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==Blurb==
==Blurb==
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<i>Ash rushes into Viridian City with his gravely wounded Pikachu. The city's on high alert for Pokémon thieves-thieves like Jessie, James, and Meowth of Team Rocket, a group of bad guys dedicated to stealing valuable Pokémon.
<i>Ash rushes into Viridian City with his gravely wounded Pikachu. The city's on high alert for Pokémon thieves-thieves like Jessie, James, and Meowth of Team Rocket, a group of bad guys dedicated to stealing valuable Pokémon.


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==Plot==
==Plot==
As {{Ash}} arrives in [[Viridian City]], he is stopped by an [[Officer Jenny]], who gives him a ride to the [[Pokémon Center]] after his [[Pokédex]] confirms his identity. While [[Nurse Joy]] is attending to {{AP|Pikachu}}'s injuries, Ash calls [[Delia Ketchum|his mother]] and [[Professor Oak]], the latter of whom is surprised to discover that Ash is already in Viridian City. When Ash mentions the {{an|Ho-Oh|strange golden Pokémon}} he had recently seen, Professor Oak is skeptical that Ash had actually seen an unidentified Pokémon.
[[Officer Jenny]] is in the midst of alerting [[Viridian City]]'s citizens of [[Pokémon poacher]]s seen in the area via announcement speaker when she spots {{Ash}} with {{AP|Pikachu}} in his arms. She gives him a lift to the [[Pokémon Center]] after his [[Pokédex]] confirms his identity. The pair slide into the Pokémon Center's foyer, much to [[Nurse Joy]]'s dismay. She quickly orders a stretcher and two {{p|Chansey}} take Pikachu into the emergency room. While [[Nurse Joy]] is attending to Pikachu's injuries, Ash calls [[Delia Ketchum|his mother]] and {{an|Professor Oak}}, the latter of whom is surprised to discover that Ash is already in Viridian City. When Ash mentions the {{an|Ho-Oh|strange golden Pokémon}} he had recently seen, Professor Oak is skeptical that Ash had actually seen the Pokémon, which many Trainers have searched for ages without success. Afterwards, {{an|Misty|the girl whose bicycle was "borrowed" and destroyed by Ash}} angrily storms into the Pokémon Center, though after Ash explains himself, her concern shifts to Pikachu's well-being.


Afterwards, {{an|Misty|the girl whose bicycle was "borrowed" by Ash}} storms into the Pokémon Center and rages at Ash for what his Pikachu did to it. When Ash explains what happened, the girl's concern shifts to Pikachu's well-being.
At that moment, an alarm in the Pokémon Center sounds and a villainous group named {{TRT}} invade the building. Their {{i|Poké Ball}}s break a skylight, and {{TP|James|Koffing}} fills the air with {{m|Smokescreen|smoke}}. Team Rocket recite their {{motto}} and destroy the Center's electrical system in a scheme to steal the Pokémon inside. Nurse Joy, Misty, and Ash retreat to a locked storage room with Pikachu, who is still in its stretcher. The power initially cuts out, though the backup system, Pika-Power, activates. Nurse Joy begins transporting as many Pokémon as she can to [[Pewter City]]'s Pokémon Center. Suddenly, Koffing breaks through the doors. At Misty's insistence, Ash tries and fails to fend off {{TP|Jessie|Ekans}} and Koffing with a {{p|Pidgey}}, an empty Poké Ball, and {{p|Rattata}}. Misty calls on her {{TP|Misty|Goldeen}} to help, though without water, it flails helplessly before being [[recall]]ed.


