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'''Showdown at Dark City''' (Japanese: '''たいけつ！ポケモンジム！''' ''Showdown! Pokémon Gym!'') is the 42nd episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 30, 1998, and in the United States on October 29, 1998. | '''Showdown at Dark City''' (Japanese: '''たいけつ！ポケモンジム！''' ''Showdown! Pokémon Gym!'') is the 42nd episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 30, 1998, and in the United States on October 29, 1998. It was initially intended to air in Japan on January 27, 1998, but was rescheduled following the [[EP038]] incident. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[File:Pikachu Ketchup.png|thumb|250px|right|Pikachu crying over a broken ketchup bottle.]] | [[File:Pikachu Ketchup.png|thumb|250px|right|Pikachu crying over a broken ketchup bottle.]] | ||
* After the hiatus caused by [[EP038]], the show moved from Tuesday to Thursday. The original schedule was as follows: | |||
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* Ash and his friends decide to use fake names for sake of safety. They are in a restaurant, which probably lead to the use of food as inspiration for their false names: Ash uses the name Tom Ato, derived from {{wp|tomato}}; Misty uses the name Ann Chovy, derived from {{wp|anchovy}}; and Brock uses the name {{wp|Caesar salad|Caesar Salad}}. In the Japanese version, they use names derived from ketchup, chicken rice, and curry rice respectively. | * Ash and his friends decide to use fake names for sake of safety. They are in a restaurant, which probably lead to the use of food as inspiration for their false names: Ash uses the name Tom Ato, derived from {{wp|tomato}}; Misty uses the name Ann Chovy, derived from {{wp|anchovy}}; and Brock uses the name {{wp|Caesar salad|Caesar Salad}}. In the Japanese version, they use names derived from ketchup, chicken rice, and curry rice respectively. | ||
* Pikachu reveals his fondness for ketchup. The next time he does so is in ''[[AG002|A Ruin with a View]]'', 234 episodes later. | * Pikachu reveals his fondness for ketchup. The next time he does so is in ''[[AG002|A Ruin with a View]]'', 234 episodes later. | ||