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Showdown in Pewter City (Japanese: ニビジムのたたかい！ Battle of Nibi Gym), was the fifth episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 29, 1997 and in the United States on September 14, 1998.

In this episode, Ash and Misty finally reach Pewter City, and Ash is ready to challenge Pewter City Gym for his first badge. Can he win despite a type disadvantage?

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash gets a Boulderbadge.
• Ash has his first Gym Battle.
• Ash has his first loss.
• Brock joins Ash and Misty.

Debuts

• Brock
• Flint
• Forest
• Brock's siblings
• Brock's Geodude
• Brock's Onix

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Flint
• Forest
• Brock's siblings

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Onix

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's; debut)

Trivia

• Misty is willing to lend her Pokémon to Ash for the battle but he refuses.
• The scene in which Brock's siblings prevent Ash from finishing the battle is a reference to a similar scene in Fushigi Yuugi, as Brock's Japanese voice actor played one of the characters in that anime.

Errors

Dub edits

• Flint charges a $2 fee for sitting on his rocks, or 50 ¥ in the Japanese version.
• Various pieces of text were changed to English:
  • The unreadable (due to the position of the camera) signs at Flint's shop were changed to "SALE".
  • The poster in the Pokémon center was translated, emulating the font and style of the letters exactly.
  • The restaurant bill was changed from ¥1150 to $1150. The bottom of the bill is changed from "Restaraunt Nibi" to "Thank You".
  • The "Nibi Gym" sign was changed to say "Pewter Gym".
  • The sign outside Flint's house changed from "We have rocks" to "ROCKS FOR SALE".
• Instead of saying Brock's mother left the family to Brock's care, Flint tells Ash that she died after trying to raise the family on her own. This resulted in an inconsistency in the English dub, as Brock's mother Lola appears in A Family That Battles Together, Stays Together! as well as in several other episodes afterwards.

In other languages

• French: Confrontation à Argenta
• Portuguese (Brazil): Exibição na Cidade de Pewter
• Spanish: Batalla en Ciudad Plateada

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