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'''A Tail with a Twist''' (Japanese: '''ハブネークVSキモリ！必殺のはたく攻撃！！''' ''{{tt|Habunake|Seviper}} VS {{tt|Kimori|Treecko}}! The Strike Offensive of Certain Kills!!'') is the eighth episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}} and the 282nd episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 16, 2003 and in the United States on December 6, 2003.  
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'''A Tail with a Twist''' (Japanese: '''ハブネークVSキモリ！必殺のはたく攻撃！！''' ''{{tt|Habunake|Seviper}} VS {{tt|Kimori|Treecko}}! The Strike Offensive of Certain Kills!!'') is the eighth episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]'' and the 282nd episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 16, 2003, and in the United States on December 6, 2003.  


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==Blurb==
==Blurb==
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<i>Ash's newly caught Treecko may be a bit standoff-ish, but the little green Pokémon is quite a fighter. When Team Rocket sees Treecko knocked down and hurt by a Seviper, they decide that they must have that Seviper. Jessie is very impressed with its "sneaky, snakey ways." Meanwhile, Treecko escapes from the Pokémon Center where Ash brought it to recover. When the gang finds Treecko, it is practicing its attack moves. Again and again, Treecko jumps from the top of a waterfall and tries to break a rock at the bottom with its tail. Ash is very impressed with the rigor of its training. All of Treecko's hard work appears to have paid off—when Team Rocket attacks and catches Pikachu with the help of their new Seviper, Treecko is able to save the day.</i>
<i>Ash's newly caught Treecko may be a bit standoff-ish, but the little green Pokémon is quite a fighter. When Team Rocket sees Treecko knocked down and hurt by a Seviper, they decide that they must have that Seviper. Jessie is very impressed with its "sneaky, snakey ways." Meanwhile, Treecko escapes from the Pokémon Center where Ash brought it to recover. When the gang finds Treecko, it is practicing its attack moves. Again and again, Treecko jumps from the top of a waterfall and tries to break a rock at the bottom with its tail. Ash is very impressed with the rigor of its training. All of Treecko's hard work appears to have paid off—when Team Rocket attacks and catches Pikachu with the help of their new Seviper, Treecko is able to save the day.</i>


==Plot==
==Plot==
The episode begins with the group releasing their Pokémon and settling down to a meal prepared by {{an|Brock}}. Upon their release, {{AP|Taillow}}, {{TP|May|Torchic}} and {{TP|Brock|Forretress}} are surprised to see {{Ash}}'s newly caught {{AP|Treecko}}. Nervous about the attention it is receiving, Treecko quickly climbs a tree and refuses to come down. The group eventually returns to their food, as do their Pokémon. From its perch, Treecko, spots a {{p|Seviper}} in the bushes.
{{an|Brock}} has prepared a delicious stew for lunch, so everyone calls out their Pokémon. Upon their release, {{AP|Taillow}}, {{TP|May|Torchic}}, and {{TP|Brock|Forretress}} are surprised to see {{Ash}}'s newly {{pkmn2|caught}} {{AP|Treecko}}. Nervous about the attention it is receiving, Treecko quickly climbs a tree and refuses to come down. It plucks a twig from the tree before settling itself on a branch. The group eventually returns to their food, as do their Pokémon. From its perch, Treecko spots a {{p|Seviper}} in the bushes. Meanwhile, Torchic is overexcited and rushes around with an apple on its head and a bunch of grapes in its mouth. Seviper trips Torchic up using its tail, causing Torchic to drop the grapes and the apple. Torchic runs off after the apple before noticing the serpentine Pokémon standing in front of it. Seviper promptly eats the apple and Torchic gets angry. Seviper opens its jaws wide as it prepares to attack Torchic, but Treecko spits out its twig to get Seviper’s attention. Treecko leaps down from its perch in an attempt to save Torchic. However, Seviper slithers its way over to Torchic and begins bouncing it on its tail.  


