EP170

A Better Pill to Swallow

EP170   ツボツボVSマダツボミ Tsubotsubo VS Madatsubomi

First broadcast Japan October 26, 2000 United States October 13, 2001

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ポケモンはらはらリレー

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki Assistant director 岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki Animation director 福本勝 Masaru Fukumoto No additional credits are available at this time.

A Better Pill to Swallow (Japanese: ツボツボVSマダツボミ Tsubotsubo VS Madatsubomi) is the 170th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 26, 2000 and in the United States on October 13, 2001.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis The group search for a special Shuckle that can produce special juice but Team Rocket steal it and drink the juice themselves. This makes all the Pokémon in the area, including Pikachu, to fall in love with them...

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Shuckle

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James
• Old Man Shuckle

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Eevee

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Shuckle (shiny)
• Bellsprout (Spoopy; Old Man Shuckle's)
• Beedrill (×8)
• Shuckle (multiple)
• Ursaring (×6)

Fantasized Pokémon

• Machop
• Machoke
• Charmander
• Squirtle
• Gyarados
• Spearow (×4)
• Beedrill (×3)

Trivia

The dub title is a reference to the phrase "a bitter pill to swallow".

Errors

• When Team Rocket blasts off, Wobbuffet can be heard, but it was inside its Poké Ball at the time.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Le remède miracle
• German: Geheime Medizin
• Hebrew: תרופת הקסם trufat hakesem
• Italian: Come domare un Pokémon
• Portuguese (Brazilian): O Remédio Bombástico
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Una píldora más fácil de tragar
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡El elixir del amor!

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