Tai ketsu! Pokemon senta!
- Episode aired Sep 9, 1998
- TV-Y
- 22m
Ash and Pikachu make it to Viridian City. As Pikachu rests in the Pokemon Center, after being attacked by Spearow, the Center gets attacked by Pokemon thieves calling themselves, Team Rocket... Read allAsh and Pikachu make it to Viridian City. As Pikachu rests in the Pokemon Center, after being attacked by Spearow, the Center gets attacked by Pokemon thieves calling themselves, Team Rocket.Ash and Pikachu make it to Viridian City. As Pikachu rests in the Pokemon Center, after being attacked by Spearow, the Center gets attacked by Pokemon thieves calling themselves, Team Rocket.
- Narrator
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Ken Gates)
- Professor Oak
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Stan Hart)
- Nurse Joy
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Misty
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Rachel Lillis)
- …
- Pikachu
- (voice)
- (as Ikue Otani)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTeam Rocket's first appearance.
- GoofsThe red-haired girl in the shorts never gives her name to any character. Yet at the end of the episode, Nurse Joy refers to her as "Misty." This becomes her official name for the rest of the series and everyone just automatically seems to know her name.
- Quotes
Misty: [panting] I knew I'd find you here!
Ash Ketchum: Hey, what happened to your bike?
Misty: What happened to my bike? YOU happened to my bike, you little loser! This is what's left after you stole it to save your Pokemon! Now, I can see why your Pokemon is in the...
[Misty starts to lose her balance from the weight of the bike, and falls. Ash rushes over to check on her]
Ash Ketchum: Whoa! Let me help you.
Misty: [pushing him away] I don't need your help! And you're gonna pay for what you did to my bike!
Ash Ketchum: I'll make up for it. I promise I will, really. But I can't do anything about your bike until...
Misty: [standing back up] I don't want any of your lame excuses, kid. I just want a new bike right now!
Ash Ketchum: It's my Pikachu. My Pikachu's not too good.
Misty: [softens] Huh? Is it very serious?
Ash Ketchum: I think so. And there's nothing I can do to help now.
Misty: Oh.
[At the same moment, Nurse Joy emerges with a resting Pikachu]
Ash Ketchum: Pikachu, are you all right?
Nurse Joy: You're Pikachu is resting. It's a good thing you got it here so fast. The procedure went well and it should be fine.
Misty: Thanks to the Pokemon Center.
Ash Ketchum: [to Joy] Yes. Thank you very much.
Nurse Joy: Now your Pokemon needs a good rest in the recovery room. You should go in with it Ash.
Ash Ketchum: Thanks.
[to Misty]
Ash Ketchum: Look, I'm sorry about your bike but I'm gonna need some time to make things right.
Misty: [annoyed] No way! I fell for that last time!
Ash Ketchum: Huh?
Misty: Well, you should take care of Pikachu now and we'll settle up later.
- ConnectionsEdited into Pokémon: Bye Bye Butterfree (1997)
While the series would eventually settle into a cadence of (usually) resolving any critical mishaps by the end of an episode, this one reads very much as a two parter, with Pikachu beginning the episode still in need or urgent medical care from the end of the previous episode. We go on to see Misty (a long term companion character) more firmly establish herself with the viewers, and meet long term antagonists "Team Rocket" for the first time.
Interesting, from a tonal perspective, that Team Rocket's first couple of appearances play them as far more serious and threatening than the more comedic foils they would become fairly swiftly.
World mechanics, and additional creatures continue to be gradually introduced to the mix before ending on another audience hooking cliffhanger to keep viewers returning for the next instalment of this introductory act.
- superandyt
- May 24, 2024
Details
- Runtime22 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3