AG066

Exploud and Clear!

AG066   EP340 一触即発！バクオングVSジュプトル！！ Critical Situation! Bakuong VS Juptile!

First broadcast Japan March 4, 2004 United States February 19, 2005

English themes Opening This Dream Ending

Japanese themes Opening アドバンス・アドベンチャー Ending スマイル ②

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 誌村宏明 Hiroaki Shimura Assistant director ながはまのりひこ Norihiko Nagahama Animation director 徳田夢之介 Yumenosuke Tokuda Additional credits

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Exploud and Clear! (Japanese: 一触即発！バクオングVSジュプトル！！ Critical Situation! Bakuong VS Juptile!) is the 66th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 340th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 4, 2004 and in the United States on February 19, 2005.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis The gang is nearing Petalburg and Ash is excited about his battle with Norman. During a picnic, Ash notices Treecko isn’t very happy due to its defeat by a Gulpin. Before Ash can make it feel better, a Loudred rampages through the camp followed by its Trainer Guy. While he is able to calm Loudred down, Guy is worried as since it evolved from Whismur, it’s become increasingly disobedient. Ash and Guy decide to have a Pokémon battle, Ash using his Treecko and Guy using Loudred. The battle takes an unexpected turn when both Pokémon evolve at the same time. Exploud promptly takes off on another rampage. While everyone looks for it, Team Rocket decides to steal it for Giovanni.

Major events

• Ash's Treecko evolves into Grovyle.
• Ash's Grovyle learns Leaf Blade.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Ash's Grovyle
• Exploud

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Guy
• Giovanni (fantasy)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Taillow (Ash's)
• Treecko (Ash's; evolves)
• Grovyle (Ash's; newly evolved)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Torchic (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Lombre (Brock's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Whismur (Guy's; flashback)
• Loudred (Guy's; evolves)
• Exploud (Guy's; debut, newly evolved)
• Loudred (flashback)

Trivia

• The English dub is based on the phrase "Loud and Clear"
• While Team Rocket was trying to catch Exploud, James says, "Normally I say gotta catch 'em all but I think I'll pass on this one." He is referring to the original catchphrase of Pokémon, which had mostly been dropped from the franchise by this point.
• This is the first English episode to air after Bulbapedia was "born".

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, which one of these Pokémon is the best choice to battle Numel?
• Choices: Heracross, Pichu, Medicham
• Answer: Ok, trainers! If you chose Medicham, you were right!

Errors

Dub edits

• The crosshairs in Team Rocket's bazooka are removed for the Kids' WB! airing. This was left unaltered for the Cartoon Network airing and the DVDs.
• During the Boss Fantasy scene, the glass that Giovanni is holding is slightly altered so it doesn't look like a wine glass. The color of the glasses contents is also changed to be waterlike in appearance.

In other languages

• Chinese: 一觸即發，爆音怪對抗森林蜥蜴！！
• Finnish: Exploudin viemää
• French: Un Brouhaha plutôt bruyant
• German: Rums! Da kommt ein Krawumms!
• Hebrew: התפתחות כפולה hitpatkhut kfula
• Italian: Pokémon scatenato
• Portuguese:
  • Brazilian Portuguese: O Exploud
  • European Portuguese: Exploud Audível!
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Exploud el gritón
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Explota y vete!

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