‘tie one on”
macey battles jackson in the next match which macey wins meaning if ash at least draws with jackson he is through to the next round of the league. it turns out jackson is from new bark town and is friends with professor elm meanwhile ash’s baubasaur and squirtle are fighting with jacksons meganium and azumaril which is broken up by harrison and gary which gets ash and jackson let off the hook. the battle starts with pikachu beating azumaril but a shiny megnaton which is jacksons secret weapon knocks pikachu and cyndaquil out but bulbasaur evens the score the battle between meganium and bulbasaur goes to the wire and ends a draw meaning ash is through to the round of 16 but when he finds out his next opponent is gary the old rivals will battle in a 6 on 6 match.
next time a bit of history of ash and garys rivaliry and we finally learn what garys starter is and how will this effect the battle.