EP079
Friend and Foe Alike
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First broadcast
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Friend and Foe Alike (Japanese: セキエイスタジアム!VSヒロシ! Sekiei Stadium! VS Hiroshi!) is the 79th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 14, 1999 and in the United States on November 27, 1999.
Synopsis
Template:Incomplete synopsis After foiling one of Team Rocket's heists in the last episode, Ash and Ritchie are battling against each other in the round five battle! Brock, Misty and Nurse Joy think Ash is lucky he gets to battle a friend, and he and Ritchie vow to make it the best battle they've had. Unfortunately for Ash, due to Team Rocket's sneaky tricks, he becomes distracted on the way to the next battle. Team Rocket kidnaps Ash and demanded that he either surrenders his Pikachu to them or be unable to battle Ritchie in Round 5. Ash defeats Team Rocket and makes it to the battle, but loses, thanks to Charizard.
Major events
- Ash battles Ritchie and loses, ending his session in the Pokémon League.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who’s That Pokémon?: Aerodactyl (US and international), Pikachu (Leon) (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Pidgeotto (Ash's)
- Bulbasaur (Ash's)
- Charizard (Ash's)
- Squirtle (Ash's)
- Weezing (James's)
- Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
- Charmander (Ritchie's; nicknamed "Zippo")
- Pikachu (Ritchie's; nicknamed "Sparky")
- Butterfree (Ritchie's; nicknamed "Happy")
- Magikarp (Pokémon League's)
Trivia
- Ash didn't command any of his Pokemon to use an attack when battling Richie.
Errors
- In the English dub both Professor Oak and Brock refer to Charmander as a "Flame-type" when it's actually a Template:Type2.
- Squirtle is ruled unable to battle after it is put to sleep by Happy, despite the fact that both in the games and in the anime sleeping Pokémon are still considered able to battle until they are knocked out.
- Ash didn't command any of his Pokemon to use an attack when battling Richie.
Dub edits
In other languages
- Finnish: Ystävä vai vihollinen
- French: Amis ou ennemis?
- Italian: Amici nemici
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Amigos y enemigos por igual!
- Spanish: Igual amigos que enemigos
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