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Forest Grumps

EP155   リングマでドッキリ！！ Ringuma in Shock!

First broadcast Japan July 6, 2000 United States June 2, 2001

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ポケモンはらはら²リレー

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

Forest Grumps (Japanese: リングマでドッキリ！！ Ringuma in Shock!) is the 155th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 6, 2000 and in the United States on June 2, 2001.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis On the road to Goldenrod City, Ash and friends decide to take a break at a nearby lake and relax with their Pokémon. Unfortunately their fun quickly ends when Team Rocket suddenly appears and tries to steal all of their Pokémon. Team Rocket's plan is foiled when a group of disgruntled Ursaring appears and attacks them and everybody soon finds themselves running for their lives. In the confusion Jessie and Misty wind up switching places. Jessie finds herself stuck with Ash, Brock, and Pikachu, while Misty is stranded with James and Meowth. After forming a temporary truce the two groups begin to search the forest for their lost comrades, dodging Ursaring the entire time.

Along the way Jessie and Misty get a first hand look at how their rival team operates. Jessie is impressed by the kindness the "twerps" show her and reminisces about her dreams before she joined Team Rocket, while James and Meowth find that they've merely swapped one bossy red head for another one. When the two groups are finally reunited they are forced to work together in order to finally escape the Ursaring for good. Back together, they dissolve the truce and begin fighting again, with Team Rocket predictably "blasting off again". Afterwards, Ash notices a sign that explained why the Ursaring attacked everwhere they saw one. It read, "WARNING! It is currently the Ursaring mating season and they are using this area as their breeding grounds. Do not disturb them if it's the last thing you do, cuz if you do, it just may be."

Major events

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Ursaring

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Noctowl (US and international), Ringuma (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Poliwhirl (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Zubat (Brock's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Pineco (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Ursaring (debut)

Trivia

• This episode's dub title is a reference to the movie, Forrest Gump.
• This was the last episode to air before Spell of the Unown debuted in Japanese theaters.

Errors

• When Ash and Brock are shouting for Misty, Pikachu's mouth moves but its voice cannot be heard.

Dub edits

• Originally, Misty, James, and Meowth played "rock, paper, scissors". 4Kids changes this to "odd finger".

In other languages

• French: Meilleurs ennemis
• German: Gefahr im finsteren Wald
• Hebrew: תסבוכת ביער tisbochet baya'ar
• Italian: La tregua
• Mandarin: 圈圈熊，嚇死人
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Trabalhando em Equipe
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Sorpresa en el bósque
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Gruñones del bósque!

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