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| Going Apricorn!
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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!!
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First broadcast
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April 13, 2000
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| United States
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March 10, 2001
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
| Animation
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Team Ota
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| Screenplay
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米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
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| Storyboard
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藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto
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| Assistant director
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鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
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| Animation director
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志村泉 Izumi Shimura
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| Additional credits
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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.
Synopsis
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Ash, Misty, Brock, are talking with Kurt and a girl (his granddaughter) named Maisy. They show him the GS Ball and he tells them he knows that it is some kind of Poké Ball. They break the news to Professor Oak.
Later, Ash, Misty and Brock are walking through a glen full of Apricorns behind Kurt's house. Maisy points out different apricorns, but every time ash is about to grab a couple, Maisy tells him no. Maisy also explains that getting Poké Balls is a lot more complicated than people think. When they find a couple that are okay, some Pineco pop down. Brock tries to grab one, but they Selfdestruct. Then, they find some pink apricorns, but are attacked by some Beedrill.
When they come up to their fifth tree, they fall into a hole dug by Team Rocket. Meowth lassos Pikachu with a rope, then Jessie puts him into an electric-proof jar. They then announce they will steal all the Apricorns with a vacuum. Ash sends out Bulbasaur and they all escape. Team Rocket falls into a hole dug by Diglett and Ash releases Pikachu from the jar. Ash and co. finally get to collect some apricorns. Brock spies some more Pineco to catch, but then Team Rocket brings out a giant fan and blow all the Pineco out of the tree, while Brock tries to keep them from getting hurt. When one Pineco tries to run away, Brock throws a Fast Ball that Kurt gave him and catches the Pineco. Then they stop Team Rocket.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who’s That Pokémon?: Lugia
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!
