EP168

Hook, Line, and Stinker

EP168   アズマオウ！フィッシングバトル!! Azumao! Fishing Battle!!

First broadcast Japan October 12, 2000 United States September 29, 2001

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner

Japanese themes 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 No additional credits are available at this time.

Hook, Line, and Stinker (Japanese: アズマオウ！フィッシングバトル!! Azumao! Fishing Battle!!) is the 168th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 12, 2000 and in the United States on September 29, 2001.

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Synopsis

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Ash and Misty take part in Seaking Catching Day with Misty determined to not let the previous champion win.

Major events

• Ash and Misty each capture 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.

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

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James
• Andreas

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Kabuto

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Poliwhirl (Misty's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Poliwrath (Andreas's)
• Seaking (multiple)
• 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)
• Marill (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Wooper (Unnamed Trainer's)

Trivia

The Seaking Catching Competition announcer holding a Lake Ball

• Like the Bug-Catching Contest in The Bug Stops Here, the Seaking Catching Competition uses special Poké Balls called Lake Balls for catching Seaking
• Ash mentions two real-world animals in this episode: bass and catfish.
• This episode's title is a pun derived from three components of fishing tackle.

Errors

• While Misty is pulling Brock by the ear, Togepi is in his arms; however, it was not there before.

Dub edits

In other languages

• Finnish: Virittäkää virvelinne
• French: Appâts et Hameçons
• German: Angel, Köder, Angeber
• Hebrew: תחרות הסיקינג tacharut haSeaking
• Italian: Una dolce vittoria
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Anzol, Isca e Pescaria
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Anzuelo, sedal y chulito
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Poliwhirl contra Poliwrath!

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