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Poké Ball Peril
なんごくポケモンとＧＳボール Southern Land Pokémon and the GS Ball
Broadcast dates
Japan	February 11, 1999
USA	January 15, 2000
Theme songs
Opening	Pokémon Theme
Japanese theme songs
Opening	ライバル！
Ending	タイプ・ワイルド
Credits
Animation	Team Ota
Screenplay	冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard	小林清志 Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Assistant director	えがみきよし Kiyoshi Egami
Animation director	藤田正幸 Masayuki Fujita

Poké Ball Peril (Japanese: なんごくポケモンとＧＳボール Southern Land Pokémon and the GS Ball) is episode 83 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 11, 1999 and in the United States on January 15, 2000.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Major events 2.1 Debuts 3 Characters 3.1 Humans 3.2 Pokémon 4 Trivia 4.1 Errors 4.2 Dub edits 5 In other languages

Synopsis

After a crash landing on Valencia Island, Ash, Misty and Brock arrive at Professor Ivy's lab and retrieve the mysterious GS Ball. Brock is impressed by Professor Ivy and she in turn is impressed by Brock’s knowledge of Pokémon food. After rescuing Professor Ivy from a Vileplume Stun Spore, Brock decides to stay with her and her three research assistants to help clean the messy lab and to learn more about Pokémon breeding. So Ash and Misty leave without him, once again taking off on the Team Rocket blimp. And once again, Jigglypuff shows up to put everyone to sleep. Where will the blimp take Ash and Misty this time?

Major events

• Ash obtains the GS Ball.
• Brock decides to be Professor Ivy's assistant.
• The notion of Pokéshipping made its official debut in the anime.

Debuts

• Professor Ivy

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Ivy
• Professor Ivy's assistants

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Lapras

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Zubat (Brock's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Chansey (Pokémon Center's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Butterfree
• Raticate
• Nidoran♀
• Nidoran♂
• Vileplume
• Paras
• Poliwhirl
• Weepinbell
• Cloyster
• Magikarp
• Gyarados

Trivia

Errors

• While this episode marks the beginning of the Orange Islands arc, both KidsWB! and Cartoon Network aired the first season intro instead of the Orange Islands theme for this episode and the previous.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Le danger Poké Ball
• Italian: Arrivederci Brock
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Peligro Pokébola!
• Spanish: Peligro Pokéball