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+ | |name =Battle Aboard the St. Anne |
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+ | |jname =サントアンヌごうのたたかい! |
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+ | |image =TB015.jpg |
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+ | |jnum =015 |
− | |jair = |
+ | |jair =July 8, 1997 |
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+ | |uair ={{tt|September 7, 1998|Sneak preview}}<br/>{{tt|September 27, 1998|Original order}} |
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+ | |subtitle =Pokémon: Indigo League |
+ | |season =Season 1 |
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− | |jsongs |
+ | |jsongs =Aim to Be a Pokémon Master |
− | |jsongs2 = One Hundred Fifty-One |
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+ | |jsongs2 =One Hundred Fifty-One |
+ | |songs =Pokémon Theme |
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− | |guest = Giovanni, [[Gentleman (Kanto)|Gentleman]], [[Magikarp Salesman]] |
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+ | |guest =Giovanni, [[Gentleman (Kanto)|Gentleman]], [[Magikarp Salesman]] |
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+ | |machars =[[Ash Ketchum]], [[Misty (anime)|Misty]], [[Brock (anime)|Brock]] |
+ | |rchars =[[Jessie]], [[James]] |
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− | |michars = |
+ | |michars =[[Giovanni (anime)|Giovanni]], [[Magikarp Salesman]], [[Gentleman (Kanto)|Gentleman]], [[Lady]], [[Trainer (TB015)|Unnamed trainer]] Various Trainers, [[Team Rocket Grunts]], [[Samurai]] (Flashback), [[Captain (Kanto)|Captain]] |
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+ | |pchars =[[Ash's Pikachu]], [[Brock's Geodude (anime)|Brock's Geodude]], [[Ash's Charizard|Ash's Charmander]], [[Butterfree (anime)|Ash's Butterfree]], [[Gentleman's Raticate]], [[Starmie]], [[Pidgeot (anime)|Ash's Pidgeotto]], [[Team Rocket's Meowth]], [[Giovanni's Persian (anime)|Giovanni's Persian]], [[Ash's Bulbasaur]], [[Ash's Squirtle]], [[Misty's Staryu (anime)|Misty's Staryu]] (flashback), [[Gyarados (anime)|James' Magikarp]], [[Trainer's Starmie]], [[Gentleman's Squirtle]], [[Beedrill (TB004)|Beedrill]] (flashback) |
− | Pokémon seen on the S.S. Anne |
+ | ;Pokémon seen on the S.S. Anne |
[[Bulbasaur]], [[Charmander]], [[Squirtle]], [[Pidgey]], [[Pidgeotto]], [[Rattata]], [[Pikachu]], [[Oddish]], [[Weepinbell]], [[Geodude]] |
[[Bulbasaur]], [[Charmander]], [[Squirtle]], [[Pidgey]], [[Pidgeotto]], [[Rattata]], [[Pikachu]], [[Oddish]], [[Weepinbell]], [[Geodude]] |
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+ | |local =[[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]] |
− | |major = |
+ | |major =James receives a Magikarp. Ash and co. go to Saffron City. |
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+ | |b3 =Thunderbadge.png |
+ | |jpTitleCard=TB015 TC JA.png |
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+ | |enTitleCard=TB015 TC EN.png |
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+ | |animation =玉川明洋 (Akihiro Tamagawa) |
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+ | |director =浅田裕二 (Yūji Asada) |
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+ | |screenplay =大橋志吉 (Yukiyoshi Ōhashi) |
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+ | |storyboard =浅田裕二 (Yūji Asada) |
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− | {{nihongo|Battle Aboard the St. Anne|サントアンヌごうのたたかい!| |
+ | {{nihongo|Battle Aboard the St. Anne|サントアンヌごうのたたかい!|The St. Anne Battle!}} is the 15th episode of [[Pokémon: Indigo League]]. |
==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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As a plan of [[Giovanni (anime)|their boss]], [[Team Rocket]] give the heroes tickets to the cruise ship, [[St. Anne]]. On the ship, [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] battles a [[Gentleman (Kanto)|gentleman]] and almost wins. Seeing the potential, the gentleman offers him a trade for [[Butterfree (anime)|Butterfree]]. Meanwhile, [[James]] buys a [[James' Gyarados|Magikarp]] and while [[Jessie]] and [[Team Rocket's Meowth|Meowth]] believe he got fooled, he knows that it's more to it. The members of Team Rocket attack the trainers and while they are defeated, the ship begins to sink. |
