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'''Island of the Giant Pokémon''' (Japanese: '''きょだいポケモンのしま!?''' ''Island of the Giant Pokémon!?'') is the 17th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 22, 1997 and in USA on September 30, 1998.  
'''Island of the Giant Pokémon''' (Japanese: '''きょだいポケモンのしま!?''' ''Island of the Giant Pokémon!?'') is the 17th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 22, 1997 and in United States on September 30, 1998.  
{{spoilers}}
{{spoilers}}


==Synopsis==
==Blurb==
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<i>As our heroes and Team Rocket beat the odds by surviving the sinking ship, they are dragged into another potentially deadly situation when they are attacked by the ferocious Pokémon, Gyarados. One Gyarados becomes many and Ash, friends and foe are swept up in a tornado landing them in various locations on an island. Ash loses Pikachu and the Poké Balls containing Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur. Jessie and James from Team Rocket, who land in another remote part of the island, also lose their Pokémon. Thus both Pokémon and their masters are left searching for each other on this strange island, inhabited by gigantic Pokémon. Where could this island be?</i>
 
==Plot==
After the attack caused by a group of {{p|Gyarados}}, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} end up on an island where they realize that four of Ash's {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, including {{AP|Pikachu}}, are missing. On another side of the island, [[Jessie]] and [[James]] awaken to find their Pokémon, including {{MTR}}, are missing. They try to call for help in a phone booth, but they soon remember they don't have any money. On another part of the island, a separated Pikachu finds the {{ball|Poké}}s of the separated Pokémon and releases {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, {{AP|Charmander}} and {{AP|Squirtle}}. They then see a {{p|Slowpoke}} fishing in the sea with its tail. Pikachu and Charmander decide to ask for help but with little result while Bulbasaur and Squirtle relax on the beach.  
After the attack caused by a group of {{p|Gyarados}}, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} end up on an island where they realize that four of Ash's {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, including {{AP|Pikachu}}, are missing. On another side of the island, [[Jessie]] and [[James]] awaken to find their Pokémon, including {{MTR}}, are missing. They try to call for help in a phone booth, but they soon remember they don't have any money. On another part of the island, a separated Pikachu finds the {{ball|Poké}}s of the separated Pokémon and releases {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, {{AP|Charmander}} and {{AP|Squirtle}}. They then see a {{p|Slowpoke}} fishing in the sea with its tail. Pikachu and Charmander decide to ask for help but with little result while Bulbasaur and Squirtle relax on the beach.  


While trying to find Ash and the others, Ash's Pokémon are found by {{TRT}}'s Pokémon, {{TP|James|Koffing}}, {{TP|Jessie|Ekans}} and Meowth. Meowth tells Koffing and Ekans to attack Ash's Pokémon, only to find out they won't battle for him because he is not their master. Each side tells the other about their missing Trainers and Koffing and Ekans get visibly upset when Bulbasaur mentions that their Trainers may have abandoned them. Pikachu immediately refutes the very idea, telling Bulbasaur that Ash would never do something like that. The two sets of Pokémon join together to find their Trainers. Meanwhile Meowth is tied up for what he has done to Pikachu and the others in the past. While they are eating, a giant {{p|Rhydon}} attacks them. The Pokémon escape, accidentally leaving Meowth tied up. Pikachu unties Meowth so he can escape. Meowth shows no gratitude for Pikachu's action, instead pushing him and saying that he could have got out himself. At the same time, Ash, {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} are being chased by a giant {{p|Zapdos}}. They soon elude it and decide to rest for the night. Ash vows to find his Pokémon no matter what. Meanwhile, Jessie and James are being chased by a huge {{p|Moltres}}. They run into a sign and are both knocked out, causing them to escape the Moltres.
While trying to find Ash and the others, Ash's Pokémon are found by {{TRT}}'s Pokémon, {{TP|James|Koffing}}, {{TP|Jessie|Ekans}} and Meowth. Meowth tells Koffing and Ekans to attack Ash's Pokémon, only to find out they won't battle for him because he is not their master. Each side tells the other about their missing Trainers and Koffing and Ekans get visibly upset when Bulbasaur mentions that their Trainers may have abandoned them. Pikachu immediately refutes the very idea, telling Bulbasaur that Ash would never do something like that. The two sets of Pokémon join together to find their Trainers. Meanwhile Meowth is tied up for what he has done to Pikachu and the others in the past. While they are eating, a giant {{p|Rhydon}} attacks them. The Pokémon escape, accidentally leaving Meowth tied up. Pikachu unties Meowth so he can escape. Meowth shows no gratitude for Pikachu's action, instead pushing him and saying that he could have got out himself. At the same time, Ash, {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} are being chased by a giant {{p|Zapdos}}. They soon elude it and decide to rest for the night. Ash vows to find his Pokémon no matter what. Meanwhile, Jessie and James are being chased by a huge {{p|Moltres}}. They run into a sign and are both knocked out, causing them to escape the Moltres.


The next day, Team Rocket runs back to the phone booth and Jessie makes a phone call. When James tells her that they don't have money, she says they are calling {{an|Giovanni|the boss}} by collect. They annoy him with their motto, causing him to hang up on them. Jessie and James then use a wire to get help by pulling on it while inside, hoping it will lead to the phone company. They see a {{p|Pikachu}} and decide to catch it, not realizing until it is too late that it is in fact a giant Pikachu. At the same time, Ash and company run behind a rock after being attacked by a giant {{p|Charizard}}. The Pokémon still searching for Ash and Team Rocket see a giant {{p|Blastoise}}. Squirtle is forced to ask it for directions by the other Pokémon, something that it's not too happy to do. Squirtle tries to start up a conversation with the giant Blastoise but it gets attacked by its {{m|Hydro Pump}}. They then see a {{p|Venusaur}} and Squirtle this time asks Bulbasaur to seek help from it as Squirtle thinks it's one of Bulbasaur's relatives. Bulbasaur is too afraid to ask the giant Venusaur and so says that it's an orphan and has no family, to which Squirtle decides to call it a "coward." Team Rocket, still pulling the telephone wire, are now being chased by a huge {{p|Kabutops}}. They decide to jump into a rail cart to get away. It starts moving but begins to head backwards toward the Kabutops, rather than away from it. It gets its foot tied in the wire and is dragged after Team Rocket. Then Ash and friends find the giant Pikachu, which is then knocked down because of Team Rocket and the trailing wire on the rail cart. Ash and friends fall into the cart with Team Rocket inside. Then they see their Pokémon chased by a giant Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur. The Pokémon manage to jump to their Trainers and are at last reunited. Then the cart is sent flying into the air because of a giant loop in the rail tracks causing them to fly and crash into the giant Zapdos which they then discover to be robotic. Soon all the other giant robot Pokémon crash into each other and lay broken in a massive pile on the beach. Then the rail cart crashes into the water. A Gyarados shaped boat approaches the island. Inside, a woman introduces what appears to be tourists on the boat to Pokémon Island, however on noticing the damaged Pokémon, apologizes and then makes a call. It is revealed that the Island is an attraction park owned by Team Rocket's boss, Giovanni, who isn't too happy with the destruction of Pokémon Land.
The next day, Team Rocket runs back to the phone booth and Jessie makes a phone call. When James tells her that they don't have money, she says they are calling {{an|Giovanni|the boss}} by collect. They annoy him with their motto, causing him to hang up on them. Jessie and James then use a wire to get help by pulling on it while inside, hoping it will lead to the phone company. They see a {{p|Pikachu}} and decide to catch it, not realizing until it is too late that it is in fact a giant Pikachu. At the same time, Ash and company run behind a rock after being attacked by a giant {{p|Charizard}}. Meanwhile, the Pokémon, still searching for Ash and Team Rocket, come across a giant {{p|Blastoise}}. Squirtle is forced to ask it for directions by the other Pokémon, something that it's not too happy to do. Squirtle tries to start up a conversation with the giant Blastoise but it gets attacked by its {{m|Hydro Pump}}. They then see a {{p|Venusaur}} and Squirtle this time asks Bulbasaur to seek help from it as Squirtle thinks it's one of Bulbasaur's relatives. Bulbasaur is too afraid to ask the giant Venusaur and so says that it's an orphan and has no family, to which Squirtle decides to call it a "coward." Team Rocket, still pulling the telephone wire, are now being chased by a huge {{p|Kabutops}}. They decide to jump into a rail cart to get away. It starts moving but begins to head backwards toward the Kabutops, rather than away from it. It gets its foot tied in the wire and is dragged after Team Rocket. Then Ash and friends find the giant Pikachu, which is then knocked down because of Team Rocket and the trailing wire on the rail cart. Ash and friends fall into the cart with Team Rocket inside. Then they see their Pokémon chased by a giant Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur. The Pokémon manage to jump to their Trainers and are at last reunited. Then the cart is sent flying into the air because of a giant loop in the rail tracks causing them to fly and crash into the giant Zapdos which they then discover to be robotic. Soon all the other giant robot Pokémon crash into each other and lie broken in a massive pile on the beach. Then the rail cart crashes into the water. A Gyarados shaped boat approaches the island. Inside, a woman introduces what appears to be tourists on the boat to Pokémon Island, however on noticing the damaged Pokémon, apologizes and then makes a call. It is revealed that the island is actually an attraction park owned by Team Rocket's boss, Giovanni, who isn't too happy with the destruction of Pokémon Land.


