A Pokémon of a Different Color!

### Written by

Sonic876, Punkasaurus0530, Frogadier55, NegimaLover, TMNTHedgehog5, and DragonSpore18

### Directed by

Sonic876 and NegimaLover

***A Pokémon of a Different Color!*** is the 39th episode of *Josh's Adventures of Pokémon BW: Adventures in Unova and Beyond*.

## Plot

Continuing towards the Kanto region, Ash and his friends are approaching an island. Porter informs the island to be Cave Island, named after the massive cave that can be found on the island. He adds that the island has a large variety of Pokémon, and Cilan asks Alexa if she plans to shoot a documentary there, to which Alexa replies in the positive. Getting off the ship, Alexa suddenly remembers that she forgot her equipment, and calls out Gogoat, and Alexa leaves on the Mount Pokémon.
Ash notices a familiar woman calling out her Dragonite. He runs up to her and the woman, who's none other than Clair, identifies Ash. Ash is happy that she still remembers him, to which she replies that she can never forget the help he and his Pikachu were in the Dragon Holy Land in calming down her Dragonite and stop the terror caused by the Dragon Pokémon's Outrage. Ash introduces Clair to his friends as the Gym Leader of the Blackthorn Gym. Iris and Cilan introduce themselves as well, and Clair notes that Iris's Axew has been raised well. Iris remarks that Blackthorn Gym is a Dragon-type Gym and adds that she learnt it while she was studying in the Opelucid Academy. Clair asks if Iris knows Drayden, to which she replies in the positive and Clair reveals that she has yet to meet Drayden. The group asks Clair the intention for her coming to the Cave Island, and she reveals that she is here to catch a Druddigon of a different color, exciting the group. However, she adds that while she was waiting to go the cave, her Dragonite suddenly flew away; this caused her to begin looking for it. Ash and Iris proceed to help by sending out Charizard and Dragonite to look for Clair's Dragonite. Meanwhile, Team Rocket, who has been hearing the group's conversation, plans to catch the Druddigon as well as Pikachu.

Iris's Dragonite, flying through the sky, notices Clair's Dragonite. As Iris's Dragonite comes down to confront Clair's Dragonite, the latter pushes it backwards with great force. Charizard notices the two Dragon Pokémon fighting, and returns to inform the group. Once the group reaches the site, Clair and Iris ask their Dragonite to stop. Ash asks his Charizard to stop the two, but they push him aside and Cilan fears that further insistence could lead to Charizard getting involved in the fight as well. Iris and Cilan decide to intervene in their Pokémon's fight and stop the two. After noticing some crushed flowers, Clair understands the reason for the quarrel and reveals that her Dragonite loves flowers, and Iris's Dragonite stepping on them and crushing them, must have infuriated it. Ash remembers the past experience involving the meadow of flowers. Cilan proceeds to confirm the Dragonite's genders, and after learning that the two Dragonite are of opposite gender, uses his Film Connoisseur skills to deduce that the two Dragonite will eventually fall in love. However, his conclusion is shrugged off by both Iris and Clair. Iris and her friends ask Clair if they can come with her in her quest to catch the Druddigon, to which she happily agrees.

As they continue, Clair notes that cave entrance is located deep within the forest, and this causes Ash to get excited to begin looking for it. Suddenly, the group notices a few cave Pokémon fleeing, and it deduces that there might be something wrong in the cave. Outside the cave, Team Rocket reveals that they have set up a machine in the cave that produces sound waves that cause Pokémon great pain. Having successfully sealed off one of the only two exits, the Shiny Druddigon has no other option but to come out from the entrance they are waiting at.

As the group reaches the cave entrance, they find it sealed off and Iris and Clair send out their Dragonite to break the door open. However, the two Dragon Pokémon begin fighting instead, and Ash calls out Charizard to help. The Dragonite, however, push it away time and again and Ash recalls it. The two quarreling Dragonite successfully pull the door off the entrance and the sound waves cause Pikachu, Axew and the Dragonite to be affected. Clair deduces that the sound waves might be causing Pokémon great pain and Cilan concludes that this is the reason for the cave Pokémon fleeing away from the cave. Clair and Iris recall their Dragonite and Axew hides in Iris's hair while Pikachu wears Ash's hat to shield themselves from the waves. While investigating, Iris wonders if the shiny Druddigon is still present in the cave, but Clair expresses her suspicion, claiming that it might have very well left off. Iris points to some marks on the rocks and goes on to explain that such marks are caused by Druddigon with their jagged wings to mark their territory, and Cilan concludes that they are in Druddigon's territory in that case. Ash and Cilan praise Iris for her knowledge, and she remarks that such knowledge is vital for someone who wishes to be a Dragon Master. Cilan informs Clair that Drayden has expressed in belief in Iris one day becoming the Opelucid City Gym Leader. Ash adds that she is also going to be the new elder in the Village of Dragons, but Iris refuses. Clair confirms if Iris's love for Dragon-type Pokémon stems from her hometown, but Iris declines, stating that in the past, she did not like Dragon-types at all due to their scary appearance. This was, until one day, when it was raining heavily.

Iris goes on to reveal how she was trapped in the rain and while she was taking shelter in a cave, she heard a Druddigon's cry. Out of fear, she ran out of the cave but returned when she heard Druddigon's cry once again thinking that it might be in pain. As she approached further, Druddigon used Flamethrower on her.

