EP167

A Hot Water Battle

EP167   ジャングルのさんびき！おんせんバトル!! The Three of the Jungle! Battle in the Hot Springs!!

First broadcast Japan October 5, 2000 United States September 22, 2001

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ポケモンはらはらリレー

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

A Hot Water Battle (Japanese: ジャングルのさんびき！おんせんバトル!! The Three of the Jungle! Battle in the Hot Springs!!) is the 167th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 5, 2000 and in the United States on September 22, 2001.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis While the group spend the day relaxing, Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile get into a fight and have to search for a beach ball in a tropical forest. This results in them getting trapped in a cave with Team Rocket and a group of wild Aipom.

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Aipom

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Wigglytuff

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Poliwhirl (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Golbat (Brock's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Pineco (Brock's)
• Mankey
• Snorlax
• Aipom (seven)

Trivia

• This episode can be found on the first GBA video.
• Ash has a beach ball shaped like a Master Ball, similar to the one seen in Beauty and the Beach.
• Jessie's Wobbuffet uses Bide in this episode, despite Wobbuffet being unable to learn Bide normally.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: La réconciliation
• German: Heiße Wasserschlacht
• Italian: Una fonte di guai
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Una batalla de agua caliente!
• Iberian Spanish: Un combate en agua caliente
• Brazilian Portuguese: Pela Vereda Tropical

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