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'''Having a Wailord of a Time''' (Japanese: '''はじめてのポケモンで大パニック!!''' ''The Great Starter Pokémon Panic!!'') is the 34th episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, and the 308th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 17, 2003 and in the United States on May 22, 2004.
* {{BMGf|4878|Dub review thread on BMGf}}
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While May trains Beautifly for the upcoming contest, she leaves Torchic with the others. Nurse Joy asks Ash and Max to look after the Starter Pokémon while waiting for the new Trainer to arrive. But when the Torchic runs off and evolves into a Combusken, will they be able to get away with having May's Torchic stand in its place? And which Starter will the girl choose?
'''Having a Wailord of a Time''' (Japanese: '''はじめてのポケモンで大パニック！！''' ''The Great {{tt|First Pokémon|First partner Pokémon}} Panic!!'') is the 34th episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]'', and the 308th episode of the [[Pokémon animated series]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 17, 2003, and in the United States on May 22, 2004.


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== Synopsis ==
==Blurb==
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The {{g|Contest}} is rapidly approaching, and May is training hard for it. She thinks about how she can't wait to battle Drew, and runs off to train with her Beautifly, leaving her Torchic with the others. Torchic feels left out and upset as it watches its trainer running off.
<i>May is eagerly preparing her Beautifly for the Pokémon Contest while Max watches her Torchic. He is debating which Pokémon he will begin with when he comes of age. May discovers a beached Wailord and contacts Nurse Joy at the Pokémon Center. Joy and Brock rush to help while Ash and Max are left to take care of the Pokémon Center.


Ash, Brock, Max and all their Pokémon are eating when Max jumps up. He is annoyed because May keeps leaving Torchic alone; it seems like she doesn't care about Torchic anymore, only Beautifly. Ash explains that it's OK, Torchic will always be special to May because it was her first Pokémon. Max wants to know what Brock's first Pokémon was and Brock remembers back to his tenth birthday when he woke up and found an Onix leaning into his room with a red ribbon around its neck. He and his father (Flint) sat on Onix's head and watched the sunrise. Max imagines the Pokémon he will have when he becomes a Pokémon Trainer, thinking that his father could give him anything, even a Slakoth. In the imagination bubble, Slakoth falls on top of Max and squashes him.
Team Rocket decides to try to steal the Wailord. At the Pokémon Center, Ash, Max and all the Pokémon are having a difficult time capturing a particularly troublesome Torchic. The Torchic evolves into a Combusken, which is an even bigger headache, especially because a new Trainer is coming to choose between a Torchic, Mudkip, or Treecko. Team Rocket tries to steal Wailord, but the newly evolved Combusken foils their plans and sends them blasting off again. The new Trainer chooses Mudkip and Combusken is invited to stay and guard the Pokémon Center.</i>


Nurse Joy comes by on her way to do her rounds of the Pokémon, and Brock grabs her and insists on coming with her (even when she says she doesn't need help). Joy suggests that they all come along to check on the Pokémon. She sees Mudkip, Torchic and Treecko all eating, and is surprised at their great condition, telling the gang that there is a new trainer coming to the Pokémon Center to choose a Starter Pokémon. The gang follow Joy to another room, where Max is allowed to release the Pokémon from their Poké Balls. The Torchic is in a fighting mood; the Mudkip bursts into tears and is comforted by Brock's Mudkip, while the Treecko clasps its hands together and simpers (apparently a female, due to its interest in Ash's Treecko and the way it holds a flower in its mouth as compared to Ash's Treecko holding a twig). Max gets very excited when saying "Treecko, I choose you!" because it's something he always wanted to say.
==Plot==
The next [[Pokémon Contest]] is rapidly approaching, and {{an|May}} is {{pkmn|training}} hard for it. She declares that she cannot wait to battle [[Drew]] and rushes off to train with {{TP|May|Beautifly}}, leaving her {{TP|May|Torchic}} with the others. Torchic feels left out and upset as it watches its Trainer run off. Inside the [[Pokémon Center]], {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}}, [[Max]] and all their {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} are eating when Max pipes up suddenly. He is annoyed that May keeps leaving Torchic alone; it seems like she doesn't care about Torchic anymore, only Beautifly. Ash and Brock reassure him that Torchic will always be special to May, as it was her first Pokémon. Max wants to know what Brock's first Pokémon was, and Brock remembers back to his tenth birthday when he woke up and found an {{TP|Brock|Onix}} leaning into his room with a red ribbon around its neck. He and his father, {{ka|Flint}}, then sat on Onix's head and watched the sunrise together. Max imagines the Pokémon he will have when he becomes a [[Pokémon Trainer]], thinking that [[Norman|his father]] could give him anything, even a {{p|Slakoth}}. However, the image of Slakoth squashing him shakes Max from his fantasies.