Torchic gets over-excited and runs around with an apple on its head and a bunch of grapes in its mouth. Seviper trips Torchic up using its tail, causing Torchic to drop the grapes and the apple. Torchic runs off after the apple and stops in front of it. Torchic begins to dance happily, before noticing the huge snake Pokémon on the other side of the apple. Seviper eats the apple and Torchic gets angry. Seviper attacks Torchic and Treecko tries to save the tiny bird, but gets knocked back. Seviper hits Torchic around using its tail.
Torchic's shrill [[cry]] alerts {{an|May}} and the others to the squabble. {{Ash}} opens up his [[Pokédex]], which alerts him to Seviper’s angry disposition. As the others call on their Pokémon to help, Seviper uses its {{m|Haze}} attack so that they can't see what it's doing. As the others struggle to see, Treecko spots a gap overhead, so it climbs back up into the tree again. From its new vantage point, Treecko spots Seviper attempting to take Torchic. It promptly jumps down and strikes Seviper's head with its tail, causing the Fang Snake to lose its grip on Torchic. Treecko picks Torchic up and delivers it straight to May’s waiting arms. However, Seviper returns with a vengeance. It batters Treecko into a tree trunk with a powerful {{m|Poison Tail}}. As Seviper is about to bite Treecko, Ash commands Taillow and {{AP|Pikachu}} to use {{m|Wing Attack}} and {{m|Thunderbolt}} respectively, while Brock's Forretress uses {{m|Spikes}}. The triple attack combination forces Seviper to flee. Yet Treecko appears to be in bad shape, as it holds its shoulder in agony. Ash and {{ashfr}} rush Treecko to the nearest [[Pokémon Center]], where [[Nurse Joy]] treats it.


As the others rush up to help, Seviper uses its {{m|Haze}} attack so that they can't see what it's doing. Treecko sees that there is a gap at the top of the haze, so it jumps back up the tree again and sees Torchic being captive by Seviper's tail. It jumps down onto Seviper's head and Seviper drops Torchic. Treecko picks Torchic up and delivers it to {{an|May}}. Seviper gets furious and uses {{m|Poison Tail}} on Treecko, scoring a direct hit straight into a tree. As Seviper is about to hit Treecko again, Ash commands Taillow and {{AP|Pikachu}} to use {{m|Wing Attack}} and {{m|Thunderbolt}} respectively, while Brock's Forretress uses {{m|Spikes}}.
Meanwhile, {{TRT}} has been watching Seviper almost effortlessly dispatch the [[twerp]]s' Pokémon, so they decide they want to catch it. They see that it likes fruit, so they lure it with a basket of fruit left on the other side of a pitfall trap. However, Seviper just picks up the basket with its tail, stretches over the pit, and slithers away. Team Rocket is left red-faced, and in their anger, they stand directly over their own trap, which soon gives way. However, they don't let it discourage them. The trio put another plan into action, but their net doesn't work either as Seviper just bites through it.  


After they get rid of Seviper, Ash and {{ashfr}} run to Treecko, who's so weak it can't even stand up. They rush it to the nearest [[Pokémon Center]], where Nurse Joy treats it.
The Rocket trio breaks for lunch, during which they fight over the last rice ball. When they accidentally send it flying into the nearby brook, [[James]] and {{MTR}} freak out, but [[Jessie]] calmly reveals a rice ball she'd kept hidden, angering her partners. However, Seviper sneaks up on her and swipes the rice ball just seconds before she chomps down on it. Jessie is infuriated, and Seviper’s poking tongue only angers her more. James and Meowth remind Jessie that now is her chance, so she sends out {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} to teach Seviper a lesson. The two opponents engage in an intense stare-off. James soon points out that Wobbuffet needs an oncoming attack to make any move, and a frustrated Jessie recalls Wobbuffet, grumbling that he's never useful when necessary. Jessie hurls Meowth at Seviper, commanding a {{m|Double-Edge}} attack. As he soars toward Seviper, Meowth screams that he doesn't know that attack just before the Fang Snake Pokémon smacks him across the face with its tail, sending him flying backward into his comrades. As all three hit the ground, another rice ball is knocked out of Jessie's pocket and rolls towards Seviper. James and Meowth are surprised by this revelation as Jessie chases after her snack, though she fails to get it back. To the trio's horror, Jessie's hair gets caught in Seviper's jaws in the process and a large chunk of her locks gets bitten off. Enraged, Jessie proceeds to give Seviper a merciless beating with her own renditions of "{{m|Fury Swipes}}" and "{{m|Mega Kick}}". James and Meowth are left terrified by the outburst and grip onto each other as the scene unfolds. The ferocious onslaught knocks Seviper out cold, and Jessie, still seething with anger even though she has calmed down a bit, seizes it by the neck. Fortunately for Seviper, James and Meowth quickly remind Jessie that she is supposed to catch it. This calms Jessie down, and, as James and Meowth sigh with relief, she tosses a {{i|Poké Ball}} at Seviper, catching it at last.


