Dawn loses in the Performance Stage of the Hearthome City Contest while her rivals advance to the Battle Stage.
Ash and Brock decide to enter the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition after learning about it from Nando.
Ash learns that the Gym Leader of the Hearthome Gym is currently away.
Nando defeats Jessilina and Zoey to win the Hearthome Ribbon, his second Contest Ribbon overall.
The episode's dub title is a slight corruption of a lyric from The Star-Spangled Banner. This is the second time such a reference is used, after O'er the Rampardos We Watched! (2007).