A video call from a rather panicked May comes in. She explains that there's a Wailord beached where she's training, and Nurse Joy runs off to help it, telling the kids to look after the three starters and not let them go outside because they're not used to it. Brock follows her. Team Rocket are standing outside the window and hear about the Wailord. They decide they want to catch it.
[[Nurse Joy]] walks past while doing her rounds. Brock enthusiastically asks if she needs any assistance, but she politely turns him down. She then focuses her attention on {{TP|Brock|Mudkip}}, Torchic and {{TP|Ash|Treecko}} as they eat and is impressed by their great condition. She informs the boys that there is a new Trainer coming to the Pokémon Center to choose one of the three [[Hoenn first partner Pokémon]] under her care and is actually on her way to give them a checkup before the Trainer arrives. Brock once again pushes his services onto an uncomfortable Nurse Joy, who this time accepts the offer, stating that she could actually use all of their help. Down by the beach, May is practicing with Beautifly for the contest when the pair notices a beached {{p|Wailord}}. Back at the Pokémon Center, Ash and the others are now standing with Nurse Joy in a room that resembles a mini-laboratory. Joy explains that since there is no Pokémon Laboratory in town, all of the new trainers begin their journeys there. She then allows Max to release the first partner Pokémon from their {{i|Poké Ball}}s. He releases a determined-looking {{p|Torchic}} first, followed by a {{p|Mudkip}} that bursts into tears and is comforted by Brock's Mudkip. Finally, and most eagerly, Max sends out {{p|Treecko}}, who clasps its hands together and simpers. The excitement is interrupted by a sudden video call from a rather panicked May. She explains the situation about the beached Wailord that she discovered while training. Nurse Joy rushes off to help it, telling the kids to look after the three first partner Pokémon. She instructs them not to let them go outside because they are not used to the outdoors yet. An infatuated Brock decides to accompany Nurse Joy instead. Max is feeling really excited to take care of Pokémon for the first time. Meanwhile, {{TRT}} is standing outside the window. Having hear about the Wailord, they decide they're going to catch it. The trio proudly declares that a big Pokémon means a big promotion.


The Pokémon Center's Torchic runs off towards the outside. It seems rather strong; every time one of Ash's or Brock's Pokémon (or May's Torchic) tries to stop it, it attacks them and keeps going, even Corphish. Corphish tries to attack it but Ash stops it from hurting the smaller Pokémon. Pikachu stops it momentarily with its lightning cheeks, but it pulls a tears-in-its-eyes trick and Pikachu relaxes and lets down its guard, allowing the PC Torchic to run by again. It makes it outside and Corphish chases it, attacking it to make it stop. Accidentally, the Torchic evolves into a Combusken. Ash and Max are less than amused. They panic.
Back inside, the Pokémon Center's Torchic runs off in an attempt to get outside. Ash calls on his Treecko, May's Torchic, and Brock's Mudkip for help. Torchic gets overwhelmed by the other Torchic’s pecks, while Mudkip gets kicked aside. Ash asks {{AP|Pikachu}} for its help as well, and the Mouse Pokémon quickly springs into action, blocking the Torchic's path and sparking its cheeks at it. This temporarily brings it to a halt; however, some fake waterworks are all it takes to throw off Pikachu, allowing Torchic to hit him with an [[Ember (move)|Ember]] attack, and continue its pursuit to freedom. Treecko is the next to step up, and it only takes one glare from the Wood Gecko Pokémon to unnerve the rebellious Torchic. Max scoops Torchic up in his arms, seemingly putting its escape attempt to an end; however, a few pecks to his hands and it is once again on the move. Ash sends out his {{AP|Corphish}} to stop it, but Torchic attacks it with a flurry of scratches before bouncing off into the great outdoors. Ash and Max give chase, while an angry Corphish tries to battle the runaway Torchic but gets surprisingly overpowered by the feisty Chick Pokémon. The feat accidentally causes the Torchic to [[Evolution|evolve]] into a {{p|Combusken}}, sending Ash and Max into a state of panic. After weighing all their options, including trying to pass off the newly evolved Combusken as May's own Torchic, they decide that the best solution is to substitute May's Torchic for the evolved one and try to stop the new Trainer from choosing it.