Meanwhile, {{TRT}} has been watching, and seeing the way Seviper almost effortlessly dispatched the Pokémon, decides they want to catch it. They see that it likes fruit, so they lure it with a basket of fruit left on the other side of a trap hole. Seviper just picks up the basket with its tail, stretches over the trapdoor, and glides away. Team Rocket gets mad and jumps out from the bushes, straight onto the trapdoor, and falls in. However, they don't let it discourage them. Turns out, they had a backup plan, but their plan using a net doesn't work either; Seviper just bites through the net.
At the Pokémon Center, Brock informs May that the resident Nurse Joy is in fact the younger sister of the second cousin of the first cousin of the Nurse Joy in [[Oldale Town]]. However, the convoluted family connection leaves everyone baffled. {{TP|Nurse Joy|Chansey}} rushes in and indicates that Treecko ran away from the Center. Ash and his friends rush outside and begin calling for it. [[Max]] soon notices some discarded bandages on the ground, and the evidence leads Ash and his friends to a nearby waterfall. The group spots Treecko leaping from atop the waterfall and aiming to hit a rock. Max notes it looks like Treecko is {{pkmn|training}}, trying to break the rock with its tail. Brock affirms this and explains that Treecko is probably disappointed about its earlier loss to Seviper. After a few more jumps, Treecko changes its technique. It spins to increase its power before striking the rock with its tail, finally breaking it, much to the amazement of the group. Ash congratulates Treecko and runs out with Pikachu to meet it, but Pikachu gets captured by Team Rocket’s grabber hand.


Back at the Pokémon Center, Ash and Pikachu are observing Treecko. Meanwhile, the Rockets have lunch, during which they fight over the last rice ball. When they accidentally send it flying into the nearby brook, [[James]] and {{MTR}} freak out, but [[Jessie]] calmly breaks out a rice ball she'd hidden "just in case", angering her partners. However, Seviper sneaks up on her and swipes the rice ball just seconds before she chomps down on it. Jessie gets mad and sends out {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} (The only Pokémon she has after releasing her {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}}) and commands him to "teach that thieving Seviper a lesson". Wobbuffet obeys, but as he can't attack until something or someone else attacks him first, nothing happens. [[James]] soon points this out after a moment, and a frustrated Jessie recalls Wobbuffet, grumbling about how he's "never useful when necessary". She then grabs Meowth and hurls him at Seviper, commanding a {{m|Double-Edge}} attack. As he soars towards Seviper, Meowth screams that he doesn't know that attack just before the Fang Snake Pokémon smacks him across the face with its tail, sending him flying backwards into his comrades.
The Rocket trio recites their {{motto}}, and the delay allows Meowth to trap Pikachu inside an electricity-absorbing cage. Ash, enraged, sends out his Taillow. James orders out {{TP|James|Cacnea}}, but the Pokémon gives him a spiny hug before launching a {{m|Pin Missile}}. However, Taillow flies through the attack with ease. Jessie sends out her new partner, {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}, and the group is surprised to see that it's the same one they had faced before. Treecko steps forward. Ash halts its advance, reminding Treecko that it isn’t alone and has friends it can now rely on. Treecko replies with an affirming grin before returning its attention to Seviper. Seviper prepares to lash Treecko with a Poison Tail. Though Treecko evades using {{m|Quick Attack}} before delivering a {{m|Pound}} attack to the face. Seviper attempts another Poison Tail, but Treecko leaps into the air and strikes back with its new spinning maneuvers. The blow sends Seviper flying into Team Rocket and Pikachu's containment chamber rolls away. Pikachu emerges and happily leaps into Ash's arms. Treecko declares that it has now had its revenge, having defeated Seviper, and says Pikachu can finish things off. Ash orders Pikachu to use {{m|Thunder}}, and the attack sends Team Rocket blasting off. Ash thanks Treecko for battling for him and finds he's won Treecko's trust when Treecko holds out its tail. Ash and Pikachu shake hands with Treecko's tail, laughing happily.
 
