EP073
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| Bad to the Bone | |
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| ガラガラのホネこんぼう Garagara's Bone Club | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | December 3, 1998 |
| USA | October 16, 1999 |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | Pokémon Theme |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | めざせポケモンマスター |
| Ending | タイプ・ワイルド |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Ota |
| Screenplay | 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi |
| Storyboard | 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada |
| Assistant director | 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada |
| Animation director | 玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa |
Bad to the Bone (Japanese: ガラガラのホネこんぼう Garagara's Bone Club) is episode 73 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 3, 1998 and in the United States on October 16, 1999.
Ash and company offer to help a trainer heading for the Pokémon League retrieve his stolen gym badges from Jessie and James and Meowth.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
Contents |
Synopsis
Major events
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Pidgeotto (Ash's)
- Bulbasaur (Ash's)
- Charmander (Ash's; flashback)
- Charizard (Ash's; flashback)
- Starmie (Misty's; flashback)
- Onix (Brock's; flashback)
- Arbok (Jessie's)
- Weezing (James's)
- Mr. Mime (Mimey)
- Marowak (Otoshi's)
- Doduo (Otoshi's)
- Raichu (Lt. Surge's; flashback)
- Weepinbell (Erika's; flashback)
- Kadabra (Sabrina's; flashback)
- Venonat (Aya's; flashback)
- Rhydon (Blaine's; flashback)
- Magmar (Blaine's; flashback)
- Kingler (Giovanni's); flashback)
- Hitmonlee (unnamed gym leader's)(most likely Sabrina's from the Marshbadge flashback)
- Nidoran♂ (unnamed trainer's)
- Chansey (unnamed trainer's)
- Scyther (unnamed gym leader's)(most likely Koga's from the Soulbadge flashback)
- Flareon (unnamed trainer's)
Trivia
- This episode appeared to make reference on the fact that high-leveled Pokémon won't obey you unless you've earned a certain number of badges in certain Pokémon games.
- This episode's dub title is a reference to the George Thorogood song, Bad to the Bone.
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages
- French: Tombés sur un os
- Italian: Le Medaglie rubate
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Malo hasta los huesos!
- Spanish: Malo hasta la médula


