Playing with Fire!!

EP271

バシャーモふたたび！ハヅキとのたたかい!!
Bursyamo Returns! Battle Against Hazuki!

First broadcast

Japan	October 24, 2002
United States	October 4, 2003

English themes

Opening	Believe in Me
Ending

Japanese themes

Opening	Ready Go!
Ending	ポケッターリ・モンスターリ

Credits

No additional credits are available at this time.
Animation	Team Ota
Screenplay	冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard	鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
Assistant director	鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
Animation director	志村泉 Izumi Shimura

Playing with Fire!! (Japanese: バシャーモふたたび！ハヅキとのたたかい!! Bursyamo Returns! Battle Against Hazuki!) is episode 271 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 24, 2002 and in the United States on October 4, 2003.

Ash's next battle is against Harrison who not only has power but also a couple of Pokémon that Ash has never battled against before.

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

Synopsis

Major events

Ash battles against Harrison.
A heated battle of Charizard and Blaziken is about to begin!

Debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Ariados (English), Kabigon (Japanese)

Pikachu (Ash's)
Meowth (Team Rocket)
Togepi (Misty's)
Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
Charizard (Ash's)
Muk (Ash's; recap)
Snorlax (Ash's)
Heracross (Ash's; recap)
Bayleef (Ash's
Totodile (Ash's)
Noctowl (Ash's)
Psyduck (Misty's; recap)
Politoed (Misty's)
Blastoise (Gary's; recap)
Arcanine (Gary's; recap)
Scizor (Gary's; recap)
Golem (Gary's; recap)
Blaziken (Harrison's)
Kecleon (Harrison's)
Sneasel (Harrison's)
Hypno (Harrison's)
Steelix (Harrison's)
Houndoom (Harrison's)
Machoke
Machamp

Trivia

This episode can be found on the second GBA video.

Errors

When Ash sent out Totodile, he threw a Poké Ball, despite the fact that he captured it with a Lure Ball.

Dub edits

In other languages

French: Un match brûlant

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