EP192

The Wayward Wobbuffet

EP192   ソーナンス！そうなんす？ Sonans! Is That So?

First broadcast Japan April 5, 2001 United States March 2, 2002

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター (Whiteberry) Ending 前向きロケット団！

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

The Wayward Wobbuffet (Japanese: ソーナンス！そうなんす？ Sonans! Is That So?) is the 192nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 5, 2001 and in the United States on March 2, 2002.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Knowing our heroes are still en-route to Olivine City, Team Rocket lies in wait. Dressed as scientists, they explain they’ve just repaired the amazing “Poké Pod.” To test it out, Pikachu is placed in the pod and locked in tight. When Team Rocket reveals their true identity and runs, Ash and Co. are in hot pursuit. When our heroes catch up to Team Rocket, there isn’t a Poké Pod or Pikachu in sight! Realizing Wobbuffet was hiding for the handoff, Ash chases after it. In Wobbuffet’s rash retreat, it trips dropping the Poké Pod containing Pikachu and falls into the rapids of a nearby river. Since the only way to release Pikachu from the Poké Pod is to possess the key around Wobbuffet’s neck, it’s an all-out race to reach Team Rocket’s blue bad-boy first. This proves problematic as Wobbuffet plummets over waterfalls, wanders through forests, gets taken for a ride on the roof of a run-away truck, blows for miles in a hot-air balloon and falls helpless to the helm of a speedboat! Who will reach Wobbuffet and the key first?...

Major events

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Police Officers
• Goneff

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Teddiursa

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Golem (Goneff's)
• Quagsire

Trivia

• The episode's title is read by Team Rocket.
• Aim to Be a Pokémon Master (Whiteberry Version) replaces OK! as the opening.
• Face Forward Team Rocket! replaces To My Best Friend as the ending.
• In the Japanese version, Pocket Monster TV replaces Dare Da? (Who's this?) as a commercial break transition/eyecatch. Pocket Monster TV essentially serves the same purpose as "Dare Da?" except that it features a computerized voice, the featured Pokémon's number, and a different background.
• This episode is featured on the Volume 14: Wobbuffet copy of Pokémon All-Stars.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		果然翁遇難了！？
Czech		Wobbuffetí schovávaná
Dutch		De Weerbarstige Wobbufet
European French		La poursuite infernale
German		Woingenau und der magische Schlüssel
Hebrew		המרדף אחרי וובאפטhamirdaf akhar Wobbuffet
Italian		Pokémon in gabbia
Portuguese	Brazil	O Redelde Wobbuffet
	Portugal	O Wobbuffet Perdido
Spanish	Latin America	¡Wobbuffet, el Pokémon descarado!
	Spain	Wobbuffet y la llave secreta

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