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'''Ring Masters''' (Japanese: '''オーダイルＶＳカメックス！すもうバトル！！''' ''{{tt|Ordile|Feraligatr}} VS {{tt|Kamex|Blastoise}}! Sumo Battle!!'') is the 194th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on April 19, 2001 and in the United States on March 16, 2002.  

 

==Blurb==

 

==Plot==

{{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}}, and {{AP|Pikachu}} are passing through [[Rikishii Town]] when they see a set of {{p|Feraligatr}} matches taking down a few Pokémon. After its sixth win, Misty takes a closer look at the Feraligatr, and quickly falls in love with the Water type. The gang soon finds out that the Feraligatr is owned by a Trainer named [[Raiden]], who tells them that the competitions here use sumo-wrestling and the [[Sumo Conference|Pokémon Sumo Competition]] is being held by [[Shonosuke]], the director of the Pokémon sumo society. Shonosuke explain the rules of Pokémon sumo-wrestling, which the Pokémon only has to rely on their physical skills and not using of any of their usual attacks. He even mentions that Raiden and his Feraligatr are expecting to win this year’s Pokémon sumo competition, which is being held today. Ash decides to participate in the competition but Shonosuke reminds him that he needs to have a Pokémon that is heavy. Pikachu enthusiastically volunteers, but Ash gently turns the offer down, reminding him that he won't pass the weight requirement.

At the Pokémon Center, Ash asks {{an|Professor Oak}} to transfer his {{AP|Snorlax}} due to the regulations of the competition. Since Ash has six Pokémon, Ash transfers his {{AP|Noctowl}} because Professor Oak wants to do research due to its {{shiny|unusual rare coloring}}. At the registration area, a disguised {{TRT}} enters {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}, disguised as a {{p|Miltank}}, into the competition. [[James]] and {{MTR}} are concerned about [[Jessie]]'s plan of entering her Wobbuffet since it's a light-weight Pokémon, but Jessie tells them not to worry as she has already planned everything out. Meanwhile, Ash manages to gets his Snorlax into the competition, being the last person to register. It's just as well, as half of Snorlax's weight breaks the weigh-in scale. Snorlax quickly falls back to sleep, even missing the opening ceremony. But as Shonosuke announces the prize, which is the [[King's Rock]] and a one year supply of Pokémon food, Snorlax finally wakes up when it hears about the food prize.

==Major events==

* {{Ash}} temporary sends {{AP|Noctowl}} to {{an|Professor Oak}} and adds {{AP|Snorlax}} to his [[party|team]].

* Ash participates in a [[Sumo Conference|Pokémon Sumo Competition]] and wins, earning a [[King's Rock]] as a reward.

 

===Debuts===

==Characters==

===Humans===

* [[Nurse Joy]]

* {{an|Professor Oak}}

===Pokémon===

[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Ledyba}} ''(US and international)'', {{p|Feraligatr}} ''(Japan)''

* {{p|Granbull}} (×2)

* {{p|Ursaring}} (×2)

* {{p|Lickitung}}

==Trivia==

* Brock [[Fourth wall|breaks the fourth wall]] at the beginning of this episode.

* Despite the sumo competition's weight requirement of at least {{tt|80 kilograms|176.4 lbs}}, many of the competing Pokémon's listed species weights are below the requirement, such as {{p|Arbok}} (65 kg) and {{p|Nidoking}} (62 kg). This is most likely because each species of Pokémon can vary in weight in the anime, as opposed to the games, where members of a species almost always weigh the same.

* The idea of Pokémon sumo wrestling would later be revisited in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} with the Ring Drop and Circle Push events of the [[Pokéathlon]] and in ''[[BW134|The Journalist from Another Region]]'' with the [[Pokémon Sumo Tournament]].

* Music from the [[M02|second movie]] can be heard in this episode.

* The [[King's Rock]] Ash acquires in this episode is later used in ''[[EP247|Outrageous Fortunes]]'' to evolve Misty's Poliwhirl into a {{TP|Misty|Politoed}}.

* This episode was banned in [[Pokémon in South Korea|South Korea]], likely due to being focused on sumo wrestling.

===Errors===

* Ash tells Professor Oak that Snorlax is his only Pokémon that meets the weight condition, but any of his 88.4-kg Tauros could also qualify.

* During one of Feraligatr's lunges at Blastoise, its jaw is blue instead of cream.

* On the rostrum, a Machamp's jaw is miscolored dark gray instead of cream. It is also erroneously drawn with fangs.

* In one scene, Nidoking is grey instead of purple.

* During another scene, the competing Pokémon are shown on a wall. Six are shown, but there should be at least eight. Since the sumo competition is a single-elimination style tournament, there must be two, four, eight, sixteen, or etc. competitors.

===Dub edits===

|zh_cmn={{tt|大力鱷VS水箭龜！！相撲大賽！|Feraligatr vs. Blastoise!! Sumo Contest!}}

|cs={{tt|Pán ringu|Master of the ring}}

|nl={{tt|Meesters in de Ring|Masters in the Ring}}

|de=Pokémon Sumo

|fr_eu={{tt|Un tournoi poids lourd|A heavyweight tournament}}

|he=מלכי הזירה{{tt|malkei hazira|Kings of the Ring}}

|it={{tt|Pesi massimi|Heavyweights}}

|pt_br={{tt|Gigantes do Ringue|Arena Giants}}

|pt_eu={{tt|Mestres do Ringue|Ring Masters}}

|es_la={{tt|¡Maestros del ring!|Masters of the ring!}}

|es_eu={{tt|Maestros de sumo Pokémon|Pokémon sumo masters}}

|pl={{tt|Mistrz ringu|The master of a ring}}

|hi=रिंग मास्टर्स {{tt|''Ring Masters''|Ring Masters (Same as English)}} {{tt|*|Hungama dub}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Atsuhiro Tomioka]]

[[Category:Episodes storyboarded by Tomohiro Hirata]]

[[Category:Episodes directed by Yoshitaka Fujimoto]]

[[Category:Episodes animated by Kinomi Sakurai]]

[[zh:EP195]]