EP076

Fire and Ice

EP076   こおりのフィールド！ほのおのたたかい！ Ice Field! Blazing Battle!

First broadcast Japan December 24, 1998 United States November 6, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending タイプ・ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Assistant director 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Animation director 玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa Additional credits

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Fire and Ice (Japanese: こおりのフィールド！ほのおのたたかい！ Ice Field! Blazing Battle!) is the 76th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 24, 1998 and in the United States on November 6, 1999.

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

Synopsis

Ash is in his second preliminary battle, on the Rock field. Both he and his opponent are down to their last Pokémon. Ash sends out Squirtle, while the opponent sends out Nidorino. Both put up a fierce fight, but Squirtle manages to win with a Skull Bash, allowing Ash to advance to the third round!

Ash and company search for a Pokémon Center so Ash can heal his Pokémon before the third round. The centers are crowded and many Nurse Joys and Jennies are everywhere in the streets. Brock's love meter skyrockets at this rate. Team Rocket relishes this opportunity to swipe Ash's Pokémon and they do so by opening a fake Pokémon Center. After Team Rocket reveals their true identities to Ash and company, they are about to escape with Ash's stolen Pokémon, but Brock's Onix stops them and gives Ash his Pokémon back. After biting open a hole in the balloon, Onix sends Team Rocket blasting off again! After fending off Team Rocket, the group then hears that new Pokémon will be admitted into the Pokémon Center. Ash takes this opportunity to heal his Pokémon.

Ash is now in the middle of the third round match with Pete Pebbleman in the Ice Field. Both trainers each won the first round of the match. Ash has Kingler battle, while Pete has Cloyster battle. Ash tells Kingler to use Crabhammer, while Pete orders Cloyster to use Withdraw. This doesn't look good for Ash-- since Cloyster used Withdraw, Kingler will get worn out from using Crabhammer, but Misty and Brock encourage Ash to keep going, because Cloyster is still losing health despite the defense boost. Kingler keeps hitting Cloyster with its Crabhammer until Cloyster's shell finally cracks, knocking it out. Pete recalls Cloyster and sends out Arcanine. Kingler tries a Bubble attack, but Pete's Arcanine dodges it and uses Dragon Rage. Kingler is defeated. Ash recalls Kingler and sends Pikachu into the battlefield. Pikachu uses Agility, but Arcanine is trying to stop it with a Fire Blast. The Fire Blast attacks melt the field. Pikachu dives into the water, then uses Thunderbolt. Pete's Arcanine is defeated and Ash is heading for the fourth round!

Major events

• Ash's Squirtle is revealed to know Withdraw.
• Ash wins his second and third League matches.

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

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joys from many different cities
• Officer Jennys from many different cities
• Pete Pebbleman
• Unnamed Nidorino Trainer

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Koffing (US and international), Nidorino (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Krabby (Ash's; flashback)
• Kingler (Ash's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Exeggutor (Mandi's; flashback)
• Seadra (Mandi's; flashback)
• Golbat (Mandi's; flashback)
• Cloyster (Pete Pebbleman's)
• Arcanine (Pete Pebbleman's)
• Nidorino (unnamed Trainer's)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's lecture: Indigo League tournament format
  • Pokémon senryū summary: On the field, choosing the Pokémon, is difficult.
• Ash's challenger on the Rock Field is left unnamed in both versions.
• Misty mentions Hit Points in this episode, the only time it is referenced in the anime. This was in the dub only, however.
• Brock's ability to identify fake Nurse Joys is first seen in this episode.
• This is the first time one of the Team Rocket members, in this case Jessie, refers to Ash by his name instead of "twerp" or "brat".
• As Ash is looking for a place to eat he passes a movie theater with a poster for Pokémon in Love, the movie of which he attended the filming.

Errors

• In the Brazilian Portuguese dub version, when Misty refers to Hit Points her words are mistranslated as Pontos de Ataque.
• On the posters in the village, the é in Pokémon lacks its accent.
• On the Ice Field, the announcer says that each contestant has won one match each, but Ash has actually won two already.
• On the score boards, the green team is usually on the left, while it is on the right this time.
• When Pikachu defeats Arcanine, the green flag is pointed towards Ash, when Ash is represented as the red combatant.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		冰之場地，火焰之戰！
Czech		Oheň a led
Dutch		Vuur en IJs
Finnish		Tulta ja jäätä
European French		Le feu et la glace
German		Feuer und Eis
Hebrew		אש וקרח esh vekerach
Hungarian		Tűz és jég
Italian		Ghiaccio e fuoco
Polish		Ogień i lód
Portuguese	Brazil	Fogo e Gelo
	Portugal	Fogo e Gelo
Russian		Огонь и лёд
Spanish	Latin America	¡Fuego y hielo!
	Spain	Fuego y hielo
Swedish		Eld & is

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