EP173
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| Wobbu-palooza | |
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| ソーナンスのむら!? Village of Sonans!? | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | November 16, 2000 |
| USA | October 27, 2001 |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | Born to Be a Winner |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | OK! |
| Ending | ぼくのベストフレンドへ |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Ota |
| Screenplay | 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi |
| Storyboard | 井上修 Osamu Inoue |
| Assistant director | 井上修 Osamu Inoue |
| Animation director | 佐藤まさふみ Masafumi Satō |
Wobbu-palooza (Japanese: ソーナンスのむら!? Village of Sonans!?) is episode 173 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on November 16, 2000 and in the United States on October 27, 2001.
The group arrive at the Wobbuffet Village in time for the Wobbuffet Festival. However, when some punks use the ban on battling to beat up the Wobbuffet, it takes someone who doesn't care about rules to save the day.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
Contents |
Synopsis
Major events
Debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Brock
- Misty
- Jessie
- James
- Officer Jenny
- Villagers
- Lulu
- Annie
- Three punks
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Chikorita (Ash's)
- Staryu (Misty's)
- Poliwhirl (Misty's)
- Golbat (Brock's)
- Arbok (Jessie's)
- Weezing (James's)
- Victreebel (James's)
- Wobbuffet (villagers'; many)
- Primeape (Festival crasher's)
- Machoke (Festival crasher's)
- Hitmonlee (Festival crasher's)
Trivia
- To My Best Friend replaces Exciting Pokémon Relay as the ending.
- Unlike other episodes with groups of one Pokémon, many of the Wobbuffet in this episode have variations from the base design.
- In a variation of the usual running gag, Victreebel eats Meowth on being released.
Errors
When Jessie uses her Wobbuffet in battle, the Machoke trainer calls for a Seismic Toss but Machoke uses Karate Chop.
Dub edits
In other languages
- French: L'emblème du festival
- Italian: La sagra
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Wobbu-paliza!
- Spanish: Festival de Wobbuffet
| This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each episode of the Pokémon anime. |
