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'''The Chikorita Rescue''' (Japanese: '''いじっぱりのチコリータ！！''' ''The Stubborn {{tt|Chicorita|Chikorita}}!!'') is the 126th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 16, 1999 and in the United States on November 25, 2000. | '''The Chikorita Rescue''' (Japanese: '''いじっぱりのチコリータ！！''' ''The Stubborn {{tt|Chicorita|Chikorita}}!!'') is the 126th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 16, 1999, and in the United States on November 25, 2000. | ||
{{spoilers}} | {{spoilers}} | ||
==Blurb== | ==Blurb== | ||
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<i>Ash encounters a wild Chikorita and engages it in battle, thinking to add it to his team, but as Team Rocket watches the battle from afar, they decide the Chikorita would be better suited to their own nefarious uses.</i> | <i>Ash encounters a wild Chikorita and engages it in battle, thinking to add it to his team, but as Team Rocket watches the battle from afar, they decide the Chikorita would be better suited to their own nefarious uses.</i> | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} | On their way to [[Violet City]], {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} have decided to take a mountainous trail, though {{an|Brock}} complains about how cold it is. Just then, he notices a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{AP|Chikorita}}. [[EP118|Remembering]] {{an|Casey}} and her {{TP|Casey|Chikorita}}, Ash loudly proclaims his intent to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} the Chikorita, which surprisingly doesn't scare her away. Ash promptly sends out {{AP|Bulbasaur}}. Chikorita charges, but Bulbasaur counters with {{m|Vine Whip}}. Chikorita then uses {{m|Razor Leaf}}, but Bulbasaur shoots them down with its own Razor Leaf flurry, then {{m|Tackle}}s Chikorita. Ash throws his {{i|Poké Ball}}, but Chikorita simply swats it back, then catches Bulbasaur off-guard with a Vine Whip to the head. | ||
Ash [[recall]]s Bulbasaur and sends out {{AP|Charizard}}, though Chikorita remains steadfast. She charges at Charizard, who simply holds her off with his foot. Ash orders a {{m|Flamethrower}}, but Chikorita uses Vine Whip to trip Charizard, who inadvertently burns Ash. Chikorita then fires another Razor Leaf flurry, but Charizard burns the leaves with Flamethrower, then flies in for a Tackle. Chikorita counters with another Vine Whip to the head, but this time, her vines get caught by Charizard's arms, causing both Pokémon to crash into a nearby mountain. Everyone runs over, and Ash recalls Charizard. Chikorita struggles to stand and collapses again from exhaustion. The group decides to take her to the nearest [[Pokémon Center]]. Not far away, {{TRT}} watches the fight, with [[Jessie]] left very impressed by how strong Chikorita was, and believing that they need that kind of toughness on Team Rocket. However, {{MTR}} is offended by her reasoning to capture Chikorita. | |||
Ash | Later, Ash and his friends are approaching the Pokémon Center when Chikorita awakens. Ash reassures her, but she bites his arm. Later, [[Nurse Joy]] announces that Chikorita will be fine after some rest. She then asks if Ash is okay, noticing the bite on his arm; Ash claims that he is alright. Nurse Joy goes on to explain that the Chikorita in the area are stubborn and relentless in {{pkmn|battle}}, qualities that Ash admires. Suddenly, an ambulance pulls up in front of the Pokémon Center, and two paramedics rush in. They quickly take the Chikorita's table into the ambulance, while Nurse Joy wonders who they are. They reveal themselves as Team Rocket and recite their {{motto}}, before [[James]] orders {{TP|James|Weezing}} to use {{m|Smog}}, allowing them to escape. Ash then pursues Team Rocket. | ||