Ash and his friends continue on, ending up in [[Porta Vista]]. Meanwhile, the Slowpoke from earlier in the episode is still sitting on the rocks. It stands up, revealing a {{p|Shellder}} attached to its tail. The newly evolved {{p|Slowbro}} looks forward and says its name proudly.
Ash and his friends continue on, ending up in [[Porta Vista]]. Meanwhile, the Slowpoke from earlier in the episode is still sitting on the rocks. It stands up, revealing a {{p|Shellder}} attached to its tail. The newly evolved {{p|Slowbro}} looks forward and says its name proudly.
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==Characters==
==Characters==
===Humans===
===Humans===
[[File:Dare da EP017.png|thumb|right|200px|{{tt|Dare da?|Who's That Pokémon?}}]]
[[File:Dare da EP017.png|thumb|200px|{{tt|Dare da?|Who's That Pokémon?}}]]
* {{Ash}}
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|Misty}}
* {{an|Misty}}
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===Pokémon===
===Pokémon===
[[File:WTP EP017.png|thumb|right|200px|Who's That Pokémon?]]
[[File:WTP EP017.png|thumb|200px|Who's That Pokémon?]]
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Slowbro}} ''(US and international)'' {{p|Slowpoke}} ''(Japan)''
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Slowbro}} ''(US and international)'' {{p|Slowpoke}} ''(Japan)''


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* {{p|Ekans}} ({{OP|Jessie|Ekans}})
* {{p|Ekans}} ({{OP|Jessie|Ekans}})
* {{p|Koffing}} ({{OP|James|Koffing}})
* {{p|Koffing}} ({{OP|James|Koffing}})
* {{p|Gyarados}} ({{OP|James|Gyarados}}; flashback)
* {{p|Persian}} ({{OP|Giovanni|Persian}})
* {{p|Persian}} ({{OP|Giovanni|Persian}})
* {{p|Slowpoke}} (evolves; debut)
* {{p|Slowpoke}} (evolves; debut)
* {{p|Slowbro}} (newly evolved; debut)
* {{p|Slowbro}} (newly evolved; debut)
* {{p|Slowbro}} (debut)
* {{p|Krabby}}
* {{p|Krabby}}
* {{p|Gyarados}} (multiple; flashback)


