Anime Episode Information

Summary

English Official Summary

En route to Ecruteak, Ash and company are caught by the sight of a Skiploom racing by. Following after it, they encounter its trainer, Ephram. He and his Skiploom are training for the upcoming annual Grass-Type tournament, a contest for Grass Pokémon only. Confident he can win any local tournament, Ash decides he and Bulbasaur will enter as well. Ephram and his Skiploom train hard as the tournament quickly approaches. However, Ash doesn't think it is necessary for someone of his Pokémon prowess to prepare. Find out who triumphs as young Ephram and Ash face off in the final round of the tournament!

Italian Official Summary

In viaggio verso Amarantopoli, Ash e i suoi amici scorgono uno Skiploom di passaggio. Seguendolo, incontrano il suo Allenatore, Ephraim.

Portuguese Official Summary

Ao ouvir sobre um torneio de tipos-grama local, Ash decide entrar... e uma rivalidade logo começa a surgir em meio ao calor da batalha!

Spanish Latin America Official Summary

Luego de oír sobre un torneo cercano para Pokémon tipo Planta, Ash decide entrar… ¡y pronto una rivalidad nace en el calor de la batalla!

Spanish Official Summary

De camino a Ciudad Iris, Ash y compañía son avistados por un Skiploom que corre por ahí. Salen detrás de él y se topan con su Entrenador, Jairo.

English Great Britian Official Summary

Dutch Official Summary

Als Ash hoort dat er een Grassoort toernooi wordt gehouden, besluit hij mee te doen…en al snel bloeit er rivaliteit op in het vuur van de strijd!

French Official Summary

En route pour Rosalia, Sacha et ses compagnons aperçoivent un Floravol passer devant eux comme une fusée. Après l'avoir suivi, ils rencontrent son Dresseur, Ephram.

German Official Summary

Unterwegs nach Teak City sehen Ash und die Freunde ein schnelles Hubelupf. Als sie ihm folgen, treffen sie seinen Trainer Efram.

Characters

Ash Ketchum

Ash Ketchum
サトシ
Satoshi
Satoshi

Ash's Pikachu

Ash's Pikachu
サトシのピカチュウ
Satoshi no Pikachu
Satoshi's Pikachu

Misty

Misty
カスミ
Kasumi
Kasumi

Brock

Brock
タケシ
Takeshi
Takeshi

Misty's Togepi

Misty's Togepi
カスミのトゲピー
Kasumi no Togepi
Kasumi's Togepi

Meowth

Meowth
ニャース
Nyarth
Nyarth

Jessie

Jessie
ムサシ
Musashi
Musashi

James

James
コジロウ
Kojirō
Kojiro

Ash's Bulbasaur

Ash's Bulbasaur
サトシのフシギダネ
Satoshi no Fushigidane
Satoshi's Fushigidane

Ash's Chikorita

Ash's Chikorita
サトシのチコリータ
Satoshi no Chicorita
Satoshi's Chicorita

Jessie's Wobbuffet

Jessie's Wobbuffet
ムサシのソーナンス
Musashi no Sonansu
Musashi's Sonansu

James' Victreebel

James' Victreebel
コジロウのウツボット
Kojirō no Utsubot
Kojiro's Utsubot

Ephraim

Ephraim
ミノル
Minoru
Minoru

Ephraim's Skiploom (Skippy)

