EP065

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EP065   ライバルたいけつ！オーキドけんきゅうじょ Rival Confrontation! Ōkido Laboratory

First broadcast Japan October 8, 1998 United States September 30, 1999

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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Showdown at the Po-ké Corral (Japanese: ライバルたいけつ！オーキドけんきゅうじょ Rival Confrontation! Ōkido Laboratory) is episode 65 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 8, 1998 and in the United States on September 30, 1999.

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

Major events

• Marks the first appearance of Ash's Tauros in the English dub, since the episode where they were caught was never aired.

• Ash and Gary both learn that the Pokémon League will be held at the Indigo Plateau.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Gary
• Professor Oak
• Delia Ketchum

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Slowbro

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Krabby (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Tauros (Ash's; multiple)
• Vulpix (Brock's; flashback)
• Mr. Mime (Delia's, Mimey)
• Krabby (Gary's)
• Doduo (Gary's; debut)
• Persian (Giovanni's)
• Mewtwo (Giovanni's; escapes)

Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's lab:

• Kakuna
• Beedrill
• Pidgey
• Pidgeotto
• Rattata
• Raticate
• Spearow
• Sandshrew
• Nidoran♀
• Nidoran♂
• Oddish
• Gloom
• Paras
• Parasect
• Mankey
• Primeape
• Growlithe
• Poliwag
• Poliwhirl
• Geodude
• Ponyta
• Rapidash
• Slowpoke
• Seel
• Dewgong
• Voltorb
• Electrode
• Horsea
• Goldeen
• Staryu
• Starmie
• Snorlax
• Ho-Oh (flashback)

Trivia

• Meowth's Song replaced Pokémon Ondo as the ending.
• This episode is preceded by Holiday Hi-Jynx and Snow Way Out in the dub.
• This episode's dub title is a reference to the historical event, Showdown at the O.K. Corral.
• Mewtwo makes its final cameo appearance before the debut of the movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back. It is seen blasting out of Team Rocket headquarters, causing it to explode. This scene is reshown in the movie.
• When Professor Oak is explaining his daily routine to Ash and friends, the frame for the clips shows various symbols of Energies from the Trading Card Game.

In other languages

• French: Règlement de compte à Poké-Corral
• Italian: Uniti nel pericolo
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Duelo en el Poké-Corral!
• Spanish: Espectáculo en el Poké-Corral

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