EP117

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EP117   ワカバタウン！はじまりをつげるかぜのふくまち！ Wakaba Town! Where Winds of New Beginning Blow

First broadcast Japan October 14, 1999 United States October 14, 2000

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 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

Don't Touch That 'Dile (Japanese: ワカバタウン！はじまりをつげるかぜのふくまち！ Wakaba Town! Where Winds of New Beginning Blow!) is episode 117 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 14, 1999 and in the United States on October 14, 2000.

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

Major events

• Ash and co. see a Suicune.

Debuts

• Professor Elm
• Suicune

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Professor Elm
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Bulbasaur (starter Pokémon; flashback)
• Charmander (starter Pokémon; flashback)
• Squirtle (starter Pokémon; flashback)
• Cyndaquil (starter Pokémon; debut)
• Totodile (starter Pokémon; debut)
• Growlithe (Officer Jenny's)
• Chansey (Pokémon Center's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Fearow
• Suicune (debut)

Trivia

• OK! replaced Rival! as the opening.
• Meowth's Party replaced Riding on Lapras as the ending.
• The girl who Professor Elm was saving Totodile for may have been Marina. She is seen with one in the opening A New Oath, which, prior to The Legend of Thunder!, evolved into a Croconaw.
• The Japanese title of the episode is a reference to the town slogan of New Bark Town.
• The English dub of this episode first aired exactly one year after the original did in Japanese.
• This episode's dub title is a reference to the old advertising slogan, "don't touch that dial!"

Errors

• In one scene, when James was going to make a phone call, he did not have any gloves for a second. In the next scene, he had gloves as usual.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Com Pokémon não se brinca!
• French: Le crime ne paie pas
• Italian: Un'iscrizione difficile
• Latin American Spanish: ¡El robo de Totodile!
• Spanish: No toqueis a ese 'dile

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