EP048

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epcode=EP048 |
title_en=Holy Matrimony! |
title_ja=ガーディとコジロウ |
title_ja_trans=Gardie and Kojiro |
screen=yes |
screenshot=AHolyMatrimony.gif |
broadcast_jp=June 11, 1998 |
broadcast_us=March 13, 1999 |
en_series=Indigo League |
en_op=[[Pokémon Theme]] |
ja_op=[[Aim to Be a Pokémon Master|めざせポケモンマスター]] |
ja_ed=[[Pocket Fantasy|ポケットにファンタジー]] |
olmteam=Team Ota |
scenario=武上純希 |
storyboard=日高政光 |
director=小川浩司 |
art=志村泉 |
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epstaffpage=EP041-EP050 |
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'''Holy Matrimony!''' (Japanese: '''ガーディとコジロウ''' ''{{tt|Gardie and Kojiro|Growlithe and James}}'') is episode 48 of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 11, 1998, and in the United States on March 13, 1999.

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== Synopsis ==

{{Ash}}, {{AP|Pikachu}}, [[Misty]], and [[Brock]] are merrily walking across the countryside until they come across a poster of a young boy who bears a great resemblance to [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]]. Just then, a limousine shows up, and an old man asks the trio if they've seen the boy. Ash answers yes if it was James. Shortly after the old man takes the gang with him in the limo, [[Jessie]], James, and {{MTR}} also show up and look at the poster. Jessie and Meowth are convinced that the boy in the poster ''is'' James, but he denies it. Nevertheless, Team Rocket follow Ash and friends in the same direction.

The old man, who is revealed to be James' butler, tells Ash, Misty, Brock, and {{AP|Pikachu}} all about how James is a millionaire, yet ran away from his home at a young age, as well as show them a huge doghouse that belongs to James' favourite [[Pokémon]], [[Growlie]], as well as a gigantic mansion. Team Rocket have also arrived, yet James isn't very keen.

Once inside the mansion, the butler tells our heroes that James' parents died earlier that morning, and unless he marries his fiancée in 24 hours, all of James' money will go to charity.

As the gang wonder how to find him, Team Rocket fall off the roof, with Jessie and Meowth beating on James because he refuses to get married. Ash tells them to stop, and Brock agrees that it's James' decision on whether he wants to get married or not. James then tells everyone a story of when he died on a cold night with Growlie howling sadly. Everyone else is left crying, except Misty, who yells that the story is false because James is right here. James then makes a run for it, but Jessie and {{MTR}} lasso him back.

A few minutes later, James is wearing a blue suit, and Jessie and Meowth are wearing invisible costumes. They knock on the door, and the butler is pleased to see his master home again. He then takes James up to the room where his "deceased" parents rest in peace. But then, laughing can be heard from inside the coffins - and out jump James' parents, both alive! James knew that they would pull off a trick like this, and he tries to escape, but gets captured immediately. Ash and friends realize that this was all part of a big plan to get James to come home and get married.

Upstairs, James is really frightened to see his future wife, [[Jessiebelle]], who seems to be a dead ringer for Jessie. Then, they head down into the basement, where James's parents tell him that he needs to be taught a lesson for running away from home, as well as tell Jessie and Meowth that they saw them all the time and only pretended to not notice. After having fun cracking her whip at her future husband, Jessiebelle sicks her Pokémon, {{p|Vileplume}}, on James, knocking him out, along with everyone else (except his parents), with {{m|Stun Spore}}. Jessiebelle then vows to force James to become a gentleman even if it kills both of them.

Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, Jessie, and Meowth are then thrown out of the mansion, then hear a pounding on the doghouse door, which is burst open to reveal Growlie, as he rescues James from Jessiebelle and Vileplume.

James, Growlie, and the others hide in the doghouse. Jessie is disgusted by Jessiebelle's behaviour, and James explains that Jessiebelle is the real reason why he left home. Ever since the announcement of their engagement, Jessiebelle kept following James everywhere he went. A flashback shows a young James running out of his house with a young Jessiebelle, carrying an {{p|Oddish}}, far behind. As the flashback ends, James admits that if he marries Jessiebelle, it will be the worst mistake of his life. Growlie is the only real friend James has on this stuffy estate. Suddenly, Jessiebelle and {{p|Vileplume}} burst through the wall, sending Jessie and Meowth flying, and a [[Pokémon Battle|battle]] is on. Vileplume tries do another Stun Spore, but Growlie and {{AP|Pikachu}} shoot a combination of {{m|Ember}} and a {{m|ThunderShock}} right back at it, causing Jessiebelle and Vileplume to run away in fear.

Jessiebelle knocks James' parents into a pond of {{p|Magikarp}}, leaving them convinced that she's too good for their son. From the bushes, James says goodbye to [[Growlie]] and asks it to look after his parents, because James would rather live the free low-life with Team Rocket instead of the upper-crust lifestyle. Growlie howls sadly as James heads off.

Meanwhile, Jessie and Meowth are sad, because they think James got married to Jessiebelle. But then, they hear a familiar voice that says "Prepare for trouble." It is James, flying in the Meowth balloon, and he brings Jessie aboard and they vow to continue their own lifestyle. As Jessie and James look into each other's eyes, Meowth yells that they forgot him.

Finally, Ash, Misty, Brock, and {{AP|Pikachu}} are being chased by Jessiebelle, who's demanding that they help her find James.

== Major events ==

=== Debuts ===
*[[Jessiebelle]]
*[[Growlie]]
*[[James's parents]]

== Characters ==
=== Humans ===
* {{Ash}}
* [[Misty]]
* [[Brock]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[James's parents]]
* [[Jessiebelle]]


=== Pokémon ===
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Vileplume}}

* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Growlithe}} ({{OP|James|Growlithe}}; nicknamed ''Growlie'')
* {{p|Oddish}} ([[Jessiebelle]]'s; flashback)
* {{p|Vileplume}} ([[Jessiebelle]]'s)
* {{p|Magikarp}}

== Trivia ==
* James's faux flashback appears to be based upon Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story, [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=DosOrph.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all "The Little Orphan."] James (as a small child) is dressed like a street urchin, and dies in front of a painting of a choir of angels on a cold winter night. James recalls that "the boy departed this world" and that "he was found frozen solid." In "The Little Orphan," a young poor boy freezes to death in the cold on Christmas Eve. He wakes up in heaven to find himself surrounded by all the other forgotten children, looking up at the splendor of Jesus' Christmas tree.
* This is one of the few times Brock was easily fooled by a blatant lie told by Team Rocket. He was seen crying in mourning for James when he told the story that he was frozen near a church, and died (Ironic, considering how he's considered to be the wisest, most level headed person on the group).

=== Errors ===
=== Dub edits ===
*The poster with James's picture says 尋ね人 ''tazunebito'' (missing person) in the original. This is painted over with "Missing" in the dub.

* During a battle, Ash Commands Pickachu to use electric shock. This, however, is no move at all.

==In other languages==
* Brazilian Portuguese: '''{{tt|Sagrado Matrimônio|Holy Matrimony}}'''
* French: '''{{tt|Un sacré mariage|A holy marriage}}'''
* Italian: '''{{tt|Matrimonio in vista|Marriage ahead}}'''
* Latin American Spanish: '''{{tt|¡Santo matrimonio!|¡Holy matrimony!}}'''
* Spanish: '''{{tt|Sagrado matrimonio|Sacred matrimony}}'''
* Swedish: '''{{tt|Bröllop på gång|Marriage under way}}'''
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