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==Plot==
==Plot==
{{Ash}} and {{Ashfr}} are camping out by a lake. [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] and [[Misty's Togepi|Togepi]] are playing when they spot something in the lake. Pikachu wakes Ash, who comes out of his tent just in time to see a {{P|Rhydon}} burst out of the water! When [[Misty]] wakes up, she doesn't believe Ash's story and states a {{type|Rock}} Pokémon that loves swimming is unheard of until a local girl holding a {{p|Marrill}} arrives. She introduces herself as [[Pietra]] and confirms that what Ash saw was a swimming Rhydon. [[Brock]] flirts with her as she explains that this particular Rhydon somehow learned the [[Surf]] move. She asks Ash where it went, and when he tells her, she says that she has been looking for it. She is hoping to catch it to complete a tunnel for her grandma to allow her easier access to the nearby town.
{{Ash}} and {{Ashfr}} are camping out by a lake. [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] and [[Misty's Togepi|Togepi]] are playing when they spot something in the lake. Pikachu wakes Ash, who comes out of his tent just in time to see a {{P|Rhydon}} burst out of the water! When [[Misty]] wakes up, she doesn't believe Ash's story and states a {{type|Rock}} Pokémon that loves swimming is unheard of until a local girl holding a {{p|Marill}} arrives. She introduces herself as [[Pietra]] and confirms that what Ash saw was a swimming Rhydon. [[Brock]] flirts with her as she explains that this particular Rhydon somehow learned the [[Surf]] move. She asks Ash where it went, and when he tells her, she says that she has been looking for it. She is hoping to catch it to complete a tunnel for her grandma to allow her easier access to the nearby town.


Pietra leads the kids to the tunnel in a hillside where {{p|Dugtrio}}, {{p|Sandslash}}, and {{p|Graveler}} are all digging. Pietra is trying to dig the tunnel through the mountain to make it easier to get to the next town, but water dripping from the ceiling disturbs the Pokemon. She hopes to capture the Rhydon and use it to complete the digging. Brock volunteers his [[Brock's Onix|Onix]], but it too is spooked by the dripping water.
Pietra leads the kids to the tunnel in a hillside where {{p|Dugtrio}}, {{p|Sandslash}}, and {{p|Graveler}} are all digging. Pietra is trying to dig the tunnel through the mountain to make it easier to get to the next town, but water dripping from the ceiling disturbs the Pokemon. She hopes to capture the Rhydon and use it to complete the digging. Brock volunteers his [[Brock's Onix|Onix]], but it too is spooked by the dripping water.

Revision as of 16:49, 21 December 2014

EP203 : The Screen Actor's Guilt
Original series
EP205 : The Kecleon Caper
Right on, Rhydon!
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  EP204  
なみのりサイドンをおえ!?みずうみのたたかい!
Follow the Surfing Saidon!? The Battle at the Lake!
First broadcast
Japan June 28, 2001
United States June 22, 2002
English themes
Opening Born to Be a Winner
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening めざせポケモンマスター (Whiteberry)
Ending 前向きロケット団!
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 首藤剛志 Takeshi Shudō
Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Assistant director 原口浩 Hiroshi Haraguchi
Animation director 谷口淳一郎 Jun'ichirō Taniguchi
Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Right on, Rhydon! (Japanese: なみのりサイドンをおえ!?みずうみのたたかい! Follow the Surfing Saidon!? The Battle at the Lake!) is the 204th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 28, 2001 and in the United States on June 22, 2002.

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Blurb

Our heroes are camped out by a lake where Ash wakes up one morning and sees a Rhydon emerging from the water. A swimming Rock-type Pokémon seems impossible, but one of the local Rhydon has indeed learned to use Surf—and a girl named Pietra is out to catch it! She's trying to complete a tunnel to a nearby town, but Rock-type Pokémon flee the excavation site whenever water drips from the tunnel's ceiling. If she had that swimming Rhydon, though, it would keep digging the tunnel no matter what!

Ash and his friends offer to help, of course. After chasing a wrong lead or two, they catch up with Rhydon in the middle of the lake. Pietra asks Rhydon to battle her, but Rhydon couldn't care less; it learned to swim so it could reach an island full of apple trees, and right now those seem much more interesting. Just as they catch up with Rhydon again, Team Rocket descends from the skies, grabs Rhydon, and flies away. They don't get far before Ash and his friends stop their escape, free Rhydon, and send them packing.