Ash and Max decide that the only thing to do is to substitute May's Torchic for the evolved one, and try to stop the Trainer from choosing it. They flinch as they imagine what May would do if she caught them, so they just have to keep her away.
Later, May, Brock and Nurse Joy have returned to the Pokémon Center after giving the Wailord a clean bill of health. May is sitting at a table with Beautifly when Max brings her a cup of tea. He asks her if she needs anything else, and May starts to get a bit suspicious of the nice treatment. Meanwhile, {{OBP|Stephanie|AG034}}, the young Trainer, is inspecting the first partner Pokémon with [[Stephanie's father|her father]]. She is very indecisive and cannot choose between the trio. Suddenly, a loud banging noise is heard, which is shown to be Combusken trying to break down a door to a room Ash and Max have hidden it in. Nurse Joy questions what the noise is, and Ash assures her it is just the wind. Stephanie continues to mull over her choices, while Ash tries to persuade her into choosing Mudkip or Treecko. Looking at Torchic, Stephanie says that she chooses it, and Ash quickly tries to talk her out of it by claiming it's the worst choice a Trainer could start off with. In the other room, May finishes her tea before asking Max where Torchic is. Max slightly panics before telling her Torchic is outside. May heads for the door to go find it. Max tries to stop her, which leads to her getting very suspicious and demanding he tell her what happened to her Torchic. Back to Stephanie, and she is still unable to decide who to pick as her first partner Pokémon. Ash is still trying to push Mudkip and Treecko on her when May bursts into the room. Happy to see her, Torchic leaps into May's arms, who hugs it before demanding to know what is going on. On cue, Combusken breaks out of its hiding spot to the surprise of Nurse Joy. With the jig up, Ash and Max are left to explain what happened.


It turns out that the Wailord will be fine, and it just needs to rest a bit. May and Joy return to the Pokémon Center. May sits down and Max brings her a cup of tea, asking her if she needs anything else. She starts to get a bit suspicious and asks where her Torchic is. Max freaks slightly and says it's outside. She heads for the door to go find it. Max tries to stop her and she gets really suspicious.
An abrupt noise then alerts everyone to Wailord being hulled away in the air by a sling with the Team Rocket "R" logo printed on it. They run outside and spot Team Rocket in their [[Team Rocket's mechas|balloon]], who go on to recite their {{motto}}. Before Ash and Pikachu can take action, Combusken attacks the balloon with [[Flamethrower (move)|Flamethrower]]. It then jumps into the air and severs the ropes holding the Wailord with a swift kick, freeing it and sending it falling back into the sea. As Team Rocket comes crashing down, Pikachu uses {{m|Thunderbolt}} to send Team Rocket blasting off. Stephanie and her father applaud Ash's efforts, with the father even admitting that this is the first time he has ever appreciated Pokémon. Nurse Joy tells Stephanie that Combusken is probably not the best choice for a beginner, so she chooses Mudkip. Treecko gets upset and starts to cry. Stephanie's father looks at Treecko and becomes moved by it. He says that he'd like to have Treecko, and asks Nurse Joy if it is too late for him to become a Trainer. She assures him that it is fine, and so Mudkip and Treecko prepare for a new life with their new Trainers. Meanwhile, Nurse Joy decides to keep Combusken as a guard Pokémon at the Pokémon Center, and Max looks forward to the day when he will get his first Pokémon.


