EP163
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| Fossil Fools | |
|---|---|
| こだいポケモンパーク！アルフのいせき!! Ancient Pokémon Park! Ruins of Alph!! | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | September 7, 2000 |
| USA | September 15, 2001 |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | Born to Be a Winner |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | OK! |
| Ending | ポケモンはらはらリレー |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Ota |
| Screenplay | 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Storyboard | 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto |
| Assistant director | 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki |
| Animation director | 志村泉 Izumi Shimura |
Fossil Fools (Japanese: こだいポケモンパーク！アルフのいせき!! Ancient Pokémon Park! Ruins of Alph!!) is episode 163 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 7, 2000 and in the United States on September 15, 2001.
The group visit the Ruins of Alph where live Omanyte and Omastar have been discovered. Unfortunately, Team Rocket have also discovered them.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
Contents |
Synopsis
Major events
Debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash Ketchum
- Brock
- Misty
- Jessie
- James
- Professor Oak
- Foster
- Researchers
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Noctowl (Ash's)
- Arbok (Jessies)
- Weezing (James's)
- Omanyte (many)
- Omastar (many)
- Aerodactyl (picture/fossil/robot)
- Kabutops (fossil)
Trivia
- Exciting Pokémon Relay replaces Takeshi's Paradise as the ending.
- The Ruins of Alph in the games is entirely different and focuses on the Unown.
- Archaeology currently dates the first Pokémon at 2 million years ago, though a Kabutops fossil had been discovered that is 20 to 30 thousand years older than that.
- Like our own life, the emerging theory is that Pokémon life began in the sea.
Errors
- Ash is surprised to find that extinct Pokémon still exist. Despite the fact that he'd already encountered some, including Omanyte and Omastar in Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon and Shell Shock.
Dub edits
In other languages
- French: Retour vers la préhistoire
- Italian: Jurassic Pokémon
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Pokémon prehistóricos!
- Spanish: Locos por los fósiles
| This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each episode of the Pokémon anime. |