At that moment, an alarm in the Pokémon Center sounds and a villainous group named {{TRT}} invades the building, recites their [[Team Rocket mottos|motto]], and tries to steal all of the Pokémon in the center. Nurse Joy begins transporting as many Pokémon as she can to the Pokémon Center in [[Pewter City]] while Ash tries and fails to fend off {{TP|Jessie|Ekans}} and {{TP|James|Koffing}} with a {{p|Rattata}} and {{p|Pidgey}} contained inside Poké Balls that have been knocked to the floor. The girl, named {{an|Misty}}, tries to help with her {{TP|Misty|Goldeen}}, but it is unable to do more than {{m|flail}} helplessly due to the lack of water.
In a hurry with Pikachu's stretcher, Ash hits Misty's bicycle, causing Pikachu to wake up. The other {{p|Pikachu}} at the Pokémon Center surround Ash's Pikachu, healing him as well as delivering a powerful electric shock to Team Rocket. Ash hops onto Misty's singed bike, and Pikachu absorbs the pedal-powered bicycle light's charge to hit Team Rocket with a powerful {{m|Thunder Shock}}. The attack mixes with Koffing's gas, resulting in a colossal explosion that destroys much of the Pokémon Center.


Ash tries to flee with Pikachu's stretcher, but Pikachu suddenly wakes up from running into Misty's bicycle. The other {{p|Pikachu}} at the Pokémon Center surround Ash's Pikachu, healing him as well as delivering a powerful electric shock to Team Rocket. Using power from Ash pedaling the burned bicycle, Ash's Pikachu hits Team Rocket with a powerful {{m|Thunder Shock}} attack that, after getting mixed with Koffing's gas, results in a colossal explosion that destroys much of the Pokémon Center.
Team Rocket escapes and declares their mission to capture Ash's not-so-ordinary Pikachu for {{an|Giovanni|their boss}}. Flying debris then punctures their {{p|Meowth}}-shaped balloon, and the trio blasts off. The next day, Ash, Pikachu, and Misty venture into [[Viridian Forest]], with Misty having decided to follow Ash until he replaces her destroyed bicycle. Then, Ash spots a {{p|Caterpie}}, much to Misty's disgust, and prepares to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} it.
 
Following these events, Team Rocket decides that Ash's Pikachu is no ordinary Pikachu and make it their mission to capture him for {{an|Giovanni|their boss}}. They are sent blasting off when a piece of debris punctures their {{p|Meowth}}-shaped balloon while Ash, Pikachu, and Misty continue to the [[Viridian Forest]], with Misty having decided to follow Ash until he replaces her destroyed bicycle. The episode ends with Ash spotting a {{p|Caterpie}} and preparing to catch it.


==Major events==
==Major events==
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<!-- This is not for summarizing everything that happens in this episode. Only events pertaining to the series as a whole, such as catching and releasing Pokémon and obtaining Badges, go here. -->
* {{Ash}} visits a [[Pokémon Center]] and meets a [[Nurse Joy]] and an [[Officer Jenny]] for the first time.
* {{Ash}} visits a [[Pokémon Center]] and meets a [[Nurse Joy]] and an [[Officer Jenny]] for the first time.
* {{an|Misty}} introduces herself to Ash and declares that she will follow him until he repays the damages to her [[bicycle|bike]].
* {{an|Misty}} introduces herself to Ash and declares that she will follow him until he repays the damages to her [[Bicycle|bike]].
* Ash and Misty meet [[Jessie]] and [[James]], two members of the villainous [[Team Rocket]], along with their partner, a {{pkmn2|talking}} {{MTR}}.
* Ash and Misty meet [[Jessie]] and [[James]], two members of the villainous [[Team Rocket]], along with their partner, a {{pkmn2|talking}} {{MTR}}.
* Misty is revealed to own a {{TP|Misty|Goldeen}}.
* Misty is revealed to own a {{TP|Misty|Goldeen}}.
* Team Rocket also decides to follow Ash and steal his {{AP|Pikachu}}.
* The [[Team Rocket trio]] decides to follow Ash and steal his {{AP|Pikachu}}.
* Ash prepares to catch a {{AP|Caterpie}}.
* Ash prepares to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{AP|Caterpie}}.
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====Humans====
====Humans====
* [[Officer Jenny]]
* [[Officer Jenny]]
* {{TRT}}
* [[Team Rocket]]
** [[Jessie]]
** [[Jessie]]
** [[James]]
** [[James]]
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==Characters==
==Characters==
===Humans===
===Humans===
[[File:Dare da EP002.png|thumb|200px|right|{{tt|Dare da?|Who's That Pokémon?}}]]
[[File:Dare da EP002.png|thumb|200px|{{tt|Dare da?|Who's That Pokémon?}}]]
* {{Ash}}
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|Misty}}
* {{an|Misty}}
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===Pokémon===
===Pokémon===
[[File:WTP EP002.png|thumb|200px|right|Who's That Pokémon?]]
[[File:WTP EP002.png|thumb|200px|Who's That Pokémon?]]
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Koffing}}
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Koffing}}


