AG148

A Chip Off the Old Brock

AG148   EP422 ミズゴロウとモココ！恋の特効薬!? Mizugorou and Mokoko! Wonder Drug of Love!?

First broadcast Japan October 20, 2005 United States September 16, 2006

English themes Opening Battle Frontier Ending

Japanese themes Opening バトルフロンティア Ending ポケモンかぞえうた

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Assistant director 中村圭三 Keizō Nakamura Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

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A Chip Off the Old Brock (Japanese: ミズゴロウとモココ！恋の特効薬!? Mizugorou and Mokoko! Wonder Drug of Love!?) is the 148th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 422nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 20, 2005 and in the United States on September 16, 2006.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis During a training session against Ash and Grovyle, Brock's Mudkip evolves into a Marshtomp. Unfortunately, Marshtomp injures a passer-by trainer's Flaaffy. After the gang help to heal it, Marshtomp immediately becomes attracted to the Flaaffy like Brock would be to most girls.

Major events

• Brock's Mudkip evolves into a Marshtomp.

Debuts

• Brock's Marshtomp

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• McCauley
• Cadee
• Mariah

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Mudkip (Brock's, evolves)
• Marshtomp (Brock's, newly evolved)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Mareep (Cadee's) (Seiyū: 佐藤智恵 Chie Satō*)
• Flaaffy (Mariah's) (Seiyū: 林原めぐみ Megumi Hayashibara*)
• Ampharos (McCauley's) (Seiyū: 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• Pokémon Symphonic Medley plays when Mariah and McCauley create medicine for Pikachu and Mareep, who had been injured by Mud Shot.
• The dub title is a spoof of the old saying "A Chip Off the Old Block."
• Marshtomp and Flaaffy are both in the Monster Egg Group, meaning that they can indeed breed.

Errors

• Max incorrectly calls Mud Shot an Earth-type attack. However, this error was corrected for all subsequent airings.
• In one of the scenes shortly after Flaaffy was healed, Ash's gloves were skin-toned, making it appear as if he only had green wristbands on.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Les remèdes Pokémon
• Italian: La farmacia
• Latin American Spanish: De tal Brock, tal astilla
• Iberian Spanish: Un palo para el pobre Brock

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