So we FINALLY meet Fantina after finding her to be gone from her gym in Hearthome each time Ash and co, go there. That voice and that accent totally fits her, nicely done without over doing it. Does that mean I understood her? Not a single French word she said, but that's becuase I don't speak French so that's really is no surprise. As for battle, all I can say is yikes. But why read about it in this quick summery? Here's my full review with all my other thoughts:

Still Putting Shoes In Your Mouth:
* Hm, some pretty intense music right off the bat... AH NO, NOT ZOEY! Apparently she's versing a French lady.
* HAHAHA! Guess Glameow just wasn't fast enough, Zoey deserves to be beaten. Ash and co. couldn't have come at a better time!
* FANTINA! Most unique opponent indeed! Bet after hearing Fantina participated in Pokemon battles Zoey decided to "teach her a lesson". You would think Zoey would have learned by now.
* This is odd, they usually have it as teaser, intro, then title. This time they had teaser, intro, 2nd teaser, and then title.
* There is no way Zoey is going to win. Besides being a Gym Leader, Fantina is a WAY more experienced Coordinator.

It's All French To Me:
* Oh poo, Zoey was just Contest Training, I really wanted her to be beaten because she was a jerk. Ah yes, Brock... Croagunk, you're needed... thank you.
* Don't worry Fantina, on the outside Brock is an over-hyped flirter but deep down he's an over-hyped womanizer.
* Err... I'm taking Spanish so I have no clue what some of the phrases Fantina is saying mean... better to just smile and nod. Smile and nod.
* Team Rocket compared Fantina is Juan? Hmm, I guess they are alike, but for some reason I like Fantina better then Juan.
* Steal her skills? Jessie, you and James & Meowth can't keep yourselves from blasting off from Pikachu's Electrical attacks, how are you suppose to copy a Gym Leader's skills?

Remembering Your Goals:
* Exactly how long has it been since Fantina has been to her Gym? Looks like she rather not talk about gym and gym battles.
* Jessidia? That looks to be very similiar to her Jessilina disguise. I guess Jessie is finally running out of Contest disguises.
* Hey, I recognized some of those faces in the flashback! Enta when the Hearthome Gym opnened, Alan when he had a Nosepass being defeated by Fantina's Gengar, and Alan again winning with his Probopass.
* Fantina's story sounds sort of similiar to Volkner's, except Fantina just wants to get stronger because she loses while Volkner wants to take on the Pokemon League because he never loses.
* Combining the styIes of Battles and Contests together? Technically any combos used in one can be used in another, why Ash and May/Dawn have copied each others techniques for some Battles and Contests.

Flipping A Coin And Tides In Battle:
* So a coin flips decides whether Ash or Dawn battles Fantina, so without further or do the winner is... not Dawn. Guess it being your Poketch doesn't mean it'll waive in your favor.
* Hmm, Ash most useful Pokemon will be... well right now it really depends on which Pokemon Fantina chooses. Ash doesn't have anything to really combat Ghost-types effectively.
* Actually Dawn, in the anime trainers in Gym Battles are allowed to make substitutions, it's generally the Gym Leader that can't. Infact in the games the Gym Leaders do sometimes substitute their Pokemon.
* "Whoa, she's holding a Pokeball"... ASH, THAT HAS TO BE THE DUMBEST THING YOU EVER SAID IN A BATTLE! And how do you know that's not Mismagius? I don't see it anywhere so it must be back in its Pokeball.
* Drifloon? Ash would have been better off with Pikachu, but then again if he chose Pikachu Fantina would have probably used Gengar or Mismagius. And Fantina, how do you know how young Drifloon is unless you hatched it?
* Found a weakness with Buizel? Wouldn't any Pokemon falling asleep count as being part of a Pokemon's weakness? LOL, Drifloon is juggling Buizel!
* Buizel woke up just in time... to faint. Well look on the bright side Ash, now you can get Pikachu out and really do some damage to Drifloon, unless Fantina returns it.

Fizzled To A ZZZ...:
* Chimchar? No weakness or resistance problems like last time, though last time Buizel lost despite this.
* Eek, Drifloon turned Chimchar's flamethrower into a Will-o-Wisp! Of course Will-o-Wisp won't do much damage, but there is that Hypnosis again.
* Chimchar won't recover from its Sleep in its Pokeball, but now with Pikachu ready to battle the odds are in its favor thanks to Drifloon's Electric-type weakness (due to being half Flying-type).
* Good, Pikachu is getting in a few Electrical attacks on Drifloon, though after it's down Ash will have a problem as Gengar and Mismagius both have Levitate and Ash has only Chimchar left.
* Drifloon is evolving! Well it shouldn't matter, Drifblim is still weak to Electrical attacks, all Ash has to becareful of is Hypnosis and if Drifblim has the Aftermath Ability.
* Umm, I got a question, why do all Pokemon hit with Hypnosis get Whismur eyes for a few seconds before falling asleep? Either way, Ash's remaining Pokemon are now asleep.

Planning On The Rematch:
* Don't worry Ash, think of this has a "balance out" for defeating Crasher Wake with none of your Pokemon fainting. In addition, being this wasn't a Gym Battle you wouldn't have won a badge from winning anyway.
* Sounds like Dawn is going to battle yet another Gym Leader, but at least this time the Gym Leader is also a Coordinator. And Brock, Fantina said "Can't count your Torchic before they hatch", making me wonder if that means some Pokemon Eggs end up being duds.
* Jessie, don't know if Yanmega will be able to dodge like Drifblim, though it might be able to stop Pikachu's Volt Tackle with SonicBoom or Silver Wind.
* Oh darn, Zoey will be appearing in the Celestic Town Pokemon Contest, but at least she's not entering it (which is good, Dawn needs to win and should defeat Zoey in the Grand Festival).
*Ash needs a way around Hypnosis, though I don't think there is anyway Ash can do that with the Pokemon he has besides from dodging it (it's only 60% accurate). He just has to hit first, hit hard, and dodge when he needs to.