EP127

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Original series

EP128 : The Whistle Stop →

Once in a Blue Moon

EP127   ヌオーとＧＳボール!? Nuoh and the GS Ball!?

First broadcast Japan December 23, 1999 United States December 2, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ニャースのパーティ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 横田和 Kazu Yokota Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

Once in a Blue Moon (Japanese: ヌオーとＧＳボール!? Nuoh and the GS Ball!?) is the 127th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 23, 1999 and in the United States on December 2, 2000.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Professor Oak’s errand - to deliver the mysterious GS Ball to a Poké Ball expert, Kurt- is interrupted when a Quagsire with a penchant for spherical objects steals the GS Ball for use in a nocturnal ritual..

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Quagsire

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Professor Oak

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Ledyba

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Butterfree
• Quagsire (debut)

Trivia

• This episode's dub title is a reference to the popular saying, "Once in a blue moon."

Errors

• When Brock is holding Officer Jenny's hands, she has no gloves.
• After Team Rocket is vanquished, the Quagsire begin swimming upstream again. One of the balls the Quagsire are holding changes color from red to pink.

In other languages

• French: Rituel annuel
• German: Geheimnis des Morlord
• Hebrew: מפל הירח הכחול mapal hayare'ach hakachol
• Italian: Cerimonia al chiaro di luna
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Era Uma Vez um Luar Azul
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Una vez en luna llena
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡La cascada de la luna azul!

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Original series

EP128 : The Whistle Stop →

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