EP047

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A Chansey Operation

EP047   ラッキーのカルテ Lucky's Clinical Records

First broadcast Japan June 4, 1998 United States March 6, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ポケットにファンタジー

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 井坂純子 Junko Isaka Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

A Chansey Operation (Japanese: ラッキーのカルテ Lucky's Clinical Records) is the 47th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on June 4, 1998, and in the United States on March 6, 1999.

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

Blurb

As our heroes sleep peacefully, Pikachu begins experiencing an unusual sensation. As though it were choking on something, Pikachu's expression grows steadily more and more pained. It seems there's nothing left to do but take Pikachu to a Pokémon Center immediately. Ash takes off running, carrying Pikachu over his shoulder, but the Pokémon Center is quite a distance away. Ash decides to take Pikachu to a nearby emergency room, but when he arrives, a sign hangs on the hospital door coldly stating, Hospital Closed Today. Is there any help for Pikachu?

Plot

Pikachu is climbing in a tree when something gets stuck in his throat. Brock quickly suggests that they take Pikachu to see a doctor. They search for a Pokémon Center, but there isn't one for miles. They eventually reach a hospital for humans and ask for help from a doctor. They find one, Dr. Proctor but the doctor doesn't pay much attention to Ash's pleas. However, when Misty starts pleading, the doctor gives in, stating that he can't resist a pretty face. Thinking Misty is the one in need of help, the doctor asks her what the problem was. After explaining that Pikachu was the sick one, Ash once again asks for help. Although a hospital for humans, the doctor reluctantly agrees to help. After checking on Pikachu, the doctor manages to remove the object from his throat, which is revealed to be an apple.

The phone then starts ringing; when the doctor refuses to answer, saying he is off duty, Brock answers for him and learns it is Nurse Joy. She informs the group that there has been a violent accident involving a truck of Pokémon stolen by Team Rocket, and the Pokémon are in dire need of medical attention. With the Pokémon Center at full capacity, the extra room in the hospital is needed. Instead of giving Nurse Joy a serious answer, Brock asks her out, making her angry. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is at the scene of the accident, with Jessie blaming James for the accident, while Meowth is feeling down because the charm on his head is missing. Back at the hospital, the doctor gives hospital uniforms to Ash and his friends to wear, as well as medical equipment, saying that he needs their help due to a staff shortage. When the injured Pokémon arrive on stretchers pushed by Chansey, everyone starts working. Ash calls out his Bulbasaur to hold down Cubone, who is struggling in pain. Misty then comforts it and successfully calms it down.

Team Rocket comes in, bringing more patients, namely Jessie's Arbok and a Raticate. The doctor asks Jessie on a date and she is impressed, but Ash urges the doctor not to help Team Rocket. However, Dr. Proctor explains that it is his job to heal, not to judge.

Everyone, including Jessie and James, work collaboratively to help all the injured Pokémon. There is a Dodrio in need of untangling, so the doctor prepares an anesthetic injection to calm it down. The Dodrio lunges at Dr. Proctor, causing the doctor to inadvertently stab himself with the anesthetic needle and fall asleep. With no doctor on hand, Ash decides to weaken Dodrio with his own Pokémon. He has Squirtle use Water Gun followed by Pikachu's Thunderbolt. Caught up in the moment, Ash pulls out a Poké Ball to catch the Pokémon, though Brock intervenes, reminding Ash that they are there to help the Pokémon, not catch them.

Later, Jessie and James decide that they are going to steal all of the injured Pokémon. They take off their hospital uniforms and start reciting their motto. However, Meowth unexpectedly interrupts them, still mourning the loss of his charm. Jessie and James try to hold back Ash and his friends with a "stretcher catcher" contraption. Chansey faces James, who threatens Ash with a big needle. Jessie and James command Arbok and Weezing to attack Chansey, but the Pokémon refuse. Dr. Proctor, who has just awoken, states that Arbok and Weezing will not attack Chansey because they were cared for by it when they were injured. Getting angry, Jessie throws a beaker at him, but Dr. Proctor simply cuts it in half using a scalpel. Dr. Proctor then shows them his arsenal of sharp tools, such as shots, scissors, and scalpels. Ash and his friends are freed by the Chansey. Team Rocket runs out of the building being chased by the "stretcher catchers" that Ash and his friends had pushed their way. Team Rocket then end up blasting off when the Voltorb that James sneaked away with self-destructs. Upon landing, Meowth is ecstatic to find his charm pop out of his head, where it had been all along.