Believing they had successfully stolen Chikorita, Team Rocket starts celebrating, but unbeknownst to them, Ash is riding on top of the ambulance. Back at the Pokémon Center, Misty realizes that Ash ran off so fast that he forgot all of his {{i|Poké Ball}}s. Meanwhile, at a mountain cabin where Team Rocket is at, Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} also realize that the former forgot his Pokémon. Inside the cabin, Team Rocket tries recruiting Chikorita, but she is merely left confused. Jessie then holds up a standard Team Rocket contract, asking Chikorita to sign. James adds that if she can't write, a [[footprint]] is just as legally binding. | |||
Ash, Pikachu, and Chikorita are | Ash interrupts with his own rendition of the motto, infuriating Team Rocket. Ash and Pikachu then throw snowballs and try to escape with Chikorita, but Meowth triggers a trap that ensnares all of them. Ash ends up going over a hill, and Chikorita and Pikachu are pulled down with him. They end up rolling down the hill in a snowball, bouncing off trees during their descent. Eventually, they ramp off a hill and into a tree, which eventually breaks their restraints, sending them tumbling to the ground and getting buried by snow. Fortunately, the snow hides them from Team Rocket, who are in pursuit aboard a snow-ski. | ||
Ash and Pikachu try to figure out the route back to the Pokémon Center when Chikorita suddenly runs off. Ash attempts to stop her, but ends up slipping and falling as Chikorita disappears. Realizing it was starting to snow, Ash and Pikachu make their way to a cave and sit around a small fire they started. Ash impulsively runs out in search of Chikorita and tells Pikachu to remain inside in case Misty and Brock come. Ash eventually falls down a tunnel, where he finds Chikorita freezing from the cold. Upon seeing Ash, Chikorita jumps into his arms. He then makes his way back to the cave and ends up bundling together with Pikachu to wait out the weather. | |||
The next day, the snowstorm stops, and Ash, Pikachu, and Chikorita try make it back to the Pokémon Center. However, they are intercepted by Team Rocket, who is using a [[Team Rocket's arsenal|snowball-firing machine]]. Chikorita uses Razor Leaf on the snowballs the trio throws, then, under Ash's orders, she Vine Whips the machine, causing it to go out of control. While Team Rocket is distracted, Ash orders a {{m|Thunderbolt}} from Pikachu, which causes the machine to explode, sending Team Rocket blasting off again. Ash, Pikachu, and Chikorita are then reunited with Brock, Misty, and Nurse Joy. The group returns to the Pokémon Center, and Ash and his friends prepare to hit the road again. However, Chikorita follows the group as they begin to depart and waves her scent in Ash's face. Nurse Joy explains that she wants to come along, and Ash happily accepts his newest Pokémon. | |||
==Major events== | ==Major events== | ||
<!-- This is not for summarizing everything that happens in this episode. Only events pertaining to the series as a whole, such as catching and releasing Pokémon and obtaining Badges, go here. --> | |||
[[File:Ash catching Chikorita.png|thumb|220px|Ash after catching Chikorita]] | [[File:Ash catching Chikorita.png|thumb|220px|Ash after catching Chikorita]] | ||
* {{Ash}} catches a | * {{Ash}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{AP|Chikorita}}. | ||
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====Pokémon debuts==== | ====Pokémon debuts==== | ||
* [[Ash's Chikorita]] | * [[Ash's Chikorita]] | ||
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==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
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* {{p|Weezing}} ({{OP|James|Weezing}}) | * {{p|Weezing}} ({{OP|James|Weezing}}) | ||
* {{p|Chikorita}} ({{OP|Casey|Chikorita}}; flashback) | * {{p|Chikorita}} ({{OP|Casey|Chikorita}}; flashback) | ||
* {{p|Rattata}} (Casey's; flashback) | * {{p|Rattata}} ({{an|Casey}}'s; flashback) | ||
* {{p|Nidoran♀}} | * {{p|Nidoran♀}} | ||
* {{p|Nidoran♂}} | * {{p|Nidoran♂}} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* This is the third episode in which Ash | * This is the third episode in which {{Ash}} {{DL|Team Rocket mottos|The Chikorita Rescue|rips off}} {{TRT}}'s {{motto}}. | ||
