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The Case of the K-9 Caper (Japanese: けいさつけんガーディ Police Officer Gardie) is episode 54 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 16, 1998 and in the United States on April 10, 1999.

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

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Growlithe

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Growlithe (Officer Jenny's; multiple)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Dodrio

Trivia

• Pokémon Ondo replaced Pocket Fantasy as the ending.
• This is one of the few episodes where Rachael Lillis had to provide Pikachu's voice.
• Although it was never aired in syndicated form in Cartoon Network in 2003, it finally makes its debut on September 14, 2007 at 6:30 AM ET
• Ash had six Poké Balls on his bed even though he doesn't use one for his Pikachu.

Errors

When Jessie from Team Rocket changes into the Ash costume to try to fool his Pikachu, she comes back and says "Pikachu" under Ash's voice, yet in the next scene, she turns the dial to Ash on her voice changer.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: L'unité d'élite K-9
• Italian: Scuola di polizia
• Latin American Spanish: ¡El caso de la policía canina!
• Spanish: El caso de la travesura K-9

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