With all the Pokémon successfully treated, Dr. Proctor suggests that Ash and his friends become doctors, offering them training. Misty shows interest, but adds that she still has a lot to learn about Water-type Pokémon. Ash and his friends ultimately bid farewell to Dr. Proctor and set out to continue their journey.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Ivysaur
• Nidoking

English dub debuts

• Porygon

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Dr. Proctor

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Arbok

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's; multiple)

Porygon's English debut

• Ivysaur (debut)
• Kakuna
• Raticate
• Sandslash
• Nidorino
• Nidoking (debut)
• Oddish
• Paras
• Parasect
• Venonat
• Poliwag
• Poliwhirl
• Weepinbell (×2)
• Dodrio
• Voltorb
• Cubone
• Hitmonlee
• Rhyhorn
• Pinsir
• Tauros
• Porygon (transition image; English debut)

Trivia

• A transitional image that appears multiple times in the episode contains numerous Pokémon. Porygon is one of them, making this the first episode where Porygon is seen in the anime outside of Japan.
• When Dr. Proctor is falling asleep, the Jigglypuff tune can be heard in the background as instrumental music.
• A line from a Chansey in the English version, specifically the one with Dodorio's anesthetic injection, can be heard in the English versions of Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee. In Super Smash Bros., it can be heard when Chansey appears in Saffron City and when it is summoned via the Poké Ball. In Melee, it can be heard after Chansey's Poké Ball summoning.

Errors

• When Pikachu's pain increases, his nose disappears.
• When Dr. Proctor says that he has never been able to refuse requests from young girls, the clips on Misty's suspenders are colored red like the suspenders instead of yellow.
• After Dr. Proctor says that he is off-duty, his mouth moves, but no sound can be heard.
• While Jessie and James are with Arbok and a Raticate in the hospital, James mistakenly calls the Raticate "Arbok" when he waves his hand dismissively at the Raticate and says "Arbok, beat it. Amscray".
• When Misty and Jessie try to pull a Voltorb out of a Weepinbell's mouth, it makes a noise that sounds like "Ou ein" instead of its name, like used in The Ninja Poké-Showdown.

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  Pikachu's missing nose

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  Misty's miscolored suspenders

Dub edits

• Kanto Pokérap: Day 2
• In the Kids' WB! version, the scene where Dr. Proctor is injected with the anesthetic is cut. However, in every other English dub version, the scene is kept in.
  • On that same note, the sound effects are kept in, and the anesthetic scene is frozen.
• In the English dub, after getting injected with the anesthetic, Dr. Proctor goes to sleep for six hours. In the original, he sleeps for about nine hours.
• In the operating room scene, Chansey retrieves various items for a crying Meowth to replace his missing charm (小判, Koban). In the English dub, the gag is that Chansey is seemingly placing random items that rhyme with some words at the end of his sentences. In the original version, she mishears the word koban and instead gives him objects with names that rhyme with the word.

Meowth quote	Chansey gets...
"Somebody help me find my charm, I'll pay any price!"	A bowl of steamed rice (ご飯 gohan)
"I said price, not rice!"	A "Go" Board (碁盤 goban)
"I don't wanna play! Find my charm, puh-lease!"	A Police Substation (交番 kōban), with an Officer Jenny inside who pops out and asks "Did someone call the police?"
"My charm! My charm! My charm!"	A Venonat (コンパン Kongpang)

In other languages

Language		Title
Arabic		حادث مؤسف
Mandarin Chinese		吉利蛋的病歷簿
Czech		Chansey v akci
Danish		En Farlig Operation
Dutch		Een Riskante Operatie
Finnish		Riskipeliä
European French		Urgence à l'hôpital
German		Operation Chaneira
Hebrew		הרפתקה בבית החולים Harpatka be'beit ha'kholim
Hindi		Chansey ने किया ऑपरेशन Chansey ne kiya Operation *
Hungarian		Kockázatos műtét
Italian		Una mela di troppo* Operazione Chansey*
Korean		의사 선생님 살려주세요
Norwegian		En Chansey-operasjon
Polish		Operacja Chansey
Portuguese	Brazil	Uma Operação Chansey
	Portugal	Uma Operação Arriscada
Romanian		O Operațiune Chansey
Russian		Операция Ченси
Slovak		Operácia Chansey
Spanish	Latin America	¡Una operación Chansey!
	Spain	Operación Chansey
Swedish		Pokémon i fara
Turkish		Chansey Bir Operasyon

← EP046 : Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon

Original series

EP048 : Holy Matrimony! →

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