A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2

BW076   EP733 ネジ山の激闘！アバゴーラの奇跡！！（後編） The Fierce Fighting at Spiral Mountain! Abagoura's Miracle!! (Part 2)

First broadcast Japan April 26, 2012 United States August 25, 2012

English themes Opening Rival Destinies Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending 七色アーチ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 古賀一臣Kazuomi Koga Assistant director 古賀一臣Kazuomi Koga Animation director 夏目久仁彦Kunihiko Natsume No additional credits are available at this time.

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A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2 (Japanese:ネジ山の激闘！アバゴーラの奇跡！！ (後編）The Fierce Fighting atSpiral Mountain!Abagoura's Miracle!! (Part 2)) is the 76th episode ofPokémon the Series: Black & White, and the 733rd episode of thePokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on April 26, 2012 and in the United States on August 25, 2012.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Blurb

Ash and his friends have made their way through Twist Mountain, meeting a Pokémon archeologist named Ferris, whose Cover Fossil was stolen by Team Rocket and restored into the ancient Pokémon Tirtouga. Then Tirtouga ran away in a state of fear and confusion, and our heroes went after it, hoping to catch up to it before Team Rocket got there!

With some protection and reassurance—and a lunch of berries, adjusted to Tirtouga’s ancient taste buds by Ferris—Tirtouga finally calms down and decides to trust Ash and the others. But Team Rocket has been tracking the ancient Pokémon, intending to use its energy to open the Time Gate, the space-time warp beneath Twist Mountain. Sure enough, the villains show up to catch it—and in the ensuing battle, it evolves into Carracosta and takes off toward the Time Gate!

Team Rocket sets off in pursuit, and manages to trap Carracosta and stabilize the space-time warp, just as Dr. Zager planned! Thanks to Ferris’s boss Sierra and her impressive knowledge of the mountain, our heroes catch up just as Jessie, James, and Meowth are about to cross into the ancient world, and attempt to drive them away with a battle.

The battle doesn’t go too well for Ash and friends—but then Carracosta sounds a bellowing roar, drawing several wild Carracosta through the Time Gate to answer its call for help! These reinforcements send Team Rocket packing, and our heroes—along with Sierra and Ferris, who has confirmed that this Carracosta is the same Pokémon he befriended as a boy—have just a few minutes to experience the ancient world before they must say goodbye and escape through the Time Gate before it closes.

Finally, Sierra and Ferris guide Ash, Iris, and Cilan safely to the other side of Twist Mountain, and their journey to Icirrus City continues!

Plot

Ash andFerris chase down a newly restoredTirtouga down a riverbank. However, whenOshawott drives it out of the water, Tirtouga refuses to listen to them and continues attacking the group, accidentally hitting a group ofwildWhirlipede. However, when the Whirlipede all useSteamroller, Ferris stands in front of Tirtouga and takes the hit. Before the Whirlipede can execute another attack,Cilan,Iris, andSierra arrive in a truck and stop the Steamroller attacks withCrustle'sRock Wrecker. Ash and Ferris get into the truck before Sierra drives them away from the river. Ferris explains thatTeam Rocket is planning to use Tirtouga to try and open theTime Gate belowTwist Mountain so that they can catch lots of ancient Pokémon. Meanwhile,James launches tracking drones in order to find Tirtouga.

The group stops in a clearing for some rest, and Ash and Cilan fetchBerries forPikachu,Axew, and Tirtouga to eat. However, Tirtouga refuses to eat until Ferris brings it a different type of berry - Tirtouga's favorite food which no longer exists, but Ferris has found a good substitute for it. Later, while Tirtouga is napping,Yamask attacks them all withNight Shade and Team Rocket ambushes them. After a barrage of attacks from Yamask andWoobat,Meowth catches Tirtouga in a net; however, at that precise moment, Tirtouga begins toevolve and breaks free of the net, now aCarracosta.

