EP054

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The Case of the K-9 Caper! (Japanese: けいさつけんガーディ Police Officer Gardie) is episode 54 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 16, 1998 and in the United States on April 10, 1999.

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

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Growlithe

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Growlithe (Officer Jenny's; multiple)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Dodrio

Trivia

• Pokémon Ondo replaced Pocket Fantasy as the ending.
• This is one of the few episodes where Rachael Lillis had to provide Pikachu's voice.
• Although it was never aired in syndicated form in Cartoon Network in 2003, it finally makes its debut on September 14, 2007 at 6:30 AM ET.
• Ash had six Poké Balls on his bed even though he doesn't use Pikachu's.
  • Additionally, he only had five Pokémon in his party at the time: Pikachu, Pidgeotto, Bulbasaur, Charizard, and Squirtle.
• This episode is preceded by different episodes between the original Japanese version and dubbed versions. The episode is preceded by The Purr-fect Hero in the original Japanese version and by Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden in the dub.
• This is the last episode to air in Japan before the debut of the first movie Mewtwo Strikes Back.

Errors

• When Jessie from Team Rocket changes into the Ash costume to try to fool Pikachu, she comes back and says "Pikachu" under Ash's voice, yet in the next scene, she turns the dial to Ash on her voice changer.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: L'unité d'élite K-9
• Italian: Scuola di polizia
• Latin American Spanish: ¡El caso de la policía canina!
• Spanish: El caso de la travesura K-9
• Swedish: Röstresurser

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