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Pinch Healing! (Japanese: ポケモンセンターはおおいそがし！ The Pokémon Center is Very Busy!) is episode 187 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 17, 2006 and in the United States on February 3, 2007.

The group arrive at a Pokémon Center where Nurse Joy has fallen ill. This is bad when an accident occurs on a nearby mountain road.

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

Synopsis

While training outside the Pokémon Center, Ash prepares for his rematch against Brandon in the Battle Pyramid. However, while at the center, Nurse Joy ends up falling ill. Worse still, there is an accident and many Pokémon need help. It's up to Ash and his friends to help out. But Team Rocket has their eyes on the Pokémon...

Major events

• Ash's Aipom is brought back, and Ash's Torkoal is sent back to Professor Oak's lab.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Oak
• Scott
• Matt (Japanese: マイク Mike) (Seiyū: 高橋広樹 Hiroki Takahashi)
• Sōtarō (Seiyū: 三戸耕三 Kōzō Mito)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Sceptile (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Marshtomp (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Butterfree
• Fearow
• Gloom
• Diglett
• Electrode
• Wooper
• Swinub
• Piloswine (fantasy)
• Larvitar (Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura)
• Pupitar (fantasy)
• Tyranitar (fantasy)
• Seedot
• Nuzleaf (fantasy)
• Shiftry (fantasy)
• Whismur (Seiyū: 吉原ナツキ Natsuki Yoshihara)
• Loudred (fantasy)
• Exploud (fantasy)
• Makuhita
• Hariyama (fantasy)
• Carvanha (school)
• Bagon (Seiyū: 阪口大助 Daisuke Sakaguchi)
• Shelgon (fantasy)
• Salamence (fantasy)

Trivia

• The plot for this episode contains elements from EP047 (Ash and company had to help take care of Pokémon), AG024 (a Carvanha-infested river) and AG043 (a Bagon with dreams of wanting to fly).

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Au bon endroit, au bon moment
• Italian: Al posto giusto, nel momento giusto

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