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Hook, Line and Stinker

EP168   アズマオウ！フィッシングバトル!! Azumao! Fishing Battle!!

First broadcast Japan October 12, 2000 United States September 29, 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 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 辻初樹 Hatsuki Tsuji Assistant director 深沢幸司 Kōji Fukazawa Animation director 池田裕治 Yūji Ikeda No additional credits are available at this time.

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)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• 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 or Andreas)
• Wartortle (Unnamed trainer's)
• Krabby (Unnamed trainer's)
• Slowpoke (Unnamed trainer's)
• Golduck (Unnamed trainer's)
• Marril (Unnamed trainer's)
• Wooper (Unnamed trainer's)
• Starmie (Unnamed trainer's)
• Tentacool (Unnamed trainer's)
• Cloyster (Unnamed trainer's)
• Seadra (Unnamed trainer's)

Trivia

• Andreas calls Misty "Red" after the battle at the end of the episode.
• Like the Park Contest in EP161,the Seaking Catching Competition use special Pokéballs for catching Seaking named Lake Ball.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Appâts et Hameçons

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