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Bad to the Bone (Japanese: ガラガラのホネこんぼう Garagara's Bone Club) is episode 73 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 3, 1998 and in the United States on October 16, 1999.

Ash and company offer to help a trainer heading for the Pokémon League retrieve his stolen gym badges from Jessie and James and Meowth.

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

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

• Marowak

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Delia Ketchum
• Professor Oak
• Otoshi

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Moltres

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmander (Ash's; flashback)
• Charizard (Ash's; flashback)
• Starmie (Misty's; flashback)
• Onix (Brock's; flashback)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Mr. Mime (Mimey)
• Marowak (Otoshi's)
• Doduo (Otoshi's)
• Raichu (Lt. Surge's; flashback)
• Weepinbell (Erika's; flashback)
• Kadabra (Sabrina's; flashback)
• Venonat (Aya's; flashback)
• Rhydon (Blaine's; flashback)
• Magmar (Blaine's; flashback)
• Kingler (Giovanni's); flashback)
• Hitmonlee (unnamed gym leader's)(most likely Sabrina's from the Marshbadge flashback)
• Nidoran♂ (unnamed trainer's)
• Chansey (unnamed trainer's)
• Scyther (unnamed gym leader's)(most likely Koga's from the Soulbadge flashback)
• Flareon (unnamed trainer's)

Trivia

• This episode appeared to make reference on the fact that high-leveled Pokémon won't obey you unless you've earned a certain number of badges in certain Pokémon games.
• This episode's dub title is a reference to the George Thorogood song, Bad to the Bone.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Tombés sur un os

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