EP098

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A Way Off Day Off (Japanese: みなみのしまだよ！ぜんいんしゅうごう！ It's the Southern Island! All Members Assemble!) is the 98th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 27, 1999 and in the United States on April 8, 2000.

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

Synopsis

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Major events

• Ash's Charizard and Tracey's Scyther form and settle a rivalry.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Cissy (flashback)
• Danny (flashback)

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Porygon (US and international); Template:P2 (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Lapras (Ash's)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Venonat (Tracey's)
• Marill (Tracey's)
• Scyther (Tracey's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's
• Victreebel (James's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Seadra (Cissy's; flashback)
• Blastoise (Cissy's; flashback)
• Nidoqueen (Danny's; flashback)
• Geodude (Danny's; flashback)
• Electrode (Danny's; flashback)
• Farfetch'd

Trivia

• Professor Oak's lecture: Ditto. At the end, Ditto transforms into a more dashing, slightly sinister-looking Professor Oak, prompting Oak to ask in surprise, "Who are you?"
• Pokémon senryū summary: Ditto, changing itself, change change change!
• The U.S. dub features Porygon in Who's That Pokémon?, despite the incident that happened in Japan.

Errors

• After Charizard and Scyther resolve their differences and walk away from each other, Scyther is much larger than normal.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Des vacances de rêve
• Italian: Una giornata di riposo
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Un día libre!
• Spanish: Menudo día libre

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