====Giant robot Pokémon====
====Giant robot Pokémon====
* {{p|Venusaur}}
* {{p|Charizard}}
* {{p|Blastoise}}
* {{p|Pikachu}}
* {{p|Rhydon}}
* {{p|Rhydon}}
* {{p|Kabutops}}
* {{p|Zapdos}}
* {{p|Zapdos}}
* {{p|Moltres}}
* {{p|Moltres}}
* {{p|Pikachu}}
* {{p|Charizard}}
* {{p|Blastoise}}
* {{p|Venusaur}}
* {{p|Kabutops}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] reveal that {{TP|Jessie|Ekans}} and {{TP|James|Koffing}} were given to them as {{wp|chūgen}} and {{jwp|歳暮|oseibo}} presents, respectively.
* This is the only episode where subtitles were used to translate what the Pokémon were saying.  
* This is the only episode where subtitles were used to translate what the Pokémon were saying.  
** In some non-English dubs, the Pokémon used human language or voice-overs and the English subtitles were kept while in some dubs, the English subtitles were translated into subtitles of the respective languages.
** In some non-English dubs, the Pokémon used human language or voice-overs and the English subtitles were kept while in some dubs, the English subtitles were translated into subtitles of the respective languages.
* In the Japanese version of this episode, some Pokémon had their genders revealed through the subtitles: {{AP|Pikachu}}, {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, {{AP|Squirtle}} and {{TP|Jessie|Ekans|Arbok}} were implied to be male due to male-only first person pronoun usage.
* In the Japanese version of this episode, some Pokémon had their genders revealed through the subtitles: {{AP|Pikachu}}, {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, {{AP|Squirtle}} and {{TP|Jessie|Ekans}} were implied to be male due to using a first person pronoun almost exclusively used by males.
* This is the first episode where "[[Who's That Pokémon?]]" is different in the English version than the Japanese version.
* This is the first episode where "[[Who's That Pokémon?]]" is different in the English version than the Japanese version.
** This is also the only episode where the subject's [[cry]] came with subtitles.  
* {{AP|Bulbasaur}} and Meowth appeared to get drunk at the stand, which is backed up by somebody talking to a "barkeep" in the original episode.
* This is the first episode where it is implied that there is no such thing as a bad Pokémon.
* When the group fell into the water, Charmander was still out of its [[Poké Ball]] and its tail was completely submerged, yet the flame did not go out. This happened again, as a Charizard, in ''[[EP134|Charizard's Burning Ambition]]''.
* The music that plays during Pokémon Land- tour is the same that plays when [[S.S. Anne]] leaves the port in the game.
* The robotic Moltres that chased Team Rocket and the robotic Rhydon were the only giant Pokémon that were not seen to be destroyed, although Giovanni's phone call implied that they were indeed destroyed as well.
* The robotic Moltres that chased Team Rocket and the robotic Rhydon were the only giant Pokémon that were not seen to be destroyed, although Giovanni's phone call implied that they were indeed destroyed as well.
* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] reveal that {{TP|Jessie|Ekans}} and {{TP|James|Koffing}} were given to them as birthday presents and for {{wp|Christmas}} respectively.
**[[Island of the Giant Pokémon (book)|The book adaptation]], however, does have the robotic Rhydon being tripped alongside the other robotic Pokémon as well.
* When the group fell into the water, Charmander was still out of its [[Poké Ball]] and its tail was completely submerged. Yet, the flame did not go out. This happened again, as a Charizard, in ''[[EP134|Charizard's Burning Ambition]]''.
* Even though {{Ash}} was never shown to find {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, {{AP|Charmander}} and {{AP|Squirtle}}'s [[Poké Ball]]s, he doesn't seem to have lost them.
* {{AP|Bulbasaur}} and Meowth appeared to get drunk at the stand, which is backed up by somebody talking to a "barkeep" in the original episode.
* Slowbro says "Slowpoke" at the end of the episode, before realising it had evolved. This implies that even Pokémon without training are able to say some things that aren't their own name, at the very least the names of their previous forms.
* More Pokémon's Pokérap images come from this episode than any other episode, providing the images for Rhydon, Zapdos, Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Kabutops, and Slowbro. Out of these, only Slowbro was an actual Pokémon. The rest were the robotic giants.
* This episode is featured on ''Volume 4: Squirtle'' from [[Viz Media]]'s {{OBP|Pokémon All-Stars|Region 1}} series.
* The book ''{{book|Island of the Giant Pokémon}}'' is partially based on this episode.
* The book ''{{book|Island of the Giant Pokémon}}'' is partially based on this episode.
* This episode is featured on the ''Volume 4: Squirtle'' copy of [[Pokémon All-Stars]].
* More Pokémon's [[Kanto Pokérap|Pokérap]] images come from this episode than any other episode, providing the images for {{p|Meowth}}, {{p|Rhydon}}, {{p|Zapdos}}, {{p|Charizard}}, {{p|Blastoise}}, {{p|Venusaur}}, {{p|Kabutops}}, and {{p|Slowbro}}. Out of these, only Slowbro and Meowth were actual Pokémon.
* Even though {{Ash}} was never shown to find {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, {{AP|Charmander|Charizard}} and {{AP|Squirtle}}'s [[Poké Ball]]s, he doesn't seem to have lost them.
* In India, when this episode aired on CN, the Pokemon were given voice overs even though the subtitles were kept. When it was aired on Hungama, the Pokémon did not receive voice overs even though the subtitles were removed. This made it difficult to understand the Pokémon speech.
* When Slowpoke appears to evolve into Slowbro at the end of the episode, it doesn't glow like other Pokémon do when they evolve. However, Slowpoke actually evolved earlier, offscreen, while its tail was in the water, and, being a Slowpoke, didn't realize until it pulled its tail out of the water. This is backed up by the fact that it has all the physical traits of a Slowbro, such as additional claws.
* Despite it being explicitly stated that there was no such thing as an evil Pokémon in this episode, future episodes nixed that idea, most notably {{p|Malamar}} in ''[[XY019|A Conspiracy to Conquer]]''.
** This implies that even Pokémon without training are able to say some things that aren't their own name, at the very least the names of their previous forms, as Slowbro says "Slowpoke Slow" before realising that he's evolved.
** On a related note, when a Slowpoke evolves into a Slowbro later in ''[[EP066|The Evolution Solution]]'', it looks like any other evolving Pokémon would.
* The music that plays during Pokémon Land- tour is the same that plays when [[S.S. Anne]] leaves the port in the game.


