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**Truth VS Ideals** (真実対理想：計画 *Truth vs. Ideals: The Plan*, ***Truth VS Ideals***?) is the 8th episode of *Guardians of Harmony: Generational Evolutions.*

## Summary

*A sinister plot that manipulates all of creaturekind has been realized! Of course, while it's true everycreature knows both Truth and Ideals will win, Melody learns that Nanette can't escape the fact that she's...*

## Plot

In a series of flashbacks, Ghetsis details to the Guardians his plan involving N, no longer willing to remain silent. Having found N as a "warped boy" living in the forest alongside Pokémon, he welcomed N into Team Plasma and raised him, giving N the training he needed to become Team Plasma's king. When he became old enough, N was formally crowned in a ceremony witnessed by the Seven Sages, Anthea, and Concordia. With N's ascension complete, Ghetsis moved to the next phase of their plan, starting by giving a speech at Accumula Town where he spoke of the need for Pokémon liberation, witnessed by the Guardians as N observed them from a distance, noticing how such good care Nanette was taking care of Gigi, Ash was taking care of Thunders, Jim was taking care of Star, and Elizabeth was taking care of Dragonet.

Eventually, Ghetsis put N to the test by having him unleash Zekrom from the Dark Stone at Dragonspiral Tower while using Nanette as the power source; his success marked him as worthy of sharing the Harmonia name. Team Plasma proceeded to deploy N's Castle at the Pokémon League as a sign of change to come. In the Champion's room, the Guardians and Alder faced off N and Zekrom with his Volcarona, denouncing Team Plasma's philosophy of Pokémon liberation as Ghetsis's lie. The accusation caused N to snap, but Volcarona was ultimately overwhelmed by Zekrom. Defeated, the Guardians and Alder begged N not to go ahead with his plan to separate people and Pokémon. Back in N's room, Anthea and Concordia gently suggested that N should follow his heart until Ghetsis arrived, simply telling N it was time.

In the present, just as the Burst Guardians arrive, Ghetsis is revealed to have been telling the Guardians the true nature of his plan: to have Team Plasma spread the liberation of Pokémon throughout the region, so Team Plasma will become the undisputed rulers of Unova. At this, he promptly starts to control Nanette, and Ghetsis invites the Guardians to try and prove themselves as heroes by stopping N. The Guardians (especially Ash) protest that separating people and Pokémon is wrong and that their Pokémon are all very happy with them, but he refuses to listen and claims they are just pretending to be happy to serve their "masters" while pointing out that Thunders didn't even like him at first, which Ash can't argue with. All the Guardians' Pokémon attempt to tell him how much they enjoy being under their owners' care, and their Trainers agree, but he unfortunately cannot understand the former and expresses envy at the Chosen Ones' and N's ability to hear Pokémon talk, musing to himself that his opinion of them might be different if he could hear them talk. Advancing to the throne room, the Guardians see N atop his throne; acknowledging their presence, he calls out for Zekrom as it crashes through the wall, landing on the floor with a powerful shockwave that causes everycreature to flinch. Jim is about to call his troops to prepare a nuclear strike, but Ghetsis uses an anti-technology magic spell at the cyborg to shut him down, causing the Guardians to cry and try to wake him up to no avail, with Melody saying that Nanette wouldn't want this and vice versa. As the Guardians then prepare to face N and free Nanette, Ghetsis remarks that he won't allow anycreature to stop him or his plan to take over the world for himself.

## Characters

### Guardians of Harmony

* Nanette Daisy
* Marina Daisy
* Julia Dreamwalker
* Jim Porter
* Mikey Evoli
* Glorysia Melody
* Elizabeth Storybook
* Nina Aarden
* Ash Ketchum
* Will Brennan
* Emily
* Melody Harmadale
* Madoka Kamane
* Sayaka Miki
* Mami Tomoe
* Homura Akemi
* Kyoko Sakura
* Nagisa Momoe
* Natasha Flowerton
* Maya Aquaheart
* Hilary Lightfield
* Alison Garfield

### Secondary Characters

* N
* Aurea Juniper
* Fennel Rosetta
* Sonia Magnolia
* Catherine Porter
* June Porter
* Elfreda Thornbush

## Trivia

* The episode is similar to *Pokémon Evolutions* episode "The Plan" and the final arc of the 5th season of *Guardians of Harmony* (The Fight for Unova).
* When Ghetsis announces his plan of separating people and Pokemon and taking and freeing the Trainers' Pokemon into the wild, he refers to Kyubey as a Pokemon, forcing her to correct him. He then corrects himself, saying "...and Incubators too."
	+ Upon him announcing said plan, Dragonet and Curly Fries whimper and bury themselves in their Trainers' arms, which makes sense considering that unlike most Pokemon, their species *needs* daily human interaction and human care to survive and stay sane.
* Strangely, Melody is seen wearing Nanette's Element of Harmony as a bracelet for the possible reason of freeing her friend.
* Jotaro flips Ghetsis off in the original, but a censor box is added in the dub. However, Ghetsis then uses an anti-technology spell to completely shut Jim off so he can't call for a nuclear strike.