EP117

Don't Touch That 'dile (Japanese: ワカバタウン！はじまりをつげるかぜのふくまち！ Wakaba Town! Where Winds of New Beginning Blow!) is the 117th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 14, 1999 and in the United States on October 14, 2000.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Walking through a foggy forest, Ash, Misty and Brock are heading to New Bark Town to register for the Johto League. After being lost, Misty scolds Ash. Then Misty's Togepi and Pikachu run off to a lake. The gang saw a mysterious Pokémon, later revealed to be Suicune, at the middle of the lake. When Suicune sees them, it run away. Ash tries to follow it but falls. The others soon also fall. Then, Jigglypuff appears and finds it fun and slides down. Jessie, James and TRMeowth ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]) are walking out of the same forest, hungry. They find a Pokémon Lab, where Professor Elm mistakes Jessie as Nurse Joy and tells her to check up on his Totodile. They encounter Prof. Elm's Totodile. Totodile bites Meowth's tail and sprays water at James' face. Jessie picks it up and they run out of the lab. Ash and the gang has finally reached New Bark Town. Excited to see Nurse Joy, Brock tells Ash and Misty to go to the Pokémon Center but when they reach there, they see Nurse Joy’s Chansey. Chansey presses a button and a screen appears. Nurse Joy says that she is with Prof. Elm and will be back by 2:00 but Misty says that it is already 3:30. Brock gets concerned and forces them to find her. But when they reach there, they find out that the place is swarming with police.

When Brock sees Officer Jenny, he wants to give a bouquet of flowers to her. But as usual, Misty pulls his ear and tows him away. When they rush inside, they see Nurse Joy scolding Prof. Elm for being careless. Brock rushes up to her and hold her hands but was towed away by Misty again.

Major events

• Ash and co. see a Suicune.

Debuts

• Professor Elm

Pokémon debuts

• Suicune
• Totodile
• Cyndaquil

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Professor Elm
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Chikorita (US and international), Onidrill (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Bulbasaur (starter Pokémon; flashback)
• Charmander (starter Pokémon; flashback)
• Squirtle (starter Pokémon; flashback)
• Cyndaquil (starter Pokémon; debut)
• Totodile (starter Pokémon; debut)
• Growlithe (Officer Jenny's)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Fearow
• Suicune (debut)

Trivia

• OK! replaced The Rivals as the opening.
• Meowth's Party replaced Riding on Lapras as the ending.
• The Japanese title of the episode is a reference to the town slogan of New Bark Town.
• The English dub of this episode first aired exactly one year after the original did in Japanese.
• This episode's dub title is a reference to the old advertising slogan, "don't touch that dial!"

Errors

• In one scene, when James was going to make a phone call, he did not have any gloves for a second. In the next scene, he had gloves as usual.

Dub edits

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Com Pokémon não se brinca!
• French: Le crime ne paie pas
• Italian: Un'iscrizione difficile
• Latin American Spanish: ¡El robo de Totodile!
• Iberian Spanish: No toqueis a ese 'dile

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This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.