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From Ghost to Ghost
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From Ghost to Ghost (Japanese: エンジュジム！ゴーストバトル！！ Enjū Gym! Ghost Battle!!) is the 182nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 25, 2001 and in the United States on November 10, 2001.
Blurb
Anxious to acquire the next Johto League badge, Ash challenges Ecruteak City's Gym Leader, Morty. However, Ash has seen Morty's Ghost-type Pokémon in action and is a little worried about battle strategies. In a discussion with Nurse Joy, Ash realizes his secret weapon against Morty's Pokémon is his Noctowl. Find out what special strategies Ash and his Noctowl employ in a head-to-head battle against the skilled Gym Leader and his fear-provoking Pokémon!
Plot
Ash prepares for his fourth Gym battle against Morty and his powerful team of Ghost-type Pokémon by listening to his Pokédex's entry about Gengar. Unfortunately, the Pokédex states that details about Gengar are unknown. As Ash muses over battle strategies, Nurse Joy arrives with his Pokémon after healing them in the Pokémon Center. They talk about the difficulty of facing Morty's Ghost-type Pokémon and Nurse Joy suggests that Ash should use his Noctowl as a secret weapon.
At the Gym, Morty has his Gengar demonstrate Confuse Ray to a group of young Trainers as an example of how to fight without using brute force. Ash and his friends interrupt the lecture to challenge the Gym. Morty suggests that his students be allowed to watch and Ash agrees.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket floats along in their hot air balloon. James and Meowth are discussing James's use of his Treasure Detector to find treasures in Ecruteak City. Jessie groans that the device only finds junk and James attempts to prove her wrong by displaying his prized collection of bottle caps, although he declines to explain what makes them so valuable. At that moment, they see that they are floating directly over the Burned Tower of Ecruteak. They descend in the hopes of finding something valuable among the ruins.
As Ash's battle with Morty is about to begin, Team Rocket follows the Treasure Detector right up to the Gym, where they see Ash and Pikachu through a window and then mention that they may leave Ecruteak with more than one treasure. Then, the battle begins with Morty calling out his Gastly and Ash his Noctowl. Ash has Noctowl begin with Hypnosis. Gastly dodges, disappearing in the process. Ash tells Noctowl to use Foresight to find Gastly. Noctowl then attempts to Tackle Gastly, but Gastly easily dodges the attack again and again. After failing to Tackle Gastly, Noctowl tries to use Hypnosis; however, Morty orders Gastly to close his eyes to avoid being hypnotized and to use his Lick attack, which whips Noctowl out of the air. Ash returns Noctowl to its Poké Ball. Brock points out that this is a good strategy since Noctowl's Foresight will keep Gastly from disappearing, and Ash can use Noctowl again later on if he needs to.
As Jessie and Meowth watch through the window, they comment that the battle is much more interesting than digging for treasure. James then shows up and shouts that his device detected a valuable item hidden in a nearby building.
With Foresight keeping Gastly in view, Ash chooses Pikachu to replace Noctowl. Pikachu begins by using Quick Attack, which knocks Gastly far back. Pikachu then uses Thunderbolt, but Gastly dodges and counters with Night Shade. Pikachu got hit and is unable to battle any further. After thanking Pikachu for his hard work, Ash chooses Cyndaquil as his next choice.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket discovers that the building indicated by the Treasure Detector contains a number of real valuables, including a vase, a sword, and a new charm for Meowth's forehead. Just then, several Gastly materialize through a wall of the room.
Back at the Gym, Cyndaquil starts off with a Flamethrower attack. Gastly dodges, countering with Night Shade, which Cyndaquil dodges using Quick Attack. Gastly uses Lick but Cyndaquil just runs up Gastly's tongue and Tackles it, finally defeating it. Morty then chooses Haunter as his second Pokémon. Cyndaquil tries to hit it with Flamethrower, but Haunter disappears and then uses Mean Look, which extinguishes Cyndaquil's back flames and forces Ash to use Cyndaquil until the end of the round. Ash orders Cyndaquil to fire back up and use its Swift attack, which hurts Haunter. Haunter uses Hypnosis, which nearly works; but Cyndaquil counters with Smokescreen. Through the Smokescreen, Haunter grabs Cyndaquil and then Licks it, ending Cyndaquil's ability to battle. Ash is now down to only his Noctowl.
As the Gym battle continues, Team Rocket sits in the other building, hallucinating about food at the Gastly's doing, which the Gastly think is very humorous.
