When Light and Dark Collide!

When Ash and Pikachu attempt to rescue a Snubbull from a sinister Hawlucha, they accidentally injure the Gallade who’s swooping in to protect it and then discover that they’ve interrupted a rehearsal of a Super Pokémon Battle show. The director, Carl, explains that the show combines a Pokémon battle with a scripted storyline—but since one of his stars is injured, he’ll have to call off tomorrow’s performance.