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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:Pidgey alternate coloration.png|right|thumb|200px|A differently-colored Pidgey.]]
[[File:Pidgey alternate coloration.png|thumb|200px|A differently-colored Pidgey]]
[[File:Legendary Pokemon engravings EP002.png|200px|thumb|right|The engraving of legendary Pokémon]]
[[File:Legendary Pokemon engravings EP002.png|200px|thumb|The engraving of legendary Pokémon]]
* This is currently the only episode in which any of Ash's male relatives are mentioned. Delia mentions that it took his father four days to reach [[Viridian City]] from [[Pallet Town]] and that {{Ash}} is the 'apple' of his eye. She also mentions Ash's grandfather in the Japanese version.
* This is currently the only episode in which any of {{Ash}}'s male relatives are mentioned. {{Delia}} mentions that it took his father four days to reach [[Viridian City]] from [[Pallet Town]] and that Ash is the "apple" of his eye. She also mentions Ash's grandfather in the Japanese version.
* On the wall at the Pokémon Center, the engravings are of {{p|Arcanine}}, {{p|Articuno}}, {{p|Zapdos}}, and {{p|Moltres}}. Ash misidentifies the {{p|Ho-Oh}} he saw in the previous episode as Articuno.
* On the wall at the Pokémon Center, the engravings are of {{p|Arcanine}}, {{p|Articuno}}, {{p|Zapdos}}, and {{p|Moltres}}. Ash misidentifies the {{p|Ho-Oh}} he saw in the previous episode as Articuno.
* The {{p|Pidgey}} in the clock is green, instead of its normal color. Though some may consider this to be [[Shiny Pokémon|alternate coloration]], this is not how the "Shiny" Pidgey appears in the {{pkmn|games}}. This could just be a coloring error, considering this, after all, was only the second episode of the series just like how there was a green [[Poké Ball]] in the very first episode.
* The {{p|Pidgey}} in the clock is green, instead of its normal color. Though some may consider this to be [[Shiny Pokémon|alternate coloration]], this is not how the "Shiny" Pidgey appears in the {{pkmn|games}}. This could just be a coloring error, considering this, after all, was only the second episode of the series just like how there was a green [[Poké Ball]] in the very first episode.
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* Several scenes from the episode, including Misty's attempt at distracting Team Rocket was shown on the VHS ''[[A Sneak Peek at Pokémon]]''.
* Several scenes from the episode, including Misty's attempt at distracting Team Rocket was shown on the VHS ''[[A Sneak Peek at Pokémon]]''.
* The Officer Jenny of this episode made a reappearance in ''[[DP036|A Secret Sphere of Influence!]]'', exactly 500 episodes later.
* The Officer Jenny of this episode made a reappearance in ''[[DP036|A Secret Sphere of Influence!]]'', exactly 500 episodes later.
* The Turkish dub of the episode doesn't translate the episode title, nor recite it in Turkish to the audience.