As all three hit the ground, another rice ball is knocked out of Jessie's pocket and rolls towards Seviper. James and {{MTR}} are surprised by this revelation as Jessie chases after the rice ball, though she fails to get it back. To the trio's horror, Jessie's hair gets caught in Seviper's jaws in the process and a large chunk of it gets cut off. Enraged, Jessie makes a "[[Scary Face]]" at the Seviper and proceeds to give it a merciless beating  with her "{{m|Fury Swipes}}" and "{{m|Mega Kick}}" in front of her terrified partners, who are seen hugging each other in desperation and fear throughout the majority of the scene. The ferocious beating knocks Seviper out cold, and Jessie, still seething with anger even though she has calmed down a bit, seizes it by the neck. Fortunately for Seviper, James and Meowth quickly remind Jessie that she is supposed to catch it. This calms Jessie down, and, as James and Meowth sigh with relief, she tosses a [[Poké Ball]] at Seviper, catching it at last.
 
At the Pokémon Center, Brock is explaining Nurse Joy's position in the family to May (she's the younger sister of the second cousin of Nurse Joy in [[Oldale Town]]'s first cousin) when {{TP|Nurse Joy|Chansey}} rushes in and indicates that Treecko ran away from the Center. Ash and his friends run out, calling for it, and see it jumping down a waterfall, onto a rock, and into the water. They realize that it's {{pkmn|training}}, trying to break the rock with its tail. After a few more jumps, Treecko has an idea. It spins to increase its power before hitting the rock, finally breaking it, much to the amazement of the group. Ash congratulates Treecko and runs out with Pikachu to meet it, but Pikachu gets captured by Team Rocket.
 
Ash, enraged, sends out his Taillow, while James sends out {{TP|James|Cacnea}} against it, and yells as Cacnea hugs him, ordering it to use {{m|Pin Missile}}, to which Taillow dodges successfully. Jessie then sends out Seviper, and the "twerps" are surprised to see that it's the same one that faced them before. Treecko, after Ash's short speech, faces up to it, and after an exchange of attacks between Seviper's {{m|Poison Tail}} and Treecko's {{m|Quick Attack}} and uses its new spinning move, defeats it and rescues Pikachu. It says that now it's had its revenge, Pikachu can finish it off, so Pikachu uses {{m|Thunder}} to send the Rockets flying. Ash thanks Treecko for battling for him, and finds he's won Treecko's trust when Treecko turns and holds out its tail. Ash and Pikachu shake hands with Treecko's tail, laughing happily.


==Major events==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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* This is one of the rare occasions in the [[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]] [[dub]] that [[rice ball]]s have been referred to as such instead of something more Western.
* This is one of the rare occasions in the 4Kids dub that [[rice ball]]s have been referred to as such instead of something more Western.
* This episode is featured on ''Volume 12: Treecko'' from [[Viz Media]]'s {{OBP|Pokémon All-Stars|Region 1}} series.
* This episode is featured on ''Volume 12: Treecko'' from [[Viz Media]]'s {{OBP|Pokémon All-Stars|Region 1}} series.
* The title of this episode references "a tale with a twist."
* The title of this episode references "a tale with a twist".
* This is the second time a Pokémon has taken a chunk of Jessie's hair, the first instance being a {{p|Scyther}}.
* This is the second time a Pokémon has taken a chunk of [[Jessie]]'s hair, the first instance being a {{p|Scyther}} in ''[[EP097|Tracey Gets Bugged]]''.
* This is the first episode where an instrumental version of [[Advance Adventure]] is used as the new action sequence in the English dub.
* This is the first episode where an instrumental version of [[Advance Adventure]] is used as the new action sequence in the English dub.
* This episode is one of the only [[BW032|two]] times a Pokémon is caught in a battle with a human.
* This episode is one of only three times in the {{pkmn|anime}} where a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} is caught during a battle with a [[human]]. The other times occurred in ''[[EP013|Mystery at the Lighthouse]]'' and ''[[BW032|Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!]]''
* This is the first episode in which {{TP|James|Cacnea}} hurts James when it is released from its Poké Ball.
* This is the first episode in which {{TP|James|Cacnea}} hurts [[James]] when it is released from its {{i|Poké Ball}}.
* Despite {{m|Haze}} having been introduced in [[Generation I]], this episode marks the [[List of moves by anime debut|first time]] it is used in the anime.


