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EP156 : The Psychic Sidekicks!
Original series
EP158 : A Goldenrod Opportunity
The Fortune Hunters
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  EP157  
ポケモンうらない!?だいらんせん!
Pokémon Fortune-telling!? Enormous Melee!
First broadcast
Japan July 27, 2000
United States May 19, 2001
English themes
Opening Pokémon Johto
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening OK!
Ending タケシのパラダイス
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura
No additional credits are available at this time.

The Fortune Hunters (Japanese: ポケモンうらない!?だいらんせん! Pokémon Fortune-telling!? Enormous Melee!) is the 157th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 27, 2000 and in the United States on May 19, 2001.

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Synopsis

Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu arrive in a new city and head towards the Pokémon Center. There they encounter a group of children who tell them about the newest fad. Pokémon Fortune Telling, an activity similar to horoscopes in which people are assigned a Pokémon personality type based on their birthdate. Eager to find out her Pokémon type Misty drags her companions along to a local daycare that has been giving out copies of the Fortune Telling book. Arriving at the daycare the owners explain to Misty that it's considered good luck to own the Pokémon that corresponds to your personality type. The daycare center has a booming business in matching trainers with their Pokémon type and frequently holds Pokémon for trainers until a suitable trade can be made.

After getting a copy of the book, Misty reveals each of her companion's Pokémon types. Ash is listed as a Bellsprout type, while Brock is an Onix type. Misty eagerly looks up her own type, but is shocked to see that she's listed as a Gyarados type. Ash tells her that it's nothing to get worked up about, but he is unable to stop Misty's growing anger. Traveling back to the Pokémon Center the group falls into one of Team Rocket's pitfall traps, but an angry Misty easily climbs out and sends them "blasting off again". Upon landing, Team Rocket collects themselves and notices that they've unwittingly obtained Misty's fortune telling book. Jessie looks at it and finds that she's an Eevee type. Meowth tries to look himself up, but Jessie reminds him that as an actual Pokémon his type should be glaringly obvious. She then reads James's type, and is shocked to see that he's a Moltres. Initially skeptical, a series of bizarre coincidences soon convince James that the book can actually tell his future. Taking its words that Moltres type will "soar above the others" literally, he begins to see himself as undefeatable, and quickly appoints himself the new leader of Team Rocket. Impressed with his sudden shift in personality, Jessie and Meowth decide to follow his lead.

James leads them to the daycare, planning on using his Moltres powers to steal every Pokémon inside. He attempts to intimidate the daycare's owners, but is surprised when they reveal themselves to be none other than fellow Rockets Butch and Cassidy, who quickly capture and lock up the Rocket trio. Tied up inside the daycare James once again surprises his companions by easily breaking out of his bonds and clearing an escape route. Leading them out of the daycare he begins to plan their revenge.

Meanwhile Misty continues to stew over her Pokémon type. When she overhears Brock talking about how Gyarados suits her she decides to return to the daycare and demand an explanation from its owners, dragging Brock and Ash along with her. Entering the daycare, they see that the front desk is empty and decide to look for the owners in the back rooms. There they see all of the Pokémon in cages and overhear a conversation between Butch, Cassidy, and Giovanni. Realizing that the entire daycare is another Rocket scheme the group decides to free the captured Pokémon. Unfortunately they are quickly discovered by Butch and Cassidy who begin to battle them with their Raticate and Primeape.

Suddenly Jessie and Meowth appear by driving a crane through the wall. To everyone's surprise James' comes flying in on the crane dressed in a Moltres suit. Declaring himself the "flame that burns brightest" he announces his intention to steal all of the Pokémon in the daycare as well as those that belong to the "twerps". He calls out Victreebel and unexpectedly manages to defeat Raticate with it. Unfortunately James' ego is quickly shot down when Butch and Cassidy reveal that their entire fortune book was just part of their scam. Depressed that he's not actually a Moltres type James quickly reverts back to his old self forcing Jessie to start battling with Wobbuffet. However Wobbuffet alone isn't enough and Primeape quickly sends Jessie, James, Meowth, and their Pokémon "blasting off". Taking advantage of the battle Misty, Ash, and Brock go searching for the keys to the Pokémon cages but are quickly cornered by Butch and Cassidy.

Butch and Cassidy begin battling but are defeated by the combined efforts of Poliwhirl, Totodile and Pikachu. A quick call to Officer Jenny and the two Rockets are once again on their way to prison. While talking with Jenny Misty notices that she has an official Pokémon fortune telling book, and uses the opportunity to check out her real type. Elsewhere Jessie finds the same book, and decides to see what James' actually is. Neither Misty nor James' real type is revealed though, as the episode ends before they can state it.

Major events

Debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Girafarig/Ursaring (US and international), Gyarados (Japan)

Pokémon stolen by Team Rocket

Trivia

  • Takeshi's Paradise replaced Exciting² Pokémon Relay as the ending.
  • This would be the second time that Butch and Cassidy took over a Breeding Center.
  • This episode, along with Beauty and the Beach and The Psychic Sidekicks, has so far not been released on DVD.
    • However, both the European Portuguese and the European Spanish versions of this episode and The Psychic Sidekicks were released by Salvat, the company that distributes DVD versions of the episodes in the Iberian Peninsula.
  • This episode contains one of the few occasions when a character other than Cassidy gets Butch's name right straight away - Brock identifies him correctly when they discover the Center was a fake.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

  • French: La chasse au trésor
  • German: Das Schicksalsbuch
  • Hebrew: !איזה מזל eizé mazal!
  • Italian: Il libro
  • Portuguese (Brazilian): Escrito nas Estrelas
  • Spanish:
    • Iberian Spanish: Cazadores de fortuna
    • Latin American Spanish: ¡Cazadores de fortuna!


EP156 : The Psychic Sidekicks
Original series
EP158 : A Goldenrod Opportunity
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