EP250

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(Japanese: こおりのどうくつ！ The Ice Cave!) is episode 250 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 30, 2002 and was never broadcast in the US or anywhere else outside of Japan.

While travelling through the Ice Cave, Brock gets a fever and Team Rocket tamper with the cave's climate control.

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Synopsis

As they continued their journey, Ash and co go through the Ice Cave, a shortcut to Blackthorn City. But when they slip, they fall into a hole. Why is there a hole? Team Rocket, of course.

Team Rocket then starts putting water in the hole. Ash's Pikachu uses Thunderbolt and Misty's Politoed uses Water Gun sending Team Rocket blasting off. When they finally got out of the hole Brock seems to have caught a cold.

As they walk along, they find a Pokémon Center. There are no Chansey here, instead Jynx appear. As they check Brock's temperature he becomes feverish because of Nurse Joy, who explains that she is the sister of the Nurse Joy who appeared in The Joy of Pokémon. Joy sees Brock's fever worsening, and he remains in bed under the care of Jynx as Joy explains that the ice cave remains stable due to a large building acting as a refrigerator.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket, overlooking the Pokémon Center from a nearby cliff, complain about the cold draft. They leave to find its source and soon come upon the large building Joy described. They set about their evil deeds as the scene cuts back to Brock in the Pokémon Center.

Brock continues to dream of Nurse Joy, and mistakenly shares a kiss with Jynx as it cares for him. Nurse Joy notices a rapid rise in cavern temperature, and goes to the building with Ash and Misty to investigate. All three travel by sledge driven by Piloswine.

Upon their arrival, the trio see that the structure has been reversed, heating the cave and cooling the Jungle outside. This puts both sides in danger, so the group run outside to find the cold air pipe, but immediately fall into a pitfall dug by Team Rocket.

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Major events

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Misty
• Nurse Joy
• Team Rocket

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Corsola (Misty's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Jynx (Nurse Joy's)
• Swinub (Nurse Joy's)
• Piloswine (Nurse Joy's)

Trivia

• This episode was skipped due to the presence of Jynx, a Pokémon considered by some to be an offensive racial stereotype.
• The Nurse Joy in this episode is the younger sister of the Nurse Joy in The Joy of Pokémon. While that Nurse Joy prefers the warmer climate of the Orange Islands, this Nurse Joy prefers the colder climate of the Ice Cave.
• One of Meowth's boss fantasies is shown in this episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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