EP158
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| A Goldenrod Opportunity | |
|---|---|
| コガネジム！スピード＆パワー!? Kogane Gym! Speed & Power!? | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | August 3, 2000 |
| USA | August 18, 2001 |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | Born to Be a Winner |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | OK! |
| Ending | タケシのパラダイス |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Ota |
| Screenplay | 武上純希 Junki Takegami |
| Storyboard | 細谷直行 Naoyuki Hosoya |
| Assistant director | 井上修 Osamu Inoue |
| Animation director | 佐藤まさふみ Masafumi Satō |
A Goldenrod Opportunity (Japanese: コガネジム！スピード＆パワー!? Kogane Gym! Speed & Power!?) is episode 158 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 3, 2000 and in the United States on August 18, 2001.
Ash arrives in Goldenrod City and meets Whitney. After seeing some of the sights, he battles her in a deceptively easy Gym Battle.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
Contents |
Synopsis
Major events
- Ash has a Gym Battle with Whitney and loses.
- Cyndaquil VS Nidorina: Cyndaquil wins
- Cyndaquil VS Clefairy: Clefairy forfeits
- Cyndaquil VS Miltank: Miltank wins
- Totodile VS Miltank: Miltank wins
- Pikachu VS Miltank: Miltank wins
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Squirtle (US and international), Pippi (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Cyndaquil (Ash's)
- Totodile (Ash's)
- Clefairy (Whitney's)
- Nidorina (Whitney's)
- Miltank (Whitney's; debut)
Trivia
- This episode represents many aspects of Goldenrod City, including the Gym, Department Store, Underground Path, including a short appearance of the Haircut Brothers found there, and the Magnet Train.
- Splash is represented through the use of Clefairy's Metronome.
- James learns the concept of "free samples".
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages
- French: Bienvenue à Doublonville
- Italian: Una grande occasione
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Una Oportunidad de Oro!
- Portuguese: Uma Oportunidade Dourada
- Spanish: Una oportunidad en Ciudad Trigal
| This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each episode of the Pokémon anime. |