As a plan of [[Giovanni (anime)|their boss]], [[Team Rocket]] give the heroes tickets to the cruise ship, [[St. Anne]]. On the ship, [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] battles a [[Gentleman (Kanto)|gentleman]] and almost wins. Seeing the potential, the gentleman offers him a trade for [[Butterfree (anime)|Butterfree]]. Meanwhile, [[James]] buys a [[James' Gyarados|Magikarp]] and while [[Jessie]] and [[Team Rocket's Meowth|Meowth]] believe he got fooled, he knows that it's more to it. The members of Team Rocket attack the trainers and while they are defeated, the ship begins to sink. |
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− | ==Episode |
+ | ==Episode plot== |
− | After earning the [[Gym Badges#Thunder Badge|Thunder Badge]] from defeating Vermilion City Gym Leader, [[Lt. Surge (anime)|Lt. Surge]], Ash, [[Misty (anime)|Misty]], and [[Brock (anime)|Brock]] walk across a bridge and they spot a luxury liner ship in the distance. After taking a closer look at it, they really want to go on it. But Brock says they don't have enough money to buy any tickets. They walk away sadly. However, Jessie and James, in disguise (dressing up as girls, including James), give them tickets to board the ship and invite them to join a Pokémon Trainer on the ship, the St. Anne. When Jessie and James are pleading themselves at what they had done and James delightedly says "Oh wow, don't I make like the coolest girl?" Jessie gets annoyed and slams James on the head with a hammer and tells him to "Stop acting like an ignoramus!" and drags James away, who then repeats his pained response again in his own voice rather than his falsetto one. Jessie and James go a lighthouse nearby to meet Meowth. They go to a phone to call their boss. Meowth notices that Giovanni has a [[Giovanni's Persian|Persian]] with him, making Meowth jealous about being replaced. Team Rocket tell their plan to Giovanni: invite a bunch of Trainers aboard the St. Anne and steal their Pokémon. |
+ | After earning the [[Gym Badges#Thunder Badge|Thunder Badge]] from defeating Vermilion City Gym Leader, [[Lt. Surge (anime)|Lt. Surge]], Ash, [[Misty (anime)|Misty]], and [[Brock (anime)|Brock]] walk across a bridge and they spot a luxury liner ship in the distance. After taking a closer look at it, they really want to go on it. But Brock says they don't have enough money to buy any tickets. They walk away sadly. However, Jessie and James, in disguise (dressing up as girls, including James), give them tickets to board the ship and invite them to join a Pokémon Trainer on the ship, the St. Anne. When Jessie and James are pleading themselves at what they had done and James delightedly says "Oh wow, don't I make like the coolest girl?" Jessie gets annoyed and slams James on the head with a hammer and tells him to "Stop acting like an ignoramus!" and drags James away, who then repeats his pained response again in his own voice rather than his falsetto one. [[Jessie]] and [[James]] go a lighthouse nearby to meet [[Team Rocket's Meowth|Meowth]]. They go to a phone to call their boss. Meowth notices that Giovanni has a [[Giovanni's Persian|Persian]] with him, making Meowth jealous about being replaced. Team Rocket tell their plan to Giovanni: invite a bunch of Trainers aboard the St. Anne and steal their Pokémon. |
− | Ash, Misty, and Brock get on board the St. Anne and they go into the main room. They notice all of the people, their Pokémon, and Pokémon merchandise. Ash sees a battle between a [[Starmie]] and a [[Gentleman's Raticate|Raticate]]. The Raticate uses [[Super Fang]] to break Starmie's jewel, giving Raticate the win. Ash steps forward to challenge the Raticate's Trainer, sending out Butterfree. Raticate attacks with [[High Jump Kick|Hi Jump Kick]] and Butterfree counters it with [[Tackle]] . Raticate uses [[Hyper Fang]], but Butterfree stops it with [[Stun Spore]]. Just as Ash is about to win, the Trainer recalls Raticate, calling the battle a draw, much to Ash's chagrin at how he was about to win. Meanwhile, James walks by the salesmen. [[Magikarp Salesman|One]] of them convinces him to buy a [[Magikarp]] by tricking him into thinking its a valuable Pokémon. |
