History Recap / PokemonS9E45PAceTheFinalFrontier

Ash continues his four-on-four match against Brandon. Despite the shock of his Charizard having lost in the first round, Ash is still determined to win. He sends in Bulbasaur to battle Dusclops. It's another hard battle and Bulbasaur falls victim to the same Mean Look + Confuse Ray combo as Charizard, but thanks to perseverance and an early Leech Seed that slowly drains Dusclops throughout the round, Bulbasaur finally manages to beat it. Brandon then calls on his second Pokémon, the super speedy Ninjask, so Ash substitutes with his Squirtle. Ninjask proves to be another difficult opponent, evading most of Squirtle's moves and blinding it with Sand-Attack. But Ash thinks quickly and has Squirtle fire a Hydro Pump wildly into the air, causing the water to rain back down on it and clean the sand out of its eyes. With its momentum regained, Ash has Squirtle finish Ninjask off with one final Skull Bash, bringing Ash into the lead. Brandon then calls on his third Pokémon, Solrock, who eventually defeats Squirtle with its Psychic attacks and a surprise super-effective Solar Beam. Ash then brings Bulbasaur back in, but it's still tired from its battle with Dusclops. After trading a few attacks, one final collision of Solar Beam from both sides ends the round in a draw. With both sides down to their last Pokémon, Ash sends in Pikachu and Brandon calls on Regice, the Ice-type counterpart of Regirock and Registeel. This round proves to be the most difficult, as Regice's Ice-type moves freeze both the battlefield and Pikachu and it uses Rest to heal all of its damage. But with even more determination, Ash gets Pikachu to break free of the ice and it charges full strength at Regice, knocking it out with one final Volt Tackle. Ash has won his final Battle Frontier Symbol and become master of the Battle Frontier. As a bonus prize, Scott offers Ash a position as a Frontier Brain, but Ash turns down the offer, wanting to continue his journey.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Ash is offered the chance to become a Frontier Brain, but he turns it down so he can continue pursuing his dream of becoming the world's greatest Pokémon Master.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: After Bulbasaur fell for the same confuse ray as Charizard, Ash got through to it by doing the same way he did for the Flame Pokémon, which worked.

* GradualGrinder: Bulbasaur's Leech Seed.

* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Dusclops traps Bulbasaur with Mean Look the same way it did to Charizard.

Ash continues his four-on-four match against Brandon. Despite the shock of his Charizard having lost in the first round, Ash is still determined to win. He sends in Bulbasaur to battle Dusclops. It's another hard battle and Bulbasaur falls victim to the same Mean Look + Confuse Ray combo as Charizard, but thanks to perseverance and an early Leech Seed that slowly drains Dusclops throughout the round, Bulbasaur finally manages to beat it. Brandon then calls on his second Pokémon, the super speedy Ninjask, so Ash substitutes with his Squirtle. Ninjask proves to be another difficult opponent, evading most of Squirtle's moves and blinding it with Sand-Attack. But Ash thinks quickly and has Squirtle fire a Hydro Pump wildly into the air, causing the water to rain back down on it and clean the sand out of its eyes. With its momentum regained, Ash has Squirtle finish Ninjask off with one final Skull Bash, bringing Ash into the lead. Brandon then calls on his third Pokémon, Solrock, who eventually defeats Squirtle with its Psychic attacks and a surprise super-effective Solar Beam. Ash then brings Bulbasaur back in, but it's still tired from its battle with Dusclops. After trading a few attacks, one final collision of Solar Beam from both sides ends the round in a draw. With both sides down to their last Pokémon, Ash sends in Pikachu and Brandon calls on Regice, the Ice-type counterpart of Regirock and Registeel.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Ash is offered the chance to become a Frontier Brain, but he turns it down so he can continue pursuing his dream of becoming the world's greatest Pokémon Master.

* PutOnABus: After Ash wins the Battle Frontier, Charizard, Bulbasaur, anhd Squirtle return to their homes.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Ash declines a position as a Frontier Brain.