EP179

The Apple Corp!

EP179   ピカチュウとピチュー！ Pikachu and Pichu!

First broadcast Japan January 4, 2001 United States December 1, 2001

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ぼくのベストフレンドへ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

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The Apple Corp! (Japanese: ピカチュウとピチュー！ Pikachu and Pichu!) is the 179th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 4, 2001 and in the United States on December 1, 2001.

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Synopsis

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Catching a sweet scent on the breeze, Ash and Pikachu follow their noses to a nearby apple orchard. As Misty and Brock follow, they warn the trainer and his Pokémon against eating apples that don’t belong to them. No sooner is this said than Pikachu is caught red-handed with couple of cores! Once Ash proves Pikachu’s innocence to the orchard owner, he and Pikachu track down the real thieves, a band of hungry Pichu forced into the apple orchard due to low amounts of wild growing fruit. The proprietor soon appears revealing her name as Charmaine.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Pichu

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Charmaine

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Snubbull (U.S. and international), Pichu (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Pidgey (flock)
• Fearow
• Pichu (multiple)

Trivia

• The Japanese title of this episode is the same as a previously shown anime short.
• The English title is a reference to the homophonous nature of "corps" and "core", though it is misspelled as "corp". Also, the title is similar to Apple Corps, which is pronounced apple core, which was a company owned by The Beatles.
• This is the first episode of the 3rd millennium in Japan.
• Music from Mewtwo Strikes Back and Pikachu's Vacation is used in the dub.
• This episode is featured on the Volume 4: Electric copy of Pokémon Elements.
• The Pokémon Junior book, "Pichu's Apple Company" follows the plot of this episode.

Errors

• After Charmaine mentions the fruit shortage Pikachu says "Pichu", though "Pichu" could be a combination of "Pi" and "Chu".
• Misty's eyes appear brown in two scenes: once at Charmaine's house, and again right after the Pichu are revealed to be extremely hungry.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 皮卡丘與皮丘 Czech Jablečný sad Dutch De Appel Coöperatie! Finnish Oy Omena European French La compagnie des pommes German Süße Früchte Hebrew הקרב על התפוחיםhakrav al hatapukhim Italian Il tempo delle mele Portuguese Brazil Uma Horta de Amigos! Portugal O Exército das Maçãs! Spanish Latin America ¡La compañía de manzanas! Spain Sociedad manzanil

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