EP079: Difference between revisions

title_ja=セキエイスタジアム！ＶＳヒロシ！ |

title_ja_trans=Sekiei Stadium! VS Hiroshi! |

broadcast_jp=January 14, 1999 |

broadcast_us=November 27, 1999 |

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After foiling one of {{TRT}}'s heists in the [[EP078|last episode]], {{Ash}} and [[Ritchie]] are {{pkmn|battle|battling}} against each other in the round five battle! {{an|Brock}}, {{an|Misty}} and [[Nurse Joy]] think Ash is lucky he gets to battle a friend, and he and Ritchie vow to make it the best battle they've had. Unfortunately for Ash, due to Team Rocket's sneaky tricks, he becomes distracted on the way to the next battle. Team Rocket kidnaps Ash and demand that he either surrenders his {{AP|Pikachu}} to them or be unable to battle Ritchie in Round five. Ash is trapped in the back of a truck, but manages to escape by flooding the entire truck with {{AP|Squirtle}}, and escapes when the truck runs over. Team Rocket returns, but Ash uses his Bulbasaur to defeat them. They return yet again, with bikes. Pikachu uses {{m|ThunderShock}} to paralyze them. They return a final time by hooking a crane on the bike Ash stole from them, and lifting him into the air. Ash takes out {{AP|Pidgeotto}} to fly Pikachu up into their air balloon, where Pikachu uses {{m|Thunderbolt}} on them, and they drop into the forest. Ash orders Pidgeotto to fly the [[Team Rocket's mechas#Meowth Hot Air Balloon|Rocket Air Balloon]] to the Pokémon stadium.

==Major events==

* Ash battles [[Ritchie]] in the fifth round at the Indigo Stadium and loses, ending his session in the [[Pokémon League]] and finishing in the Top 16.

{{animeevents}}

* {{Delia}}

* {{an|Professor Oak}}

* Referee

* {{p|Weezing}} ({{OP|James|Weezing}})

* {{p|Chansey}} ({{OP|Nurse Joy|Chansey}})

* {{p|Magikarp}} ([[Pokémon League]]'s)

==Trivia==

** Pokémon senryū summary: Trainer; thinking of strategies, the day comes to the end.

* This is the only episode where {{AP|Pikachu}} has used {{m|Double-Edge}}.

* This is the last episode of season 1 to air in {{pmin|Finland}}.

* The book ''[[Charizard, Go!]]'' is partially based on this episode.

* Parts of this episode were reanimated and used for flashback material for ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]''.

===Errors===

* In the English dub both Professor Oak and Brock refer to Charmander as a "Flame-type", when it's actually a {{type|Fire}}. This is likely a translation error, since the Japanese name of Fire-type is "Flame-type".

* Squirtle is ruled unable to battle after it is put to {{Status|sleep}} by {{DL|Ritchie|Happy}}, despite the fact that both in the games and in the anime, sleeping Pokémon are still considered able to battle until they are knocked out.

* During one part of Team Rocket's motto, Jessie's lipstick is missing.

|cs={{tt|Jaký přítel, takový soupeř|What a friend, such a rival}}

|fi={{tt|Ystävä vai vihollinen|Friend or foe}}

|de={{tt|Möge der Bessere gewinnen!|May the best man win!}}

|he=חבר ואויב {{tt|chaver veoyev|Friend and Enemy}}

|hu={{tt|Harcostársak|Fighting Allies}}

|it={{tt|Amici nemici|Enemy friends}}

|pt_br={{tt|Amigo e Inimigo|Friend and Enemy}}

|pt_eu={{tt|Amigos e Inimigos|Friends and Enemies}}

|es_eu={{tt|Igual amigos que enemigos|Friends and foes alike}}

|nl={{tt|Zowel Vriend als Vijand|Both Friend and Foe}}

|sv={{tt|Stridskamrater|Battle buddies}}

|pl={{tt|Przyjaciel czy wróg|Friend or foe}}

|ro={{tt|Prieten și Dușman|Both Friend and Foe}}

}}

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[[Category:Episodes storyboarded and directed by Kiyoshi Fukumoto|079]]

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