EP081

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Pallet Party Panic (Japanese: マサラタウン！あらたなるたびだち Masara Town! Setting off on a New Journey!) is the 81st episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 28, 1999 and in the United States on December 4, 1999.

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

Synopsis

Ash, Misty, and Brock attend a party at Professor Oak's lab to celebrate Ash’s performance in the Pokémon League. The three decide to let out their Pokémon to join the party, but Misty and Brock stop Ash from releasing Charizard. Team Rocket is also in attendance, masquerading as cooks and coating their food with hot mustard and wasabi. As Ash and his Pokémon react to the spicy food, Team Rocket grabs Pikachu and sends down small bombs from their balloon to destroy the party. Ash finally releases Charizard, who flings the blasters back at Team Rocket, causing them to blast off again.

Ash then receives his next mission from Professor Oak: to retrieve a mysterious Poké Ball from Professor Ivy in the Orange Archipelago. As they leave through the forest, Ash and his friends are attacked by a flock of Spearow. The flock’s leader is a Fearow, which apparently evolved from the Spearow that Ash hit with a rock on the first day of his journey. Ash climbs a tree to escape and finds Team Rocket with a flock of Pidgey and Pidgeotto who are in a turf war with the flock of Spearow. Ash sends out Pidgeotto to lead the Pidgey flock against the Spearow flock. In the course of the battle, Ash’s Pidgeotto evolves into Pidgeot. Pidgeot and Pikachu team up to defeat the Fearow and its gang. Ash then decides to leave Pidgeot in the forest to look after the Pidgey and Pidgeotto.

Major events

• Ash's Pidgeotto evolves into Pidgeot.
• The Spearow from the first episode returns as a Fearow, which Ash unsuccessfully attempts to capture.
• Ash releases his Pidgeot to protect other Pidgey and Pidgeotto from the Spearow and Fearow flock.

Debuts

• Pidgeot

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Delia
• Various unnamed people (Possibly Ash's supporters)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Pidgeot (US and international), Pigeon (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's; evolves)
• Pidgeot (Ash's; newly evolved, leaves)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Zubat (Brock's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Pidgey
• Pidgeotto
• Spearow
• Fearow (anime)

Other Pokémon seen at the party:

• Butterfree
• Oddish
• Diglett
• Mankey
• Poliwag
• Bellsprout
• Voltorb

Trivia

• The Rivals replaces Aim to Be a Pokémon Master as the opening.

Errors

• The first time Professor Oak talks about Professor Ivy, he refers to her as a man.
• Jessie's gloves disappear when she falls out of the tree.
• When Brock and Misty release their Pokémon, stock footage from Volcanic Panic is used. As a result, Brock is seen throwing two Poké Balls and Misty is seen throwing one, when they should have been throwing four and three, respectively.

Dub edits

• During the original broadcast and subsequent television airings, Pokémon Theme is the theme song. However, on the DVD, Pokémon World is the theme song.

In other languages

• French: Alerte au Bourg Palette
• Italian: Una festa movimentata
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Fiesta de pánico en en pueblo Paleta!
• Spanish: Pánico en la fiesta de Paleta

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