EP137

Foul Weather Friends (Japanese: ハネッコはねた！だいそうげんのたたかい!! Hanecco's Jealousy! Battle in Big 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.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis 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, Mariah, whom they meet soon after, uses it and several others of its kind to help her forecast the weather...

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Hoppip

Characters

Humans

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

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Gligar

• 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; multiple, debut)
• Oddish (Mariah's)
• Gloom
• Vileplume
• Bellsprout

Trivia

• This episode's title is based on the phrase "fair weather fans". This would also be the basis for another episode in the Advanced Generation series.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Vivre de l'air du temps
• German: Donnerwetter!
• Italian: Il tornado
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Amigos del clima!
• Iberian Spanish: Amigos del mal tiempo
• Brazilian Portuguese: Não há Tempo Ruim

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