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Hook, Line and Stinker (Japanese: アズマオウ！フィッシングバトル!! Azumao! Fishing Battle!!) is episode 168 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 12, 2000 and in the United States on September 29, 2001.

And and Misty take part in Seaking Catching Day with Misty determined to not let the previous champion win.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash captures a Seaking and Misty captures a Seaking as part of the Seaking Catching competition. (They are later returned; off-screen in the case of Ash.)
• Misty wins the Seaking Catching Competition.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James
• Andreas

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Kabuto

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Poliwhirl (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Poliwrath (Andreas's)
• Seaking (many; some caught by Ash, Misty, Andreas, and other contestants)
• Wartortle (Unnamed trainer's)
• Golduck (Unnamed trainer's)
• Tentacool (Unnamed trainer's)
• Slowpoke (Unnamed trainer's)
• Cloyster (Unnamed trainer's)
• Krabby (Unnamed trainer's)
• Seadra (Unnamed trainer's)
• Starmie (Unnamed trainer's)
• Marril (Unnamed trainer's)
• Wooper (Unnamed trainer's)

Trivia

• Andreas calls Misty "Red" throughout the episode.
• Like the Bug-Catching Contest in The Bug Stops Here, the Seaking Catching Competition uses special Poké Balls for catching Seaking. The ones used in this competition are called Lake Balls.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Appâts et Hameçons
• Italian: Una dolce vittoria
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Poliwhirl contra Poliwrath!
• Spanish: Anzuelo, sedal y chulito

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