AG137

Hooked on Onix

AG137   EP411 イワークの王国！！ The Kingdom of Iwark!!

First broadcast Japan August 4, 2005 United States May 6, 2006

English themes Opening Unbeatable Ending

Japanese themes Opening バトルフロンティア Ending ポケモンかぞえうた

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

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Hooked on Onix (Japanese: イワークの王国！！ The Kingdom of Iwark!!) is the 137th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 411th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 4, 2005 and in the United States on May 6, 2006.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis On their way to the Battle Arena, Ash and friends take a break. When they run out of water, Ash, May, & Brock go to look for some while Max stays and feeds the Pokémon. When Munchlax eats all of the food, a battle ensues which enrages some nearby Geodude. In return, they attack Pikachu, Corphish, Phanpy, Squirtle, and Munchlax are separated from the rest. Meanwhile, Team Rocket convinces an Onix, who is the king of a Rock Pokémon Kingdom, that Ash and the others are evil. Onix sends his Rock army to capture them..

Major events

• Ash's Phanpy is revealed to know Hidden Power.

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

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Phanpy (Ash's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Squirtle (May's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Beedrill (multiple)
• Geodude (multiple)
• Graveler (multiple)
• Golem (multiple)
• Onix (nicknamed "King Onix")

Trivia

• The dub title is a pun on the educational product Hooked on Phonics.
• This episode is featured on the Volume 20: Onix copy of Pokémon All-Stars.

Errors

• When this episode first aired in the US, the title card spelled Onix as Onyx. This mistake was corrected by the time the episode first aired in the UK, and remained corrected for reruns as well as the DVD release.
• When Phanpy gets scared from the swarm of Beedrill, its left eye is unchanged, while its right eye is white.
• Meowth calls the multiple rock Pokémon "Geodudes", but the plural of Geodude is merely Geodude.

Dub edits

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, which Pokémon would be most affected by Earthquake?
• Choices: Altaria, Whiscash, Flygon
• Answer: OK, trainers! If you chose Whiscash, you were right!

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		大巖蛇的王國！！
Finnish		Oiva Onix
European French		Solide comme un roc
German		Jagd auf Onix!
Italian		Il regno di Onix
Brazilian Portuguese		Obcecado por um Onix
Spanish	Latin America	El rey Onix
	Spain	Leales a Onix

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