EP168
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| Hook, Line and Stinker | |
|---|---|
| アズマオウ！フィッシングバトル!! Azumao! Fishing Battle!! | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | October 12, 2000 |
| USA | September 29, 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 | 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi |
| Storyboard | 辻初樹 Hazuki Tsuji |
| Assistant director | 深沢幸司 Kōji Fukasawa |
| Animation director | 池田裕治 Yūji Ikeda |
Hook, Line and Stinker (Japanese: アズマオウ！フィッシングバトル!! Azumao! Fishing Battle!!) is episode 168 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 12, 2000 and in the United States on September 29, 2001.
Ash and Misty take part in Seaking Catching Day with Misty determined to not let the previous champion win.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
Contents |
Synopsis
Major events
- Ash captures a Seaking and Misty captures a Seaking as part of the Seaking Catching competition. (They are later returned; off-screen in the case of Ash.)
- Misty wins the Seaking Catching Competition.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Bulbasaur (Ash's)
- Totodile (Ash's)
- Poliwhirl (Misty's)
- Staryu (Misty's)
- Goldeen (Misty's)
- Psyduck (Misty's)
- Vulpix (Brock's)
- Poliwrath (Andreas's)
- Seaking (many; some caught by Ash, Misty, Andreas, and other contestants)
- Wartortle (Unnamed trainer's)
- Golduck (Unnamed trainer's)
- Tentacool (Unnamed trainer's)
- Slowpoke (Unnamed trainer's)
- Cloyster (Unnamed trainer's)
- Krabby (Unnamed trainer's)
- Seadra (Unnamed trainer's)
- Starmie (Unnamed trainer's)
- Marril (Unnamed trainer's)
- Wooper (Unnamed trainer's)
Trivia
- Andreas calls Misty "Red" throughout the episode.
- Like the Bug-Catching Contest in The Bug Stops Here, the Seaking Catching Competition uses special Poké Balls for catching Seaking. The ones used in this competition are called Lake Balls.
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages
- French: Appâts et Hameçons
- Italian: Una dolce vittoria
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Poliwhirl contra Poliwrath!
- Spanish: Anzuelo, sedal y chulito
| This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each episode of the Pokémon anime. |
Categories: Episode stubs | Original series episodes | Episodes written by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi | Episodes storyboarded by Hazuki Tsuji | Episodes directed by Kōji Fukasawa | Episodes by one-time animation directors | Episodes in which a main character obtains a new Pokémon | Episodes in which a main character releases or gives away a Pokémon | Episodes focusing on Misty
