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Haunter Versus Kadabra
ゴーストVSエスパー！ Ghost VS ESPer!
Broadcast dates
Japan	September 9, 1997
USA	October 8, 1998
Theme songs
Opening	Pokémon Theme
Japanese theme songs
Opening	めざせポケモンマスター
Ending	ひゃくごじゅういち
Credits
Animation	Team Ota
Screenplay	武上純希 Junki Takegami
Storyboard	鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
Assistant director	織田美浩 Yoshihiro Oda
Animation director	山本郷 Sato Yamamoto

Haunter Versus Kadabra (Japanese: ゴーストVSエスパー！ Ghost VS ESPer!) is episode 24 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 9, 1997 and in USA on October 8, 1998.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Major events 2.1 Debuts 3 Characters 3.1 Humans 3.2 Pokémon 4 Trivia 4.1 Errors 4.2 Dub edits 5 In other languages

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash returns to Saffron City and battles Sabrina.
• Ash earns the MarshBadge.
• Ash gives Haunter to Sabrina.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Sabrina
• Sabrina's father
• Sabrina's mother

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Haunter

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmander (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Haunter (Ash's [debatable]; leaves)
• Kadabra (Sabrina's)
• Haunter (Sabrina's; new)
• Gastly (flashback)
• Gengar (flashback)

Trivia

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Haunter VS Kadabra
• French: La revanche
• Italian: Haunter contro Kadabra
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Haunter contra Kadabra!
• Spanish: Haunter versus Kadabra