EP170

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EP170   ツボツボVSマダツボミ Tsubotsubo VS Madatsubomi

First broadcast Japan October 26, 2000 United States October 13, 2001

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ポケモンはらはらリレー

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki Assistant director 岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki Animation director 福本勝 Masaru Fukumoto No additional credits are available at this time.

A Better Pill to Swallow (Japanese: ツボツボVSマダツボミ Tsubotsubo VS Madatsubomi) is episode 170 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 26, 2000 and in the United States on October 13, 2001.

The group search for a Shuckle that can produce special juice but Team Rocket steal it and drink the juice themselves. This makes all the Pokémon in the area fall in love with them... including Pikachu.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Major events

Debuts

• Shuckle

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James
• Old Man Shuckle

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Eevee

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Shuckle (alternate color)
• Bellsprout (Spoopy; Old Man Shuckle's)
• Beedrill (eight)
• Shuckle (many)
• Ursaring (six)

Fantasised Pokémon:

• Machop
• Machoke
• Charmander
• Squirtle
• Gyarados
• Spearow (four)
• Beedrill (three)

Trivia

The dub title is a reference to the phrase "a bitter pill to swallow"

In other languages

• French: Le remède miracle
• Italian: Come domare un Pokémon
• Latin American Spanish: ¡El elixir del amor!
• Spanish: Una píldora más fácil de tragar

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.