EP161: Difference between revisions

On their way to [[Ecruteak City]], {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} come across [[Johto]]'s [[National Park]] which is hosting a Pokémon [[Bug-Catching Contest]]. The rules state that each participant is given a special "{{ball|Sport|Park Ball}}". They are to enter the forest, and using only one {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, catch the strongest {{type|Bug}} Pokémon they can find. Whoever gets the strongest one wins the competition and, in addition to keeping the Pokémon they catch also wins a [[Sun Stone]]. Eager to get a new Pokémon, Ash decides to enter the contest. While registering he encounters a familiar face: {{an|Casey}}, the [[baseball]]-loving {{pkmn|Trainer}} from [[EP118|a previous episode]]. She tells him that she's entering the contest as well, and announces that she intends to beat Ash no matter what the cost.

* Ash fails to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{p|Weedle}} for the [[EP004|second time]] as it's caught by Casey instead. She is later forced to {{pkmn2|released|release}} it under the contest rules.

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[[File:WTP EP161.png|thumb|200px|Who's That Pokémon?]]

[[File:Park Ball anime.png|thumb|200px|A Park Ball]]

* The {{ball|Sport|Park Balls}} pictured in this episode are vastly different from the later-introduced {{ball|Sport}} in-game sprites, likely due to a design change between the time of Generation II and Generation IV. This is similar to the alteration in design of the {{ball|Safari}}, which appears differently between [[EP035|its anime debut]] and its [[Generation III]] reintroduction with an in-game sprite.

* Both [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are over 16 years old, at least in the dub. This is one of the few times the {{pkmn|anime}} has mentioned their ages.

** According on to the Japanese version ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'', they are both 25 years old, which fits this criteria.

* In the Japanese version, the Pokémon featured in the episode's [[Who's That Pokémon?|Dare Da?]] (Who's this?) segment is Jessie in the {{p|Venomoth}} suit. When the "Pokémon" is revealed, the narrator calls it a Venomoth, but the kids then shout, "Incorrect!"

** It should be noted that this is the second time the [[Who's That Pokémon?|Dare Da?]] (Who's This?) Pokémon segment had a human appearing as a "Pokémon", with [[Brutella]] having earlier appeared in [[EP018]].

* This episode marks the second time {{Ash}} tries (and fails) to catch a {{p|Weedle}}, the first being ''[[EP004|Challenge of the Samurai]]''. However, he eventually catches its final form, {{p|Beedrill}}.

* Ash receiving a [[Sun Stone]] is a reference to the games, where the {{player}} gets a Sun Stone if they win the first place in the [[Bug-Catching Contest]].

* The book [[Winner Takes All]] is based on this episode.

* {{an|Misty}} is scared of every single {{t|Bug}} Pokémon in the episode and reacts to them by hiding or shooing them away. The only Bug-type Pokémon she doesn't react to was {{p|Pineco}}; she even asks Brock if Pineco are Bug-type Pokémon or not.

* Casey telling her {{p|Chikorita}} to knock the tree down is a reference to the games, where the player can {{m|Headbutt}} trees to find wild Pokémon.

* After Casey's Chikorita evolves into {{p|Bayleef}}, its headband appears to have disappeared.

* This is the only episode in which Ash gives a Pokémon to another {{pkmn|Trainer}}.

* In one scene, Misty's {{DL|List of clothing in the anime|Misty|shoes}} are colored all white.

* When Misty is complaining about Bug-type Pokémon, Togepi moves its mouth, but it doesn't say anything.

* When Ash was given {{AP|Beedrill}} after the contest had ended, he already had {{AP|Pikachu}}, {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, {{AP|Chikorita}}, {{AP|Cyndaquil}}, {{AP|Totodile}}, and {{AP|Noctowl}} on his team, so Beedrill should have been sent to {{an|Professor Oak}}. However, Beedrill remained on Ash's team until he gave it to Casey.

[[zh:精灵宝可梦 第162集]]