Battling the King of the Mines! (722)

[G4Pokefan]

Roggenrola evolving was definitely the highlight of the ep. Hands down the best evolving animation in Pokemon history....thus far.

[Guywhoiam]

This was one of my favorite Gym battles over all, and my favorite so far in Unova. Roggenrola evolving made me happy, because Gigalith is my second favorite 5th gen Pokemon, and now he is one step closer. Now, I know that Boldore evolving into Gigalith is said to be unlikely, but "unlikely" doesn't mean it won't.

[Durian Seed]

Roggenrola evolving was definitely the highlight of the ep. Hands down the best evolving animation in Pokemon history....thus far.

Seriously>?

For me the highlight was the way Mijumaru actually listened to Ash and executed strategy in his battle vs. Yakon's Warubiru.

[ricedonut]

how much music did they keep in this episode?

[vipsoccermaster]

Great episode and battle! Seeing Snivy getting a win against Palpitoad was very nice. Roggenrola evolving into Boldore was awesome, as well. Clay getting angry was hilarious, too.

[Toonyoungster]

You know, after the last few episodes with Clay, I couldn't help but think that he sounds familiar. And then it hit me...Clay is Yosamite Sam in disguise.

[Munchlax66]

All those southernisms made me think of a character from a different cartoon who was also named Clay. That cartoon was on the same channel that Pokemon used to be on. And that Clay is also specializes in the Earth element.

[Mr.Munchlax]

All those southernisms made me think of a character from a different cartoon who was also named Clay. That cartoon was on the same channel that Pokemon used to be on. And that Clay is also specializes in the Earth element.

You're thinking of Clay from Xiaolin Showdown


Also, did anyone else feel creeped out a when one of Clay's miners chuckled after saying "My boss's pokémon are all extremely powerful" to Ash?

[Orton155]

An excellent episode, I was stuck to my screen from beginning to end.

It's the battle for Ash's 5th gym badge against the King of the Mines, Clay. We began with Krokorok vs Oshawott where Oshawott showed determination and then finished Krokorok with a flourish of moves after a clever water gun into the hole that Krokorok had dug. Then Palpitoad vs Snivy where Snivy used Attract to immobilise her opponents and then destory Palpitoad with all those grass moves of hers. However, the star battle was Excadril vs Roggenrola but at first I was convinced that Pikachu was going to be sent out because of the lead into it with Pikachu being all fired up but we saw roggenrola instead which was a pleasant surprise (even though I would have loved a Pikachu victory too). It was clever that Roggenrola's sturdy came into its own against Excadrill's Horn Drill and then the Evolution, well never saw that coming from a mile off and I loved it. Then Boldore just put excadril on the scrap heap with it's new moves; Rock Smash and Rock Blast.

As I said, I loved it from beginning to end. On to the next episode!!!!

[WaterDragon trainer]

I liked this episode and considered it to be one of Ash's best gym battles of Unova so far and it's nice to see an evolution for his team.

[DMerle]

Roggenrola's evolution was absolutely insane, best evolution i've ever seen on pokemon.

[Almighty Zard]

i still can't stop laughing at when Clay chewed Ash out after Palpitoad went down, talk about losing it.

[Battra]

Well this gym battle was marginally better than Ash's last gym battle. The only match I really enjoyed was Oshawott vs. Krokorok just cause that was a nice well planned out battle. It's depressing to see the writer fall back on Snivy owning every Pokemon it's put up against after it uses Attract, also relying on Ash's Pokemon to evolve in order too write ourselves out of a corner of a uber gym leader Pokemon. It would be ashame if we actually have Ash lose more than one gym battle in a region & then write good followup. Clay could've been written better, seriously your a gym leader you shouldn't be upset just cause the challenger used a strategy to win instead of a head to head battle.

[Caseydia]

Boldore is so cool. It's amazing that the best battle and best Pokemon on this show is on without a face.

[HoennTori]

Ash was actually good in this ep lol

All those southernisms made me think of a character from a different cartoon who was also named Clay. That cartoon was on the same channel that Pokemon used to be on. And that Clay is also specializes in the Earth element.

Xilion Showdown FTW

[_Taidow_]

Ironic how every gym leader tells Ash to use strategy, but this one gets mad and says he should attack head on.
Machismo blinds the eye, there Clay.

[Hikari10Girl]

Roggenrola evolving was definitely the highlight of the ep. Hands down the best evolving animation in Pokemon history....thus far.

I agree with you, definitely.

[BurningSociety12345543210]

If you're talking about those one-hit KO moves, Roggenrolla has Sturdy and is unhurt by them.

Yes, he's unhurt by Horn Drill. But that's no reason why he should survive 87 Drill Runs.

[BurningSociety12345543210]

Horn Drill itself has no effect on it, I already know that.

so no matter how many times it's used he won't be affected. Clay only used Horn Drill once. The move Roggenrola was hit 87 times by was Drill Run.

That's how the writers are portraying Horn Drill to be.

Answers in bold.

[Marbi Z]

When I saw Clay get all mad when Ash knocked out his second Pokemon that reminded me of Yosamity Sam from the Looney Toons :-P

[Ash Ketchum!]

This was a great episode. Probably one of the best gym battles of Best Wishes along with Skyla's and Brycen's.

[R?IDDl3R]

this episode remained me alot about sinnoh.. cuz ash destroyed clay in that battle with his strategies .. same way in sinnoh with the gyms and leagues

[Rohanator]

Damn, really didn't like the voice change Boldore got in the dub. Other than that it was fine though, easily one of my favourite gym battles ever. In japanese

[gliscor&yanmega]

I enjoyed the dub version, although I didn't really get a good hear of Boldore's voice, hopefully the other episode has a better portrayal of it so I can actually hear what it sounds like.

[BurningSociety12345543210]

The only good parts were Oshawott versus Krokorok and Snivy versus Excadrill.