===Errors===
===Errors===
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* As {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}} slips back into the bushes after Torchic trips on it, the end of its tail is cut off.
* After the few seconds she is off-camera between throwing her [[Poké Ball]] and picking it up, Jessie's hair is back to full length, when it was just {{m|Bite|bitten}} off by {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}.
* After the few seconds where she is off-camera between throwing her Poké Ball and picking it up, Jessie's hair is back to full length, when it was just {{m|Bite|bitten}} off by Seviper. This is an example of [[anime physics]].
** This is an example of [[Anime physics|anime physics.]]
* {{an|Brock}} tells {{TP|Brock|Forretress}} to use "Spike attack" instead of {{m|Spikes}} attack.
* Brock tells Forretress to use "Spike attack" instead of {{m|Spikes}} attack.
** Furthermore, Forretress's Spikes attack caused direct damage to Seviper, despite Spikes being a non-damaging [[move]] in the games.
* In one scene when Team Rocket are spying on the heroes in the bushes, {{MTR}} stated that Seviper took down {{AP|Pikachu}} even though it was {{AP|Treecko}} that got hurt.
* In one scene, when {{TRT}} is spying on {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} in the bushes, {{MTR}} says that Seviper took down {{AP|Pikachu}}, even though it was {{AP|Treecko}} that got hurt.
* When Jessie is attacking Seviper, James says Jessie used "Megaton Kick", instead of {{m|Mega Kick}}. "Megaton Kick" happens to be the Japanese name of the [[move]].  
* When Ash and his friends run into the [[Pokémon Center]], a line is briefly layered over them.
* When Treecko escapes from the Pokémon Center and everybody runs out, only Ash, May and Max's feet are seen leaving before the door shuts.
* When Treecko escapes from the Pokémon Center and everybody runs out, only Ash, {{an|May}}, and [[Max]]'s feet are seen leaving before the door shuts.
* When May calls out her Torchic, her gloves disappear for a second.
* When May calls out her {{TP|May|Torchic}}, her gloves disappear for a second.
* As Team Rocket is blasting off, Wobbuffet can be heard even though he was not out.
* As Team Rocket is blasting off, {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} can be heard even though he was not out at the time.
* In the English dub, when Jessie is attacking Seviper, James says Jessie used "Megaton Kick" instead of {{m|Mega Kick}}. "Megaton Kick" is the move's Japanese name.
* In the {{pmin|Poland|Polish}} dub, when Ash battles Seviper, its {{m|Poison Tail}} is mistakenly called {{m|Poison Fang}}.
* In the {{pmin|Brazil|Brazilian Portuguese}} dub, {{m|Pound}} is referred to as ''Investida'', the most common, and now official, name for {{m|Tackle}}.
 
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===Dub edits===
===Dub edits===
* When Jessie uses ''Fury Swipes'' on Seviper, the first second of the attack is obscured by a full screen 'impact star'. This edit only happens in the US version however, the UK showings on Cartoon Network TOO plays the scene with no edits.
* When Jessie uses ''Fury Swipes'' on Seviper, the first second of the attack is obscured by a full screen 'impact star'. This edit is only present on American airings, while most other international and digital versions of the episodes play the scene without any edits.


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== In other languages ==
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AG008   EP282
ハブネークVSキモリ！必殺のはたく攻撃！！
Habunake VS Kimori! The Strike Offensive of Certain Kills!!
First broadcast
Japan January 16, 2003
United States December 6, 2003
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 そこに空があるから
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita
Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane
Additional credits

A Tail with a Twist (Japanese: ハブネークVSキモリ！必殺のはたく攻撃！！ Habunake VS Kimori! The Strike Offensive of Certain Kills!!) is the eighth episode of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire and the 282nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 16, 2003, and in the United States on December 6, 2003.

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Blurb

Ash's newly caught Treecko may be a bit standoff-ish, but the little green Pokémon is quite a fighter. When Team Rocket sees Treecko knocked down and hurt by a Seviper, they decide that they must have that Seviper. Jessie is very impressed with its "sneaky, snakey ways." Meanwhile, Treecko escapes from the Pokémon Center where Ash brought it to recover. When the gang finds Treecko, it is practicing its attack moves. Again and again, Treecko jumps from the top of a waterfall and tries to break a rock at the bottom with its tail. Ash is very impressed with the rigor of its training. All of Treecko's hard work appears to have paid off—when Team Rocket attacks and catches Pikachu with the help of their new Seviper, Treecko is able to save the day.

