EP130

A Bout With Sprout

EP130   だいピンチ！マダツボミのとう！ Big Pinch! Tower of Madatsubomi!

First broadcast Japan January 13, 2000 United States December 16, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ニャースのパーティ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 石原立也 Tatsuya Ishihara Assistant director 石原立也 Tatsuya Ishihara Animation director 池田和美 Kazumi Ikeda No additional credits are available at this time.

A Bout With Sprout (Japanese: だいピンチ！マダツボミのとう！ Big Pinch! Tower of Madatsubomi!) is the 130th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 13, 2000 and in the United States on December 16, 2000.

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Synopsis

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Major events

• Ash, Misty and Brock arrive in Violet City.

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

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Miss Priscilla
• Earl
• Zackie
• Schoolchildren

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Cleffa

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Poliwag (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Zubat (Brock's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Bellsprout (Zackie's)

Trivia

• The Pokémon Academy in this episode is directly derived from its in-game counterpart.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Une jeune pousse à la rescousse
• German: Überraschung im Knofensa-Turm
• Hebrew: מגדל הספראוט migdal haSprout
• Italian: La torre
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Pequenos Brotos, Grandes Encrencas
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Un combate con Bellsprout
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Batalla en la torre Bellsprout!

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