For the first time, Paul finally tells his losing pokemon that it did well, and he even acts respectfully to Infernape. Bet you, uh, I bet you kind of regret not keeping Chimchar now, huh?
We see the match-ups for the next day, and it's Ash versus Tobias. I love how literally no one cares or even knows the names of the other two people fighting each other in the semifinals.
Paul leaves, and Ash runs to catch up with him. The other heroes and Cynthia talk about how much Paul and Ash respect each other (just in case you couldn't tell), and Paul tells Ash that he's going to go challenge Brandon again, even though Brandon retired in a previous episode so that makes no sense.
Honestly, this was a pretty damn good battle, and a good way to end the Ash/Paul rivalry, with even Paul finally growing a little from it. It really shows them both at their best, and there’s not much more to say about it other than that Ash falls for literally the same trick at least five or six times, it’s kind of incredible. I must admit that I would rather have had another Barry/Ash fight than a three-parter with Paul, but okay, this is still really good.
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Started: July 6, 2005