+ | Ash, Misty, and Brock get on board the [[St. Anne]] and they go into the main room. They notice all of the people, their Pokémon, and Pokémon merchandise. Ash sees a battle between a [[Starmie]] and a [[Gentleman's Raticate|Raticate]]. The Raticate uses [[Super Fang]] to break Starmie's jewel, giving Raticate the win. Ash steps forward to challenge the Raticate's Trainer, sending out Butterfree. Raticate attacks with [[High Jump Kick|Hi Jump Kick]] and Butterfree counters it with [[Tackle]] . Raticate uses [[Hyper Fang]], but Butterfree stops it with [[Stun Spore]]. Just as Ash is about to win, the Trainer recalls Raticate, calling the battle a draw, much to Ash's chagrin at how he was about to win. Meanwhile, James walks by the salesmen. [[Magikarp Salesman|One]] of them convinces him to buy a [[Magikarp]] by tricking him into thinking its a valuable Pokémon. |
− | As Ash and his friends are eating, the ship sails out of [[Vermilion City]]. The Trainer that Ash battled earlier comes up to him and explains that he was impressed with Butterfree and would like to trade his Raticate for Butterfree. Ash asks Brock if he should trade Butterfree, but Brock is focused on the girl next to him. Ash decides to trade Butterfree. Ash and the Trainer go over to a trade machine to trade their Pokémon. Ash gets the Raticate and the Trainer gets Butterfree. A little ways away, Jessie and Meowth |
+ | As Ash and his friends are eating, the ship sails out of [[Vermilion City]]. The Trainer that Ash battled earlier comes up to him and explains that he was impressed with Butterfree and would like to trade his Raticate for Butterfree. Ash asks Brock if he should trade Butterfree, but Brock is focused on the girl next to him. Ash decides to trade Butterfree. Ash and the Trainer go over to a trade machine to trade their Pokémon. Ash gets the Raticate and the Trainer gets Butterfree. A little ways away, Jessie and Meowth are furious with James, asking him why he bought the Magikarp. James tells them that its a rare Pokémon. To prove this, he shows them its gold [[Poké Ball]]. Meowth points out the gold on the Poké Ball was sprayed on, leaving James horrified that he had been scammed. Jessie asks James how he was able to afford it. James says that his salary was so small, he used Jessie's salary along with his to buy it. She yells at him and makes him return it. Meanwhile, Misty notices Ash looking out at the sea, wondering if trading Butterfree was the right choice. He tells Misty when he was trading Butterfree, he remembered all the good times they had together. |
− | Team Rocket's plan starts, with the room everyone is in being locked up, and the Rockets using suction machines to steal the Trainers' Poké Balls. When one of the Rocket Grunts orders |
+ | [[Team Rocket]]'s plan starts, with the room everyone is in being locked up, and the Rockets using suction machines to steal the Trainers' Poké Balls. When the ambush happens, James is trying to find the Magikarp Salesman to ask for a refund before Jessie angrily pulls him out of the room and scolds him on how he can look for the salesman later as they have work to do now with the Rocket Grunts. When one of the Rocket Grunts orders Misty to give them all her Pokémon and she refuses, when another threatens Ash with taking them by force, Ash responds with having [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] use [[Thunder Shock]] on the Grunt, electrocuting him. This inspires all the other Trainers to fight back with their Pokémon, though Jessie and the Grunts attempt to suck up as many Poké Balls as they can before the Pokémon are released. Ash sends out [[Ash's Bulbasaur|Bulbasaur]], [[Ash's Charizard|Charmander]], and [[Ash's Squirtle|Squirtle]] to fight the Grunts. Brock sends out his [[Brock's Geodude (anime)|Geodude]] to fight too. Ash tries to sends out Butterfree, but Misty reminds him he traded Butterfree away. He watches Butterfree and its new Trainer fighting the Grunts sadly. |
− | As the Rockets recover, Ash sends out Pidgeotto and a group of them use Gust to blow the Rockets away, then Ash's Pikachu along with a group of [[Pikachu]] use [[Thunderbolt]] to send |
