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A Bout With Sprout
だいピンチ！マダツボミのとう！ Big Pinch! Tower of Madatsubomi!
Broadcast dates
Japan	January 13, 2000
USA	December 16, 2000
Theme songs
Opening	Pokémon Johto
Japanese theme songs
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

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

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

• A young boy named Zack tries to capture Ash's Pikachu.
• Zack captures a Bellsprout.

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)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Goldeen (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

• Some fans believe that Bellsprout should belong to Ash because Zackie stole his Poké Ball and caught Bellsprout.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Une jeune pousse à la rescousse
• Italian: La torre
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Batalla en la torre Bellsprout!
• Spanish: Un combate con Bellsprout