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* This is the second time {{MTR}} is rejected in favor of a {{p|Persian}}. | * This is the second time {{MTR}} is rejected in favor of a {{p|Persian}}. | ||
* This episode was partially adapted into the book [[Charizard, Go!]]. | * This episode was partially adapted into the book [[Charizard, Go!]]. | ||
* This is the only episode where {{AP|Charizard}} is shown exclusively as a Charmeleon. | * This is the only episode where {{AP|Charizard}} is shown exclusively as a Charmeleon. He evolved from Charmander in the previous episode and would evolve into Charizard [[EP046|two episodes later]]. | ||
* The events contained within this episode confound the logistics of [[Pokémon battle]]s, implying that experience points are rewarded based upon whether one is ''declared a winner'', not upon whether one's actions throughout a battle cause them to become stronger. In this respect, it would appear that experience points are not an abstraction for the purpose of game mechanics, but an actual, concrete effect in the Pokémon universe. However, experience points are rarely brought up | * The events contained within this episode confound the logistics of [[Pokémon battle]]s, implying that experience points are rewarded based upon whether one is ''declared a winner'', not upon whether one's actions throughout a battle cause them to become stronger. In this respect, it would appear that experience points are not an abstraction for the purpose of game mechanics, but an actual, concrete effect in the Pokémon universe. However, experience points are rarely brought up afterward. | ||
* This is the first time {{Ash}} actively attempts to lose a battle. This doesn't happen again until 452 episodes later, in ''[[DP030|Some Enchanted Sweetening!]]'' with the similarly-[[type]]d {{p|Burmy}}. | * This is the first time {{Ash}} actively attempts to lose a battle. This doesn't happen again until 452 episodes later, in ''[[DP030|Some Enchanted Sweetening!]]'' with the similarly-[[type]]d {{p|Burmy}}. | ||
* This is the first episode that acknowledges both types of a dual-type Pokémon. | * This is the first episode that acknowledges both of the types of a dual-type Pokémon. | ||
* Parts of this episode were reanimated and used for flashback material for ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]''. | * Parts of this episode were reanimated and used for flashback material for ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]''. | ||