EP195
The Poké-Spokes Person
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The Poké-Spokes Person (Japanese: ポケモンとはなせます!?ポケモンのことばポケモンのきもち！ You Can Speak with Pokémon!? The Words and Feelings of Pokémon!) is episode 195 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 26, 2001 and in the United States on March 23, 2002.
Synopsis
Ash and friends are on their way to the Olivine Gym, when Pikachu starts to feel weak and falls to the ground out of energy. An old man happens to be walking by and sees the weakened Pikachu. The old man goes over to Pikachu and starts talking to it in "Pika Language". The old man eventually helps at getting Pikachu's power back by letting Ash charge it up with the help of a bicycle.
The old man introduces himself as Lang and explains to them that they need to pay him for his services, which startles Misty and Brock since they thought that his help was free. Lang decides not to charge them since they didn't know that he charges for his assistance. Team Rocket is watching and they think it is a good time to get Pikachu, so they introduce themselves. Suddenly, Officer Jenny comes rides her motorbike in and says that the old man fits the exact description of a criminal who has been going around and saying he can talk to Pokémon when he can't! He tries to explain himself, but Officer Jenny takes notice to Team Rocket in the background and says that she knows them from somewhere. When she finally realizes who they really are, she tries to catch them, but they try and run off. Then out of nowhere some smoke bombs drop down, but Team Rocket says that they didn't do it.
When all the smoke clears, Team Rocket and the old man are both gone! Team Rocket is spying on Lang and they find out that some guys took him off. In the hideout, the real criminals who have been saying they can talk to Pokémon when they can't ask Lang if he wants to join them. Lang abruptly refuses, but they retaliate saying that he is a thief too for charging for his services. Lang explains that the only way to keep his rest stop open is to charge. Lang wants to leave, but the group of criminals says that they can't let him go since he knows about their group. Team Rocket decides to rescue Lang because with his power they could make lots of money.
Meanwhile, Ash and his friends are back at the Pokémon Center when Lang walks in and he says that he wanted to see if Pikachu was alright before he turned himself into the police. Lang talks to Pikachu again and is about to leave when Brock asks him if he can really talk to Pokémon. Lang explains that when he was young, there was a storm one day. When he was by himself in the family shelter waiting for his father to come back, three Pokémon (Rattata, Pidgey and Oddish) came out and talked to him in plain English. After the storm was over they disappeared and he never saw them again. Lang says that he is starting to doubt that that night really happened now. When Lang is about to leave though, the group of criminals stop him and say that he must come with them. Ash wants to help, but Lang says that he can handle it. The gang leader has our heroes surrounded with Magnemite and Magneton and in a tense moment, Lang explains that if they (the gang's Pokémon) attack, they could hurt innocent Pokémon in the Pokémon Center by knocking out the power. He eventually convinces them to stop, which makes the gang leader furious!
He yells at his Pokémon and they end up shocking the group of criminals! Officer Jenny comes in and Lang explains that it was his entire fault and that he should be arrested, but Jenny knows what really happens and believes that he is for real and arrests the fakers. Team Rocket meanwhile is watching above in their balloon with tears in their eyes. They then notice that there is awful lot of lightning coming out of the sky and before long, they get shocked and get sent blasting off again.
At the end, Lang bids farewell to our heroes and says that he is done with talking to Pokémon, but Ash and friends convince him to continue and not give up by saying that he could really do a lot for the world of Pokémon. Lang continues on his way and is walking a long a path when he sees a Meowth and starts to talk to it. The Meowth suddenly starts to speak in English, which startles him and excites him at the same time! The Meowth then runs away before Lang can catch up to it. We find out that it was really Team Rocket's Meowth and Team Rocket comments that it's nice being the heroes once in a while.
Major events
Debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Misty
- Brock
- Officer Jenny
- Lang
Pokémon
Trivia
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages
- French: Le Poké-Interprète
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