FJ035

==Synopsis==
Justin faces Whitney for the Plain Badge.
==Summary==
When Justin is ready, he arrives at the Goldenrod Gym to challenge Whitney for the Plain Badge. Peppy and bright, Whitney accepts Justin's challenge, and the gym battle is set to be two-on-two. Despite being a Normal-Type Gym Leader, Whitney opens the battle with the Fairy-Type Clefairy, and Justin chooses Furret. Clefairy starts the battle by shrinking with Minimize. Though tiny, Clefairy lands a heavy Meteor Mash. Furret replies with Defense Curl to build its defenses. Whitney uses Encore to try to force Furret to keep using Defense Curl, but Furret burrows away with Dig. Whitney tries to force Furret out of the ground with Clefairy's Meteor Mash, but Furret emerges on his own and lands a perfect Cut despite Clefairy's Minimize. Justin shares that his Furret has the Keen Eye ability, so his attacks will not miss. Clefairy tries to a Disarming Voice, but Furret burrows away again to pop back up and land a Cut. Justin commands a finishing Tackle, but Furret does not react to him. He is infatuated with Clefairy, spelled by her Cute Charm ability. Whitney takes advantage to have Clefairy land a Meteor Mash. 
Justin recalls Furret to relieve him of infatuation and calls out Totodile in his place. When the battle resumes, Clefairy uses another Minimize, but her small body means it's harder to her to dodge Totodile's enhanced Water Gun. Clefairy keeps away from Totodile and lands a Disarming Voice, but it is a mistake on Whitney's party. Justin has Totodile fire a Water Gun in the same direction as the Disarming Voice. He lands a powerful blow on Clefairy that knocks her out.
Whitney recalls Clefairy and calls out her strongest Pokemon, Miltank. When the battle begins, Miltank charges onto Totodile with Zen Heabutt. Totodile immediately scampers across to dodge then lands a powerful Water Gun. Totodile fires a second one, but Miltank deflects the attack while using Rollout. Miltank continues onward to strike Totodile. Totodile recovers and lands another pair of Water Guns to slow down Miltank, but his efforts are in vain. Totodile's enhanced water attacks are not enough to stop Miltank as her Rollout escalates in power with every use. Two more powerful blows renders Totodile unable to battle.
Justin recalls Totodile and sends Furret back into battle. When the battle starts, Furret proves faster than Miltank when he scurries around Miltank's attempts at Zen Headbutt and rams her with Tackle. Miltank immediately transitions into Rollout. Furret easily dodges with his superior speed, but Miltank builds speed and rams Furret. She goes for another attack, but Furret safely burrows away with Dig, and Miltank's Rollout is violently disrupted. She trips over the hole and crashes. Justin has Furret burst up to attack, but he is a tad slow. Miltank dodges the attack. Whitney orders Rollout again, but Furret dodges by burrowing away then striking with Tackle, in better timed attacks. Whitney is irritated by not deterred, she orders Miltank to use Attract in the holes, Furret immediately jumps out at Justin's command once pink hearts infect the tunnels. For now, if Furret burrows into a hole he will be infatuated. Miltank then goes for a Rollout, but she cannot. There are too many holes in the battlefield, which is what Justin wanted, but Furret has no qualms leaping over the holes to ram Miltank with Tackle. Miltank executes an Attract again, but Furret uses Cut to shred the hearts. Furret then transitions back into Tackle. Miltank leaps and rams Furret harder with Zen Headbutt. Furret speedily recovers and hits Miltank with Tackle again. When the hearts in the tunnels are cleared, Furret burrows, and Whitney has Miltank use Attract in the holes. Once again, Whitney falls into Justin's trap. Furret emerges from a hole behind Miltank and strikes twice with Cut. Furret's collective of attacks were never powerful, but they finally whittle away at Miltank. She collapses from the final Cut, unable to battle. 
With Furret's victory, Justin defeats Whitney to earn the Plain Badge, but Whitney throws a tantrum. She cites two boys with a Jolteon and Aipom defeated her just a few days ago and she cannot accept a third consecutive loss. She proposes an alternative means of proving whether or not Justin has earned the Badge, and she demands Justin compete against her in the Pokeathlon.
==Major Events==
*Justin battles and defeats Leader Whitney of Goldenrod City, but she refuses to hand him the Plain Badge
*Whitney demands Justin enter the Pokeathlon at the National Dome to earn the Plain Badge
For a list of all major events in this anime, please see Major Events (First Journey). 
==Characters==
===Humans===
*Justin
*Whitney
*Referee
*Lasses
===Pokemon===
*Eevee (Justin's)
*Totodile (Justin's)
*Furret (Justin's)
*Clefairy (Whitney's)
*Miltank (Whitney's)
Category:Episodes with Gym Battles
Category:First Journey