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Foul Weather Friends

EP137   ハネッコはねた！だいそうげんのたたかい！！ Hanecco Hopped! Battle on the Prairie!!

First broadcast Japan March 2, 2000 United States February 10, 2001

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ニャースのパーティ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 椎名ひさし Hisashi Shiina Assistant director 岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki Animation director はしもとかつみ Katsumi Hashimoto Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Foul Weather Friends (Japanese: ハネッコはねた！だいそうげんのたたかい！！ Hanecco Hopped! Battle on the Prairie!!) is the 137th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 2, 2000, and in the United States on February 10, 2001.

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

Blurb

Our heroes chance upon a Hoppip—the fluffy Cottonweed Pokémon that is able to drift for miles on a passing wind. The Trainer of this Pokémon, whom they meet soon after, uses it and several others of its kind to help her forecast the weather.

Plot

While traveling along the road to Azalea Town, Ash and his friends notice many Grass-type Pokémon, including a Pokémon hopping along the path, which Brock identifies as a Hoppip. Suddenly, a breeze picks up and lifts the Hoppip into the air, and the trio pursues it. Just then, a girl appears and catches Hoppip in a large butterfly net. As she sets the net down, another Hoppip floats down and lands on her head. The trio catches up with her, and the girl introduces herself as Mariah. She explains that the two Hoppip belong to her along with five others, which she uses to predict the weather. Leading the group outside, she predicts that the wind will pick up because the Hoppip have all clustered together. Sure enough, a breeze arrives and sends two of the Hoppip soaring away, only to be caught by the fence. Mariah announces that such a breeze only rates a two on the Hoppip Scale, as it was only strong enough to lift two Hoppip.

Mariah announces her plans to do more research on the relationship between Hoppip behavior and the weather in order to help meteorologists to make long-range predictions. Once more, the Hoppip group together just before another breeze lifts all but one of them away. The last Hoppip quickly runs after the others, climbing a rock and jumping off in an effort to fly like them, but it fails. As Misty aids it and cleans it up, Hoppip's pink color washes off and reveals the Pokémon to be an Oddish. Mariah explains that the Oddish is a Pokémon from the neighborhood that spends so much time with her Pokémon that it wants to be just like them. As they speak, Oddish climbs up a section of the wire netting and jumps off, this time finding a softer landing in a pile of hay. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is watching from a distance. Upon seeing the Hoppip, Meowth suggests stealing them and using them for a delivery service business, but Jessie and James dismiss that idea and suggest stealing them for the Boss.

Back at Mariah's house, Misty is attempting to console Oddish, but she is interrupted by a masked Team Rocket, who recites their motto. Meowth then activates a large electric fan, which sends the Hoppip flying. However, the group quickly plucks the Cottonweed Pokémon from the air. Ash then calls out Chikorita, while Jessie chooses Arbok. Arbok lunges for Chikorita but is stopped in its tracks by Chikorita's Tackle. Ash orders a Razor Leaf attack, sending Arbok crashing down on top of Jessie and James. Meowth increases the power of the fan to hurricane-level speeds. However, Pikachu jumps from Ash's shoulder to use Thunderbolt, exploding the fan and sending Team Rocket blasting off. Though the danger has passed, the Hoppip suddenly begin to group together and put their leaves together, indicating an impending windstorm. Indeed, a tornado forms and heads towards the group, sweeping up Team Rocket in the process.

At Mariah's cabin, the group boards up the windows and brings the Pokémon inside before taking cover underneath Mariah's desk. When the tornado strikes, it removes the roof, carrying Oddish, the Hoppip, and the desk away, though the others remain safe. After the storm passes, the trio offers to help Mariah find her Hoppip. After setting out on their search, they quickly locate the roof and with it Oddish, slightly battered but otherwise unhurt. Mariah explains that Oddish is capable of finding Hoppip no matter what and recounts a story of it finding a Hoppip lost in a thunderstorm. The group follows Oddish through the woods, and it locates the first of the missing Hoppip in a tree. Brock goes up the tree to save Hoppip, seizing an opportunity to impress Mariah. Then, Oddish leads them down a riverbank, where they see a second Hoppip caught in a branch stranded in the middle of the river. Brock once again volunteers to save the stranded Cottonweed Pokémon and succeeds in doing so.