+ | As the Rockets recover, Ash sends out Pidgeotto and a group of them use [[Gust]] to blow the Rockets away, then Ash's Pikachu along with a group of [[Pikachu]] use [[Thunderbolt]] to send the Grunts flying. Jessie, James, and Meowth on the other hand, stagger out of the room charred, singed, and defeated after being given such a thrashing by all the Trainers in there, grumbling about getting off the St. Anne as soon as possible after what they just went through. The ship sails into a big storm. James drops the Poké Ball Magikarp is in and runs after it. Ash finds the Trainer he traded Butterfree to and asks if he can trade back. The Trainer agrees and they reverse trade. The captain of the ship tells everyone the ship is unsinkable. A wave hits the ship, and the captain gets into a lifeboat, resulting in everyone scrambling to get into the lifeboats and abandon ship as well. Misty and Brock find Ash finishing the trade and Ash drops his Poké Ball and the three of them run after it. They get the Poké Ball, but a wave knocks them against a wall, knocking them unconscious. James, Jessie, and Meowth get Magikarp's Poké Ball, but another wave knocks them out also. They are all stuck on the ship when it capsizes and sinks while the rest of the passengers and crew get to safety. The captain believes everyone is safe, not knowing that Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket, are still on the ship but still alive. |
==Debuts== |
==Debuts== |
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+ | ===Characters=== |
*[[Giovanni (anime)|Giovanni]] (silhouette) |
*[[Giovanni (anime)|Giovanni]] (silhouette) |
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*[[Magikarp Salesman]] |
*[[Magikarp Salesman]] |
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*[[Magikarp]] [[Gyarados (anime)|(James')]] |
*[[Magikarp]] [[Gyarados (anime)|(James')]] |
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+ | ===Moves=== |
− | *[[Splash]] |
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*[[Jump Kick]] |
*[[Jump Kick]] |
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*[[Hyper Fang]] |
*[[Hyper Fang]] |
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*[[Super Fang]] |
*[[Super Fang]] |
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− | *[[Rapid Spin]] |
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==Quotes== |
==Quotes== |
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:''"Like wow, don't I make like the coolest girl?"'' - James |
:''"Like wow, don't I make like the coolest girl?"'' - James |
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+ | :''(Jessie clobbers him with a mallet)'' |
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+ | :''"Ow!"'' - James |
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:''"Stop acting like an ignoramus."'' - Jessie |
:''"Stop acting like an ignoramus."'' - Jessie |
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− | :''"Ow."'' - James |
+ | :(normal voice) ''"Ow."'' - James |
:''"I normally charge $100 but for you I'll throw in an egg-laying set, child-care set and an education set for only $300. How about it?"'' - Magikarp Salesmen |
:''"I normally charge $100 but for you I'll throw in an egg-laying set, child-care set and an education set for only $300. How about it?"'' - Magikarp Salesmen |
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:''"What a dope!"'' - Meowth |
:''"What a dope!"'' - Meowth |
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:''"But you don't understand, Magikarp is a gold mine. Even its Poké Ball is solid gold."'' |
:''"But you don't understand, Magikarp is a gold mine. Even its Poké Ball is solid gold."'' |
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− | :''" |
+ | :''"IT'S JUST GOLD-PLATED!"'' - Meowth |
+ | :''(Meowth scratches the gold Poke-Ball, revealing the red-and-white regular paint underneath, to James' horror)'' |
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− | :''"Magikarp is a no-talent Pokemon that can do nothing but flop around |
+ | :''"Magikarp is a no-talent Pokemon that can do nothing but flop around! How do you expect to sell it?!"'' - Jessie |
:''"I was tricked."'' - James |
:''"I was tricked."'' - James |
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:''"How did you get the money for it?"'' - Jessie |
:''"How did you get the money for it?"'' - Jessie |
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:''"So you did what?"'' - Jessie |
:''"So you did what?"'' - Jessie |
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:''"I used the advance on ''your'' salary."'' - James |
:''"I used the advance on ''your'' salary."'' - James |
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− | :''"You go return that fish and get my money back right |
+ | :''"You go return that fish and get my money back right NOW!"'' - Jessie |
+ | :''(The Rocket Grunts spring their ambush, but James is too busy to notice as he looks for the Magikarp Salesman)'' |
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+ | :''"Hey...hombre...I want my...my money back!"'' - James |