* This is the second episode in which [[Ash's Charizard]] | * This is the second episode in which [[Ash's Charizard]] uses a {{m|Tackle|move}} that is [[Anime move errors|unavailable]] to any member of its evolutionary family in the {{pkmn|games}}. | ||
* This episode is featured on ''Volume 18: Chikorita'' from [[ | * This episode is featured on ''Volume 18: Chikorita'' from [[VIZ Media]]'s {{OBP|Pokémon All-Stars|Region 1}} series. | ||
* This episode is featured on ''Pokémon All-Stars: Chikorita'' from {{wp|Magna Pacific}}'s {{OBP|Pokémon All-Stars|Region 4}} series. | * This episode is featured on ''Pokémon All-Stars: Chikorita'' from {{wp|Magna Pacific}}'s {{OBP|Pokémon All-Stars|Region 4}} series. | ||
* | * This episode was partially adapted into the book [[The Chikorita Challenge]]. | ||
* Ash left all his {{i|Poké Ball}}s at the [[Pokémon Center]], but he holds up a Poké Ball when he is ripping off Team Rocket's motto. However, this could be one of the empty Poké Balls he may have had. | |||
* Ash left all his Poké | * With Ash's catch of {{p|Chikorita}}, this marks the first time he had not only two {{type|Grass}} Pokémon, but two Grass-type regional [[first partner Pokémon]] on his team, the other being his {{AP|Bulbasaur}}. | ||
* With Ash's catch of Chikorita, this marks the first time he had not only two Grass | * In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto. | ||
* In this episode, Team Rocket uses a | |||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
* In one | * In one scene, Ash doesn't have on his [[bag|backpack]], but in the next scene, he does. | ||
* In one scene Chikorita has scratches, | * In one scene, Chikorita has scratches, then she doesn't in the next scene, and then, she has them again. | ||
* When Ash tells Pikachu and Chikorita to make a run for it, the rope that caught him in Team Rocket's trap is not connected. | |||
* In the [[Pokémon in South Asia|Hindi Hungama]] dub of this episode, Chikorita is incorrectly referred to as a male, as various Hindi pronouns addressing males were used to refer to her. | |||
===Dub edits=== | ===Dub edits=== | ||
* [[Pokémon Karaokémon]]: [[Two Perfect Girls]] | * [[Pokémon Karaokémon]]: [[Two Perfect Girls]] | ||
* An instrumental of [[Together Forever]] is used as an insert song when Ash finds Chikorita for the second time. | |||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||
{{Epilang|color=DDDDDD|bordercolor=FFCB49 | {{Epilang|color=DDDDDD|bordercolor=FFCB49 | ||
|ar={{tt|انقاذ تشيكوريتا|Rescuing Chikorita}} | |||
|bg={{tt|Спасяването на Чикорита|Chikorita's rescue}} | |bg={{tt|Спасяването на Чикорита|Chikorita's rescue}} | ||
|zh_cmn={{tt|好勝的菊草葉|The Competent Chikorita}} | |zh_cmn={{tt|好勝的菊草葉|The Competent Chikorita}} | ||
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[[it:EP126]] | [[it:EP126]] | ||
[[ja:無印編第126話]] | [[ja:無印編第126話]] | ||
[[zh: | [[zh:宝可梦 第127集]] | ||
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The Chikorita Rescue (Japanese: いじっぱりのチコリータ！！ The Stubborn Chicorita!!) is the 126th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 16, 1999, and in the United States on November 25, 2000.
Blurb
Ash encounters a wild Chikorita and engages it in battle, thinking to add it to his team, but as Team Rocket watches the battle from afar, they decide the Chikorita would be better suited to their own nefarious uses.
Plot
On their way to Violet City, Ash and his friends have decided to take a mountainous trail, though Brock complains about how cold it is. Just then, he notices a wild Chikorita. Remembering Casey and her Chikorita, Ash loudly proclaims his intent to catch the Chikorita, which surprisingly doesn't scare her away. Ash promptly sends out Bulbasaur. Chikorita charges, but Bulbasaur counters with Vine Whip. Chikorita then uses Razor Leaf, but Bulbasaur shoots them down with its own Razor Leaf flurry, then Tackles Chikorita. Ash throws his Poké Ball, but Chikorita simply swats it back, then catches Bulbasaur off-guard with a Vine Whip to the head.
