EP248
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| One Trick Phony! | |
|---|---|
| バトルパーク！VSカメックス・リザードン・フシギバナ！ Battle Park! VS Kamex - Lizardon - Fushigibana! | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | May 16, 2002 |
| USA | May 17, 2003 |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | Believe in Me |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | Ready Go! |
| Ending | ポケッターリ・モンスターリ |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Ota |
| Screenplay | 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura |
| Storyboard | 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada |
| Assistant director | 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada |
| Animation director | 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane |
One Trick Phony! (Japanese: バトルパーク！VSカメックス・リザードン・フシギバナ！ Battle Park! VS Kamex - Lizardon - Fushigibana!) is episode 248 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 16, 2002 and in the United States on May 17, 2003.
Ash visits a Battle Park where he trains against a powerful Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
Contents |
Synopsis
Major events
- Team Rocket temporarily own a Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash Ketchum
- Brock
- Misty
- Jessie
- James
- Female trainer
- Park Warden
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Cyndaquil (Ash's)
- Totodile (Ash's)
- Politoed (Misty's)
- Arbok (Jessie's)
- Smoochum (Female trainer's; nicknamed Josephine)
- Venusaur
- Charizard
- Blastoise
Trivia
The battles are:
- Cyndaquil VS Venusaur (Venusaur wins)
- Totodile VS Charizard (Totodile wins)
- Pikachu VS Blastoise (Pikachu wins)
The English title to this episode is based on the saying One Trick Pony.
Errors
- When Blastoise gets attacked by Pikachu's Thunderbolt, Jessie commands it to use Withdraw and this move protects Blastoise from being hurt. However, Thunderbolt is a special move in all generations and using a Defense-raising move could not protect from it.
Dub edits
In other languages
- French: Tel est pris qui croyait prendre
- Italian: Uno strano parco
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Un gran enfrentamiento!
- Spanish: Pilla un Pokémon sorpresa
| 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 Shōji Yonemura | Episodes storyboarded and directed by Yūji Asada | Episodes animated by Masaaki Iwane
