EP225

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Original series

EP226 : Espeon, Not Included →

Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!

EP225   さよならフシギダネ！オーキドていのぼうけん！！ Farewell Fushigidane! Adventure at Professor Oak's

First broadcast Japan November 22, 2001 United States September 23, 2002

English themes Opening Believe in Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター (Whiteberry) Ending 前向きロケット団！

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Bulbasaur... the Ambassador! (Japanese: さよならフシギダネ！オーキドていのぼうけん！！ Farewell Fushigidane! Adventure at Professor Oak's) is the 225th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on November 22, 2001 and in the United States on September 23, 2002.

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

Synopsis

The gang is on their way back to Ecruteak City to get to Mahogany Town. On their way down a hill, a couple of milk cans start to roll down. They break into a run until someone says to catch them so they stop and grab them. They carry the cans up towards a truck driver who asks where they're going. Since the gang helped out with the cans, the driver says he'll give them a ride along the route to a destination closer to Ecruteak. They get to an airport with a blimp waiting. Team Rocket is later spying on them, seeing if there would be a way inside the blimp. They sneak onto the cargo hold and look around. They come to a freezer and decide to go in, except the door latch closes on them when they go in. After a while, they notice the door is stuck, and by the time they knock it down, they're frozen. Since the blimp is making another ascent, they slide out of the blimp.

After they land, Ash gives Professor Oak a call at a nearby rest house, except nobody's there when he calls. Mimey pops up eventually, followed by Ash's mom. Ash wonders what's going on when Oak and Tracey come into view. It looks like they're having a little problem with the Pokémon in the area. Three different groups of the Oddish evolutionary line, the Hoppip evolutionary line, and some Template:Type2 Pokémon won't cooperate with each other in order to share a lake. Oak suggests to Ash that he should send Bulbasaur to them because Bulbasaur might be able to help out. Ash does so and hopes that Bulbasaur could solve the problem.

Tracey, Oak, and Bulbasaur set off to the lake. Along the way, Heracross comes by happily and yet again sucks Bulbasaur's bulb, resulting in Bulbasaur whipping Heracross with Vine Whip. After arriving, Bulbasaur rushes up to the three groups of Pokémon. Bulbasaur tries to talk them into sharing the lake and also puts a Bellossom in front of a Jumpluff, but instead gets slapped by the Bellossom. Afterward, it tries to move a Jumpluff in front of a Poliwhirl, but gets Tackled by the Jumpluff and slapped by the Poliwhirl. This continues on until all three groups turn on Bulbasaur and start a fight. Tracey tries to help by sending out his Pokémon but the fight ends up with Bulbasaur releasing a SolarBeam straight up into the sky. Stunned, all the grass Pokémon respect Bulbasaur and each other.

After the quarrel is solved, Bulbasaur decides to get to work. Oak and Tracey stand by to watch, Tracey taping the whole event. Bulbasaur and Marill show the grass types a blank field, then cut the grass to make a patch of barren land, and started to dig up the sand. The others got the idea and started to dig in the clearing. After a while, Bulbasaur hit something hard, hard dirt which they can't dig through. Bulbasaur runs off towards the Poliwhirl from before. The Poliwhirl declines for a while, but Bulbasaur persists. Eventually, the Poliwhirl agrees. Bulbasaur later talks with a Sandslash; the Sandslash also agrees to help out with the problem.

Soon, all the Pokémon are working on creating a new lake. Ash's mom and Mimey come by later, both with bags of Pokémon food for the Pokémon. Later, one the Sandslash encounters a boulder in the ground. Once they expose enough of it, Bulbasaur tries to remove it. After a while, all the other Pokémon start to help out Bulbasaur. The boulder is carried out and everyone resumes their work. Soon enough, the Sandslash start scattering because they hit the ground water. The hole fills up with water, creating the lake! But the ground loosens and falls where an Oddish by the boulder was. The boulder is just about to land on the Oddish but Bulbasaur pushes it out of the way... except Bulbasaur can't get out, and the boulder is about to land on Bulbasaur! Professor Oak, Tracey, Delia and all the other Pokémon watch in horror as the boulder lands.

We then see a flashback of Bulbasaur's travels which show how, despite its initially distrusting nature, became a valuable part of Ash's team. We see some of the adventures Bulbasaur has had while traveling, as well reminding us of how close Ash and Bulbasaur are.

Later in a field, Ash wakes up from a nap. He looks towards the clouds and senses only that Bulbasaur is doing well.

Oak and Tracey push the boulder into the flooded area, but Bulbasaur is nowhere to be seen. Everyone starts to wonder what happened to it, but then Bulbasaur digs out from the ground, alright and ready to go! Tracey marvels that Bulbasaur cannot usually learn Dig, but Oak notes that in times of need, it is possible to call upon power never known to it previously.

Ash gives Oak a call again to see how things are going. It looks like Bulbasaur was a great help. Oak asks if Bulbasaur can stay and keep things in check. Ash asks Bulbasaur if it is okay, and Bulbasaur agrees. Later, Bulbasaur solves another conflict going on and looks at the sky, knowing Ash is fine without it.

Major events

• Ash sends Bulbasaur to Professor Oak's Lab to act as a peacemaker between the Grass and Water Pokémon.
• Ash's Bulbasaur learns Dig.
• Ash and Bulbasaur agree that Bulbasaur should remain at Professor Oak's Lab permanently.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Jumpluff

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Delia
• Professor Oak
• Tracey
• Melanie (flashback)
• Carter

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Arbok (US and international), Bulbasaur (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's, stays at Oak's Lab)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Corsola (Misty's)
• Pineco (Brock's)
• Venonat (Tracey's)
• Marill (Tracey's)
• Scyther (Tracey's)
• Mr. Mime (Mimey)
• Sandslash
• Oddish
• Gloom
• Vileplume
• Poliwhirl
• Seel
• Goldeen
• Bellossom
• Hoppip
• Skiploom
• Jumpluff (debut)
• Quagsire
• Miltank

Pokémon seen in Bulbasaur's flashback

• Caterpie
• Rattata
• Paras
• Weepinbell
• Cubone
• Staryu
• Pinsir
• Magikarp
• Gloom (Florinda's)
• Scyther (Jeanette's)
• Bellsprout (Jeanette's)

Trivia

• From this episode onward, the only Pokémon that Ash obtained during his journey in Kanto that remains on his team for more than one episode or for more than one purpose is Pikachu.
• This is the most recent appearance of Tracey's Venonat.
• It should be noted that while Ash's Bulbasaur learned Dig in this episode, Bulbasaur cannot normally learn the move. This fact is even mentioned by Tracey. Professor Oak then points out that it was able to use the move because it acted in a crisis.
• An instrumental of You Can Do It (If You Really Try) is used as the background music in the dubbed version of Bulbasaur's flashback montage.
• This episode is featured on the Volume 7: Bulbasaur copy of Pokémon All-Stars.

Errors

• Near the beginning of the episode, Ash, with Pikachu on his shoulder, trips and falls in front of Brock; however, Brock's mouth remains in front of Pikachu as they fall.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		再見妙蛙種子！大木家後院大冒險！
Dutch		Bulbasaur... de Ambassadeur!
European French		Le négociateur
German		Bisasam im Diplomatendienst
Hebrew		שגריר של שלוםshagrir shel shalom
Italian		L'ambasciatore di pace
Portuguese	Brazil	Bulbassauro... o Embaixador!
	Portugal	Bulbasaur... o Embaixador!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Bulbasaur el embajador!
	Spain	Bulbasaur... el embajador

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Original series

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