Meanwhile, on the other side of the same door, Stephanie, the young Trainer, is inspecting the Starter Pokémon with her father. She's very indecisive and can't choose between them. She stops in front of Torchic and says that she chooses it, but Ash says "Forget it!" She doesn't quite hear him and Ash quickly covers up by saying that Torchic is a bad choice, because it's smelly and noisy and disobedient etc. There is a banging noise and Nurse Joy doesn't know what it is, but Ash says it's just the wind. May comes into the room, and her Torchic sees her and runs to her. She hugs it and demands to know what's going on. This is when Combusken, who Ash and Max hid in a cupboard, bursts out. Nurse Joy is surprised at this and Ash and Max explain what happened.
==Major events==
[[File:Young Brock Onix.png|thumb|220px|Brock revealing how he got his Onix]]
* {{an|Brock}}'s [[first partner Pokémon]] is revealed to be his {{TP|Brock|Onix}}.
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They look out the window and see Wailord floating in the sky, high above them, in a sling with the Team Rocket "R" on them. They run outside and saw Team Rocket, in their balloon, reciting their motto. Then, Combusken jumps up and attacks the balloon. The ropes holding the Wailord are cut and it falls into the sea. Pikachu attacks Team Rocket and they blast off before falling down again.
===Debuts===
 
====Pokémon debuts====
Nurse Joy tells Stephanie that Combusken probably isn't the best choice for a beginner, so she chooses Mudkip. Treecko gets upset and starts to cry. Stephanie's father looks at Treecko and gets upset too, and asks if it's too late for him to have Treecko and become a Trainer. The others assure him that it is fine, so Mudkip and Treecko prepare for a new life on the road with their new Trainers.
 
== Major events ==
* Brock's starter Pokémon, {{TP|Brock|Onix}} is revealed.
 
=== Debuts ===
*{{p|Combusken}}
*{{p|Combusken}}
*{{p|Slakoth}}
*{{p|Wailord}}
*{{p|Wailord}}


== Characters ==
==Characters==
=== Humans ===
===Humans===
* {{Ash}}
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|May}}
* {{an|May}}
* [[Brock]]
* {{an|Brock}}
* [[Max]]
* [[Max]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[James]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* [[Drew]] (flashback)
* {{ka|Flint}} (flashback)
* {{ka|Flint}} (flashback)
* {{ho|Stephanie}}
* {{OBP|Stephanie|AG034}}
* Stephanie's father
* [[Stephanie's father]]
* Contestants
* Girl (fantasy)


=== Pokémon ===
===Pokémon===
[[Who’s That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Lotad}}
[[File:WTP AG034.png|thumb|200px|right|Who's That Pokémon?]]
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Lotad}}
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}})
* {{p|Taillow}} ({{OP|Ash|Taillow}})
* {{p|Taillow}} ({{OP|Ash|Taillow}})
* {{p|Treecko}} ({{OP|Ash|Treecko}})
* {{p|Treecko}} ({{OP|Ash|Treecko}})
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* {{p|Lotad}} ({{OP|Brock|Lotad}})
* {{p|Lotad}} ({{OP|Brock|Lotad}})
* {{p|Mudkip}} ({{OP|Brock|Mudkip}})
* {{p|Mudkip}} ({{OP|Brock|Mudkip}})
* {{p|Roselia}} ({{OP|Drew|Roselia}})
* {{p|Combusken}} ([[Nurse Joy]]'s; newly evolved; debut)
* {{p|Slakoth}} ([[Norman]]'s; flashback, debut)
* {{p|Roselia}} ({{OP|Drew|Roselia}}; flashback)
* {{p|Treecko}} ([[starter Pokémon]])
* {{p|Treecko}} ([[first partner Pokémon]]; given to [[Stephanie's father]])
* {{p|Torchic}} ([[starter Pokémon]] evolves)
* {{p|Torchic}} ([[first partner Pokémon]]; evolves)
* {{p|Mudkip}} ([[starter Pokémon]])
* {{p|Mudkip}} ([[first partner Pokémon]]; given to {{OBP|Stephanie|AG034}})
* {{p|Combusken}} ({{g|Center}} guard, newly evolved, debut)
* {{p|Slakoth}} (fantasy)
* {{p|Wingull}} (unnamed contestant's)
* {{p|Wingull}} (contestant's)
* {{p|Azurill}} (unnamed contestant's)
* {{p|Azurill}} (contestant's)
* {{p|Aggron}} (unnamed contestant's)
* {{p|Aggron}} (contestant's)
* {{p|Wailord}} (debut)
* {{p|Wailord}} (debut)


