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Climbing the Walls! (Japanese: ショウヨウジム戦！ピカチュウ対チゴラス！！  Gym Battle! Pikachu VS !!) is the 25th episode of the, and the 824th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 24, 2014, in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2014, and in the United States on July 5, 2014.

Blurb
Ash and friends have finally made it to Cyllage City, where they head straight for the Gym so Ash can challenge Grant for his second badge! But first, Grant has a challenge for Ash: scale a tall rock wall to reach the battlefield at the top. Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie take the elevator up, but Ash decides to meet the challenge and make the climb!

Impressed with the feat, Grant is ready to battle. He begins by bringing out his Onix, and Ash counters with Froakie. It quickly becomes apparent that all their special training has paid off, because Froakie manages to escape from Onix's frightening Rock Tomb and knock out the huge Pokémon!

Grant's next Pokémon is Tyrunt, a Rock- and Dragon-type Pokémon that defeats Froakie quickly. Ash sends out Fletchling to gain an aerial advantage, but Tyrunt turns out to have unexpected jumping skills, and it quickly brings down Ash's Pokémon.

It's down to Pikachu! The battle-wise Pokémon swats a rock into Tyrunt's impressive jaws so it can't bite, then finishes it off with a Thunderbolt. And with that move, Pikachu leads Ash to victory! Ash claims the Cliff Badge and makes plans to head to Shalour City!

Plot
arrives enthusiastically in Cyllage City, eager to battle. Upon running in the wrong direction, points out that the Cyllage Gym is actually on top a mountain overlooking the city. Ash and arrive inside the gym and are met with a rocky hill covered in rock walls. Ash sees Grant climbing and tells him he has come to challenge him to a match. Grant challenges Ash to climb up the rock walls to meet him at the battlefield. Ash determinedly climbs the wall, while his friends take the elevator. Grant tells Ash that he climbs walls to learn concentration and composure. As they prepare to battle, the battle judge says that Grant will use two Pokémon and that the challenger can use as many as he has on hand, with the gym leader also not able to substitute his Pokémon. Grant takes out, while Ash uses. On the sidelines, and  notice Serena looks nervous and tense, weirdly enough, because Ash is the one battling. Serena denies looking that way, but tells them the reason she is nervous is because she hopes all of Ash's recent training with his Pokémon pays off.

The battle begins, with Froakie beginning with and is met with Onix's. As Froakie charges, Onix uses to increase its own speed, but is soon surrounded by Froakie's. When Onix uses, its most powerful attack, Froakie jumps from rock from rock, a move it and Ash had practiced while training to beat Rock Tomb. Up in the air, Froakie fires a Water Pulse at Onix's head. Onix then uses, but Froakie dodges and uses the opportunity to climb up Onix's tail to its head. As Onix tries to shake it off, Froakie hangs and Onix is finally downed by Froakie's Water Pulse.

Grant's second Pokémon, a takes to the field, and is met immediately by Froakie's Double Team. Tyrunt uses Rock Tomb, but Ash uses his special move and jumps up the rocks. Froakie uses, but Tyrunt jumps and uses , knocking Froakie out. Ash, not discouraged, takes out. He commands it to use, but Tyrunt eats it using. Ash uses Double Team and orders Fletchling to dive at its opponent's chest with, but Tyrunt leaps into the air and hits Fletchling hard with , sending Fletchling crashing to the ground, unable to battle. Ash sends out, his last Pokémon. He uses, and when Tyrunt charges forward with Crunch, Pikachu jumps over his head and out of range. Grant commands Tyrunt to use Draco Meteor, and Ash responds with Iron Tail, knocking Tyrunt down. Pikachu then jumps on the falling rocks of Draco Meteor just as Froakie did for Rock Tomb. Tyrunt's Dragon Tail is met with Pikachu's Iron Tail and they return again to the ground. Grant decides to finish the battle with Rock Tomb, but Pikachu knocks each rock away with Iron Tail, lodging one in Tyrunt's mouth. Hopping closer on the rocks, Pikachu uses on the helpless Tyrunt, and Ash wins the battle.

Grant congratulates Ash, but Ash says that he and his Pokémon earned the victory together. Grant presents Ash with the. Outside the gym, Grant asks Ash what gym he plans to visit next. Serena suggests they head to Shalour City, where she hopes to see the Tower of Mastery. Grant tells them to expect a different kind of battle at the Shalour Gym, and that he hopes he and Ash will battle at the Battle Chateau. Having decided his next destination, Ash continues on his journey.

Major events



 * and reach Cyllage City.
 * Ash has a Gym with Grant and wins, earning the.
 * Ash learns that the next Gym is located in Shalour City.

Humans

 * Grant
 * Referee
 * Grant
 * Referee
 * Grant
 * Referee

Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: (US and international) Pokémon Quiz: (Japan)
 * (Grant's)
 * (Grant's; debut)
 * (Trainer's)
 * (Grant's)
 * (Grant's; debut)
 * (Trainer's)
 * (Trainer's)

Trivia

 * Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster:
 * In this Gym battle, used    while Grant only used his  and, making it a two-on-three Gym battle, the first one of its kind seen in the anime.
 * This is the third Gym battle that Ash had where he was allowed to use more Pokémon than the Gym Leader. The first two were his rematch with Whitney in A Dairy Tale Ending of the original series and his battle against Roxie in Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 and Part 2 of the.
 * and narrate the preview for the next episode.
 * Ash reveals that is his favorite move.
 * Music from Kyurem VS. the Sword of Justice is used in this episode.
 * This episode bears some coincidental similarities to Battling for the Love of Bug-Types:
 * Both were the first episodes to have their air dates moved forward due to the postponement of other episodes: BW023 (unaired), BW024 (unaired) and An Undersea Place to Call Home!.
 * Both episodes involve Gym battles.
 * The featured Gym Leaders, Burgh and Grant, already made their debut exactly five episodes prior, in Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest! and Breaking Titles at the Chateau! respectively (if the aforementioned postponed episodes aren't counted).
 * This episode was originally scheduled to air on May 8, 2014, but was pushed up two weeks after the postponement of An Undersea Place to Call Home!.
 * The dub of the episode first aired in on June 22, 2014, 13 days before  airing.
 * 's method of jumping on the rocks to gain momentum and get closer to Onix is derived from how it saved in the previous episode, a detail that was not apparent due to the postponement.

Errors

 * Right after they enter the gym, the camera from behind shows next to, as well as the gang spread out, despite the front camera angle showing Bonnie behind  and  and the group being closer together.
 * Grant's is depicted much larger than normal  in some scenes.
 * In the and  dub, just when Ash reaches the top of the wall climb, his English voice can faintly be heard.

In other languages
Bezwinge die Wand! EP829 XY025 XY025 XY編第24話 精灵宝可梦 XY 第25集