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In " Rotom ’s Wish ! " , Ash and his friends find their way into a mostly abandoned hotel . indoors , they find a Pokémon battle taking lieu , but it soon comes to an end , and the winner declares his aim to take the loser ’s Pangoro , which had been his Pokémon pardner for decennium . Ash of course abuse in , line up this to be nonsensical , but it turns out there’san total band ofunderground battling going on here that ’s achiever - take - all , and the guy who execute the place , Mantle , find to be the latest master .
Having see this injustice , Ash and his friends are taken away back in time by a Rotom , who shows how the hotel fell into this situation to lead off with , impart them a chance to change it .
Underground Pokémon Battles Are Hardcore
The battle is shown aim topographic point on a battlefield inside the hotel , where prying eyes ca n’t find it easily . The region is covered in graffiti , and Mantle has many goons hanging around to avail him apply the " achiever have all " linguistic rule . It seems to be a popular hangout for ne’er - do - well , who are also see watch the battles and snickering at the Pangoro flight simulator ’s loss , and the operation has been around for at least 10 years . It ’s revealed in the past times that Ash travels to that Mantle had a battle with the owner ’s Rotom , competing for ownership of the hotel , and that Rotom fly , get him to lose by nonpayment and attain it clear how the hotel became a website for underground battling in the first place .
The scene is in many ways similar to a scene at an underground fight gang intheDetective Pikachumovie , although the film was released long after this installment was , and went a little intemperately at draw how dangerous such a seat would be . Ash and friends are finally able to help Rotom get the better of the Krookodile by utilize its various forms , which at long last changes the hereafter and makes it so that Mantle is an employee at the hotel , rather than running it . The hotel is no longer a site for such surreptitious battles in the new future , and Mantle is shown to have learned his lesson , now a thankful employee at the hotel .
PokémonGave Fans A Glimpse Of The Dark Side Of Its Battle-Based World
While the episode does n’t provide a very detailed look at the Pokémon underworld , it does prove that such a thing exists , and that people can and do bet gravid on Pokémon battles . It ’s not clear how illegal such clandestine fight might be ; the battle itself was n’t particularly more vicious than the average Pokémon battle , butgambling on Pokémon matches may well be as frowned upon as betting on fauna scrap in real life is .
The sequence is interesting for showcasing a unlike side of thePokémonworld than fans ordinarily get to see , and certainly leaves them wondering just what other , sullen activities might be go on in that normally pollyannaish world .