After Ash brings it back out, Noctowl uses Foresight to keep Haunter from disappearing. Noctowl follows this with a Tackle attack, but Haunter forces Noctowl to dodge its hands to avoid being grabbed instead. Haunter then tries its Lick attack, which Noctowl dodges. The two Pokémon then each use Hypnosis and Confuse Ray, which become locked against each other; but Noctowl's Hypnosis loses the struggle and gets blown away, allowing Confuse Ray to hit Noctowl. Haunter then uses Night Shade, but the confused Noctowl still Tackles through the attack. The two collide and Noctowl is not confused anymore. Brock remarks that Noctowl learned Confusion, which Ash confirms with his Pokédex. Noctowl uses its new move on Haunter and easily wins.
Morty finally sends out Gengar. Noctowl uses Confusion while Gengar uses Shadow Ball; the Confusion attack hits the Shadow Ball, making it explode, showering everyone with dark energy. Gengar disappears and, when Noctowl tries to use Foresight to find it, starts forcing Noctowl to repeatedly dodge its Night Shade. Misty is surprised that Gengar can attack while it is invisible and Brock says that Noctowl won't win without using Foresight. Ash thinks for a moment and then tells Noctowl to send Confusion through the building. This reveals Gengar and Noctowl is able to use Foresight on it. Gengar attempts to use Shadow Ball again, but Noctowl stops it with a Tackle attack. After hitting the ceiling and falling to the floor, Gengar is now unable to battle, giving Ash the victory.
Before the group heads out, Morty admits that Ash may actually have seen Ho-Oh, then hands over the Fog Badge. Later, Team Rocket flees from the haunted building, complaining of how nightmarish the day has been.
Major events
- Ash's Cyndaquil is revealed to know Quick Attack and Swift.
- Ash's Noctowl learns Confusion.
- Ash defeats Morty in a Gym battle and earns the Fog Badge.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Ditto (US and international), Gastly (Japan)
Trivia
- This episode's dub title is a reference to the phrase "From coast to coast".
- Meowth's food illusion includes a real-life fish.
- The Gastly that are hypnotising Team Rocket break the fourth wall by turning towards the camera and laughing at the audience.
- The Treasure Detector makes the same noise as the slot machines at the Celadon Game Corner in Generation III.
- Misty exclaims "Not another Ghost-type!", even though Morty is a Ghost-type Gym Leader and only uses Ghost-types.
- Team Rocket does not recite the motto in this episode.
- The type immunity between Normal and Ghost, and vice-versa, is never mentioned or even applied this episode, even though future episodes would make sure to do it when necessary.
Errors
- In the scene of when James shows his bottle caps there is no tracking device behind him, but when turns around it appears right in front of him.
- When Morty withdraws Gastly, the beam only covers Gastly's spherical body but not the gas.
- When Haunter uses Mean Look on Cyndaquil, Misty states that Morty said himself that Ash was allowed to switch his Pokémon. It was the referee, not Morty, who said this.
- When Ash reads the title card, the Pokémon logo is missing.
- Ash's Cyndaquil hits Morty's Haunter with a Swift attack, which shouldn't have hit as Haunter had not been hit by Foresight, unlike Gastly.
- When Ash returns Cyndaquil into its Poké Ball, Ash's hand raises up with the Poké Ball, but his arm does not raise up.
- When Haunter faints, Brock's voice can be heard.
Dub edits
- A split shot with Ash and Morty is skipped.
- The original airing of this episode on Hungama TV in India started the episode directly from the title card, skipping the part of the episode that comes before it.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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 Bulgarian
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От призрак на призрак | |
| Mandarin Chinese | 圓朱道館鬼斯戰鬥 | |
 Czech
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Jeden duch za druhým | |
 Dutch
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Van Spook naar Spook | |
 Finnish
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Aaveita ja haaveita | |
 European French
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Rencontre au sommet | |
 German
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Von Geist zu Geist | |
 Hebrew
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תג הערפל tag ha'arafel | |
 Hindi
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एक घोस्त से दुसरे घास्त तक! Ek ghost se dusre ghost tak! * | |
 Italian
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Una tappa importante | |
 Polish
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Od ducha do ducha | |
| Portuguese |  Brazil
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De Fantasma pra Fantasma |
 Portugal
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De Fantasma a Fantasma | |
| Spanish |  Latin America
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¡De fantasma a fantasma! |
 Spain
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De fantasma en fantasma | |
 Swedish
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Hu, vad det spökar igen! | |
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This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime. |