EP013

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EP013   マサキのとうだい Masaki's Lighthouse

First broadcast Japan June 24, 1997 United States September 24, 1998

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ひゃくごじゅういち

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 首藤剛志 Takeshi Shudō Storyboard 石山タカ明 Takaaki Ishiyama Assistant director 広島秀樹 Hideki Hiroshima Animation director 平岡正幸 Masayuki Hiraoka No additional credits are available at this time.

Mystery at the Lighthouse (Japanese: マサキのとうだい Masaki's Lighthouse) is episode 13 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 24, 1997 and in USA on September 24, 1998.

When the Krabby Ash catches disappears, he goes to a nearby lighthouse to see if it reached Professor Oak's lab. The keeper of the lighthouse is Bill, a Pokémon Watcher who is searching for a mysterious Pokémon.

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

Major events

• Ash captures a Krabby.
• Ash meets Bill and sees a Dragonite.

Debuts

• Bill
• Krabby
• Dragonite

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Bill

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Krabby

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Butterfree (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmander (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Krabby (Ash's; new, sent to Oak's lab, debut)
• Krabby (Gary's; at Oak's lab, debut)
• Dragonite (debut; giant)

Trivia

• An image of Mewtwo was on the door to the lighthouse, yet at this point in the series, Mewtwo's existence was known only by Team Rocket scientists.
• The Pokémon that Bill tries to befriend and that Team Rocket blasts at is actually a giant Dragonite.
• At the end of the episode when Ash asks Bill if he thinks every species of Pokémon will ever be discovered, a Dragonite-shaped cloud can be seen.
• Dragonite walking in the water is a reference to Godzilla.

Errors

• When Team Rocket is discussing how they will break into the lighthouse, Meowth's ears turn blue.
• When Misty tells Ash that all his Pokémon followed him, she is actually incorrect. Ash's Squirtle and Ash's Charmander were the only ones that followed him.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: O mistério do farol
• French: Le mystère du phare
• Italian: Il mistero del faro
• Latin American Spanish: ¡El misterio del faro!
• Spanish: Misterio en el faro

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