EP168

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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

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

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.

Ash 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

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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.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• 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)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Poliwhirl (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)
• Marill (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.
• In this episode, Ash mentions the existence of basses and catfishes in the Seaking Lake.

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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