== Trivia ==
==Trivia==
*The English dub is based on the phrase "having a whale of a time"
* [[Advance Adventure]] is used as background music.
* Ash telling Brock that his father sounds cool, receives the reply "I guess..."  This presumably is a response to when he abandoned his family.
* The English dub title is based on the phrase "Having a whale of a time".
* This was the last episode to air before ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'' debuted in Japanese theaters.
* This was the last episode to air before [[M06]] debuted in Japanese theaters.
* Exactly [[AG134|100 episodes later]] (initially 101, due to the [[AG101 (unaired)|canceled episode]]), Brock would return to the [[Pewter Gym]] to see his family and {{TP|Brock|Onix}}. This would also be the last time he would see his Onix before it evolved into a {{p|Steelix}} prior to ''[[AG177|Grating Spaces]]''.
* The [[Hoenn first partner Pokémon]] featured in this episode seemed to have the opposite personalities of the main characters' Hoenn first partner Pokémon. The {{p|Torchic}} is tough and cocky; the {{p|Treecko}} is gentler and tends to put a flower in its mouth because, unlike the {{AP|Treecko}} that {{Ash}} owned, that Treecko was a female; and the {{p|Mudkip}} was cowardly.
=== Errors ===
* When Ash and [[Max]] think about what will happen if they swap [[May's Torchic]] for the {{p|Combusken}}, Max says, "Congratulations, {{an|May}}! Your Torchic evolved into Combusken!" This is a reference to the message displayed when a Pokémon evolves in the {{pkmn|games}}.
* This episode is featured on ''Volume 19: Torchic'' from [[Viz Media]]'s {{OBP|Pokémon All-Stars|Region 1}} series.
 
===Errors===
* In the scene where Max brings May a cup of tea, [[May's Beautifly]] disappears.


=== Dub edits ===
===Dub edits===


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
* French: '''{{tt|Un Poussifeu bien capricieux|A quite capricious Torchic}}
{{Epilang|color=9999FF|bordercolor=FF7777
* Italian: '''{{tt|Evoluzione a sorpresa|Surprising evolution}}'''
|zh_cmn={{tt|最初拿到的神奇寶貝，大混亂！|Pokémon Starters, Big Chaos!}}
* Latin American Spanish: '''{{tt|¡El primer Pokémon!|The stater Pokémon!}}'''
|da={{tt|Masser af gang i den|Lots of things going on}}
* Portuguese: {{tt|'''Cadê o Meu Torchic?'''|Where is my Torchic?}}
|nl={{tt|Een Wailord in nood|A Wailord in distress}}
* Spanish: '''{{tt|Salvar a Wailord|Save Wailord}}'''
|de={{tt|ein Wailord für alle Fälle|A Wailord for all events}}
|fr_eu={{tt|Un Poussifeu bien capricieux|A quite capricious Torchic}}
|he=להציל את וויילרד{{tt|lehatsil et Wailord|Free Wailord}} {{tt|*|a reference to the movie Free Willie}}
|hi=Wailord मुससीबत में है! {{tt|''Wailord mussibat mein hain!''|Wailord is in trouble!}} {{tt|*|Hungama dub}}
|it={{tt|Evoluzione a sorpresa|Surprising evolution}}
|ko={{tt|초보 트레이너와 첫번째 포켓몬|Beginner Trainer and the First Pokémon}}
|no={{tt|Havets kjempe|The giant of the sea}}
|pl={{tt|Twój pierwszy Pokémon|Your first Pokémon}}
|ru={{tt|Освободите Вэйлорда|Free Wailord}} {{tt|*|written title}}<br>{{tt|Визит Вэйлорда|Wailord's visit}} {{tt|*|spoken title}}
|pt_br={{tt|Cadê o meu Torchic?|Where is my Torchic?}}
|pt_eu={{tt|Muita Diversão com o Wailord|Fun with the Wailord}}
|es_la={{tt|¡El primer Pokémon!|The starter Pokémon!}}
|es_eu={{tt|Salvar a Wailord|Save Wailord}}
|sv={{tt|Stephanies val!|Stephanie's choice!}}
|th={{tt|เรื่องวุ่นวายกับเหล่าโปเกมอนเริ่มต้น!!|The Panic with Pokémon Starters!!}}
}}
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Having a Wailord of a Time
AG034.png
AG034   EP308
はじめてのポケモンで大パニック！！
The Great First Pokémon Panic!!
First broadcast
Japan July 17, 2003
United States May 22, 2004
English themes
Opening I Wanna Be a Hero
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening アドバンス・アドベンチャー
Ending ポルカ・オ・ドルカ
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui
Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe
Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura
Additional credits

Having a Wailord of a Time (Japanese: はじめてのポケモンで大パニック！！ The Great First Pokémon Panic!!) is the 34th episode of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, and the 308th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 17, 2003, and in the United States on May 22, 2004.

