EP170
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| A Better Pill to Swallow | |
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| ツボツボVSマダツボミ Tsubotsubo VS Madatsubomi | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | October 26, 2000 |
| USA | October 13, 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 | 武上純希 Junki Takegami |
| Storyboard | 岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki |
| Assistant director | 岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki |
| Animation director | 福本勝 Masaru Fukumoto |
A Better Pill to Swallow (Japanese: ツボツボVSマダツボミ Tsubotsubo VS Madatsubomi) is episode 170 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 26, 2000 and in the United States on October 13, 2001.
The group search for a Shuckle that can produce special juice but Team Rocket steal it and drink the juice themselves. This makes all the Pokémon in the area fall in love with them... including Pikachu.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
Contents |
Synopsis
Major events
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Arbok (Jessie's)
- Weezing (James's)
- Victreebel (James's)
- Shuckle (alternate color)
- Bellsprout (Spoopy; Old Man Shuckle's)
- Beedrill (eight)
- Shuckle (many)
- Ursaring (six)
Fantasised Pokémon:
Trivia
The dub title is a reference to the phrase "a bitter pill to swallow"
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages
- French: Le remède miracle
- Italian: Come domare un Pokémon
- Latin American Spanish: ¡El elixir del amor!
- Spanish: Una píldora más fácil de tragar
| This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each episode of the Pokémon anime. |