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+ | :''(Jessie grabs him and pulls him out of the room to scold him over trying to find the salesman now that they've sprung their trap)'' |
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:''"But I..."'' - James |
:''"But I..."'' - James |
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− | :''"WE GOT WORK TO DO!"'' - Jessie |
+ | :''"WE GOT WORK TO DO!!"'' - Jessie |
:''"Now there's no reason to panic. I just thought I'd test out one of the lifeboats."'' - The Captain |
:''"Now there's no reason to panic. I just thought I'd test out one of the lifeboats."'' - The Captain |
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:''"Wait! There goes my next paycheck!"'' - James |
:''"Wait! There goes my next paycheck!"'' - James |
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− | :''"Who cares about your paycheck, what about mine?"'' - Jessie |
+ | :''"Who cares about your paycheck, what about mine?!"'' - Jessie |
+ | :''"We gotta get out of here!"'' - Meowth |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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+ | [[File:TB015 Im002.png|thumb|Dare Da?]] |
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+ | [[File:TB015 Im005.png|thumb|Who's that Pokémon?]] |
*The "Who's that Pokémon?" of this episode is Raticate. |
*The "Who's that Pokémon?" of this episode is Raticate. |
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*The captain of the St. Anne decided to leave the ship first, even though it's usually customary for captains to leave last, so as to ensure that all passengers and crew have been evacuated. |
*The captain of the St. Anne decided to leave the ship first, even though it's usually customary for captains to leave last, so as to ensure that all passengers and crew have been evacuated. |
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*Aside from Misty and Jessie, Rachael Lillis also voiced the lady accompanying the Gentleman. |
*Aside from Misty and Jessie, Rachael Lillis also voiced the lady accompanying the Gentleman. |
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*The trade machine had the same buttons as a VCR. |
*The trade machine had the same buttons as a VCR. |
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− | *This the first time that Ash battled a large group of Team Rocket Members. |
+ | *This is the first time that Ash battled a large group of Team Rocket Members. |
+ | *This is the first appearance of [[Giovanni]]. |
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+ | *The Girl disguised voice Eric Stuart used for James sounded the same as Gourry's (Lala) voice from the Slayers episode "Question? He's Proposing to THAT Girl?". |
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===Mistakes=== |
===Mistakes=== |
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− | Raticate |
+ | *Raticate uses [[Jump Kick]] in this episode, a move it can't learn. |
− | ===Dub |
+ | ===Dub differences=== |
*The gentleman having a southern accent was dub only. |
*The gentleman having a southern accent was dub only. |
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− | *In the original, Jessie says that the ticket for the St. Anne was a present (even going as far to spell it as "P-re-s-en-t", while in the dub she says that they're "Totally free, To-tal-ly free". |
+ | *In the original version, Jessie says that the ticket for the St. Anne was a present (even going as far to spell it as "P-re-s-en-t"), while in the dub she says that they're "Totally free, To-tal-ly free". |
==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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+ | TB015 16.jpg {{!}} The heroes are not pleased with the reality |
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Revision as of 02:57, 8 September 2020
Battle Aboard the St. Anne (Japanese: サントアンヌごうのたたかい!, Hepburn: The St. Anne Battle!) is the 15th episode of Pokémon: Indigo League.
Synopsis
As a plan of their boss, Team Rocket give the heroes tickets to the cruise ship, St. Anne. On the ship, Ash battles a gentleman and almost wins. Seeing the potential, the gentleman offers him a trade for Butterfree. Meanwhile, James buys a Magikarp and while Jessie and Meowth believe he got fooled, he knows that it's more to it. The members of Team Rocket attack the trainers and while they are defeated, the ship begins to sink.
