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Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon (Japanese: ふっかつ!? かせきポケモン！ Resurrection!? Fossil Pokémon!) is episode 46 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 28, 1998 and in USA on February 27, 1999.

At a "fossil rush" at a canyon, Team Rocket take the easy route by simply blowing it up. They end up awakening fossil Pokémon including an Aerodactyl that wants to eat Ash for its dinner.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash's Charmeleon evolves into Charizard.
• Ash finds a Togepi egg.

Debuts

• Omanyte
• Omastar
• Kabuto
• Aerodactyl

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Gary
• Gary's cheerleaders
• Fossil hunters

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Kabutops

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Charmeleon (Ash's; evolves)
• Charizard (Ash's; newly evolved)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Omanyte (debut)
• Omastar (debut)
• Kabuto (debut)
• Kabutops (debut)
• Aerodactyl (debut)

Trivia

Errors

• When the camera is panning over all of the Pokémon to show their red eyes, Kabuto has the colors of it's claws and shell swapped.
• When Charizard fires his Flamethrower at Aerodactyl, the part of his wings that were previously blue turn yellow.
• When Ash falls, asleep, and rolls to the Togepi egg, all of the shapes are red, instead of half red and half blue.

Dub edits

• The sign at the beginning of the episode states the name of the canyon in the Japanese version. In the dub, the sign is a picture of a pick-axe and shovel.
• The point where Meowth actually lights the fuse is cut in the dub.
• When digging through the rocks, Misty says Ash had better not die on her. In the dub, she reminds him that he still owes her a bike.

In other languages

• French: L'attaque des Pokémon préhistoriques

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