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Fossil Fools
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こだいポケモンパーク!アルフのいせき!! Ancient Pokémon Park! Ruins of Alph!!
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First broadcast
Japan
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September 7, 2000
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United States
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September 15, 2001
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
Animation
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Team Ota
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Screenplay
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冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
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Storyboard
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藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto
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Assistant director
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鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
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Animation director
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志村泉 Izumi Shimura
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Additional credits
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Fossil Fools (Japanese: こだいポケモンパーク!アルフのいせき!! Ancient Pokémon Park! Ruins of Alph!!) is the 163rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 7, 2000 and in the United States on September 15, 2001.
Synopsis
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The group visits the Ruins of Alph where living Omanyte and Omastar have been discovered. Unfortunately, Team Rocket has also discovered them.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Pichu (US and international), Omnite (Japan)
Trivia
- Exciting Pokémon Relay replaces Takeshi's Paradise as the ending.
- The Ruins of Alph in the games is entirely different and focuses on the Unown.
- Archaeology currently dates the first Pokémon at 2 million years ago, though a Kabutops fossil had been discovered that is 20 to 30 thousand years older than that.
- Like life on Earth, the prevailing theory is that Pokémon life began in the sea.
- The English title is a pun on fossil fuels, a source of energy.
- This is the first time Brock takes Misty by the ear.
- This episode revealed the scientific name of Kabutops, Kabutops Maximis. The only other Pokémon with a confirmed scientific name is Oddish.
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages