EP075

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EP075   ポケモンリーグかいまく！みずのフィールド！ Pokémon League Opens! Water Battlefield!

First broadcast Japan December 17, 1998 United States October 30, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending タイプ・ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka 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.

Round One - Begin! (Japanese: ポケモンリーグかいまく！みずのフィールド！ Pokémon League Opens! Water Battlefield!) is episode 75 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 17, 1998 and in the United States on October 30, 1999.

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

Major events

• Ash wins his first round match.
• This is the first time Ash uses his Krabby/Kingler.
• Ash is battling Mandy in the first round match on the water field.

 * Ash uses his Krabby and Mandy uses an Exeggutor.
 * Ash's Krabby defeats the Exeggutor with Stomp then after the battle evolves into a Kingler.
 * Mandy sends out a Seadra but it is defeated by Kingler's Crab Hammer.
 * Mandy's final Pokémon is a Golbat which is defeated by Kingler's Hyper Beam

Characters

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Nidoran♂

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Krabby (Ash's; evolves)
• Kingler (Ash's; newly evolved)
• Mr. Mime (Mimey)
• Exeggutor (Mandy's)
• Seadra (Mandy's)
• Golbat (Mandy's)
• Pidgeotto (unnamed trainer's)
• Raticate (unnamed trainer's)
• Sandslash (unnamed trainer's)
• Gloom (unnamed trainer's)
• Venomoth (unnamed trainer's)
• Tentacruel (unnamed trainer's)
• Seaking (unnamed trainer's)
• Pidgey
• Moltres (flashback)

In other languages

• French: Ligue Pokémon, 1er tour

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