Ash recalls Bulbasaur and sends out Charizard, though Chikorita remains steadfast. She charges at Charizard, who simply holds her off with his foot. Ash orders a Flamethrower, but Chikorita uses Vine Whip to trip Charizard, who inadvertently burns Ash. Chikorita then fires another Razor Leaf flurry, but Charizard burns the leaves with Flamethrower, then flies in for a Tackle. Chikorita counters with another Vine Whip to the head, but this time, her vines get caught by Charizard's arms, causing both Pokémon to crash into a nearby mountain. Everyone runs over, and Ash recalls Charizard. Chikorita struggles to stand and collapses again from exhaustion. The group decides to take her to the nearest Pokémon Center. Not far away, Team Rocket watches the fight, with Jessie left very impressed by how strong Chikorita was, and believing that they need that kind of toughness on Team Rocket. However, Meowth is offended by her reasoning to capture Chikorita.
Later, Ash and his friends are approaching the Pokémon Center when Chikorita awakens. Ash reassures her, but she bites his arm. Later, Nurse Joy announces that Chikorita will be fine after some rest. She then asks if Ash is okay, noticing the bite on his arm; Ash claims that he is alright. Nurse Joy goes on to explain that the Chikorita in the area are stubborn and relentless in battle, qualities that Ash admires. Suddenly, an ambulance pulls up in front of the Pokémon Center, and two paramedics rush in. They quickly take the Chikorita's table into the ambulance, while Nurse Joy wonders who they are. They reveal themselves as Team Rocket and recite their motto, before James orders Weezing to use Smog, allowing them to escape. Ash then pursues Team Rocket.
Believing they had successfully stolen Chikorita, Team Rocket starts celebrating, but unbeknownst to them, Ash is riding on top of the ambulance. Back at the Pokémon Center, Misty realizes that Ash ran off so fast that he forgot all of his Poké Balls. Meanwhile, at a mountain cabin where Team Rocket is at, Ash and Pikachu also realize that the former forgot his Pokémon. Inside the cabin, Team Rocket tries recruiting Chikorita, but she is merely left confused. Jessie then holds up a standard Team Rocket contract, asking Chikorita to sign. James adds that if she can't write, a footprint is just as legally binding.
Ash interrupts with his own rendition of the motto, infuriating Team Rocket. Ash and Pikachu then throw snowballs and try to escape with Chikorita, but Meowth triggers a trap that ensnares all of them. Ash ends up going over a hill, and Chikorita and Pikachu are pulled down with him. They end up rolling down the hill in a snowball, bouncing off trees during their descent. Eventually, they ramp off a hill and into a tree, which eventually breaks their restraints, sending them tumbling to the ground and getting buried by snow. Fortunately, the snow hides them from Team Rocket, who are in pursuit aboard a snow-ski.
Ash and Pikachu try to figure out the route back to the Pokémon Center when Chikorita suddenly runs off. Ash attempts to stop her, but ends up slipping and falling as Chikorita disappears. Realizing it was starting to snow, Ash and Pikachu make their way to a cave and sit around a small fire they started. Ash impulsively runs out in search of Chikorita and tells Pikachu to remain inside in case Misty and Brock come. Ash eventually falls down a tunnel, where he finds Chikorita freezing from the cold. Upon seeing Ash, Chikorita jumps into his arms. He then makes his way back to the cave and ends up bundling together with Pikachu to wait out the weather.
