EP054

The Case of the K-9 Caper!

EP054   けいさつけんガーディ Police Officer Gardie

First broadcast Japan July 16, 1998 United States April 10, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ポケモン音頭

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 井坂純子 Junko Isaka No additional credits are available at this time.

The Case of the K-9 Caper! (Japanese: けいさつけんガーディ Police Officer Gardie) is the 54th episode 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

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash and his friends come to a police station, where there are officers training with their Growlithe. This inspires Ash to train his Pikachu like the officers. However, Ash finds the training incredibly difficult. Soon after, Team Rocket shows up, releasing a gas. This gas causes the human's voices to go incredibly high, so the Pokémon don't recognize their voices. James then uses a voice modifier to sound like the officers and Ash, and order the confused Pokémon to attack their trainers. However, Pikachu recognizes still Ash, so Pikachu defeats Team Rocket.

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 Fantasy in My Pocket 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.
• This was the final episode to air before Mewtwo Strikes Back arrived in theaters in Japan.
• Ash had six Poké Balls on his bed even though he doesn't use Pikachu's.
  • Additionally, he only had five Pokémon in his party at the time: Pikachu, Pidgeotto, Bulbasaur, Charizard, and Squirtle.
• This episode is preceded by different episodes between the original Japanese version and dubbed versions. The episode is preceded by The Purr-fect Hero in the original Japanese version and by Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden in the dub.
• This is the last episode to air in Japan before the debut of the first movie Mewtwo Strikes Back.
• This is the only episode until its final appearance to have Jigglypuff sing it song in its entirety without one of the characters falling asleep.
• Oddly, though another episode was banned in the U.S., allegedly for scenes containing firearms, the opening scene in this episode shows a burglar with a pistol. Though, the most likely reason that it was acceptable is because it wasn't pointed at another person.
• This is the first episode in the anime series with "Caper" in the title. The other three are "The Kecleon Caper", "The Corsola Caper", and "The Ribbon Cup Caper!".

Errors

• When Jessie from Team Rocket changes into the Ash costume to try to fool 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

• Finnish: Poliisikoulun tapaus
• French: L'unité d'élite K-9
• German: Die Fukano-Attack
• Hebrew: הפוקימונים השוטרים haPokémonim hashotrim
• Italian: Scuola di polizia
• Portuguese:
  • Brazilian Portuguese: A Unidade Canina!
  • European Portuguese: O Caso do K-9
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: El caso de la travesura K-9
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡El caso de la policía canina!
• Swedish: Röstresurser

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