DP082: Cream of the Croagunk Crop!

is the 30th episode of Pokémon: DP Battle Dimension.
==Synopsis==
Ash has reached the Pastoria City Gym, but there's no Gym battling today—the Gym Leader, Crasher Wake, is off to the Pastoria Great Marsh. He invites Ash and the gang to join him, and our heroes are spooked to see lots of Croagunk emerging from the marsh grass. Every household in Pastoria City has a Croagunk and today is the annual Croagunk Festival! Last year's festival honors went to Craig, a Croagunk owned by Hamilton. Hamilton wants Craig to marry Chrissy, Nurse Joy's Croagunk, but Chrissy isn't interested. Hearing this, Brock enters the Croagunk Festival, hoping his Croagunk will win the crown and save Chrissy from an unwanted union.
Out in the marsh, James reminisces about meeting his Carnivine while Jessie and Meowth plan to enter the Croagunk Festival with Meowth in a Croagunk costume! Meowth even excels in the first round of the Festival, a Croagunk beauty contest that leaves Dawn at a loss to tell all those Croagunk apart. The next round is a brick-breaking competition; Brock's Croagunk aces the round, but Meowth ends up with nothing more than an aching paw to show for it. So now it's Brock's Croagunk and Hamilton's Craig in the final championship battle!
The title bout is interrupted by Team Rocket's giant Croagunk Robot, which steals the Crown and both battling Croagunk. Crasher Wake left his Poké Balls at the Gym, so he calls on all the other Croagunk to stop Team Rocket. Nurse Joy and Chrissy lead the charge with Chrissy's Vacuum Wave attack, and with a little help from Ash and Pikachu, Team Rocket is put down for the count. Chrissy's show of bravery earns her the Croagunk Festival crown, and everyone celebrates by singing and dancing into the night. But come the next morning, Ash will have to face Crasher Wake at the Pastoria Gym!
==Episode plot==
The heroes came to Pastoria City. As Ash goes into the Gym, he is knocked out by a huge brute of a man. The man is the Gym Leader named Crasher Wake. Though a bit intimidated, Ash challenges him to a battle. Wake declines, as he has some business to attend to, but he offers them to come with him to witness something. They run into a train. Through the Pastoria Marsh, the heroes come out of the train and run, following Crasher Wake, but eventually lose him. Dawn tells Piplup to stop making noises, but Piplup does not do them - some shiny eyes from the grass seem to be the source. They spot many Croagunk go somewhere, some with their trainers by their side.
They seem to have come a festival, where they find Wake. Wake tells them that the Croagunk participate in a festival dedicated to the Croagunk guardian of the Pastoria Marsh. Every year the Croagunk gather to win the crown with the diamond. Suddenly, Brock hears and spots a boy arguing with Nurse Joy. He hears that he wants marriage and stops him. The boy, Hamilton, corrects him, saying he wants his Croagunk to marry Nurse Joy's. After all, Hamilton's Croagunk has the crown, marking that he won the festival before. Hamilton leaves with his Croagunk, Craig. Joy is sad to see that she failed to convince him Chrissy, her Croagunk, does not like Craig. Brock flirts with Joy, thinking he should win the festival with Croagunk and his Croagunk will marry Chrissy and problems would be solved. Naturally, Croagunk's instincts force him to attack Brock.
Team Rocket came as well, though they are now dirty. James remembers well that here is where he dragged Carnivine away from the mud and Carnivine was grateful. James sends Carnivine to bring the memories back. Meowth asks Jessie why are they here, besides James' reunion. Jessie remembers there is a Croagunk festival, planning on using someone to be Croagunk and win the festival. Ash and Dawn see Wake is working on setting some things before the festival. Team Rocket also sees that the twerps came as well. Now, Wake tells everyone that the winner receives the crown (with Hamilton putting the crown on the pedestal) and joins the judges (Nurse Joy and Carny). The Croagunk come and sit, so the judges decide whether it was good or not. When Brock's Croagunk came, the judges are amazed by his appearance, despite he looks the same as others.
When Meowth, dressed as Croagunk came, the judges are also amazed, even Ash and Dawn see the difference. Now it is the test of strength; the Croagunk need to destroy the bricks to pass. The judges see that many bricks are destroyed, but Brock's Croagunk destroys all ten of them. Meowth comes and prepares himself, then strikes, but only breaks his arm. Brock's Croagunk goes to final stage - he needs to battle Hamilton's Croagunk, Craig. They go in the boxing ring and the battle starts. Craig uses Cross Chop, hitting Brock's. Craig uses DynamicPunch, but misses. Brock's Croagunk uses Poison Jab, hitting Craig. Suddenly, from the sky, a Croagunk robot, made by Team Rocket, falls down. They take the crown, so Craig and Brock's Croagunk attack. However, they are taken into the robot. Pikachu goes to use Thunderbolt, but Dawn warns Ash he might hit the Croagunk. Wake goes to handle the situation, but realizes he left the Poké Balls in the Gym.
So, the other Croagunk attack. So, the robot collects the Croagunk. So, Nurse Joy and her Croagunk, Chrissy, march. They evade the robot's attack and Chrissy uses Vacuum Wave. This causes the robot to be knocked out and the Croagunk escape. With a Thunderbolt, the robot explodes and Team Rocket is blasted off. Wake receives the crown back and thinks Chrissy should have the crown. Brock and Hamilton agree and Chrissy is this year's champ. Wake saw Pikachu in action and accepts Ash's challenge tomorrow. Wake plays some instruments and Ash joins the dance.
==Debuts==
===Character===
*Crasher Wake
==Trivia==
*The title is a reference to the idiom "cream of the crop".
*David Brimmer (the voice actor of Saladine in Winx Club and Odion in the original Yu-Gi-Oh!) returns to the Pokémon series as the English dub's voice actor for Crasher Wake.
**Incidentally, Jason Griffith (The voices of Brawly, Tate and now Cilan) also returns to voice Hamilton in the English dub.
*Hamilton originally had a different design that was only present in the original airing of the episode. This design sported dark turquoise hair, more defined eyebrows, a rounder face with a smaller nose, and a pair of sunglasses. All airings afterwards had his design changed and Hamilton's original Japanese name was changed from Hiroki to Takuya. This is due to the similarities with the anime and manga franchise . This modified version was also used for international dubbing.
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==References==
Category:Episodes focusing on Brock
Category:Episodes focusing on Nurse Joy