EP264

Mother of All Battles

EP264   バンギラスとヨーギラス！ Bangiras and Yogiras!

First broadcast Japan September 5, 2002 United States September 15, 2003

English themes Opening Believe in Me

Japanese themes Opening Ready Go! Ending ポケッターリ・モンスターリ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 誌村宏明 Hiroaki Shimura Assistant director 誌村宏明 Hiroaki Shimura Animation director 宍戸久美子 Kumiko Shishido No additional credits are available at this time.

Mother of All Battles (Japanese: バンギラスとヨーギラス！ Bangiras and Yogiras!) is the 264th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 5, 2002 and in the United States on September 15, 2003.

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Synopsis

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After many days of travel, Ash and friends finally reach the area where their Larvitar was born. They soon encounter a Tyranitar that they recognize from Larvitar’s visions to be its mother. Unfortunately, this Tyranitar mistakes them for the poachers that had stolen her child. Our heroes struggle to convince the mother Tyranitar of their good intentions, but to no avail. Things only get worse when the actual poachers arrive, intent on capturing not only the child, but its mother as well...

Major events

• Ash leaves Larvitar with its mother at Ranger Mason's preserve.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Croconaw

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Pokémon Poacher Brothers
• Ranger Mason
• Other rangers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Shuckle

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Larvitar (Ash's; leaves)
• Crobat (Brock's)
• Croconaw (Ranger Mason's; debut)
• Tyranitar

Trivia

Errors

• When Tyranitar is being shocked, Brock says "How can you do that when he can't defend itself". The Tyranitar in question is the mother of the Larvitar which means it is female.

Dub edits

In other languages

• Finnish: Kaikkien taisteluiden äiti
• French: Qui vole un oeuf... *
• German. Glücklich vereint
• Hebrew: אם כל הקרבות em kol hakravot
• Italian: Ritorno a casa
• Portuguese
  • Brazilian Portuguese: A Mãe de Todas as Batalhas
  • Iberian Portuguese: A Mãe de Todas as Batalhas!
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: La madre de todas las batallas
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡La madre de todas las batallas!

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