The next day, the snowstorm stops, and Ash, Pikachu, and Chikorita try make it back to the Pokémon Center. However, they are intercepted by Team Rocket, who is using a snowball-firing machine. Chikorita uses Razor Leaf on the snowballs the trio throws, then, under Ash's orders, she Vine Whips the machine, causing it to go out of control. While Team Rocket is distracted, Ash orders a Thunderbolt from Pikachu, which causes the machine to explode, sending Team Rocket blasting off again. Ash, Pikachu, and Chikorita are then reunited with Brock, Misty, and Nurse Joy. The group returns to the Pokémon Center, and Ash and his friends prepare to hit the road again. However, Chikorita follows the group as they begin to depart and waves her scent in Ash's face. Nurse Joy explains that she wants to come along, and Ash happily accepts his newest Pokémon.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Quagsire (US and international); Chikorita (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Bulbasaur (Ash's)
- Charizard (Ash's)
- Squirtle (Ash's)
- Chikorita (Ash's; new)
- Psyduck (Misty's)
- Weezing (James's)
- Chikorita (Casey's; flashback)
- Rattata (Casey's; flashback)
- Nidoran♀
- Nidoran♂
Trivia
- This is the third episode in which Ash rips off Team Rocket's motto.
- This is the second episode in which Ash's Charizard uses a move that is unavailable to any member of its evolutionary family in the games.
- This episode is featured on Volume 18: Chikorita from VIZ Media's Pokémon All-Stars series.
- This episode is featured on Pokémon All-Stars: Chikorita from Magna Pacific's Pokémon All-Stars series.
- This episode was partially adapted into the book The Chikorita Challenge.
- Ash left all his Poké Balls at the Pokémon Center, but he holds up a Poké Ball when he is ripping off Team Rocket's motto. However, this could be one of the empty Poké Balls he may have had.
- With Ash's catch of Chikorita, this marks the first time he had not only two Grass-type Pokémon, but two Grass-type regional first partner Pokémon on his team, the other being his Bulbasaur.
- In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto.
Errors
- In one scene, Ash doesn't have on his backpack, but in the next scene, he does.
- In one scene, Chikorita has scratches, then she doesn't in the next scene, and then, she has them again.
- When Ash tells Pikachu and Chikorita to make a run for it, the rope that caught him in Team Rocket's trap is not connected.
- In the Hindi Hungama dub of this episode, Chikorita is incorrectly referred to as a male, as various Hindi pronouns addressing males were used to refer to her.
Dub edits
- Pokémon Karaokémon: Two Perfect Girls
- An instrumental of Together Forever is used as an insert song when Ash finds Chikorita for the second time.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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 Arabic
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انقاذ تشيكوريتا | |
 Bulgarian
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Спасяването на Чикорита | |
| Mandarin Chinese | 好勝的菊草葉 | |
 Czech
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Záchrana Chikority | |
 Dutch
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Operatie Chikorita | |
 Finnish
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Chikorita vaarassa | |
 European French
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Une nouvelle amitié | |
 German
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Endivies Rettung | |
 Hebrew
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להציל את צ'יקוריטהlehatsil et Chikorita | |
 Hindi
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Chikorita - नया पोकेमोन Chikorita- Naya Pokemon * | |
 Hungarian
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Chikorita megmentése | |
 Italian
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Un Chikorita da salvare* Il salvataggio del Chikorita* | |
 Korean
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치코리타는 고집불통 chikolitaneun gojibbultong | |
 Polish
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Ocalić Chikoritę | |
| Portuguese |  Brazil
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O Resgate de Chikorita |
 Portugal
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O Salvamento da Chikorita | |
 Romanian
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Salvarea lui Chikorita | |
| Spanish |  Latin America
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¡El rescate de Chikorita! |
 Spain
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El rescate de Chikorita | |
 Swedish
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Iskall Chikorita | |
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Categories:
- Original series episodes
- Episodes written by Hideki Sonoda
- Episodes storyboarded and directed by Toshiaki Suzuki
- Episodes storyboarded by Toshiaki Suzuki
- Episodes directed by Toshiaki Suzuki
- Episodes animated by Izumi Shimura
- Episodes in which a main character obtains a new Pokémon
- Episodes focusing on Ash
