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'''Fit to be Tide''' (Japanese: '''オレンジリーグ!ナツカンジム!''' ''Orange League! {{tt|Natsukan|Mikan}} Gym!'') is the 85th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 25, 1999 and in the United States on February 5, 2000.  
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'''Fit To Be Tide''' (Japanese: '''オレンジリーグ!ナツカンジム!''' ''Orange League! {{tt|Natsukan|Mikan}} Gym!'') is the 85th episode of the [[Pokémon animated series]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 25, 1999, and in the United States on February 5, 2000.  
 
{{spoilers}}
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== Synopsis ==
{{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{Tracey}} are riding {{AP|Lapras}} across the ocean. They want to stop and find somewhere to eat, and Tracey says that they are getting close to [[Mikan Island]], where one of the four gym leaders in the Orange Crew is. They talk to [[Professor Oak]] at the Pokémon Center.


Team Rocket, now in a {{p|Magikarp}} submarine, is tracking them, but their submarine gets tangled in seaweed.
==Blurb==
<!--https://www.pokemon.com/us/animation/seasons/2/episode-31-fit-to-be-tide/-->
<i>Ash, Misty and their new friend, Tracey, are on a new adventure exploring the Orange Islands as Ash sets out to qualify for the Orange League Tournament. After hearing that the Mikan Gym Leader is known as one of the toughest trainers in the Orange Crew, Ash can't wait for the challenge. He learns that Pokémon battles are run a little differently on the Orange Islands, but he can always rely on his Squirtle to pull them through!</i>


On Mikan Island, Ash, Misty, Tracey, {{AP|Pikachu}}, and {{TP|Misty|Togepi}} walk along the path and see [[Mikan Gym]] up ahead, but as Ash runs toward the gym, he spots a coconut on the ground next to a tree. He runs over to it with Pikachu and picks it up, but a bucket of water falls on their heads. The coconut was a trap set by a boy named {{an|Senta}}, but he is told off by [[Cissy]], his older sister and the Mikan Gym Leader.
==Plot==
While riding {{AP|Lapras}} across the ocean, a hungry {{Tracey}} says they are getting close to [[Mikan Island]], which is also home to one of the four [[Gym Leader]]s of the [[Orange League|Orange Crew]]. Meanwhile, {{TRT}}, now in a {{p|Magikarp}} [[Team Rocket's mechas|submarine]], is tracking them, but their submarine's propellers gets tangled in seaweed and they begin to sink.


On the Orange Islands, the gym battles are different from Pokémon battles; First is a Water Gun challenge, where Ash's {{AP|Squirtle}} and Cissy's {{p|Seadra}} shoot Water Guns at cans on the wall and flying plates. Both are evenly matched and hit every target. To decide the winner, they both aim for the same target, and hit it at the same time.
Upon reaching the shoreline, the group heads straight for the [[Pokémon Center]]. There, {{Ash}} talks to {{an|Professor Oak}} via videophone and lets him know he recently {{pkmn2|caught}} a Lapras. Tracey officially introduces himself to Oak, though the call is cut short as [[Ash's Muk]] smothers the Professor. Ash and {{ashfr}} walk along the dirt path and see [[Mikan Gym]] up ahead. Ash starts to run towards the Gym, though he stops after seeing a coconut on the ground. He runs over to it with {{AP|Pikachu}} and picks it up, but a bucket of water falls on their heads, revealing it to be a trap set by a boy named {{OBP|Senta|EP085}}. He chastises Ash and criticizes his Top 16 position in the [[Indigo Plateau Conference|Indigo Pokémon League]]. He challenges Ash to a {{pkmn|battle}}, but [[Cissy]], his older sister and the Mikan Gym Leader, intervenes and scolds her younger brother.


To break the tie is a Pokémon Wave Ride, where Ash's Lapras and Cissy's {{p|Blastoise}} will race to a flag, go around it, and race back to shore. Before the race can begin, however, Team Rocket attacks. James had to go out and untangle their submarine, and nearly drowned trying to get back to the surface. They capture Blastoise in a net, and head back underwater, but their submarine stalls and their pedals break. Blastoise is too strong for them and gets back to the surface. Pikachu dips its tail in the water and uses a Thunderbolt to shock them, and Blastoise sends them blasting off with Hydro Pump.
Ash is prepared to have a match, but Cissy explains that on the [[Orange Islands]], the Gym battles are different from [[Kanto]]'s Pokémon battles. Senta presses the buttons on his remote, making a line of cans appear, and the battlefield becomes an aquatic pool. Cissy proceeds to call out her {{p|Seadra}}, which Ash scans with his [[Pokédex]]. She announces that the first challenge is a {{m|Water Gun}} match-up, where a Pokémon's accuracy is tested by shooting down as many cans as possible. [[Ash's Squirtle]] proves to be an even match against Seadra, and the aim of the challenge shifts to shooting down flying plates. Both are evenly matched and manage to hit the final target at the same time. Cissy declares the first challenge a draw, and Ash congratulates Squirtle's efforts while Seadra turns away in disgust.


With Team Rocket defeated, the Pokémon Wave Ride begins. However, Ash and Cissy must stand on their Pokémon's back. During the race, they are evenly matched; however, Ash nearly falls off and is caught by Lapras, but in the process Cissy gets ahead of him and turns around the flag first. Suddenly a tidal wave comes up behind them, and Lapras freezes it with Ice Beam. The wave sends Cissy flying, but she is caught by Blastoise, and then they get ahead of Ash. Ash has Lapras use Ice Beam to make an ice track. Lapras is faster on ice than in water, and wins the race.
Cissy escorts Ash and his friends to outside the Gym. To break the tie, Ash will go up against Cissy in a Pokémon Wave Ride, where the aim is to swim out to a flagged buoy and return to the beach first. Cissy calls on her {{p|Blastoise}}, while Ash sends out his Lapras. Before the race can begin, however, Team Rocket appears. When Ash asks that they disappear, [[James]] launches into a tear-filled confession about how he had to go out and untangle their submarine, nearly drowning in the process. {{MTR}} calls for James to focus, and James follows suit by calling out {{TP|James|Weezing}}. Amongst Weezing's {{m|Smog}}, Team Rocket nets Cissy's Blastoise and begins to dive back underwater, only to find that their submarine's propellers are still entangled in seaweed. In a bid to push through, Team Rocket snaps their pedals and their submarine sinks to the seafloor again. Just as Cissy had predicted, her Blastoise proves to be too powerful for Team Rocket's net, and it returns to the beach. Pikachu dips his tail in the water and uses {{m|Thunderbolt}} to shock Team Rocket, while Blastoise sends the trio blasting off with its {{m|Hydro Pump}}.


Cissy gives Ash a Coral Eye Badge, and he and his friends ride Lapras off the island, continuing their Pokémon journey.
With Team Rocket defeated, the Pokémon Wave Ride begins. However, Ash and Cissy must stand on their Pokémon's back. During the race, they are evenly matched, so Ash has Lapras nudge the competition, but Blastoise responds, causing Ash to nearly lose his balance. The delay allows Cissy to get ahead of him, and she makes the turn around the flag first. As Ash catches up with Cissy, the pair notices a tidal wave suddenly appearing behind them. To Ash's surprise, Lapras freezes some of the wave with its {{m|Ice Beam}}. However, the wave still crashes into Cissy and sends her flying, but Blastoise catches her in time. Cissy once again gets ahead, but Ash comes up with an idea and has Lapras use an Ice Beam to make an ice-track. Lapras proves to be faster on the ice than in the water, allowing Ash to barely win the race.


== Major events ==
Cissy commends Ash's clever Ice Beam tactic, and notes that she can see why he made it so far into the Indigo League. In commemoration of his victory, she gives Ash a {{badge|Coral-Eye}}. Afterwards, he and his friends ride away aboard Lapras.
* [[Ash's Lapras]] learns {{m|Ice Beam}}.
* {{Ash}} defeats [[Cissy]] and earns the {{badge|Coral Eye}}, his first in the [[Orange League]].
=== Debuts ===


== Characters ==
==Major events==
=== Humans ===
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[[File:Ash Coral-Eye Badge.png|thumb|220px|Ash holding the Coral-Eye Badge]]
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} reach [[Mikan Island]], the site of the first [[Orange League]] [[Gym]], and meet [[Cissy]], the [[Mikan Gym|Mikan]] [[Gym Leader]].
* Ash learns that the Orange League's Gyms test a Trainer's skill through challenges rather than normal {{pkmn|battle}}s and thus operate differently from the usual Gyms.
* [[Ash's Lapras]] is revealed to know {{m|Ice Beam}}.
* Ash defeats Cissy and earns his first Orange League Badge, the {{badge|Coral-Eye}}.
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===Debuts===
====Humans====
* [[Cissy]]
 
====Pokémon debuts====
 
==Characters==
===Humans===
[[File:Dare da EP085.png|thumb|200px|{{tt|Dare da?|Who's That Pokémon?}}]]
* {{Ash}}
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|Misty}}
* {{an|Misty}}
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* [[Jessie]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[James]]
* {{an|Professor Oak}}
* [[Cissy]]
* [[Cissy]]
* {{an|Senta}}, Cissy's younger brother
* {{OBP|Senta|EP085}}
* [[Professor Oak]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
 
=== Pokémon ===
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Primeape}} ''(U.S. and international)''; {{p|Seadra}} ''(Japan)''


===Pokémon===
[[File:WTP EP085.png|thumb|200px|Who's That Pokémon?]]
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Primeape}} ''(US and international)'', {{p|Seadra}} ''(Japan)''
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Togepi}} ({{OP|Misty|Togepi}})
* {{p|Togepi}} ({{OP|Misty|Togepi}})
* {{p|Squirtle}} ({{OP|Ash|Squirtle}})
* {{p|Squirtle}} ({{OP|Ash|Squirtle}})
* {{p|Muk}} ({{OP|Ash|Muk}}; at [[Professor Oak|Oak's lab]])
* {{p|Muk}} ({{OP|Ash|Muk}}; at {{an|Professor Oak|Oak}}'s {{TP|Professor Oak|Laboratory}})
* {{p|Lapras}} ({{OP|Ash|Lapras}})
* {{p|Lapras}} ({{OP|Ash|Lapras}})
* {{p|Psyduck}} ({{OP|Misty|Psyduck}})
* {{p|Psyduck}} ({{OP|Misty|Psyduck}})
* {{p|Weezing}} ({{OP|James|Weezing}})
* {{p|Weezing}} ({{OP|James|Weezing}})
* {{p|Chansey}} ({{OP|Joy|Chansey}})
* {{p|Seadra}} ([[Cissy]]'s)
* {{p|Seadra}} ([[Cissy]]'s)
* {{p|Blastoise}} ({{OP|Cissy|Blastoise}})
* {{p|Blastoise}} ([[Cissy]]'s)


== Trivia ==
==Trivia==
* The [[Mikan Gym]] is shaped like a giant {{wp|soda can}}.
* [[Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture]]: {{an|Professor Oak}} has {{p|Hitmonlee}} demonstrate its kicking strength on a punching bag, but is sent flying alongside the bag.
* This episode's dub title is a reference to the popular saying, "Fit to be Tied."
** Pokémon senryū summary: Send them flying, with one kick, Hitmonlee.
* This is the first time Team Rocket is seen inside their Magikarp submarine, which they use throughout the entire Orange Islands season. The submarine they used during the Indigo season resembles a Gyarados.
* This episode's English dub title is a reference to the popular saying "fit to be tied".
* "NATSUKAN", the Mikan Gym's Japanese name, can be seen printed on the gym even in the dubbed version.
* This is the first time {{TRT}} is seen inside their [[Team Rocket's mechas|Magikarp submarine]], which they would go on to use throughout the entire [[Orange Islands]] arc. The submarine they used in [[S01|season 1]] resembled a {{p|Gyarados}}.
*This episode is featured on the ''Volume 4: Squirtle'' copy of [[Pokémon All-Stars]].
* "NATSUKAN", the [[Mikan Gym]]'s Japanese name, can be seen printed on the [[Gym]] even in the dubbed version.
*The book ''[[The Four Star Challenge]]'' is based on this episode.
* {{Tracey}}'s surname of Sketchit is revealed in this episode.
* This episode is featured on ''Volume 4: Squirtle'' from [[Viz Media]]'s {{OBP|Pokémon All-Stars|Region 1}} series.
* This episode was partially adapted into the book [[The Four-Star Challenge]].
* This is the first episode in which the word "fight" is repeated three times during Team Rocket's {{motto}}.
** However, the first episode where this chronologically happens is ''[[EP018|Beauty and The Beach]]'', which was initially [[banned episodes|banned]] outside of Japan and was subsequently aired out of order sometime after this episode.
* One of Blastoise's lines from the English version, specifically when Team Rocket tries to capture it, can be heard in the English version of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' when that game's Blastoise is summoned via the [[Poké Ball (item)#Super Smash Bros. series|Poké Ball]].


=== Errors ===
===Errors===
* {{Ash}} acts like he's never seen a {{p|Seadra}} before, even though he battled one in the first round of the [[Indigo Plateau Conference|Indigo League]].
* {{Ash}} seemed to not recognize {{p|Seadra}} when first seeing it, despite having previously seen one in ''[[EP075|Round One - Begin!]]''.
* The island's name, "Mikan," is Japanese for "Orange.In the dub, however, all characters improperly pronounce Mikan, which should properly be "mee-khan," not "mick-an."
* The island's name, "Mikan", is Japanese for "Orange". In the dub, however, all characters improperly pronounce Mikan, which should properly be "mee-khan," not "mike-an." The narrator also mispronounces it at the beginning of [[EP086|the following episode]].


=== Dub edits ===
===Dub edits===
* The character of Senta is left nameless in the dub.
* [[Pikachu's Jukebox]]: [[Together Forever]]
* [[Cissy]]'s brother {{OBP|Senta|EP085}} is left unnamed in the dub.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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Latest revision as of 05:41, 3 September 2024

EP084 : The Lost Lapras
Original series
EP086 : Pikachu Re-Volts
Fit To Be Tide
EP085.png
  EP085  
オレンジリーグ!ナツカンジム!
Orange League! Natsukan Gym!
First broadcast
Japan February 25, 1999
United States February 5, 2000
English themes
Opening Pokémon World
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening ライバル!
Ending タイプ・ワイルド
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Storyboard 井上修 Osamu Inoue
Assistant director 井上修 Osamu Inoue
Animation director 梶浦紳一郎 Shin'ichirō Kajiura
Additional credits

Fit To Be Tide (Japanese: オレンジリーグ!ナツカンジム! Orange League! Natsukan Gym!) is the 85th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 25, 1999, and in the United States on February 5, 2000.

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Blurb

Ash, Misty and their new friend, Tracey, are on a new adventure exploring the Orange Islands as Ash sets out to qualify for the Orange League Tournament. After hearing that the Mikan Gym Leader is known as one of the toughest trainers in the Orange Crew, Ash can't wait for the challenge. He learns that Pokémon battles are run a little differently on the Orange Islands, but he can always rely on his Squirtle to pull them through!

Plot

While riding Lapras across the ocean, a hungry Tracey says they are getting close to Mikan Island, which is also home to one of the four Gym Leaders of the Orange Crew. Meanwhile, Team Rocket, now in a Magikarp submarine, is tracking them, but their submarine's propellers gets tangled in seaweed and they begin to sink.

Upon reaching the shoreline, the group heads straight for the Pokémon Center. There, Ash talks to Professor Oak via videophone and lets him know he recently caught a Lapras. Tracey officially introduces himself to Oak, though the call is cut short as Ash's Muk smothers the Professor. Ash and his friends walk along the dirt path and see Mikan Gym up ahead. Ash starts to run towards the Gym, though he stops after seeing a coconut on the ground. He runs over to it with Pikachu and picks it up, but a bucket of water falls on their heads, revealing it to be a trap set by a boy named Senta. He chastises Ash and criticizes his Top 16 position in the Indigo Pokémon League. He challenges Ash to a battle, but Cissy, his older sister and the Mikan Gym Leader, intervenes and scolds her younger brother.

Ash is prepared to have a match, but Cissy explains that on the Orange Islands, the Gym battles are different from Kanto's Pokémon battles. Senta presses the buttons on his remote, making a line of cans appear, and the battlefield becomes an aquatic pool. Cissy proceeds to call out her Seadra, which Ash scans with his Pokédex. She announces that the first challenge is a Water Gun match-up, where a Pokémon's accuracy is tested by shooting down as many cans as possible. Ash's Squirtle proves to be an even match against Seadra, and the aim of the challenge shifts to shooting down flying plates. Both are evenly matched and manage to hit the final target at the same time. Cissy declares the first challenge a draw, and Ash congratulates Squirtle's efforts while Seadra turns away in disgust.

Cissy escorts Ash and his friends to outside the Gym. To break the tie, Ash will go up against Cissy in a Pokémon Wave Ride, where the aim is to swim out to a flagged buoy and return to the beach first. Cissy calls on her Blastoise, while Ash sends out his Lapras. Before the race can begin, however, Team Rocket appears. When Ash asks that they disappear, James launches into a tear-filled confession about how he had to go out and untangle their submarine, nearly drowning in the process. Meowth calls for James to focus, and James follows suit by calling out Weezing. Amongst Weezing's Smog, Team Rocket nets Cissy's Blastoise and begins to dive back underwater, only to find that their submarine's propellers are still entangled in seaweed. In a bid to push through, Team Rocket snaps their pedals and their submarine sinks to the seafloor again. Just as Cissy had predicted, her Blastoise proves to be too powerful for Team Rocket's net, and it returns to the beach. Pikachu dips his tail in the water and uses Thunderbolt to shock Team Rocket, while Blastoise sends the trio blasting off with its Hydro Pump.

With Team Rocket defeated, the Pokémon Wave Ride begins. However, Ash and Cissy must stand on their Pokémon's back. During the race, they are evenly matched, so Ash has Lapras nudge the competition, but Blastoise responds, causing Ash to nearly lose his balance. The delay allows Cissy to get ahead of him, and she makes the turn around the flag first. As Ash catches up with Cissy, the pair notices a tidal wave suddenly appearing behind them. To Ash's surprise, Lapras freezes some of the wave with its Ice Beam. However, the wave still crashes into Cissy and sends her flying, but Blastoise catches her in time. Cissy once again gets ahead, but Ash comes up with an idea and has Lapras use an Ice Beam to make an ice-track. Lapras proves to be faster on the ice than in the water, allowing Ash to barely win the race.

Cissy commends Ash's clever Ice Beam tactic, and notes that she can see why he made it so far into the Indigo League. In commemoration of his victory, she gives Ash a Coral-Eye Badge. Afterwards, he and his friends ride away aboard Lapras.

Major events

Ash holding the Coral-Eye Badge
For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Debuts

Humans

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Primeape (US and international), Seadra (Japan)

Trivia

  • Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture: Professor Oak has Hitmonlee demonstrate its kicking strength on a punching bag, but is sent flying alongside the bag.
    • Pokémon senryū summary: Send them flying, with one kick, Hitmonlee.
  • This episode's English dub title is a reference to the popular saying "fit to be tied".
  • This is the first time Team Rocket is seen inside their Magikarp submarine, which they would go on to use throughout the entire Orange Islands arc. The submarine they used in season 1 resembled a Gyarados.
  • "NATSUKAN", the Mikan Gym's Japanese name, can be seen printed on the Gym even in the dubbed version.
  • Tracey's surname of Sketchit is revealed in this episode.
  • This episode is featured on Volume 4: Squirtle from Viz Media's Pokémon All-Stars series.
  • This episode was partially adapted into the book The Four-Star Challenge.
  • This is the first episode in which the word "fight" is repeated three times during Team Rocket's motto.
    • However, the first episode where this chronologically happens is Beauty and The Beach, which was initially banned outside of Japan and was subsequently aired out of order sometime after this episode.
  • One of Blastoise's lines from the English version, specifically when Team Rocket tries to capture it, can be heard in the English version of Super Smash Bros. Melee when that game's Blastoise is summoned via the Poké Ball.

Errors

  • Ash seemed to not recognize Seadra when first seeing it, despite having previously seen one in Round One - Begin!.
  • The island's name, "Mikan", is Japanese for "Orange". In the dub, however, all characters improperly pronounce Mikan, which should properly be "mee-khan," not "mike-an." The narrator also mispronounces it at the beginning of the following episode.

Dub edits

In other languages



EP084 : The Lost Lapras
Original series
EP086 : Pikachu Re-Volts
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