Rhydon just wants to leave, but Pietra clings to it and demands a battle. She refuses to let go even when Rhydon dives below the water, so it takes her to shore before walking away. Pietra pleads for Rhydon's help one last time and Rhydon finally agrees to battle, though it takes some hard work on Marill's part to weaken it so Pietra can make a capture. With Rhydon's help, the excavation is soon complete. Ash and his friends exit the newly-completed tunnel and continue on towards Olivine City!

Plot

Ash and his friends are camping out by a lake. Pikachu and Togepi are playing when they spot something in the lake. Pikachu wakes Ash, who comes out of his tent just in time to see a Rhydon burst out of the water! When Misty wakes up, she doesn't believe Ash's story and states a Rock-type Pokémon that loves swimming is unheard of until a local girl holding a Marill arrives. She introduces herself as Pietra and confirms that what Ash saw was a swimming Rhydon. Brock flirts with her as she explains that this particular Rhydon somehow learned the Surf move. She asks Ash where it went, and when he tells her, she says that she has been looking for it. She is hoping to catch it to complete a tunnel for her grandma to allow her easier access to the nearby town.

Pietra leads the kids to the tunnel in a hillside where Dugtrio, Sandslash, and Graveler are all digging. Pietra is trying to dig the tunnel through the mountain to make it easier to get to the next town, but water dripping from the ceiling disturbs the Pokemon. She hopes to capture the Rhydon and use it to complete the digging. Brock volunteers his Onix, but it too is spooked by the dripping water.

Team Rocket is close by. After hearing about the swimming Rhydon, they believe that a Rhydon that likes water would be perfect for the boss, so they come up with a plan to catch it.

Ash and friends follow the Rhydon's prints to the edge of the lake. Many apple cores are lying around, it seems that the Rhydon likes apples too. Behind them, Team Rocket gloats that they can use this information to set a trap for Rhydon, but when they see apple trees they get hungry.

The group follows a trail of cores to discover Team Rocket feasting on a pile of apples. The Rhydon appears and becomes angry to see someone eating its apples, so it sends Team Rocket blasting off. Pietra asks the Rhydon to battle her so she can catch it, but it runs away and dives into the lake. They release their water Pokemon to go after it, and it uses its Horn Drill underwater to create a whirlpool, forcing them to go back to shore.

Brock watches with binoculars and discovers that there's an island in the lake with lots of apple trees. Pietra theorizes that the Rhydon liked apples so much that it overcame its fear of water to swim to the island. Team Rocket overhears this and beats them to the island, where they dig a pitfall trap. Unfortunately Wobbuffet falls into it before the Rhydon shows up.

The kids wait in the bushes, and when the Rhydon comes, Pietra asks again for a battle. It walks away, only to be trapped in a net and hauled off by Team Rocket in their balloon. Brock has Crobat bring the balloon down and it splashes into the lake, but Team Rocket has a Wobbuffet-shaped life raft that they use to continue their escape. Pietra and the others follow in her boat, and Ash gets Bulbasaur to free Rhydon. After Rhydon jumps into the water, Pikachu sends Team Rocket blasting off again.

Rhydon starts to leave, but Pietra, still determined to capture Rhydon, clings to its neck until it battles her. Rhydon ends up diving underwater to try and shake her. Despite its underwater antics, Pietra doesn't let Rhydon go and hangs on. Sensing her determination, Rhydon eventually resurfaces and takes an exhausted Pietra to shore before leaving. Pietra starts to beg Rhydon for a battle and finally Rhydon agrees. Using only her Marrill, Pietra battles Rhydon, and although at a disadvantage, Marill eventually uses its Iron Tail attack to defeat the Rhydon and Pietra captures it.

Later at the tunnel, Pietra releases her newly-caught Rhydon and it completes the tunnel by breaking through the rock, not caring about the dripping water. Ash and his friends then exit the newly-completed tunnel and continue on their way to Olivine City.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

Pocket Monster TV

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Sunflora (US and international), Rhydon (Japan)

Trivia

  • When Wobbuffet pops out of its Poké Ball while Team Rocket is talking about capturing the Rhydon, Jessie says that it's too bad they can't just make a trade. This is most likely a reference to the fact that she received Wobbuffet from a trade.
  • This episode marks the first use of Iron Tail in the anime. Iron Tail would go on to be one of the most commonly used attacks in the series, known by over fifty separate Pokémon as the anime has progressed (with one of the Pokémon knowing the move being Ash's Pikachu).
  • This episode is possibly a reference to the Surfing Rhydon that appeared in the Generation II games in Ecruteak City.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages



EP203 : The Screen Actor's Guilt
Original series
EP205 : The Kecleon Caper!
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