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Don't Touch That 'dile
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Japanese themes
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Don't Touch That 'dile (Japanese: ワカバタウン！はじまりをつげるかぜのふくまち！ Wakaba Town! Where Winds of a New Beginning Blow!) is the 117th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 14, 1999 and in the United States on October 14, 2000.
Synopsis
Template:Incomplete synopsis Walking through a foggy forest, Ash, Misty and Brock are heading to New Bark Town to register for the Johto League. After being lost, Misty scolds Ash. Then Misty's Togepi and Pikachu run off to a lake. The gang saw a mysterious Pokémon, later revealed to be Suicune, at the middle of the lake. When Suicune sees them, it run away. Ash tries to follow it but falls. The others soon also fall. Then, Jigglypuff appears and finds it fun and slides down. Jessie, James and TRMeowth ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]) are walking out of the same forest, hungry. They find a Pokémon Lab, where Professor Elm mistakes Jessie as Nurse Joy and tells her to check up on his Totodile. They encounter Prof. Elm's Totodile. Totodile bites Meowth's tail and sprays water at James' face. Jessie picks it up and they run out of the lab. Ash and the gang has finally reached New Bark Town. Excited to see Nurse Joy, Brock tells Ash and Misty to go to the Pokémon Center but when they reach there, they see Nurse Joy’s Chansey. Chansey presses a button and a screen appears. Nurse Joy says that she is with Prof. Elm and will be back by 2:00 but Misty says that it is already 3:30. Brock gets concerned and forces them to find her. But when they reach there, they find out that the place is swarming with police.
When Brock sees Officer Jenny, he wants to give a bouquet of flowers to her. But as usual, Misty pulls his ear and tows him away. When they rush inside, they see Nurse Joy scolding Prof. Elm for being careless. Brock rushes up to her and hold her hands but is towed away by Misty again. Ash and his friends learn about the stolen Totodile.
Using a sample of the thieves' footprints, Officer Jenny's Growlithe tracks down Team Rocket and the Totodile. Ash defeats Team Rocket, and Totodile is returned to Professor Elm. Later that day, Nurse Joy registers Ash for the Johto League. Ash and his friends then leave, unaware of Jigglypuff, which follows after them.
Major events
- Ash and co. arrive at New Bark Town.
- Ash signs up for the Johto League.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Chikorita (US and international), Onidrill (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Bulbasaur (Ash's)
- Charizard (Ash's)
- Squirtle (Ash's)
- Arbok (Jessie's)
- Lickitung (Jessie's)
- Weezing (James's)
- Victreebel (James's)
- Bulbasaur (starter Pokémon; flashback)
- Charmander (starter Pokémon; flashback)
- Squirtle (starter Pokémon; flashback)
- Cyndaquil (starter Pokémon; debut)
- Totodile (starter Pokémon; debut)
- Growlithe (Officer Jenny's)
- Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
- Jigglypuff (anime)
- Fearow
- Suicune (debut)
Trivia
- OK! replaced The Rivals as the opening.
- Meowth's Party replaced Riding on Lapras as the ending.
- The Japanese title of the episode is a reference to the slogan of New Bark Town.
- The English dub of this episode first aired exactly one year after the original did in Japanese.
- This episode's dub title is a reference to the old advertising slogan, "don't touch that dial!"
- This is the only time that the first episode of a region aired before the game the region corresponds to was released in Japan: Pokémon Gold and Silver were not released in Japan until more than a month after this episode's first airing. Comparatively, Kanto's first episode was aired more than a year after the release of Pokémon Red and Green, and Hoenn and Sinnoh's first episodes were first aired on the day of their corresponding games' release. In the United States, all episodes featuring the debut of a generation have aired before the release of the corresponding games by a few days besides Pokémon - I Choose You!, which aired a week after the release of Pokémon Red and Blue.
- This episode is featured on the Volume 16: Totodile copy of Pokémon All Stars.
- The book Go West, Young Ash is based on this episode.
- When Professor Elm talks to Professor Oak, he mentions an article in a magazine called "National Pokégraphic", which is a reference to the real-life magazine National Geographic.
Errors
- In one scene, when James was going to make a phone call, he did not have any gloves for a second. In the next scene, he had gloves as usual.
- Towards the end, when Ash's Pokémon all attack at once, Bulbasaur uses Razor Leaf, but the sound for Vine Whip can be heard.
Dub edits
- Misty's claim that they may find another Pokémon like the one they saw in the woods was originally her wondering what the Pokémon was.
- Ash asking for a fee was in the dub only.
- Professor Oak's "They always call in the middle of my soap operas" line was originally just him saying "Hello, this is the Oak Laboratory."
- The dub omitted Professor Elm's mention that the starter trio Ash had with him are given out in Pallet Town.
- Ash mentioning Gary Oak was dub added.
- The dub implies that the trainer that Totodile will receive is female, whereas the Japanese version doesn't state the gender of the Trainer picking up Totodile.
- Originally, Professor Elm doesn't specify when Totodile's Trainer will show up.
In other languages
- Finnish: Näpit irti Totosta!
- French: Le crime ne paie pas
- German: Finger weg von Karnimani
- Hebrew: גניבת הטוטודייל gnevat haTotodile
- Italian: Un'iscrizione difficile
- Portuguese:
- Brazilian Portuguese: Com o Totodile não se Brinca
- European Portuguese: Não Toques no 'dile
- Spanish:
- Iberian Spanish: No toqueis a ese 'dile
- Latin American Spanish: ¡El robo de Totodile!
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