Episode plot
After earning the Thunder Badge from defeating Vermilion City Gym Leader, Lt. Surge, Ash, Misty, and Brock walk across a bridge and they spot a luxury liner ship in the distance. After taking a closer look at it, they really want to go on it. But Brock says they don't have enough money to buy any tickets. They walk away sadly. However, Jessie and James, in disguise (dressing up as girls, including James), give them tickets to board the ship and invite them to join a Pokémon Trainer on the ship, the St. Anne. When Jessie and James are pleading themselves at what they had done and James delightedly says "Oh wow, don't I make like the coolest girl?" Jessie gets annoyed and slams James on the head with a hammer and tells him to "Stop acting like an ignoramus!" and drags James away, who then repeats his pained response again in his own voice rather than his falsetto one. Jessie and James go a lighthouse nearby to meet Meowth. They go to a phone to call their boss. Meowth notices that Giovanni has a Persian with him, making Meowth jealous about being replaced. Team Rocket tell their plan to Giovanni: invite a bunch of Trainers aboard the St. Anne and steal their Pokémon.
Ash, Misty, and Brock get on board the St. Anne and they go into the main room. They notice all of the people, their Pokémon, and Pokémon merchandise. Ash sees a battle between a Starmie and a Raticate. The Raticate uses Super Fang to break Starmie's jewel, giving Raticate the win. Ash steps forward to challenge the Raticate's Trainer, sending out Butterfree. Raticate attacks with Hi Jump Kick and Butterfree counters it with Tackle . Raticate uses Hyper Fang, but Butterfree stops it with Stun Spore. Just as Ash is about to win, the Trainer recalls Raticate, calling the battle a draw, much to Ash's chagrin at how he was about to win. Meanwhile, James walks by the salesmen. One of them convinces him to buy a Magikarp by tricking him into thinking its a valuable Pokémon.
As Ash and his friends are eating, the ship sails out of Vermilion City. The Trainer that Ash battled earlier comes up to him and explains that he was impressed with Butterfree and would like to trade his Raticate for Butterfree. Ash asks Brock if he should trade Butterfree, but Brock is focused on the girl next to him. Ash decides to trade Butterfree. Ash and the Trainer go over to a trade machine to trade their Pokémon. Ash gets the Raticate and the Trainer gets Butterfree. A little ways away, Jessie and Meowth are furious with James, asking him why he bought the Magikarp. James tells them that its a rare Pokémon. To prove this, he shows them its gold Poké Ball. Meowth points out the gold on the Poké Ball was sprayed on, leaving James horrified that he had been scammed. Jessie asks James how he was able to afford it. James says that his salary was so small, he used Jessie's salary along with his to buy it. She yells at him and makes him return it. Meanwhile, Misty notices Ash looking out at the sea, wondering if trading Butterfree was the right choice. He tells Misty when he was trading Butterfree, he remembered all the good times they had together.
Team Rocket's plan starts, with the room everyone is in being locked up, and the Rockets using suction machines to steal the Trainers' Poké Balls. When the ambush happens, James is trying to find the Magikarp Salesman to ask for a refund before Jessie angrily pulls him out of the room and scolds him on how he can look for the salesman later as they have work to do now with the Rocket Grunts. When one of the Rocket Grunts orders Misty to give them all her Pokémon and she refuses, when another threatens Ash with taking them by force, Ash responds with having Pikachu use Thunder Shock on the Grunt, electrocuting him. This inspires all the other Trainers to fight back with their Pokémon, though Jessie and the Grunts attempt to suck up as many Poké Balls as they can before the Pokémon are released. Ash sends out Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle to fight the Grunts. Brock sends out his Geodude to fight too. Ash tries to sends out Butterfree, but Misty reminds him he traded Butterfree away. He watches Butterfree and its new Trainer fighting the Grunts sadly.
