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| Hassle in the Castle
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ズバットのやかた！きけんなめいろ！！
Zubat's Mansion! A Dangerous Labyrinth!!
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First broadcast
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September 21, 2000
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| United States
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September 29, 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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藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita
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| Storyboard
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横田和 Kazu Yokota
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| Assistant director
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大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi
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| Animation director
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たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda
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| Additional credits
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Hassle in the Castle (Japanese: ズバットのやかた！きけんなめいろ！！ Zubat's Mansion! A Dangerous Labyrinth!!) is the 165th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 21, 2000 and in the United States on September 29, 2001.
Synopsis
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While escaping a rainstorm, Ash and his friends enter what at first seems to be an empty castle. Soon after entering they hear screaming and rush to the source which turns out to be people receiving medical care from Pokémon. After Brock's usual romantic gestures Dr. Anna introduces herself. Brock's further love proclamations are interrupted by a nurse telling Dr. Anna that it is time for the zubat scan. Our trio follows her into the procedure room where a zubat wearing a green bow hovers over a man and uses its super sonic soundwaves as an ultrasound. Dr. Anna further explains how they use Pokémon to diagnose and treat medical problems. Machoke uses its strength to treat back problems, spinarak uses its web to make bandages, and Marreep's electricity stimulates muscles. She explains that the pokémon and her work together and the zubat with the green ribbon is reveled to be named Mimi. Misty asks why she works here. Dr. Anna explains that a patient of hers used to live here and nows lets her run her clinic in the mansion.
As Dr. Anna is about to leave to make her rounds Brock interrupts to show her his zubat. Mimi and Brock's zubat hover in the air together prompting Brock to declare that they are a perfect team. He suggests that he and Dr. Anna could be a perfect team too. When Dr. Anna she hesitant at this he offers to at least use his zubat to help her and Mimi make their rounds as thanks for allowing the group shelter.
Team rocket is also in the castle, having sneaked in the back way because as Jessie explains, "it's what all the villains do". They are frightened by a sound and a mysterious shadow that turns out to be Jessie's wobbuffet. She returns him back to his pokéball. Meowth then remarks that he smells something. Team Rocket finds the food and begins to eat it. They are caught when Ash and Misty enter.
Meanwhile, we see Brock, Dr. Anna, and their zubats walking down a corridor. Brock's geodude carrying two boxes and his Pineco are seen also. Dr. Anna ask Brock about his training to be a pokémon breeder. Brock says he was training until he met her. As he explains his intent to use his pokémon to assist in human medicine Jame's voice saying "look out" is heard. Shortly after Team Rocket runs by with James carrying a sack of stolen food. Dr. Anna yells at them, inquiring if they have an appointment. Team Rocket stops unable to resist launching into a modified version of their motto. After finishing Meowth tells Jessie and James to hurry up and get out of there. Ash, Misty, and a nurse come running and shouting for Team Rocket to give back the stolen food. Team Rocket refuses and Ash orders Pikachu to get them. But Team Rocket runs away, down a hall. Dr. Anna, Brock, and their zubats run after them. Dr. Anna tries to warn Team Rocket about the hall, but they along with Brock, Dr. Anna and the two zubats end up sliding down a hidden passage. A wall closes behind them.
Team Rocket's attempt to steal food from the kitchen leads to them being trapped in a maze under the castle with Brock and .
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Persian (U.S. and international), Zubat (Mimi) (Japan)
Trivia
- The Pokémon are utilized for a variety of medical practices:
- The dub title of this episode is also shared with an episode of Scooby Doo, Where Are You!.
- In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto.
- The narrator's first words, "It's another bright, sunshine-y day," and last words, "And so, after a dark and stormy night," may be a reference to the Johnny Nash song "I Can See Clearly Now".
- This is the first episode where a main character's Pokémon evolves during a fight with Team Rocket.
Errors
- In one scene Jessie's hair has a gap.
Dub edits
In other languages
Czech
Dutch
Finnish
European French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Brazil
Portugal
Latin America
Spain