===Errors===
===Errors===
[[File:Giant Pokémon.png|200px|thumb|right|The mechanical Blastoise's miscolored jaw]]
[[File:Giant Pokémon.png|200px|thumb|The mechanical Blastoise's miscolored jaw]]
* One of Squirtle's captions capitalizes Pokémon as "pokémon", without a capital P.
** Also, as Pikachu stumbles across Ash's Poké Balls, it says "Poké Balls" without the accented "é", making it "Poke Balls".
* When Team Rocket are about to use the brakes on the cart, they say "pull", but they push the lever.
* When Team Rocket are about to use the brakes on the cart, they say "pull", but they push the lever.
* One of Squirtle's captions spells Pokémon as "pokémon", without a capital P.
** Also, as Pikachu stumbles across Ash's Poké Balls, it says "Poké Balls" without the accented "é", "Poke Balls."
* When Team Rocket sees Meowth, James and Jessie are crying and James has no pupils.
* After the scene when the cable is about to snap, Meowth's paws are brown instead of white.
* When James is explaining about their recent run of bad luck, Jessie's earrings and lipstick are gone.
* After all the Pokémon jumped in the moving cart, when Jessie and James are hugging Koffing and Ekans their gloves are missing.
* After all the Pokémon jumped in the moving cart, when Jessie and James are hugging Koffing and Ekans their gloves are missing.
* When Team Rocket sees Meowth, when James and Jessie are crying, James has no pupils.
* When the Pokémon jump into the moving cart, Misty catches Squirtle and Brock catches Charmander and Bulbasaur. However, when the cart falls towards the water, Misty is shown holding Charmander while Brock is holding Squirtle and Bulbasaur.
* When the Pokémon jump into the moving cart, Misty catches Squirtle and Brock catches Charmander and Bulbasaur. However, when the cart falls towards the water, Misty is shown holding Charmander while Brock is holding Squirtle and Bulbasaur.
* When James is explaining about their recent run of bad luck, Jessie's earrings and lipstick are gone.
* After the scene when the cable is about to snap, Meowth's paws are brown instead of white.
* When the destroyed robots are shown, the Blastoise robot's bottom jaw is miscolored.
* When the destroyed robots are shown, the Blastoise robot's bottom jaw is miscolored.
* At the very end, when Brock, Ash, and Misty are seen walking a path, Ash's gloves are missing. Just afterward they reappear, only to disappear once more as the three are running towards Porta Vista.
* At the very end, when Brock, Ash, and Misty are seen walking a path, Ash's gloves are missing. Just afterward they reappear, only to disappear once more as the three are running towards Porta Vista.
* When showing that the Pokémon were running on the right side of the cart, when the Pokémon jumped, they were shown jumping from the left.


===Dub edits===
===Dub edits===
* Jessie's receiving Ekans for her birthday and James's receiving Koffing for Christmas were actually the Japanese holidays {{wp|chuugen}} and {{wp|oseibo}}, respectively in the Japanese version.
* In the dub, Jessie and James reveal that Ekans and Koffing were given to them as [[birthday]] and [[Christmas]] presents, respectively.
** The scene where Krabby and Slowpoke appear also had them with subtitles in the Japanese version as well.
* For subsequent dubs, the text and the Pokémon sounds were deleted and replaced with text/sounds clarifying what they're talking about for non-English speakers. For example: the Latin Spanish version was dubbed over, and the Brazilian Portuguese version was subtitled.
*Meowth's reaction actually had two interpretations in the Japanese version. One implies that he has a master, and one states that he doesn't have a master.
* The scene where Krabby and Slowpoke appear also had them with subtitles in the Japanese version as well.
* Meowth's reaction actually had two interpretations in the Japanese version. One implies that he has a master, and one states that he doesn't have a master.
* The word Oden is removed from the stand.
* The word Oden is removed from the stand.
** Also, the scene where the Pokémon were at the Oden was not translated. The translation of the scene is as follows:
** Also, the scene where the Pokémon were at the Oden was not translated. The translation of the scene is as follows:
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:* There was also a subtitle that told the time.
:* There was also a subtitle that told the time.
* In the {{pmin|Latin America}}n dub, when Meowth points out that (the mechanical) Blastoise is the evolved form of Squirtle, he pronounces it "Baltoise".
* Jessie apologizes to the Kabutops mecha when the cart's cable tripped it in the Japanese version.
* The digital effect of Giovanni's voice was dub-only.
* The digital effect of Giovanni's voice was dub-only.
* In the Latin American dub, when Meowth points out that (the mechanical) Blastoise is the evolved form of Squirtle, he pronounces it "Baltoise".
* Jessie also apologizes to the Kabutops mecha when the cart's cable tripped it in the Japanese version.
* For subsequent dubs, the text and the Pokémon sounds were deleted and replaced with text/sounds clarifying what they're talking about for non-English speakers.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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|zh_cmn={{tt|巨大神奇寶貝之島 / 巨大神奇宝贝之岛|Island of the Giant Pokémon}}
|zh_cmn={{tt|巨大神奇寶貝之島 / 巨大神奇宝贝之岛|Island of the Giant Pokémon}}
|cs={{tt|Ostrov obřích pokémonů|The Island of Giant Pokémon}}
|cs={{tt|Ostrov obřích pokémonů|The Island of Giant Pokémon}}
|da={{tt|Pokémonernes Ø|The Pokémon Island}}
|nl={{tt|Het Eiland Van De Reuze Pokémon|The island of the giant Pokémon}}
|nl={{tt|Het Eiland Van De Reuze Pokémon|The island of the giant Pokémon}}
|fi={{tt|Jättipokémonien saari|The island of giant Pokémon}}
|fi={{tt|Jättipokémonien saari|The island of giant Pokémon}}
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|de={{tt|Insel der Giganten|Island of giants}}
|de={{tt|Insel der Giganten|Island of giants}}
|he=פארק הפוקימונים הענקים {{tt|park haPokémonim ha'anakyim|Park of giant Pokémon}}
|he=פארק הפוקימונים הענקים {{tt|park haPokémonim ha'anakyim|Park of giant Pokémon}}
|hi=आइलेंड ऑफ द जायंट पोकेमोन {{tt|''Island of the Giant Pokemon''|Island of the Giant Pokémon (Same as English)}} {{tt|*|CN dub}} <br> विशाल पोकेमोन का आइलेंड {{tt|''Vishaal Pokémon ka Island!''|Island of Huge Pokemon!}} {{tt|*|Hungama dub}}
|hu={{tt|Az óriáspokémonok szigete|The Island of the Giant Pokémon}}
|hu={{tt|Az óriáspokémonok szigete|The Island of the Giant Pokémon}}
|it={{tt|L'isola dei Pokémon giganti|The island of giant Pokémon}}
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|ko=거대 포켓몬의 정체 {{tt|geodae pokétmon-ui jeongche|The Identity of Giant Pokémon}}
|ko=거대 포켓몬의 정체 {{tt|geodae pokétmon-ui jeongche|The Identity of Giant Pokémon}}
|pt_br={{tt|A Ilha dos Pokémons Gigantes|The Island of the Giant Pokémon}}
|no={{tt|KjempePokémon-øya|The island of giant Pokémon}}
|pl={{tt|Wyspa Pokémonów Gigantów|Island of the Giant Pokémon}}
|pt_br={{tt|A Ilha dos Pokémons Gigantes|The Island of the Giant Pokémon}}<br>{{tt|A Ilha dos Pokémon Gigantes|The Island of Giant Pokémon}}{{tt|*|Pokémon TV}}
|pt_eu={{tt|A Ilha dos Pokémons Gigantes|The Island of the Giant Pokémon}}
|pt_eu={{tt|A Ilha dos Pokémons Gigantes|The Island of the Giant Pokémon}}
|ro={{tt|Insula Pokémonilor Giganți|Island of the Giant Pokémon}}
|ru={{tt|Остров гигантских Покемонов|The island of giant Pokémon}}
|ru={{tt|Остров гигантских Покемонов|The island of giant Pokémon}}
|sr={{tt|Острво дивовских покемона|Island of Giant Pokémon}}
|es_la={{tt|¡La Isla de los Pokémon Gigantes!|The Island of Giant Pokémon!}}
|es_la={{tt|¡La Isla de los Pokémon Gigantes!|The Island of Giant Pokémon!}}
|es_eu={{tt|La isla de los Pokémon gigantes|The island of giant Pokémon}}
|es_eu={{tt|La isla de los Pokémon gigantes|The island of giant Pokémon}}
|sv={{tt|Pokémon Land|Pokémon Land}}
|sv={{tt|Pokémon Land|Pokémon Land}}
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EP016 : Pokémon Shipwreck
Original series
EP018 : Beauty and the Beach
Island of the Giant Pokémon
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  EP017  
きょだいポケモンのしま!?
Island of the Giant Pokémon!?
First broadcast
Japan July 22, 1997
United States September 30, 1998
English themes
Opening Pokémon Theme
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening めざせポケモンマスター
Ending ひゃくごじゅういち
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 首藤剛志 Takeshi Shudō
Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka
Assistant director 岡崎幸男 Yukio Okazaki
Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura
Additional credits

Island of the Giant Pokémon (Japanese: きょだいポケモンのしま!? Island of the Giant Pokémon!?) is the 17th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 22, 1997 and in United States on September 30, 1998.

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Blurb

As our heroes and Team Rocket beat the odds by surviving the sinking ship, they are dragged into another potentially deadly situation when they are attacked by the ferocious Pokémon, Gyarados. One Gyarados becomes many and Ash, friends and foe are swept up in a tornado landing them in various locations on an island. Ash loses Pikachu and the Poké Balls containing Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur. Jessie and James from Team Rocket, who land in another remote part of the island, also lose their Pokémon. Thus both Pokémon and their masters are left searching for each other on this strange island, inhabited by gigantic Pokémon. Where could this island be?