===Errors===
===Errors===
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* When Nurse Joy is putting Pikachu on the bed in the Pokémon Center, Pikachu's tail is shown purely yellow, without the brown start.
* When Nurse Joy is putting Pikachu on the bed in the Pokémon Center, Pikachu's tail is shown purely yellow, without the brown start.
* {{p|Arcanine}} is not a legendary Pokémon; however, it was shown on the wall with the [[legendary birds]]. This is likely due to Arcanine's {{pkmn|category}}, which classifies it as a "Legendary Pokémon" (like Pikachu is a "Mouse Pokémon").
* {{p|Arcanine}} is not a legendary Pokémon; however, it was shown on the wall with the [[legendary birds]]. This is likely due to Arcanine's {{pkmn|category}}, which classifies it as a "Legendary Pokémon" (like Pikachu is a "Mouse Pokémon").
* When [[Professor Oak]] was about to call the [[Viridian City]] Pokémon Center, Ash is on the far side of the curved desk shown there. Then he goes around to it in order to answer it and has the desk directly to his left but when [[Professor Oak]] talks to Ash, the desk layout has changed entirely. And later when Officer Jenny announce that there is a balloon with [[Team Rocket Trio|thieves]] which they are trying to steal Pokémon, the desks have changed again.
* When {{an|Professor Oak}} was about to call the [[Viridian City]] Pokémon Center, Ash is on the far side of the curved desk shown there. Then he goes around to it in order to answer it and has the desk directly to his left but when Professor Oak talks to Ash, the desk layout has changed entirely. And later when Officer Jenny announces that there is a balloon with [[Team Rocket trio|thieves]] which they are trying to steal Pokémon, the desks have changed again.
* When Ash sends out the Pidgey from its Poké Ball, its eyes are yellow instead of the normal black and white.
* When Ash sends out the Pidgey from its Poké Ball, its eyes are yellow instead of the normal black and white.
* The first two times [[James]] is shown in the doorway of the [[Poké Ball]] room, his left hand is colored like his skin instead of black.
* The first two times [[James]] is shown in the doorway of the [[Poké Ball]] room, his left hand is colored like his skin instead of black.
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|hi=पोकेमोन एमर्जेन्सी! {{tt|''Pokémon Emergency!''|Pokémon Emergency! (Same as English)}} {{tt|*|Same in CN dub and Hungama dub}}
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Revision as of 04:57, 13 November 2019

EP001 : Pokémon - I Choose You!
Original series
EP003 : Ash Catches a Pokémon
Pokémon Emergency!
EP002.png
  EP002  
たいけつ!ポケモンセンター!
Showdown! Pokémon Center!
First broadcast
Japan April 8, 1997
United States September 9, 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 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
Assistant director 井上修 Osamu Inoue
Animation director 藤田宗克 Munekatsu Fujita
Additional credits

Pokémon Emergency! (Japanese: たいけつ!ポケモンセンター! Showdown! Pokémon Center!) is the second episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 8, 1997 and in the United States on September 9, 1998.

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Blurb

Ash rushes into Viridian City with his gravely wounded Pikachu. The city's on high alert for Pokémon thieves-thieves like Jessie, James, and Meowth of Team Rocket, a group of bad guys dedicated to stealing valuable Pokémon.

While Ash waits at the Pokémon Center for news on Pikachu's condition, Misty arrives, angry about the bike Ash wrecked-but she softens when she sees Pikachu wheeled out on a stretcher.

Team Rocket crashes through the roof of the Pokémon Center. While Nurse Joy transports Poké Balls to Pewter City for safety, Ash tries to fight off Team Rocket's Pokémon, Koffing and Ekans. Ash is having no luck battling, so his Pikachu, still recovering, teams up with a bunch of other Pikachu at the Pokémon Center to blast Team Rocket out of the building!

Having discovered that Ash's Pikachu is not your ordinary Pikachu, Jessie, James, and Meowth make it their mission to capture it.

With the bad guys expelled, Misty joins Ash and Pikachu on their journey to Pewter City. While strolling through Viridian Forest, a Caterpie makes an appearance. Ash sees an opportunity for his first Pokémon capture. Will he be successful?

Plot

Officer Jenny is in the midst of alerting Viridian City's citizens of Pokémon poachers seen in the area via announcement speaker when she spots Ash with Pikachu in his arms. She gives him a lift to the Pokémon Center after his Pokédex confirms his identity. The pair slide into the Pokémon Center's foyer, much to Nurse Joy's dismay. She quickly orders a stretcher and two Chansey take Pikachu into the emergency room. While Nurse Joy is attending to Pikachu's injuries, Ash calls his mother and Professor Oak, the latter of whom is surprised to discover that Ash is already in Viridian City. When Ash mentions the strange golden Pokémon he had recently seen, Professor Oak is skeptical that Ash had actually seen the Pokémon, which many Trainers have searched for ages without success. Afterwards, the girl whose bicycle was "borrowed" and destroyed by Ash angrily storms into the Pokémon Center, though after Ash explains himself, her concern shifts to Pikachu's well-being.

