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Battle Aboard the St. Anne

EP015   サントアンヌごうのたたかい！ Battle of the St. Anne!

First broadcast Japan July 8, 1997 United States September 28, 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 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa No additional credits are available at this time.

Battle Aboard the St. Anne (Japanese: サントアンヌごうのたたかい！ Battle Aboard the St. Anne!) is episode 15 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 8, 1997 and in USA on September 28, 1998; though it was broadcast out-of-sequence as the first dub episode ever to air on September 7, 1998.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash trades his Butterfree for a Raticate and then trades back

Debuts

• The Magikarp Saleman
• Giovanni

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Raticate

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Caterpie (Ash's; flashback)
• Metapod (Ash's; flashback)
• Butterfree (Ash's; traded)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmander (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Raticate (Ash's; new, traded, debut)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Magikarp (James'; new)
• Persian (Giovanni's; debut)
• Raticate (gentleman's; traded, debut)
• Butterfree (gentleman's; new, traded)

Pokémon seen on the St. Anne:

• Bulbasaur
• Charmander
• Squirtle
• Pidgey
• Pidgeotto
• Rattata
• Pikachu
• Oddish
• Weepinbell
• Geodude
• Starmie

Trivia

Errors

Dub edits

• The Saint Anne retains its Japanese name in the anime. In the games, it is called the S.S. Anne. This is probably due to the number of paint edits required to make the change.

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