Plot

After the attack caused by a group of Gyarados, Ash and his friends end up on an island where they realize that four of Ash's Pokémon, including Pikachu, are missing. On another side of the island, Jessie and James awaken to find their Pokémon, including Meowth, are missing. They try to call for help in a phone booth, but they soon remember they don't have any money. On another part of the island, a separated Pikachu finds the Poké Balls of the separated Pokémon and releases Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle. They then see a Slowpoke fishing in the sea with its tail. Pikachu and Charmander decide to ask for help but with little result while Bulbasaur and Squirtle relax on the beach.

While trying to find Ash and the others, Ash's Pokémon are found by Team Rocket's Pokémon, Koffing, Ekans and Meowth. Meowth tells Koffing and Ekans to attack Ash's Pokémon, only to find out they won't battle for him because he is not their master. Each side tells the other about their missing Trainers and Koffing and Ekans get visibly upset when Bulbasaur mentions that their Trainers may have abandoned them. Pikachu immediately refutes the very idea, telling Bulbasaur that Ash would never do something like that. The two sets of Pokémon join together to find their Trainers. Meanwhile Meowth is tied up for what he has done to Pikachu and the others in the past. While they are eating, a giant Rhydon attacks them. The Pokémon escape, accidentally leaving Meowth tied up. Pikachu unties Meowth so he can escape. Meowth shows no gratitude for Pikachu's action, instead pushing him and saying that he could have got out himself. At the same time, Ash, Misty and Brock are being chased by a giant Zapdos. They soon elude it and decide to rest for the night. Ash vows to find his Pokémon no matter what. Meanwhile, Jessie and James are being chased by a huge Moltres. They run into a sign and are both knocked out, causing them to escape the Moltres.

The next day, Team Rocket runs back to the phone booth and Jessie makes a phone call. When James tells her that they don't have money, she says they are calling the boss by collect. They annoy him with their motto, causing him to hang up on them. Jessie and James then use a wire to get help by pulling on it while inside, hoping it will lead to the phone company. They see a Pikachu and decide to catch it, not realizing until it is too late that it is in fact a giant Pikachu. At the same time, Ash and company run behind a rock after being attacked by a giant Charizard. Meanwhile, the Pokémon, still searching for Ash and Team Rocket, come across a giant Blastoise. Squirtle is forced to ask it for directions by the other Pokémon, something that it's not too happy to do. Squirtle tries to start up a conversation with the giant Blastoise but it gets attacked by its Hydro Pump. They then see a Venusaur and Squirtle this time asks Bulbasaur to seek help from it as Squirtle thinks it's one of Bulbasaur's relatives. Bulbasaur is too afraid to ask the giant Venusaur and so says that it's an orphan and has no family, to which Squirtle decides to call it a "coward." Team Rocket, still pulling the telephone wire, are now being chased by a huge Kabutops. They decide to jump into a rail cart to get away. It starts moving but begins to head backwards toward the Kabutops, rather than away from it. It gets its foot tied in the wire and is dragged after Team Rocket. Then Ash and friends find the giant Pikachu, which is then knocked down because of Team Rocket and the trailing wire on the rail cart. Ash and friends fall into the cart with Team Rocket inside. Then they see their Pokémon chased by a giant Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur. The Pokémon manage to jump to their Trainers and are at last reunited. Then the cart is sent flying into the air because of a giant loop in the rail tracks causing them to fly and crash into the giant Zapdos which they then discover to be robotic. Soon all the other giant robot Pokémon crash into each other and lie broken in a massive pile on the beach. Then the rail cart crashes into the water. A Gyarados shaped boat approaches the island. Inside, a woman introduces what appears to be tourists on the boat to Pokémon Island, however on noticing the damaged Pokémon, apologizes and then makes a call. It is revealed that the island is actually an attraction park owned by Team Rocket's boss, Giovanni, who isn't too happy with the destruction of Pokémon Land.

Ash and his friends continue on, ending up in Porta Vista. Meanwhile, the Slowpoke from earlier in the episode is still sitting on the rocks. It stands up, revealing a Shellder attached to its tail. The newly evolved Slowbro looks forward and says its name proudly.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Slowbro (US and international) Slowpoke (Japan)