Plot

Brock has prepared a delicious stew for lunch, so everyone calls out their Pokémon. Upon their release, Taillow, Torchic, and Forretress are surprised to see Ash's newly caught Treecko. Nervous about the attention it is receiving, Treecko quickly climbs a tree and refuses to come down. It plucks a twig from the tree before settling itself on a branch. The group eventually returns to their food, as do their Pokémon. From its perch, Treecko spots a Seviper in the bushes. Meanwhile, Torchic is overexcited and rushes around with an apple on its head and a bunch of grapes in its mouth. Seviper trips Torchic up using its tail, causing Torchic to drop the grapes and the apple. Torchic runs off after the apple before noticing the serpentine Pokémon standing in front of it. Seviper promptly eats the apple and Torchic gets angry. Seviper opens its jaws wide as it prepares to attack Torchic, but Treecko spits out its twig to get Seviper’s attention. Treecko leaps down from its perch in an attempt to save Torchic. However, Seviper slithers its way over to Torchic and begins bouncing it on its tail.

Torchic's shrill cry alerts May and the others to the squabble. Ash opens up his Pokédex, which alerts him to Seviper’s angry disposition. As the others call on their Pokémon to help, Seviper uses its Haze attack so that they can't see what it's doing. As the others struggle to see, Treecko spots a gap overhead, so it climbs back up into the tree again. From its new vantage point, Treecko spots Seviper attempting to take Torchic. It promptly jumps down and strikes Seviper's head with its tail, causing the Fang Snake to lose its grip on Torchic. Treecko picks Torchic up and delivers it straight to May’s waiting arms. However, Seviper returns with a vengeance. It batters Treecko into a tree trunk with a powerful Poison Tail. As Seviper is about to bite Treecko, Ash commands Taillow and Pikachu to use Wing Attack and Thunderbolt respectively, while Brock's Forretress uses Spikes. The triple attack combination forces Seviper to flee. Yet Treecko appears to be in bad shape, as it holds its shoulder in agony. Ash and his friends rush Treecko to the nearest Pokémon Center, where Nurse Joy treats it.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket has been watching Seviper almost effortlessly dispatch the twerps' Pokémon, so they decide they want to catch it. They see that it likes fruit, so they lure it with a basket of fruit left on the other side of a pitfall trap. However, Seviper just picks up the basket with its tail, stretches over the pit, and slithers away. Team Rocket is left red-faced, and in their anger, they stand directly over their own trap, which soon gives way. However, they don't let it discourage them. The trio put another plan into action, but their net doesn't work either as Seviper just bites through it.

The Rocket trio breaks for lunch, during which they fight over the last rice ball. When they accidentally send it flying into the nearby brook, James and Meowth freak out, but Jessie calmly reveals a rice ball she'd kept hidden, angering her partners. However, Seviper sneaks up on her and swipes the rice ball just seconds before she chomps down on it. Jessie is infuriated, and Seviper’s poking tongue only angers her more. James and Meowth remind Jessie that now is her chance, so she sends out Wobbuffet to teach Seviper a lesson. The two opponents engage in an intense stare-off. James soon points out that Wobbuffet needs an oncoming attack to make any move, and a frustrated Jessie recalls Wobbuffet, grumbling that he's never useful when necessary. Jessie hurls Meowth at Seviper, commanding a Double-Edge attack. As he soars toward Seviper, Meowth screams that he doesn't know that attack just before the Fang Snake Pokémon smacks him across the face with its tail, sending him flying backward into his comrades. As all three hit the ground, another rice ball is knocked out of Jessie's pocket and rolls towards Seviper. James and Meowth are surprised by this revelation as Jessie chases after her snack, though she fails to get it back. To the trio's horror, Jessie's hair gets caught in Seviper's jaws in the process and a large chunk of her locks gets bitten off. Enraged, Jessie proceeds to give Seviper a merciless beating with her own renditions of "Fury Swipes" and "Mega Kick". James and Meowth are left terrified by the outburst and grip onto each other as the scene unfolds. The ferocious onslaught knocks Seviper out cold, and Jessie, still seething with anger even though she has calmed down a bit, seizes it by the neck. Fortunately for Seviper, James and Meowth quickly remind Jessie that she is supposed to catch it. This calms Jessie down, and, as James and Meowth sigh with relief, she tosses a Poké Ball at Seviper, catching it at last.