Suddenly, as Carracosta is fighting Team Rocket, it hears the voices of other Tirtouga and Carracosta and runs away into the forest. Although Ferris and the others try to run after it, Yamask usesHaze to stop them. AsJessie reports Tirtouga's Evolution toDr. Zager, the doctor notes that the Time Gate is expanding. Team Rocket again chases after Carracosta, who is heading straight for the Time Gate. Just as Carracosta is about to pass through the Gate, Meowth uses another contraption to grab its feet and arms. James uses Carracosta's life energy to keep the Time Gate open, and Carracosta falls to the ground, exhausted.

Just as Team Rocket is about to pass through the Time Gate, Ash and friends arrive and confront them. While Ash and Cilan battle Jessie and James, Ferris, Sierra, and Iris free Carracosta and help it stand up. However, as Carracosta finally remembers Ferris, Yamask and Woobat begin to gain the upper hand overPansage and Pikachu. Carracosta stands up and calls for help from its friends on the other side of the Time Gate. Unfortunately, as three Carracosta pass through the Gate, James uses a force field to capture them. Working together, the four Carracosta easily destroy the force field with Ancient Power. Ash orders Pikachu to unleash anElectro Ball at Team Rocket, which hits and causes an explosion. However, once the smoke clears, Team Rocket is nowhere to be found, having gotten away.

With the danger passed, everyone passes through the Time Gate to say goodbye to Carracosta. As the Time Gate closes, they all bid farewell and return to their own world, with the portal between Twist Mountain and the ancient world gone forever. Sierra apologizes for not believing Ferris's childhood story of traveling back in time, while Ferris was simply glad to see Carracosta again. Meanwhile, Dr. Zager watches his monitor, and relays to the Rocket trio that the mission is aborted as the Time Gate is now closed, so they zip off towards their next scheme.

Major events

• James's Yamask is revealed to knowWill-O-Wisp.
• Ash andhis friends stopTeam Rocket's attempts to travel through thetime gate inTwist Mountain, forcing them to retreat.

For a list of all major events inPokémon the Series: Black & White, please see thetimeline page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Dr. Zager
• Ferris
• Sierra

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?:Carracosta

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Crustle (Cilan's)
• Woobat (Jessie's)
• Yamask (James's)
• Tirtouga (evolves)
• Carracosta (newly evolved)
• Whirlipede (multiple)
• Carracosta (multiple)
• Archeops (multiple)
• Archen (multiple; flashback)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster:Vanillish
• WhenTeam Rocket attacksAsh andhis friends under a tree,Jessie has a communication device over her eye. After Ash andFerris refuse to give upTirtouga, Jessie says, "Resistance is futile." This line is the catchphrase of the Borg from the sci-fi seriesStar Trek: The Next Generation, who commonly wore similar devices.

Errors

• Before Ash and his friends are in the cave confronting Team Rocket, there is a moment prior to Jessie speaking, whenJames moves his lips but does not say anything.
• Right after Ferris and Ash get intoSierra's truck, Ferris's right hand is drawn backwards as he is holding Tirtouga just before Ash scans it with hisPokédex.
• While Ferris is talking, his reflection can be seen in the car's windshield. During this time, his expression changes and he closes his eyelids slightly, but this was not seen in his reflection. Also, the reflection was at the same angle as him despite the slope of the windshield.
• The fruit Tirtouga is eating disappears after it yawns and the scene zooms out. The fruit reappears when Team Rocket zooms in on it.
• During the battle with Team Rocket, which takes place inside the Twist Mountain caves, Team Rocket appear to be inside the Time Gate (that is, in the past) in one shot. They are outside of it (in the present) in the next one.
• In theCzech dub, the text on the title card doesn't match the episode title being read.

Dub edits

In other languages

This episode article is part ofProject Anime, aBulbapedia project that covers all aspects ofPokémon animation.

• Pokémon the Series: Black & White episodes
• Episodes written by Shinzō Fujita
• Episodes storyboarded and directed by Kazuomi Koga
• Episodes storyboarded by Kazuomi Koga
• Episodes directed by Kazuomi Koga
• Episodes animated by Kunihiko Natsume
• Episodes focusing on Team Rocket
• Episodes that feature time travel