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Battle Aboard the St. Anne (Japanese: サントアンヌごうのたたかい！ Battle Aboard the St. Anne!) is episode 15 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 8, 1997 and in USA on September 28, 1998; though it was broadcast out-of-sequence as the first dub episode ever to air on September 7, 1998.

Ash 'wins' a ticket to take a trip on a luxery cruise ship, the Saint Anne. However, this is a scheme devised by Giovanni, who plans to steal the Pokémon of all the trainers onboard.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash trades his Butterfree for a Raticate and then trades back

Debuts

• The Magikarp Saleman
• Giovanni

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni
• Magikarp Salesman
• Gentleman
• Rocket Grunts

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Raticate

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Caterpie (Ash's; flashback)
• Metapod (Ash's; flashback)
• Butterfree (Ash's; traded)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmander (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Raticate (Ash's; new, traded, debut)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Magikarp (James's; new)
• Persian (Giovanni's; debut)
• Raticate (gentleman's; traded, debut)
• Butterfree (gentleman's; new, traded)

Pokémon seen on the St. Anne:

• Bulbasaur
• Charmander
• Squirtle
• Pidgey
• Pidgeotto
• Rattata
• Pikachu
• Oddish
• Weepinbell
• Geodude
• Starmie

Trivia

When it aired as a sneak peek, it was not shown everywhere as some areas ran the annual Labor Day Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon instead.

Errors

Dub edits

• The Saint Anne retains its Japanese name in the anime. In the games, it is called the S.S. Anne. This is probably due to the number of paint edits required to make the change. This actually prevents a future dub error when Ritchie is on a ship called the S.S. Anne in The Search for the Legend.
• When the episode first aired as the premier in the USA, the narrator's lines were changed to reflect it. In the beginning he announces the episode as a "special sneak peak of Pokémon". Then, at the end of the episode, he says "Will our heroes escape? You'll have to wait a little while to find out, but tomorrow we'll see how Ash's Pokémon journey began."

In other languages

• French: Bataille à bord du St. Anne

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