At the Pokémon Center, Brock informs May that the resident Nurse Joy is in fact the younger sister of the second cousin of the first cousin of the Nurse Joy in Oldale Town. However, the convoluted family connection leaves everyone baffled. Chansey rushes in and indicates that Treecko ran away from the Center. Ash and his friends rush outside and begin calling for it. Max soon notices some discarded bandages on the ground, and the evidence leads Ash and his friends to a nearby waterfall. The group spots Treecko leaping from atop the waterfall and aiming to hit a rock. Max notes it looks like Treecko is training, trying to break the rock with its tail. Brock affirms this and explains that Treecko is probably disappointed about its earlier loss to Seviper. After a few more jumps, Treecko changes its technique. It spins to increase its power before striking the rock with its tail, finally breaking it, much to the amazement of the group. Ash congratulates Treecko and runs out with Pikachu to meet it, but Pikachu gets captured by Team Rocket’s grabber hand.

The Rocket trio recites their motto, and the delay allows Meowth to trap Pikachu inside an electricity-absorbing cage. Ash, enraged, sends out his Taillow. James orders out Cacnea, but the Pokémon gives him a spiny hug before launching a Pin Missile. However, Taillow flies through the attack with ease. Jessie sends out her new partner, Seviper, and the group is surprised to see that it's the same one they had faced before. Treecko steps forward. Ash halts its advance, reminding Treecko that it isn’t alone and has friends it can now rely on. Treecko replies with an affirming grin before returning its attention to Seviper. Seviper prepares to lash Treecko with a Poison Tail. Though Treecko evades using Quick Attack before delivering a Pound attack to the face. Seviper attempts another Poison Tail, but Treecko leaps into the air and strikes back with its new spinning maneuvers. The blow sends Seviper flying into Team Rocket and Pikachu's containment chamber rolls away. Pikachu emerges and happily leaps into Ash's arms. Treecko declares that it has now had its revenge, having defeated Seviper, and says Pikachu can finish things off. Ash orders Pikachu to use Thunder, and the attack sends Team Rocket blasting off. Ash thanks Treecko for battling for him and finds he's won Treecko's trust when Treecko holds out its tail. Ash and Pikachu shake hands with Treecko's tail, laughing happily.

Major events

Jessie after catching Seviper
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Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

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Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Gligar

Trivia

Errors

  • As Seviper slips back into the bushes after Torchic trips on it, the end of its tail is cut off.
  • After the few seconds where she is off-camera between throwing her Poké Ball and picking it up, Jessie's hair is back to full length, when it was just bitten off by Seviper. This is an example of anime physics.
  • Brock tells Forretress to use "Spike attack" instead of Spikes attack.
    • Furthermore, Forretress's Spikes attack caused direct damage to Seviper, despite Spikes being a non-damaging move in the games.
  • In one scene, when Team Rocket is spying on Ash and his friends in the bushes, Meowth says that Seviper took down Pikachu, even though it was Treecko that got hurt.
  • When Ash and his friends run into the Pokémon Center, a line is briefly layered over them.
  • When Treecko escapes from the Pokémon Center and everybody runs out, only Ash, May, and Max's feet are seen leaving before the door shuts.
  • When May calls out her Torchic, her gloves disappear for a second.
  • As Team Rocket is blasting off, Wobbuffet can be heard even though he was not out at the time.
  • In the English dub, when Jessie is attacking Seviper, James says Jessie used "Megaton Kick" instead of Mega Kick. "Megaton Kick" is the move's Japanese name.
  • In the Polish dub, when Ash battles Seviper, its Poison Tail is mistakenly called Poison Fang.
  • In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, Pound is referred to as Investida, the most common, and now official, name for Tackle.
  • Jessie's hair is back to normal

    Jessie's hair is back to normal

  • May's missing gloves

    May's missing gloves

Dub edits

  • When Jessie uses Fury Swipes on Seviper, the first second of the attack is obscured by a full screen 'impact star'. This edit is only present on American airings, while most other international and digital versions of the episodes play the scene without any edits.

In other languages



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