Ephraim's Skiploom (Skippy)
ミノルのポポッコ
Minoru no Popocco
Minoru's Popocco

Ephraim's Parents

Ephraim's Parents
ミノルの父兄
Minoru no Fukei
Minoru's Fukei

Wild Pokémon

#43: Oddish

Oddish
ナゾノクサ
Nazonokusa

#44: Gloom

Gloom
クサイハナ
Kusaihana

#45: Vileplume

Vileplume
ラフレシア
Rafflesia

#46: Paras

Paras
パラス
Paras

#69: Bellsprout

Bellsprout
マダツボミ
Madatsubomi

#70: Weepinbell

Weepinbell
ウツドン
Utsudon

#103: Exeggutor

Exeggutor
ナッシー
Nassy

#114: Tangela

Tangela
モンジャラ
Monjara

#182: Bellossom

Bellossom
キレイハナ
Kireihana

#187: Hoppip

Hoppip
ハネッコ
Hanecco

#192: Sunflora

Sunflora
キマワリ
Kimawari

Pokémon Lecture & Senryu
Pokémon	Nyorozo (ニョロゾ)
Japanese	はらおどり　うずまきまわるよ　ニョロゾかな
Romaji
Translated

Episode Music Regions

Japan

Dub

Music Player

Japanese Music:

Dub Music:

Time	Track	Notes
00:47	Born To Be A Winner	Language/Country: United States Play Sample: Timecode: 00:47 Title: Born To Be A Winner Opening Theme for the English Dub
01:33	1997-1998-M52 Title Card	Language/Country: United States Play Sample: Timecode: 01:33 Title: 1997-1998-M52 Title Card Title Card
03:03	1999-2001-M18 戦闘！野生ポケモン（ジョウト） Japanese (Romanized): Sentō! Yasei Pokémon (Jouto) Japanese (TL): Battle! Wild Pokémon (Jouto)	Language/Country: United States Play Sample: Timecode: 03:03 Title: 1999-2001-M18 戦闘！野生ポケモン（ジョウト） Japanese (Romanized): Sentō! Yasei Pokémon (Jouto) Japanese (TL): Battle! Wild Pokémon (Jouto) Ash battles with Ephriam.
06:09	1997-1998-M26 ロケット団隠密作戦 Japanese (Romanized): Rocket-dan Onmitsu Sakusen Japanese (TL): The Rocket Gang's Secret Schemes	Language/Country: United States Play Sample: Timecode: 06:09 Title: 1997-1998-M26 ロケット団隠密作戦 Japanese (Romanized): Rocket-dan Onmitsu Sakusen Japanese (TL): The Rocket Gang's Secret Schemes Team Rocket lunches.
10:26	1997-1998-M27 激闘果てしなく~逃げろや逃げろ! Japanese (Romanized): Nigero ya Nigero! Japanese (TL): Run Away, Run Away!	Language/Country: United States Play Sample: Timecode: 10:26 Title: 1997-1998-M27 激闘果てしなく~逃げろや逃げろ! Japanese (Romanized): Nigero ya Nigero! Japanese (TL): Run Away, Run Away! Ash starts battling an unnamed trainer.
11:43	1997-1998-M56 戦い（VSトレーナー） Japanese (Romanized): Tatakai (VS Trainer) Japanese (TL): Battle (VS Trainer)	Language/Country: United States Play Sample: Timecode: 11:43 Title: 1997-1998-M56 戦い（VSトレーナー） Japanese (Romanized): Tatakai (VS Trainer) Japanese (TL): Battle (VS Trainer) James (in disguise) starts battling Ephriam.
13:42	Charge / Reveille	Language/Country: United States Play Sample: Timecode: 13:42 Title: Charge / Reveille James plays on a flute to announce Jessie's entrance.
13:56	1999-2001-M17 戦闘！ライバル Japanese (Romanized): Sentō! Rival Japanese (TL): Battle! Rival	Language/Country: United States Play Sample: Timecode: 13:56 Title: 1999-2001-M17 戦闘！ライバル Japanese (Romanized): Sentō! Rival Japanese (TL): Battle! Rival The battle between Jessie and Ash begins.
15:31	1997-1998-M20 なんだかんだと聞かれたら… Japanese (Romanized): Nandakanda to Kikaretara… Japanese (TL): If You Ask Us About Whatever…	Language/Country: United States Play Sample: Timecode: 15:31 Title: 1997-1998-M20 なんだかんだと聞かれたら… Japanese (Romanized): Nandakanda to Kikaretara… Japanese (TL): If You Ask Us About Whatever… Team Rocket's Motto
17:15	1997-1998-M13 戦い（VS野生ポケモン） Japanese (Romanized): Tatakai (VS yasei Pokémon) Japanese (TL): Battle (VS Wild Pokémon)	Language/Country: United States Play Sample: Timecode: 17:15 Title: 1997-1998-M13 戦い（VS野生ポケモン） Japanese (Romanized): Tatakai (VS yasei Pokémon) Japanese (TL): Battle (VS Wild Pokémon) The final between Ash and Ephriam begins with the latter ordering Skiploom to use Double Team.
20:29	1997-1998-M04 出会いと別れと Japanese (Romanized): Deai to Wakare to Japanese (TL): Meeting and Parting	Language/Country: United States Play Sample: Timecode: 20:29 Title: 1997-1998-M04 出会いと別れと Japanese (Romanized): Deai to Wakare to Japanese (TL): Meeting and Parting The group compliments Skiploom and Ephriam, who gets the Grass Pokémon Tournament's trophy.
20:58	Born To Be A Winner	Language/Country: United States Play Sample: Timecode: 20:58 Title: Born To Be A Winner Ending Theme for the English Dub

