EP020

The Ghost of Maiden's Peak File:TheGhostofMaidensPeak.gif.png

EP020   ゆうれいポケモンとなつまつり Ghost Pokémon and the Summer Festival

First broadcast Japan August 12, 1997 United States October 2, 1998

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ひゃくごじゅういち

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 首藤剛志 Takeshi Shudō Storyboard 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Assistant director 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Animation director 志村隆行 Takayuki Shimura Additional credits

The Ghost of Maiden's Peak (Japanese: ゆうれいポケモンとなつまつり Ghost Pokémon and the Summer Festival) is the 20th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 12, 1997 and in the United States on October 2, 1998.

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

Major events

Debuts

• Talking Gastly

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Ghost of Maiden's Peak
• Officer Jenny

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Gastly

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmander (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Ekans (Jessie's)
• Koffing (James's)
• Gastly (talking Pokémon; debut)
• Venustoise (a crossbreed of Venusaur and Blastoise)

Trivia

• The priest says the great war the maiden's lover went off to happened 2000 years before the episode's events.
• One of the creatures Gastly transforms into is a real mongoose.
• The outfits that Ash, Misty, and Brock wear during the festival reappear in the fourth Japanese ending song, Pokémon Ondo.
• Maiden Peak is a real mountain range in Oregon.
• This is the first time a Pokémon other than Meowth speaks English.
• This is also the first time that Misty appears with her hair letdown.

In other languages

• Dutch: Het spook van de Maiden Klif
• European and Brazilian Portuguesee: O fantasma do Pico da donzela
• Finnish: Neidonkallion aave
• French: Le fantôme de la jeune fille
• Italian: Il fantasma delma scogliera
• Latin American Spanish: ¡El fantasma del Pico de la Doncella!
• Russian: Призрак Девичьей Скалы
• Spanish: El fantasma de Dante Speak

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