EP140

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EP140   バトルしようぜ！ハッサムVSへラクロス!! Let's Battle! Hassam VS Heracross!!

First broadcast Japan March 23, 2000 United States February 24, 2001

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ニャースのパーティ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 近藤信宏 Nobuhiro Kondō Assistant director 岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki Animation director はしもとかつみ Katsumi Hashimoto No additional credits are available at this time.

Wired for Battle! (Japanese: バトルしようぜ！ハッサムVSへラクロス!! Let's Battle! Hassam VS Heracross!!) is the 140th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 23, 2000 and in the United States on February 24, 2001.

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

Major events

Debuts

• Scizor

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Muramasa
• Shingo

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Scizor (Muramasa's, nicknamed Masamune, debut)
• Scizor (Shingo's, nicknamed Blade)

Pokémon seen at the dojo

• Nidoking
• Primeape
• Poliwrath
• Machoke
• Golem
• Hitmonlee
• Hitmonchan
• Scyther

Trivia

• It is said that Scizor are known for their speed, however Scizor actually have a lower base speed than Scyther.
• There are some shots in the Heracross/Scizor battle that are colored digitally.
• This is the first time that Template:Type2 Pokémon are officially introduced in the anime.

Errors

• Shingo commands his Scizor to finish the match with False Swipe. Unfortunately for him, False Swipe can never cause a Pokémon to faint.

• In Who's That Pokémon? Cyndaquil appears to only have one arm.

In other languages

• French: Engagé pour combattre
• Italian: Incontri virtuali
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Batalla computarizada!
• Spanish: Conectado para el combate

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