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| Hook, Line, and Stinker
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アズマオウ！フィッシングバトル！！
Azumao! Fishing Battle!!
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First broadcast
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October 12, 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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大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
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| Storyboard
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辻初樹 Hatsuki Tsuji
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| Assistant director
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深沢幸司 Kōji Fukazawa
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| Animation director
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池田裕治 Yūji Ikeda
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| Additional credits
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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 the 168th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 12, 2000 and in the United States on September 29, 2001.
Synopsis
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- Ash and friends have stopped to rest at a "shady mountain" stream. All of the Pokémon are in the water having a good time. Brock is brushing Vulpix's Tail. The scene shifts to Misty talking to Togepi about how good the water feels. Poliwhirl drifts by on its back, and Misty tells it not to drift too far. Poliwhirl waves OK, but all of a sudden a huge Poliwrath comes up behind Poliwhirl. Misty comments on how tough it looks, and Brock says that it doesn't look too friendly. The Poliwrath smacks down Poliwhirl and then uppercuts it through the air. Poliwhirl lands by the bank, K.O'd. The Poliwrath, is still in the water cheering. Misty comments on how it's nothing but a big bully. All of a sudden, someone yells "Your Pokémon's a pipsqueak!". Out of nowhere comes a boy. Misty asks him if the Poliwrath is his and why it attacked her Poliwhirl. The boy responds by saying that he thought it was a PoliWimp. Misty tells him to take it back, but the boy questions her by saying that Poliwhirl is so scared that it's hiding behind Misty. He finishes by saying that he can't expect much from a "plain old Poliwhirl" and said if it was any good that it would have evolved. Brock defends Poliwhirl by saying that there are lots of great Pokémon that aren't fully evolved, and goes on to say that Poliwhirl is a great Pokémon. The boy starts making fun of all Misty's Pokémon, eventually Misty loses it and challenges him to a battle. The boy says that he'd love to but already has other plans. He recalls his Poliwrath and leaves, but not without telling Misty to work on her Poliwhirl. She responds that he needs to work on his attitude.
- After the opening, the scene is changed to the Gang walking down a trail. Misty is talking about how the boy had lots of nerve to be insulting her Poliwhirl like he did. They eventually come across a large mass of people with fishing rods walking in the same direction. Ash comments on how everyone has a rod and reel, while Brock wonders out loud if there is a good fishing spot nearby. Ash asks a boy if there is good fishing and the boy responds that there is an annual Seaking Catching Competition.
Major events
- Ash and Misty each capture 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.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Kabuto
Trivia
Errors
- While Misty is pulling Brock by the ear, Togepi is in his arms; however, it was not there before.
- After the Pokémon battle, Misty calls her Poliwhirl a Poliwrath.
Dub edits
In other languages
- Czech: Háček, vlasec a mizera
- Finnish: Virittäkää virvelinne
- French: Appâts et Hameçons
- German: Angel, Köder, Angeber
- Hebrew: תחרות הסיקינג tacharut haSeaking
- Italian: Una dolce vittoria
- Mandarin: 金魚王釣魚戰鬥
- Portuguese (Brazilian): Anzol, Isca e Pescaria
- Spanish:
- Iberian Spanish: Anzuelo, sedal y chulito
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Poliwhirl contra Poliwrath!
