EP029

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EP029   かくとうポケモン！だいバトル！ Hand-to-Hand Fighting Pokémon! Big Battle!

First broadcast Japan October 14, 1997 United States October 15, 1998

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ニャースのうた

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 酒井啓史 Keishi Sakai No additional credits are available at this time.

The Punchy Pokémon (Japanese: かくとうポケモン！だいバトル！ Hand-to-Hand Fighting Pokémon! Big Battle!) is episode 29 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 14, 1997 and in the United States on October 15, 1998.

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

Major events

• Ash gives his Primeape to Anthony.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Anthony
• Rebecca
• Giant

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Hitmonchan

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Charmander (Ash's; flashback)
• Primeape (Ash's; leaves)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Hitmonchan (Anthony's; debut)
• Primeape (Anthony's; new)

Pokémon seen competing at the P1 Grand Prix:

• Poliwrath (debut)
• Machop (debut)
• Machoke (debut)
• Machamp (debut)
• Hitmonlee (Giant's; debut)

Trivia

• Rachael Lillis took over Annie Pondel's role as Brock's Vulpix as of this episode.

Errors

• Brock entered his Geodude in the competition. Even though it was not a Fighting type, it was allowed in. However, in the TCG, Geodude is considered a Fighting type.

In other languages

• French: Un Pokémon qui a du punch
• Italian: Il torneo
• Portuguese: O Pokémon Lutador

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