EP144

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Gettin' The Bugs Out (Japanese: ヒワダジム！もりのバトルフィールド!! Hiwada Gym! Forest Battlefield!!) is the 144th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 20, 2000 and in the United States on March 17, 2001.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash defeats Bugsy and earns a Hive Badge.
  • Ash and Bugsy have a 3 on 3 battle.
  • Ash uses Cyndaquil, Chikorita and Pikachu.
  • Bugsy uses Spinarak, Metapod and Scyther.
    • Ash uses Cyndaquil against Spinarak, but switches it out for Chikorita.
    • Ash's Chikorita knocks out Spinarak with a Sweet Scent followed by a Tackle.
    • Bugsy's Metapod knocks out Ash's Chikorita with a Tackle.
    • Ash's Pikachu knocks out Metapod with a Thunderbolt attack while holding onto Metapod.
    • Bugsy's Scyther knocks out Ash's Pikachu after a Double Team and a volley of Fury Cutter attacks.
    • Ash's Cyndaquil defeats Scyther with a Flamethrower from above while Scyther was using Swords Dance then using Tackle.
• Ash and Misty each receive a Lure Ball.
• Brock receives a Heavy Ball.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Bugsy
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Elekid

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Spinarak (Bugsy's)
• Metapod (Bugsy's)
• Scyther (Bugsy's)
• Caterpie
• Weedle
• Kakuna

Trivia

• This episode is the first time a Metapod in the anime has been seen using Tackle — or indeed, any move other than Harden.
• Ash and Misty both receive Lure Balls and Brock receives a Heavy Ball from Kurt at the end of this episode. Although Ash and Misty will both use their Lure Balls, Brock's Heavy Ball (as well as the Fast Balls Ash and Misty received in the last episode) are never actually used (or even mentioned) by the characters.

Errors

• At one point Ash says "I'll save Chikorita for later, and use Pikachu now." Chikorita had just been defeated — he meant to say Cyndaquil.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Dans le feu de l'action
• Italian: Una Palestra immersa nel verde
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Duelo con los insectos!
• Spanish: Ahuyentando a los bichos

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