Oddish later spots a third Hoppip floating in the breeze up ahead. As the group chases after it, Team Rocket appears in their balloon, revealing that the tornado blew four of the Hoppip into it. As Meowth once again suggests his Hoppip delivery scheme while Jessie suggests attaching pin-wheels to the Hoppip, the Hoppip Ash and his friends were pursuing appears before them and is captured by James. Seeing this, Misty calls out Staryu and commands it to use Tackle, which punctures the balloon, sending it crashing further into the forest.

The group comes across Team Rocket, whereupon James calls out Victreebel, which promptly tries to eat him. Ash chooses Heracross, Jessie chooses Arbok again, and Misty calls for Staryu to battle again. Just as the battle is about to commence, Oddish runs out into the middle of the scene, wanting to battle, much to the amusement of Jessie and James. James orders his Victreebel to perform Tackle, but Oddish responds with a strong kick, followed by Stun Spore, and then ends the battle with another kick. Seeing James' defeat, Jessie orders Arbok to use Bite, but Oddish dodges it and releases Sleep Powder from its leaves. With both Pokémon defeated, Meowth uses Scratch, but before he can strike, Oddish uses Solar Beam and sends Team Rocket blasting off again.

With the Hoppip safe, the trio congratulates Oddish, while Mariah names it an honorary Hoppip. Much later, the trio says their goodbyes, and Brock offers to stay with her before being dragged off by Misty. Mariah and her Pokémon wave Ash and his friends goodbye as they head off again.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Hoppip

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Mariah

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Gligar (US and international), Hoppip (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Hoppip (Mariah's; ×7; debut)
• Oddish (Mariah's)
• Gloom (multiple)
• Vileplume (multiple)
• Bellsprout (multiple)

Trivia

• This episode's English dub title is based on the phrase "fair weather friends". This would also be the basis for another episode in Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire.
• An instrumental version of OK! is used in this episode.
• This episode was partially adapted into the book Ash to the Rescue.
• Team Rocket blasts off three times in this episode.
• The episode's Japanese title refers to "Hanecco's Jealousy", though it appears that Oddish is the jealous one in the episode.
• Meowth mentions real-world animals when he mentions carrier pigeons and the price of chicken feed.
• Upon spotting a group of Vileplume, Misty remarks that they have to watch out to not breathe in their Stun Spore, making a callback to The Stun Spore Detour.

Errors

• The length of the slit in James's shirt changes numerous times throughout the episode.

Dub edits

• Pokémon Karaokémon: You & Me & Pokémon
• An instrumental version of Viridian City is used as an insert song when Ash and his friends are helping Mariah find her missing Hoppip.

In other languages

Language		Title
Arabic		أصدقاء العاصفة
Bulgarian		Приятели – метеоролози!
Chinese	Cantonese	毽子草飛走咗，大草原之戰!
	Mandarin	毽子草飛跑了，大草原之戰
Czech		Přátelé do špatného počasí
Dutch		Vrienden Bij Slecht Weer
Finnish		Ystävä säällä kuin säällä
European French		Vivre de l'air du temps
German		Donnerwetter!
Hebrew		חטיפה בסופהchatifa basufa
Hindi		Hoppip बताएँगे मौसम का हाल Hoppip bataenge mausam ka haal *
Hungarian		Szélfútta időjósok
Italian		Il tornado* Amici nella tormenta!*
Polish		Pogoda dla przyjaciół
Portuguese	Brazil	Não há Tempo Ruim
	Portugal	Amigos em Tempo Falso
Romanian		Prieteni Indiferent de Vreme
Spanish	Latin America	¡Amigos del clima!
	Spain	Amigos del mal tiempo
Swedish		Pokémon i blåsväder

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