EP143

Going Apricorn!

EP143   クヌギダマとボングリのみ！うらやまのたたかい！！ Kunugidama and the Bonguri Fruit! Backyard Battle!!

First broadcast Japan April 13, 2000 United States March 10, 2001

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ポケモンはらはらリレー

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Going Apricorn! (Japanese: クヌギダマとボングリのみ！うらやまのたたかい！！ Kunugidama and the Bonguri Fruit! Backyard Battle!!) is the 143rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 13, 2000 and in the United States on March 10, 2001.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash, Misty, Brock, and a girl named Maisy are walking through the woods. Maisy explains that getting Poké Balls is a lot more complicated than people think. They approach a large tree but fall into a covered hole. Team Rocket comes and Meowth lassos Pikachu with a rope, then Jessie puts him into an electric-proof jar...

Major events

• Brock catches a Pineco.
• Ash leaves the GS Ball with Kurt.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Pineco (Brock's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Tracey (cameo)
• Professor Oak
• Kurt
• Maisy

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Lugia

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's, at Professor Oak's lab)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Pineco (Brock's, new; debut)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Beedrill
• Nidoran♀ (at Professor Oak's lab)
• Nidoran♂ (at Professor Oak's lab)
• Diglett
• Pineco (multiple)

Trivia

• This episode marks the final appearance of the GS Ball, which is left with Kurt. The storyline is dropped at this point and the GS Ball is never seen again, due to a planned arc featuring Celebi being scrapped by the producers.
• Like in the games, Kurt has a White Apricorn tree near his house.
• The dub title is based on the phrase "going ape".
• This episode's title can sometimes be seen written in the form "Goin' Apricorn!".
• The book Secrets of the GS Ball is based on this episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• Czech: Slavné meruňáky
• French: Suspens en suspend
• German: Aprikoko Fieber
• Hebrew: קטיף האפריקורן katif haApricorn
• Italian: Uno strano frutto
• Mandarin: 榛果球與圓柑果實，後山之戰
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Colhendo Poké Bolas!
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Cultivando Bonguri
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Pokébolas Apricorn!

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