EP178

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EP177 : Wings 'N' Things
Original series
EP179 : The Apple Corp!
The Grass Route
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  EP178  
ポポッコ!くさポケモンバトル!!
Popocco! Grass Pokémon Battle!!
First broadcast
Japan December 21, 2000
United States November 3, 2001
English themes
Opening Born to Be a Winner
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening OK!
Ending ぼくのベストフレンドへ
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita
Storyboard 井上修 Osamu Inoue
Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura
No additional credits are available at this time.

The Grass Route (Japanese: ポポッコ!くさポケモンバトル!! Popocco! Grass Pokémon Battle!!) is the 178th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 21, 2000 and in the United States on November 3, 2001.

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Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis En route to Ecruteak City, Ash and company are caught by the sight of a Skiploom racing by. Following after it, they encounter its trainer, Ephraim. He and his Skiploom are training for the upcoming annual Grass-Type tournament, a contest for Template:Type2 Pokémon only. Confident he can win any “local” tournament, Ash decides he and Bulbasaur will enter as well. Ephraim and his Skiploom train hard as the tournament quickly approaches. Find out who triumphs as young Ephraim and Ash face-off in the final round of the tournament!..

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Girafarig

Trivia

  • This episode is listed on Pokémon.com as "The Grass Root". [1]

Errors

  • According to the games, Skiploom can't learn SolarBeam by leveling up.
  • Skiploom's Leech Seed should not have affected Victreebel, as they are part grass-type, and are therefore immune.

Dub edits

In other languages

  • Finnish: Ylpeys vai lankeemus
  • French: Dernière escale
  • German. Das Pflanzen-Pokémon Turnier
  • Italian: Un torneo speciale
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡La ruta de hierba!
  • Iberian Spanish: Campeonato de Pokémon planta
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Onde a Grama é Mais Verde

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EP177 : Wings 'N' Things
Original series
EP179 : The Apple Corp
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