At that moment, an alarm in the Pokémon Center sounds and a villainous group named Team Rocket invade the building. Their Poké Balls break a skylight, and Koffing fills the air with smoke. Team Rocket recite their motto and destroy the Center's electrical system in a scheme to steal the Pokémon inside. Nurse Joy, Misty, and Ash retreat to a locked storage room with Pikachu, who is still in its stretcher. The power initially cuts out, though the backup system, Pika-Power, activates. Nurse Joy begins transporting as many Pokémon as she can to Pewter City's Pokémon Center. Suddenly, Koffing breaks through the doors. At Misty's insistence, Ash tries and fails to fend off Ekans and Koffing with a Pidgey, an empty Poké Ball, and Rattata. Misty calls on her Goldeen to help, though without water, it flails helplessly before being recalled.

In a hurry with Pikachu's stretcher, Ash hits Misty's bicycle, causing Pikachu to wake up. The other Pikachu at the Pokémon Center surround Ash's Pikachu, healing him as well as delivering a powerful electric shock to Team Rocket. Ash hops onto Misty's singed bike, and Pikachu absorbs the pedal-powered bicycle light's charge to hit Team Rocket with a powerful Thunder Shock. The attack mixes with Koffing's gas, resulting in a colossal explosion that destroys much of the Pokémon Center.

Team Rocket escapes and declares their mission to capture Ash's not-so-ordinary Pikachu for their boss. Flying debris then punctures their Meowth-shaped balloon, and the trio blasts off. The next day, Ash, Pikachu, and Misty venture into Viridian Forest, with Misty having decided to follow Ash until he replaces her destroyed bicycle. Then, Ash spots a Caterpie, much to Misty's disgust, and prepares to catch it.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Humans

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Koffing

Trivia

A differently-colored Pidgey
File:Legendary Pokemon engravings EP002.png
The engraving of legendary Pokémon
  • This is currently the only episode in which any of Ash's male relatives are mentioned. Delia mentions that it took his father four days to reach Viridian City from Pallet Town and that Ash is the "apple" of his eye. She also mentions Ash's grandfather in the Japanese version.
  • On the wall at the Pokémon Center, the engravings are of Arcanine, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. Ash misidentifies the Ho-Oh he saw in the previous episode as Articuno.
  • The Pidgey in the clock is green, instead of its normal color. Though some may consider this to be alternate coloration, this is not how the "Shiny" Pidgey appears in the games. This could just be a coloring error, considering this, after all, was only the second episode of the series just like how there was a green Poké Ball in the very first episode.
    • This is the second appearance of a clock with a Pidgey Cuckoo. The first was inside a Voltorb clock Ash had in the previous episode. Both are also destroyed in some way (Ash's Voltorb clock is smashed when thrown in Ash's sleep, the Pokémon Center's clock is destroyed when the Center blows up). Another Pidgey cuckoo clock would also appear 18 episodes later.
  • The events of this episode are referenced in Two Degrees of Separation! by Team Rocket, who tell Dawn that they have been chasing Pikachu for as long as she'd been alive.
  • The book I Choose You! is based on this episode.
  • This episode was modified after the EP038 seizure incident. Originally, the scene where Pikachu uses Thunder Shock on Team Rocket was a sequence of rapidly flashing images of each Team Rocket member. This was changed to a four-square grid to reduce the flashing effect. This change affected all home releases and re-broadcasts in Japan, and all international versions of the episode.
  • Several scenes from the episode, including Misty's attempt at distracting Team Rocket was shown on the VHS A Sneak Peek at Pokémon.
  • The Officer Jenny of this episode made a reappearance in A Secret Sphere of Influence!, exactly 500 episodes later.
  • The Turkish dub of the episode doesn't translate the episode title, nor recite it in Turkish to the audience.

