the water spouts. Doing so renders Noctowl prey to an Ice Fang once Totodile emerges from a hole. Noctowl crashes to the ground, flightless, once its wings are frozen. Totodile then blasts it with an enhanced Water Gun. Noctowl is sent crashing into the walll unable to battle.
Morty's next Pokemon is incidentally his strongest, Gengar. Morty tells Justin he sees no sense in always saving his favorite Pokemon for the end. The battle begins and Gengar floats about the field dodging Totodile's Water Gun attacks. Totodile leaps with Bite and Gengar continues to simply float out of the way. Gengar then blasts Totodile with Shadow Ball. Before Totodile can recover, Gengar puts him to sleep with Hypnosis. As Totodile sleeps, Gengar follows up by plaguing him with Nightmare. The mysterious attack deals heavy damage to Totodile, and Gengar knocks out Totodile with a Shadow Ball. 
Justin recalls Totodile and returns Skiploom to the battle. Gengar opens with Hypnosis and Skiploom summons a Fairy Wind to repel Gengar from executing. Skiploom then releases a Stun Spore to force Gengar to keep its distance. Gengar initially evades the spores, but Skiploom repels the spores forward with Fairy Wind. Gengar is caught in the combination and subsequently paralyzed. Skiploom pellets Gengar with Bullet Seed and charges in with Acrobatics, but the latter attack is a mistake. Despite paralysis, Gengar can still move, and it renders Skiploom to sleep with Hypnosis when the Grass-Type gets too close. Gengar then executes Nightmare, which covers Skiploom in a black aura that delivers steady and heavy damage. Gengar struggles to break paralysis, but when it does Gengar blasts the slumbering Skiploom with two Shadow Balls, rendering the Grass-Type unable to battle.
Justin calls on Eevee as his final Pokemon. When the battle begins Eevee fires a barrage of Shadow Balls. Gengar floats around the incoming balls until paralysis causes it to flinch, and Eevee's blow lands. Gengar closes the gap and uses Hypnosis. Eevee responds to Justin's call before Gengar's hypnotic glare takes effect. Eevee splits apart with Double Team. Eevee and his clones then bombard Gengar with Shadow Ball. After taking a few blows, Gengar uses Dazzling Gleam, which produces a bright, expanding light that destroy the clones and strikes Eevee, blinding him as well. As soon as Eevee opens his eyes, Gengar puts him to sleep with Hypnosis. Gengar then plagues Eevee with Nightmare. The black aura damages Eevee, and Gengar slams him with Dazzling Gleam. The blows is not enough to wake up Eevee. After a few more seconds, Nightmare takes full control of Eevee until he is rendered unable to battle.
Justin has lost. He collects Eevee and thanks it for trying his hardest. This is not Justin's first gym loss, so he is not devastated. But he's still not happy. Morty congratuates Justin on fighting his hardest and encourages to study on Ghost Pokemon to be prepared for a rematch when he's ready.
==Major Events==
*Justin battles Morty, the Ecruteak City Gym Leader, and loses
For a list of all major events in this anime, please see Major Events (First Journey). 
==Characters==
===Humans===
*Justin
*Morty
*Referee
===Pokemon===
*Eevee (Justin's)
*Furret (Justin's)
*Totodile (Justin's)
*Skiploom (Justin's)
*Cubone (Justin's)
*Gengar (Morty's)
*Noctowl (Morty's)
*Spinarak (Morty's)
Category:First Journey
Category:Episodes with Gym Battles