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Blurb

May is eagerly preparing her Beautifly for the Pokémon Contest while Max watches her Torchic. He is debating which Pokémon he will begin with when he comes of age. May discovers a beached Wailord and contacts Nurse Joy at the Pokémon Center. Joy and Brock rush to help while Ash and Max are left to take care of the Pokémon Center.

Team Rocket decides to try to steal the Wailord. At the Pokémon Center, Ash, Max and all the Pokémon are having a difficult time capturing a particularly troublesome Torchic. The Torchic evolves into a Combusken, which is an even bigger headache, especially because a new Trainer is coming to choose between a Torchic, Mudkip, or Treecko. Team Rocket tries to steal Wailord, but the newly evolved Combusken foils their plans and sends them blasting off again. The new Trainer chooses Mudkip and Combusken is invited to stay and guard the Pokémon Center.

Plot

The next Pokémon Contest is rapidly approaching, and May is training hard for it. She declares that she cannot wait to battle Drew and rushes off to train with Beautifly, leaving her Torchic with the others. Torchic feels left out and upset as it watches its Trainer run off. Inside the Pokémon Center, Ash, Brock, Max and all their Pokémon are eating when Max pipes up suddenly. He is annoyed that May keeps leaving Torchic alone; it seems like she doesn't care about Torchic anymore, only Beautifly. Ash and Brock reassure him that Torchic will always be special to May, as it was her first Pokémon. Max wants to know what Brock's first Pokémon was, and Brock remembers back to his tenth birthday when he woke up and found an Onix leaning into his room with a red ribbon around its neck. He and his father, Flint, then sat on Onix's head and watched the sunrise together. Max imagines the Pokémon he will have when he becomes a Pokémon Trainer, thinking that his father could give him anything, even a Slakoth. However, the image of Slakoth squashing him shakes Max from his fantasies.

Nurse Joy walks past while doing her rounds. Brock enthusiastically asks if she needs any assistance, but she politely turns him down. She then focuses her attention on Mudkip, Torchic and Treecko as they eat and is impressed by their great condition. She informs the boys that there is a new Trainer coming to the Pokémon Center to choose one of the three Hoenn first partner Pokémon under her care and is actually on her way to give them a checkup before the Trainer arrives. Brock once again pushes his services onto an uncomfortable Nurse Joy, who this time accepts the offer, stating that she could actually use all of their help. Down by the beach, May is practicing with Beautifly for the contest when the pair notices a beached Wailord. Back at the Pokémon Center, Ash and the others are now standing with Nurse Joy in a room that resembles a mini-laboratory. Joy explains that since there is no Pokémon Laboratory in town, all of the new trainers begin their journeys there. She then allows Max to release the first partner Pokémon from their Poké Balls. He releases a determined-looking Torchic first, followed by a Mudkip that bursts into tears and is comforted by Brock's Mudkip. Finally, and most eagerly, Max sends out Treecko, who clasps its hands together and simpers. The excitement is interrupted by a sudden video call from a rather panicked May. She explains the situation about the beached Wailord that she discovered while training. Nurse Joy rushes off to help it, telling the kids to look after the three first partner Pokémon. She instructs them not to let them go outside because they are not used to the outdoors yet. An infatuated Brock decides to accompany Nurse Joy instead. Max is feeling really excited to take care of Pokémon for the first time. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is standing outside the window. Having hear about the Wailord, they decide they're going to catch it. The trio proudly declares that a big Pokémon means a big promotion.

Back inside, the Pokémon Center's Torchic runs off in an attempt to get outside. Ash calls on his Treecko, May's Torchic, and Brock's Mudkip for help. Torchic gets overwhelmed by the other Torchic’s pecks, while Mudkip gets kicked aside. Ash asks Pikachu for its help as well, and the Mouse Pokémon quickly springs into action, blocking the Torchic's path and sparking its cheeks at it. This temporarily brings it to a halt; however, some fake waterworks are all it takes to throw off Pikachu, allowing Torchic to hit him with an Ember attack, and continue its pursuit to freedom. Treecko is the next to step up, and it only takes one glare from the Wood Gecko Pokémon to unnerve the rebellious Torchic. Max scoops Torchic up in his arms, seemingly putting its escape attempt to an end; however, a few pecks to his hands and it is once again on the move. Ash sends out his Corphish to stop it, but Torchic attacks it with a flurry of scratches before bouncing off into the great outdoors. Ash and Max give chase, while an angry Corphish tries to battle the runaway Torchic but gets surprisingly overpowered by the feisty Chick Pokémon. The feat accidentally causes the Torchic to evolve into a Combusken, sending Ash and Max into a state of panic. After weighing all their options, including trying to pass off the newly evolved Combusken as May's own Torchic, they decide that the best solution is to substitute May's Torchic for the evolved one and try to stop the new Trainer from choosing it.