Giant robot Pokémon

Trivia

  • Jessie and James reveal that Ekans and Koffing were given to them as chūgen and oseibo presents, respectively.
  • This is the only episode where subtitles were used to translate what the Pokémon were saying.
    • In some non-English dubs, the Pokémon used human language or voice-overs and the English subtitles were kept while in some dubs, the English subtitles were translated into subtitles of the respective languages.
  • In the Japanese version of this episode, some Pokémon had their genders revealed through the subtitles: Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Ekans were implied to be male due to using a first person pronoun almost exclusively used by males.
  • This is the first episode where "Who's That Pokémon?" is different in the English version than the Japanese version.
  • Bulbasaur and Meowth appeared to get drunk at the stand, which is backed up by somebody talking to a "barkeep" in the original episode.
  • When the group fell into the water, Charmander was still out of its Poké Ball and its tail was completely submerged, yet the flame did not go out. This happened again, as a Charizard, in Charizard's Burning Ambition.
  • The music that plays during Pokémon Land- tour is the same that plays when S.S. Anne leaves the port in the game.
  • The robotic Moltres that chased Team Rocket and the robotic Rhydon were the only giant Pokémon that were not seen to be destroyed, although Giovanni's phone call implied that they were indeed destroyed as well.
    • The book adaptation, however, does have the robotic Rhydon being tripped alongside the other robotic Pokémon as well.
  • Even though Ash was never shown to find Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle's Poké Balls, he doesn't seem to have lost them.
  • Slowbro says "Slowpoke" at the end of the episode, before realising it had evolved. This implies that even Pokémon without training are able to say some things that aren't their own name, at the very least the names of their previous forms.
  • This episode is featured on Volume 4: Squirtle from Viz Media's Pokémon All-Stars series.
  • The book Island of the Giant Pokémon is partially based on this episode.
  • More Pokémon's Pokérap images come from this episode than any other episode, providing the images for Meowth, Rhydon, Zapdos, Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Kabutops, and Slowbro. Out of these, only Slowbro and Meowth were actual Pokémon.
  • In India, when this episode aired on CN, the Pokemon were given voice overs even though the subtitles were kept. When it was aired on Hungama, the Pokémon did not receive voice overs even though the subtitles were removed. This made it difficult to understand the Pokémon speech.
  • Despite it being explicitly stated that there was no such thing as an evil Pokémon in this episode, future episodes nixed that idea, most notably Malamar in A Conspiracy to Conquer.

Errors

The mechanical Blastoise's miscolored jaw
  • One of Squirtle's captions capitalizes Pokémon as "pokémon", without a capital P.
    • Also, as Pikachu stumbles across Ash's Poké Balls, it says "Poké Balls" without the accented "é", making it "Poke Balls".
  • When Team Rocket are about to use the brakes on the cart, they say "pull", but they push the lever.
  • After all the Pokémon jumped in the moving cart, when Jessie and James are hugging Koffing and Ekans their gloves are missing.
  • When Team Rocket sees Meowth, when James and Jessie are crying, James has no pupils.
  • When the Pokémon jump into the moving cart, Misty catches Squirtle and Brock catches Charmander and Bulbasaur. However, when the cart falls towards the water, Misty is shown holding Charmander while Brock is holding Squirtle and Bulbasaur.
  • When James is explaining about their recent run of bad luck, Jessie's earrings and lipstick are gone.
  • After the scene when the cable is about to snap, Meowth's paws are brown instead of white.
  • When the destroyed robots are shown, the Blastoise robot's bottom jaw is miscolored.
  • At the very end, when Brock, Ash, and Misty are seen walking a path, Ash's gloves are missing. Just afterward they reappear, only to disappear once more as the three are running towards Porta Vista.
  • When showing that the Pokémon were running on the right side of the cart, when the Pokémon jumped, they were shown jumping from the left.

Dub edits

  • In the dub, Jessie and James reveal that Ekans and Koffing were given to them as birthday and Christmas presents, respectively.
  • For subsequent dubs, the text and the Pokémon sounds were deleted and replaced with text/sounds clarifying what they're talking about for non-English speakers. For example: the Latin Spanish version was dubbed over, and the Brazilian Portuguese version was subtitled.
  • The scene where Krabby and Slowpoke appear also had them with subtitles in the Japanese version as well.
  • Meowth's reaction actually had two interpretations in the Japanese version. One implies that he has a master, and one states that he doesn't have a master.
  • The word Oden is removed from the stand.
    • Also, the scene where the Pokémon were at the Oden was not translated. The translation of the scene is as follows:
。。。にんげんなんてさあ
...those darn humans
。。。にんげんなんてさあ
...those darn humans
いないいないばあ
Peakaboo
。。。にんげんなんてさあ
...those darn humans
わるいひとばかりじゃないんだしさあ
Not all people are bad
まあまあ。。。
Now now...
げんきをだして
Cheer up
わかる
I understand
わかるよ
I understand ya
それがよのなかさ
That's just how the world is
な、おやじ。。。
Hey, barkeep...
  • There was also a subtitle that told the time.
  • In the Latin American dub, when Meowth points out that (the mechanical) Blastoise is the evolved form of Squirtle, he pronounces it "Baltoise".
  • Jessie apologizes to the Kabutops mecha when the cart's cable tripped it in the Japanese version.
  • The digital effect of Giovanni's voice was dub-only.

In other languages



EP016 : Pokémon Shipwreck
Original series
EP018 : Beauty and the Beach
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