As the Rockets recover, Ash sends out Pidgeotto and a group of them use Gust to blow the Rockets away, then Ash's Pikachu along with a group of Pikachu use Thunderbolt to send the Grunts flying. Jessie, James, and Meowth on the other hand, stagger out of the room charred, singed, and defeated after being given such a thrashing by all the Trainers in there, grumbling about getting off the St. Anne as soon as possible after what they just went through. The ship sails into a big storm. James drops the Poké Ball Magikarp is in and runs after it. Ash finds the Trainer he traded Butterfree to and asks if he can trade back. The Trainer agrees and they reverse trade. The captain of the ship tells everyone the ship is unsinkable. A wave hits the ship, and the captain gets into a lifeboat, resulting in everyone scrambling to get into the lifeboats and abandon ship as well. Misty and Brock find Ash finishing the trade and Ash drops his Poké Ball and the three of them run after it. They get the Poké Ball, but a wave knocks them against a wall, knocking them unconscious. James, Jessie, and Meowth get Magikarp's Poké Ball, but another wave knocks them out also. They are all stuck on the ship when it capsizes and sinks while the rest of the passengers and crew get to safety. The captain believes everyone is safe, not knowing that Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket, are still on the ship but still alive.
Debuts
Characters
- Giovanni (silhouette)
- Magikarp Salesman
- Gentleman
Pokémon
Moves
Quotes
- "Just imagine, sunbathing on deck all day, just a nice long, relaxing cruise." - Misty
- "We could never afford a cruise like that." - Brock
- "Augh." - Misty
- "Reality can really bum you out." - Ash
- "Do you know anybody who says "radical" anymore?" - Ash about outdated slang
- "Like wow, don't I make like the coolest girl?" - James
- (Jessie clobbers him with a mallet)
- "Ow!" - James
- "Stop acting like an ignoramus." - Jessie
- (normal voice) "Ow." - James
- "I normally charge $100 but for you I'll throw in an egg-laying set, child-care set and an education set for only $300. How about it?" - Magikarp Salesmen
- "I'LL TAKE IT!" - James
- "I can tell, haha, you're going to be a very rich man, a very rich man." — Magikarp Salesmen
- "You idiot! Can't you see you were tricked?!" - Jessie
- "What a dope!" - Meowth
- "But you don't understand, Magikarp is a gold mine. Even its Poké Ball is solid gold."
- "IT'S JUST GOLD-PLATED!" - Meowth
- (Meowth scratches the gold Poke-Ball, revealing the red-and-white regular paint underneath, to James' horror)
- "Magikarp is a no-talent Pokemon that can do nothing but flop around! How do you expect to sell it?!" - Jessie
- "I was tricked." - James
- "How did you get the money for it?" - Jessie
- "Well, the advance on my salary didn't quite cover it so I..." - James
- "So you did what?" - Jessie
- "I used the advance on your salary." - James
- "You go return that fish and get my money back right NOW!" - Jessie
- (The Rocket Grunts spring their ambush, but James is too busy to notice as he looks for the Magikarp Salesman)
- "Hey...hombre...I want my...my money back!" - James
- (Jessie grabs him and pulls him out of the room to scold him over trying to find the salesman now that they've sprung their trap)
- "Are you crazy?!" - Jessie
- "But I..." - James
- "WE GOT WORK TO DO!!" - Jessie
- "Now there's no reason to panic. I just thought I'd test out one of the lifeboats." - The Captain
- "Wait! There goes my next paycheck!" - James
- "Who cares about your paycheck, what about mine?!" - Jessie
- "We gotta get out of here!" - Meowth
Trivia
- The "Who's that Pokémon?" of this episode is Raticate.
- The captain of the St. Anne decided to leave the ship first, even though it's usually customary for captains to leave last, so as to ensure that all passengers and crew have been evacuated.
- James and Jessie disguised themselves as Ganguro Girls at the beginning of the episode, though technically Jessie had orange hair.
- This is the first of few episodes where James cross-dresses as a girl.
- Aside from Misty and Jessie, Rachael Lillis also voiced the lady accompanying the Gentleman.
- The trade machine had the same buttons as a VCR.
- This is the first time that Ash battled a large group of Team Rocket Members.
- This is the first appearance of Giovanni.
- The Girl disguised voice Eric Stuart used for James sounded the same as Gourry's (Lala) voice from the Slayers episode "Question? He's Proposing to THAT Girl?".
Mistakes
- Raticate uses Jump Kick in this episode, a move it can't learn.
Dub differences
- The gentleman having a southern accent was dub only.
- In the original version, Jessie says that the ticket for the St. Anne was a present (even going as far to spell it as "P-re-s-en-t"), while in the dub she says that they're "Totally free, To-tal-ly free".
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