Later, May, Brock and Nurse Joy have returned to the Pokémon Center after giving the Wailord a clean bill of health. May is sitting at a table with Beautifly when Max brings her a cup of tea. He asks her if she needs anything else, and May starts to get a bit suspicious of the nice treatment. Meanwhile, Stephanie, the young Trainer, is inspecting the first partner Pokémon with her father. She is very indecisive and cannot choose between the trio. Suddenly, a loud banging noise is heard, which is shown to be Combusken trying to break down a door to a room Ash and Max have hidden it in. Nurse Joy questions what the noise is, and Ash assures her it is just the wind. Stephanie continues to mull over her choices, while Ash tries to persuade her into choosing Mudkip or Treecko. Looking at Torchic, Stephanie says that she chooses it, and Ash quickly tries to talk her out of it by claiming it's the worst choice a Trainer could start off with. In the other room, May finishes her tea before asking Max where Torchic is. Max slightly panics before telling her Torchic is outside. May heads for the door to go find it. Max tries to stop her, which leads to her getting very suspicious and demanding he tell her what happened to her Torchic. Back to Stephanie, and she is still unable to decide who to pick as her first partner Pokémon. Ash is still trying to push Mudkip and Treecko on her when May bursts into the room. Happy to see her, Torchic leaps into May's arms, who hugs it before demanding to know what is going on. On cue, Combusken breaks out of its hiding spot to the surprise of Nurse Joy. With the jig up, Ash and Max are left to explain what happened.

An abrupt noise then alerts everyone to Wailord being hulled away in the air by a sling with the Team Rocket "R" logo printed on it. They run outside and spot Team Rocket in their balloon, who go on to recite their motto. Before Ash and Pikachu can take action, Combusken attacks the balloon with Flamethrower. It then jumps into the air and severs the ropes holding the Wailord with a swift kick, freeing it and sending it falling back into the sea. As Team Rocket comes crashing down, Pikachu uses Thunderbolt to send Team Rocket blasting off. Stephanie and her father applaud Ash's efforts, with the father even admitting that this is the first time he has ever appreciated Pokémon. Nurse Joy tells Stephanie that Combusken is probably not the best choice for a beginner, so she chooses Mudkip. Treecko gets upset and starts to cry. Stephanie's father looks at Treecko and becomes moved by it. He says that he'd like to have Treecko, and asks Nurse Joy if it is too late for him to become a Trainer. She assures him that it is fine, and so Mudkip and Treecko prepare for a new life with their new Trainers. Meanwhile, Nurse Joy decides to keep Combusken as a guard Pokémon at the Pokémon Center, and Max looks forward to the day when he will get his first Pokémon.

Major events

Brock revealing how he got his Onix
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Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Lotad

Trivia

  • Advance Adventure is used as background music.
  • The English dub title is based on the phrase "Having a whale of a time".
  • This was the last episode to air before M06 debuted in Japanese theaters.
  • The Hoenn first partner Pokémon featured in this episode seemed to have the opposite personalities of the main characters' Hoenn first partner Pokémon. The Torchic is tough and cocky; the Treecko is gentler and tends to put a flower in its mouth because, unlike the Treecko that Ash owned, that Treecko was a female; and the Mudkip was cowardly.
  • When Ash and Max think about what will happen if they swap May's Torchic for the Combusken, Max says, "Congratulations, May! Your Torchic evolved into Combusken!" This is a reference to the message displayed when a Pokémon evolves in the games.
  • This episode is featured on Volume 19: Torchic from Viz Media's Pokémon All-Stars series.

Errors

  • In the scene where Max brings May a cup of tea, May's Beautifly disappears.

Dub edits

In other languages



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