Continuing through the cave, the group reaches the source of the sound waves and Clair shuts the machine down. James notes the sudden disappearance of the sound waves and Meowth decides to investigate. However, the Scratch Cat Pokémon beats a hasty retreat as he is followed by the shiny Druddigon. Having successfully summoned the Druddigon they were looking for, James calls out Amoonguss while Jessie calls out Frillish to attack it. Amoonguss uses Stun Spore and Frillish uses Bubble Beam to attack but Druddigon shakes the attacks off and howls. Clair hears Druddigon's cry and the group follows. Outside, Druddigon tries to attack with Slash, but Jessie's Frillish uses Psychic to stop it, while Amoonguss uses Body Slam. As the group exits the cave, it notices Team Rocket attacking Druddigon and asks them to stop. Jessie claims Druddigon to be their catch and asks Frillish use Bubble Beam on the Druddigon; the continuous barrage of moves causes the Cave Pokémon to use Outrage and it blasts off Team Rocket with a Dragon Rage. Ash is happy that Team Rocket is gone but Iris worries for the Druddigon. Clair states that Druddigon must be calmed, lest it should hurt itself badly. Iris proceeds to send out Dragonite but Clair refuses, determined to take the task in her own hands. Clair approaches Druddigon and asks it calm down and look into her eyes. Druddigon, however, knocks Clair away with its tail. Clair insists that she is fine and confronts Druddigon again, asking it to calm down now that Team Rocket is gone and no sound waves are emanating from the cave, but to no avail. Clair refuses to give up and insists on calming Druddigon down. Seeing this, Iris notes that this is similar to what happened to her in the past.

Iris successfully evaded the Flamethrower fired by the Druddigon and noted that Druddigon's foot was hurt. Iris went out in the rain to get some medicinal herbs. She went back in the cave and approached the Druddigon again to treat it and after dodging another one of its Flamethrower, asked it to calm down. She put the herbs on Druddigon's feet and fed it an Oran Berry.

Iris claims that she was just trying to get Druddigon to feel better. Meanwhile, Clair successfully calms Druddigon's anger down. Ash and Cilan marvel at Clair's feat and Iris explains that though Druddigon may look tough and scary on the outside, they are quite sweet at their hearts, remembering how she was protected from a Scolipede by the Druddigon as she was returning home. Iris explains that this experience caused her to like and appreciate Dragon-type Pokémon, with Ash noting that there is nothing better than a strong bond between a Trainer and a Pokémon. Cilan notes that the cave Pokémon are returned and Clair asks Druddigon to return as well, explaining that her meeting with the Druddigon no longer requires her to catch it. Druddigon, however, refuses to leave; Iris concludes that Druddigon wants to go along with Clair, who successfully catches it.

At the seaport, Alexa is disappointed that she did not get to see a shiny Druddigon and Clair calls out her Druddigon for her to see. As Alexa proceeds to shoot Druddigon, Ash asks where Clair is heading next, to which Clair replies that she has decided to go to the Village of Dragons, followed by Opelucid City. Ash notes that it was great to meet Clair again and Cilan notes that the ship is ready to leave. Iris promises to battle Clair the next time the two meet and after bidding farewell to the Blackthorn City Gym Leader, Iris and her friends continue their journey.

## Major events

* Ash meets Clair again, while Iris and Cilan meet her for the first time.
* Clair is revealed to have caught the Dragonite of the Dragon Holy Land.
* Clair catches a Shiny Druddigon.

## Characters

### Humans

* Ash
* Iris
* Cilan
* Jessie
* James
* Clair
* Alexa
* Porter

### Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Charizard

* Pikachu (Ash's)
* Meowth (Team Rocket)
* Axew (Iris's)
* Charizard (Ash's)
* Dragonite (Iris's)
* Frillish (Jessie's; female)
* Amoonguss (James's)
* Dragonair (Clair's; flashback)
* Dragonite (Clair's)
* Druddigon (Clair's; Shiny; new)
* Helioptile (Alexa's)
* Gogoat (Alexa's)
* Drilbur
* Venipede
* Foongus (multiple)
* Roggenrola (multiple)
* Woobat (multiple)
* Swanna (multiple; flashback)
* Druddigon (flashback)
* Scolipede (flashback)

## Transcript

*Main article: A Pokémon of a Different Color!/Transcript*
## Trivia

* Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Ferrothorn
* This episode marks the first time since *Talkin' Bout an Evolution!* that the Dare da? segment features a Shiny Pokémon.
* This is Clair's first physical appearance in her new look, since she briefly appeared in *An Egg Scramble!* in Lyra's Johto introduction.
* Clair's Dragonite's eyes retain the drawing style used in previous series. This could be done either to keep some aspects of the original series, much like the flashback to an Iron Tail attack from *The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!*, or to differentiate it from Iris's Dragonite, which uses a different style closer to Ken Sugimori's most recent artwork for the species.
* A flashback is shown from *Great Bowls of Fire!* with reanimated graphics.
* Iris's Dragonite is confirmed to be male in this episode.
	+ This makes Iris the first main character to have all of her Pokémon with a confirmed gender.
* The episode's English dub title is based on the phrase "*a horse of a different color*".