Music Statistics:

Number of Assigned Tracks to the Japanese Original: 28
Number of Assigned Tracks to the English Dub: 12

[GS 61] はばたけヤンヤンマ！あしたのそらへ!!

ポケットモンスター金銀編 GS

ピカチュウとピチュー！ [GS 63]

[JLC 20] Wings 'n' Things

Pokémon: Johto League Champions JLC

The Apple Corp! [JLC 22]

[PGS 61] Wings 'n' Things

Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver PGS

The Apple Corp! [PGS 63]

[PM 179] はばたけヤンヤンマ！あしたのそらへ!!

Pocket Monsters PM

ピカチュウとピチュー！ [PM 181]

	Screenplay	藤田伸三 (Shinzō Fujita)
	Storyboard	井上修 (Osamu Inoue)
	Episode Director	鈴木敏明 (Toshiaki Suzuki)
	Animation Director	志村泉 (Izumi Shimura)

	松本梨香 (Rica Matsumoto)			Satoshi
	大谷育江 (Ikue Ōtani)			Satoshi's Pikachu
	飯塚雅弓 (Mayumi Iizuka)			Kasumi
	上田祐司 (Yūji Ueda)			Takeshi
	林原めぐみ (Megumi Hayashibara)			Musashi
	三木眞一郎 (Shin-ichiro Miki)			Kojiro
	犬山イヌコ (Inuko Inuyama)			Nyarth
	石塚運昇 (Unshō Ishizuka)			Narration
	坂口候一 (Kōichi Sakaguchi)			Minoru's Fukei (Father)
	小林由美子 (Yumiko Kobayashi)			Minoru

	Jim Malone		Voice Director
	Eric Stuart		Voice Director
	Jason Bergenfeld		Voice Director

	Veronica Taylor			Ash Ketchum
	Rachael Lillis			Misty
	Rachael Lillis			Jessie
	Rachael Lillis			Sunflora
	Eric Stuart			Brock
	Eric Stuart			James
	Eric Stuart			Exeggutor
	Eric Stuart			Dexter
	Maddie Blaustein			Meowth
	Maddie Blaustein			Gloom's Trainer
	Rodger Parsons			Narrator
	Wayne Grayson			Referee
	Tara Jayne Sands			Ephraim
	Tara Jayne Sands			Ash's Bulbasaur
	Tara Jayne Sands			Oddish
	Ted Lewis			Announcer
	Scott Rayow			Ephraim's Parents (Father)
	Kayzie Rogers			Jessie's Wobbuffet
	Kayzie Rogers			Ephraim's Parents (Mother)
	Kayzie Rogers			Bellsprout
	Kayzie Rogers			Bellossom
	Megan Hollingshead			Gloom
	Michael Haigney			Paras

Titles

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