Errors

  • When the narrator is recapping the previous episode, he incorrectly says "Spearows." The plural of a Pokémon is the same as the singular.
  • On the wanted poster, James is shown holding a lilac rose, although normally he holds a red rose.
    • However, this could just be due to the show being in its very early stages and some things not yet set in stone.
  • When Nurse Joy is putting Pikachu on the bed in the Pokémon Center, Pikachu's tail is shown purely yellow, without the brown start.
  • Arcanine is not a legendary Pokémon; however, it was shown on the wall with the legendary birds. This is likely due to Arcanine's category, which classifies it as a "Legendary Pokémon" (like Pikachu is a "Mouse Pokémon").
  • When Professor Oak was about to call the Viridian City Pokémon Center, Ash is on the far side of the curved desk shown there. Then he goes around to it in order to answer it and has the desk directly to his left but when Professor Oak talks to Ash, the desk layout has changed entirely. And later when Officer Jenny announces that there is a balloon with thieves which they are trying to steal Pokémon, the desks have changed again.
  • When Ash sends out the Pidgey from its Poké Ball, its eyes are yellow instead of the normal black and white.
  • The first two times James is shown in the doorway of the Poké Ball room, his left hand is colored like his skin instead of black.
  • Misty says that a water Pokémon can't battle on land and although that is true for Goldeen, she owns two - Staryu and Starmie - that are water types and are perfectly capable of battling on land.

Changes

Dub edits

  • PokéRap: Day 2
  • While the recap uses the same dialog in the Japanese version, for some reason the dub changes Ash's introductory line:
    • Original: "And I hereby declare to the Pokémon of the world...I will be a Pokémon master...Pokémon Master! That is what I'll..."
    • Flashback: "That's right. I declare to the Pokémon of the world...I will be the greatest Pokémon Trainer...the greatest Pokémon master...of all time."
  • In the Japanese version, Delia says that Ash's grandfather would be proud of him as well as his father.
    • In addition, Delia's attempting to discern whether Ash was wearing clean underwear was originally a request that he brush teeth every morning.
  • Ash's comment that had Oak realizing he had the wrong camera activated was changed between the two versions: In the original, Ash asked if there was Ramen cooking in the background. In the dub, he commented that he didn't recognize the back of Oak's head.
  • Professor Oak abruptly ending his telephone conversation with Ash is different in both versions: in the English version, Oak says that his pizza just arrived, while in the Japanese version, Oak realizes that his ramen is overcooking.
    • On that same note, the English version included a doorbell sound-effect that wasn't present in the original version.
  • Misty introduces herself to Ash, Team Rocket, and the audience during the Pokémon Center battle in the Japanese version, while Nurse Joy reveals Misty's name to the audience at the end of the English version. The name is also mentioned at narrator's conclusion.
  • In the Japanese version, Ash's mom says that a black hen lays white eggs and a Pidgey lays Spearow eggs. In the games, it would later become possible for a Pidgey to produce a Spearow Egg and vice versa, as both species are in the Flying Egg Group.
  • When Cartoon Network would rerun the first dub season, most episodes would cut the "TO BE CONTINUED" screen. This was one of the few episodes in which Cartoon Network would leave the "TO BE CONTINUED" screen intact, most likely due to the narrator talking over it.

Differences between the episode and the comic adaptation

  • The exchange between Delia and Ash cut out their respective references to Ash "soaring like a Spearow" and "a fallen Pidgey", thus making it seem as though Delia's outburst was in reference to Ash's retort of being the apple in his eye being that of a "rotten apple."
  • The scene where Ash receives a call from Professor Oak and sees that Oak has the back camera on by mistake was cut.
  • Professor Oak's bet with Gary was changed: In the comic, he mentioned that he would have "eaten his own hat" if he discovered Ash didn't catch a single Pokémon, with Ash asking if it was a cowboy hat when implying Gary won the bet, with Oak privately and glumly admitting that it was indeed a ten-gallon cowboy hat. In the actual episode, he mentioned he would have given Gary a million dollars for the same bet. Ash then made a comment that implied that Gary won the bet, with Oak then glumly deciding he really shouldn't have bothered making the bet at all.

In other languages



EP001 : Pokémon - I Choose You!
Original series
EP003 : Ash Catches a Pokémon
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