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'''A Tent Situation''' (Japanese: '''かえってきたマサラタウン！''' ''Back in {{tt|Masara|Pallet}} Town!'') is the 115th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 30, 1999 and in the United States on October 7, 2000.  

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{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at [[Pallet Town]], where he and {{an|Misty}} are surprised to see {{an|Brock}} waiting for them in Ash's house. When they ask why he left [[Professor Ivy]], Brock abruptly falls to the ground shivering, and Misty theorizes that she dumped him. {{Delia}} arrives home, and explains that she and [[Mimey]] found him a week ago, lying on the ground in a grassland, and took him home. Since then, Brock has been helping around the house, with Brock fighting over the chores with Mimey. Later, whilst discussing over dinner, {{Tracey}} insists on seeing {{an|Professor Oak}}. Ash is reminded of the [[GS Ball]] and then shows his mother his [[Winner's Trophy]], which she suggests she could use as a dumbbell.

Ash, {{AP|Pikachu}}, Misty, Tracey, and Brock travel to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]], with {{TRT}} watching from a distance. Ash is welcomed to the house by {{AP|Muk}}, who is crushing Oak under his weight. Tracey ignores the situation and asks to show Oak his sketches. Ash hands Oak the GS Ball and he puts it away to examine it later. Oak then shows them around the Laboratory, and Ash sends his {{AP|Tauros}} out to rejoin the herd before encountering his other Pokémon, {{AP|Snorlax}} and {{AP|Kingler}}. Over some cups of tea, Oak begins to review Tracey's sketches. As Tracey nervously awaits Oak's approval, he is interrupted by {{MTR}} activating a circus net that engulfs the Laboratory. Meanwhile, {{an|Jigglypuff}} appears and tries to go through the net, though it cannot.

Team Rocket performs their {{motto}} while doing a circus act. Just as Ash is about to call out {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, he notices Muk's insistence and sends it out instead. Jessie sends out {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}}, but Muk ignores Lickitung and goes on to smother Jessie. James sends out {{TP|James|Victreebel}}, which Muk hugs as well. James tries his luck with {{m|Razor Leaf}}, but it fails, and Muk deflects the leaves. Victreebel begins to swallow Muk, but soon spits it out in disgust. Lickitung slobbers all over Muk with its tongue, but it does nothing.

James commands Victreebel to use {{m|Sleep Powder}} on Muk, which works, much to Ash's surprise. Ash is about to call out {{AP|Squirtle}} and Bulbasaur, but Team Rocket then throws rings around him and the others, which immobilize them. A [[Team Rocket's mechas|Super Sucker]] then proceeds to suck all of the lab's [[Poké Ball]]s and Tracey's sketchbooks. Meowth asks again why Brock came back, though he doesn't give an answer. The last Ball sucked in is the GS Ball, but then, a rip in the tent appears, caused by a {{pkmn|Trainer}}'s {{p|Nidoqueen}}. Team Rocket's tent and Jigglypuff are sent flying into the distance. The [[Team Rocket's mechas|Meowth Balloon]] falls to the ground, releasing every Poké Ball inside. The Trainer turns out to be {{Gary}}, and his Nidoqueen attacks Lickitung by grabbing its tongue and swinging it into Team Rocket. Nidoqueen then sends Victreebel flying into Team Rocket with a {{m|Mega Punch}}. Jessie throws Meowth into the {{pkmn|battle}}; he tries using {{m|Scratch}}, but his claws break from Nidoqueen's armored body. Gary tells his Nidoqueen to strike back, hurling Team Rocket into the air and causing them to blast off.

Gary has Nidoqueen use its horn to free everyone. He then greets his grandfather, and everyone except for Ash admires his well-trained Nidoqueen. Ash tries to brag about his [[Orange League]] Winner's Trophy; Gary congratulates him but notes that it didn't help him defeat Team Rocket. Soon enough, Ash and Gary start a battle to prove who has become the better Trainer over the past months.

* {{an|Brock}} returns and meets {{Tracey}} for the first time.

* Ash returns {{AP|Tauros}} to its herd at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].

* {{Gary}} returns, is revealed to have obtained a {{p|Nidoqueen}}, and decides to have a {{pkmn|battle}} with Ash.

* {{p|Tauros}} ({{OP|Ash|Tauros}})

* {{p|Butterfree}} ({{DL|List of alternately colored Pokémon in the anime|Orange Archipelago Butterfree|Orange Archipelago Variant}})

* This episode's dub title is a reference to the phrase "a tense situation".

* The book [[Go West, Young Ash]] is based on this episode.

* This episode claims that this is the first time that {{Tracey}} has ever met {{an|Professor Oak}} or {{Delia}}. However this contradicts ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'', where Professor Oak, Delia, and [[Professor Ivy]] travel to [[Shamouti Island]] and meet up with {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and Tracey himself at the end of the movie. This also contradicts ''[[EP084|The Lost Lapras]]'', since Tracey saw Oak on the phone monitor, even going as far as to introduce himself as "Tracey Sketchit". He also had a full conversation with him about {{TP|Tracey|Scyther}} in ''[[EP097|Tracey Gets Bugged]]'', although in those cases, it could be dismissed since he didn't meet him ''in person''.

* When Ash sends out his {{AP|Tauros}}, it is sent out from a regular {{ball|Poké}}, instead of the {{ball|Safari}} it was captured in.

* In one scene, Delia calls Tracey "Miss Tracey", even though Tracey is male.

* When [[James]] orders his {{TP|James|Victreebel}} to attack Ash's Muk, in the dub, he told it to "get stuck on Muk". In the original version, he commands it to use {{m|Double-Edge}}.

* In the dub, James orders Victreebel to use {{m|Poison Powder}}, but in the original version, there is no mention of Victreebel knowing Poison Powder.

* Ash commands {{AP|Muk}} to use {{m|Poison Gas}} in the English dub. In the original Japanese version, Ash simply calls Muk by its name.

* The English-dubbed version of this episode was released in Japan as part of the ''{{DL|Pokémon de English|Pokémon de English! Kazu - Iro Hen}}'' VHS/DVD. This version has a few changes made:

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