EP140

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EP140   バトルしようぜ！ハッサムVSへラクロス!! Let's Battle! Hassam VS Heracross!!

First broadcast Japan March 23, 2000 United States February 24, 2001

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ニャースのパーティ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 近藤信宏 Nobuhiro Kondō Assistant director 岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki Animation director はしもとかつみ Katsumi Hashimoto No additional credits are available at this time.

Wired For Battle (Japanese: バトルしようぜ！ハッサムVSへラクロス!! Let's Battle! Hassam VS Heracross!!) is episode 140 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 23, 2000 and in the United States on February 24, 2001.

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

Major events

• Ash teaches Shingo about battles.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Muramasa
• Shingo

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Scizor (Muramasa's, nicknamed Masamune, debut)
• Scizor (Shingo's, nicknamed Blade)

Pokémon seen at the dojo

• Nidoking
• Primeape
• Poliwrath
• Machoke
• Golem
• Hitmonlee
• Hitmonchan
• Scyther

Trivia

• It is said that Scizor are known for their speed, however Scizor actually have a lower base speed than Scyther
• Shingo commands his Scizor to finish the match with False Swipe, but False Swipe is a move that can't KO a Pokémon.

In other languages

• French: Engagé pour combattre

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.