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Playing with Fire!

EP271   バシャーモふたたび！ハヅキとのたたかい！！ Bursyamo Returns! Battle Against Hazuki!!

First broadcast Japan October 24, 2002 United States October 4, 2003

English themes Opening Believe in Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening Ready Go! Ending ポケッターリ・モンスターリ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Playing with Fire! (Japanese: バシャーモふたたび！ハヅキとのたたかい！！ Bursyamo Returns! Battle Against Hazuki!!) is the 271st episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 24, 2002 and in the United States on October 4, 2003.

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

Synopsis

Ash has chosen Pikachu to battle Harrison's Kecleon. Kecleon disappears by using its Color Change ability to evade Quick Attack. And Pikachu locks on by listening, and he chases Kecleon. But Kecleon uses its Lick attack to confuse Pikachu, then tosses him with its tongue. Then Harrison orders a Psybeam attack, and it hits Pikachu. But Pikachu stands up and hides in the grass. But Kecleon uses its tongue to cut the grass, but it's grabbed by Pikachu, and Ash orders a Thunderbolt, knocking Kecleon out. Harrison recalls Kecleon.

Harrison then sends out Sneasel, the same one he captured before the tournament opened. Pikachu uses another Thunderbolt, but Sneasel dodges and uses a Metal Claw, knocking out Pikachu.

Ash takes a second to collect Pikachu from the field, then sends out Totodile. Totodile uses Water Gun, but Sneasel attempts to use Metal Claw, but Sneasel's attack was bitten by Totodile. Totodile finishes with its tail, leaving Sneasel unable to continue the battle.

Harrison chooses Hypno to fight next. Totodile uses Leer, but Hypno is totally unfazed by the attack. Hypno then uses Hypnosis, taking full control of Totodile. Next Hypno uses a Psychic attack to knock Totodile out of the field!

Ash sends out Snorlax... but Snorlax appears to be sleeping peacefully. Hypno takes the advantage of the situation by using Dream Eater on Snorlax. Snorlax then wakes up, angry at having its dreams stolen. Hypno is blasted by a Hyper Beam and is knocked out.

There's a five minute intermission due to 3 of Harrison's Pokémon is unable to battle.

As the second half begins, Ash takes out Noctowl and Harrison chooses Steelix. Noctowl hits Steelix with Confusion, but Steelix counters with Sandstorm, which blinds Noctowl. Noctowl is hit with a Dig attack from Steelix, and when Noctowl attempts to use Hypnosis, but Steelix's Iron Tail knocks Noctowl.

Ash sends Snorlax back out. Snorlax was ready to use its Hyper Beam, but Steelix wraps Snorlax. Then Steelix uses Crunch, before Snorlax uses Ice Punch to be free from Steelix's Wrap, and finally, knocks Steelix out with Hyper Beam.

Harrison's next Pokémon is Houndoom. Snorlax uses Hyper Beam once more. However, Houndoom uses Counter to deflect the attack. Snorlax ends up getting blasted by his own Hyper Beam, and is taken out of the fight. Brock is amazed that Harrison's Houndoom can use Counter.

Ash's next Pokémon is a type-disadvantage Bayleef, a Template:Type2 Pokémon which is weak against Template:Type2 like Houndoom. Bayleef starts with Razor Leaf, but Flamethrower attack from Houndoom burns the leaves. Ash orders Headbutt, while Harrison orders Bite, but then, Bayleef uses Vine Whip around Houndoom's mouth, which prevents Houndoom from using Flamethrower and Bite. Bayleef tosses Houndoom to the ground, then finishes off with Body Slam

Harrison is down to his last Pokémon - Blaziken. Professor Oak was surprised to see Blaziken, while Brock, however, notes Bayleef has to battle another type-disadvantaged Pokémon. Bayleef starts with Razor Leaf, but Blaziken uses its legs to kick the leaves in a flash instead of using its Fire-type attacks. Ash determines to stay Bayleef away from Blaziken, and orders Vine Whip. but it was caught by Blaziken, and Ash was surprised and Blaziken reels it in, and Ash orders a Body Slam by using Blaziken's power, but Blaziken uses Fire Punch, and Bayleef is knocked out.

Now Ash is also down to his last Pokémon. And he chooses Charizard. The both Pokémon launch their Flamethrowers and the attacks meet in mid-air, resulting a huge ball of fire.

The episode ends as the two Fire Pokémon square off....

Major events

• Ash continues his battle with Harrison, and the two get down to their last Pokémon.
• Bayleef now revealed that she can use Headbutt.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Gary
• Harrison
• Professor Oak
• Delia

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Ariados (English), Kabigon (Japanese)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's; recap)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Heracross (Ash's; recap)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's; recap)
• Politoed (Misty's)
• Blastoise (Gary's; recap)
• Arcanine (Gary's; recap)
• Scizor (Gary's; recap)
• Golem (Gary's; recap)
• Blaziken (Harrison's)
• Kecleon (Harrison's)
• Sneasel (Harrison's)
• Hypno (Harrison's)
• Steelix (Harrison's)
• Houndoom (Harrison's)
• Machoke
• Machamp

Trivia

• This episode can be found on the second GBA video.
• Professor Oak says "Snorlax's Hyper Beam was sent back to him at double the power." This may confirm that Ash's Snorlax is male.

Errors

• When Ash sent out Totodile, he threw a Poké Ball, despite the fact that he captured it with a Lure Ball.
• Harrison's Steelix hits Ash's Noctowl with Dig which shouldn't be possible since Noctowl is a Flying-type and as such should not be affected by a Ground-type move.
• During the introduction the narrator says that Harrison is using Pokémon Ash has never seen before but it shows Kecleon as an example, even though Kecleon is one of the few Hoenn Pokémon Ash has seen before. Ash, Misty, and Brock appeared not to recognize the Kecleon either.
• When Pikachu is hit by Kecleon's Lick, he is shown with spiral eyes (which is normally used as an indication that a Pokémon has been knocked out) and yet is still able to battle. To make matters more confusing, when Pikachu is knocked out a couple of minutes later he is shown with the standard spiral eyes.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		再度遭遇火焰雞！！與葉越的戰鬥！！
Finnish		Leikkiä tulella
European French		Un match brûlant
German		Spiel mit dem Feuer
Hebrew		!משחקים באש mesakhkim be'esh!
Italian		Il torneo della vittoria (terza parte)
Portuguese	Brazil	Brincando com Fogo!
	Portugal	Brincar com Fogo!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Jugando con fuego!
	Spain	Jugando con fuego
Swedish		Eld mot Eld

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