EP102

The Mystery Menace
ちかどうのかいぶつ!? Monster of the Sewers!?
Broadcast dates
Japan	June 24, 1999
USA	May 6, 2000
Theme songs
Opening	Pokémon World
Japanese theme songs
Opening	ライバル！
Ending	タイプ・ワイルド
Credits
Animation	Team Ota
Screenplay	武上純希 Junki Takegami
Storyboard	鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
Assistant director	鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
Animation director	志村泉 Izumi Shimura

The Mystery Menace (Japanese: ちかどうのかいぶつ!? Monster of the Sewers!?) is episode 102 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 24, 1999 and in the United States on May 6, 2000.

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash temporarily adds Muk to his team. It is implied that he returns it to Professor Oak at the end, but it isn't shown.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Nurse Joy
• Mayor of Trovitopolis
• Mayor of Trovitopolis's personal SWAT Team

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon? Zapdos

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Bulbasaur (mayor's; giant Pokémon)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's lecture: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure. Oak talks about the second Pikachu short which was upcoming when this episode was first shown (released July 17, 1999 with the second movie). He says that new Pokémon will be seen, specifically Elekid and Bellossom, as well as "others."
• Similar to Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden this episode features a Bulbasaur and has the word "Mystery" or "Mysterious" in the title, alluding to its Japanese name.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: La menace mystérieuse
• French: La creatura misteriosa
• Latin American Spanish: ¡La amenaza misteriosa!
• Spanish: La amenaza misteriosa

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