EP146

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Tricks of the Trade

EP146   ソーナンスとポケモンこうかんかい！！ Sonans and the Pokémon Exchange!!

First broadcast Japan May 4, 2000 United States March 24, 2001

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ポケモンはらはらリレー

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

Tricks of the Trade (Japanese: ソーナンスとポケモンこうかんかい！！ Sonans and the Pokémon Exchange!!) is the 146th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 4, 2000 and in the United States on March 24, 2001.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash, Misty and Brock are walking down the beach when they see a young trainer and his Wobbuffet. Ash looks it up on his Pokédex and the boy introduces himself as Benny. He says that he is going to the Pokémon Swap Meet to find someone to trade his Wobbuffet to. Misty wonders why he would want to trade his Pokémon and Benny says he likes Wobbuffet and has trained it hard but now he wants a different Pokémon.

James is squirting water at his Victreebel while Jessie is with her Lickitung. Meowth says they should go and see if they could steal some Pokémon, but, unbeknownst to them, Snubbull is following them.

The gang are walking down the road when a herd of Tauros come running by.

Major events

• Ash sends his Heracross to Professor Oaks lab and briefly uses one of his Tauros.
• Jessie accidentally trades her Lickitung for Benny's Wobbuffet.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Magikarp salesman
• Benny

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Wooper

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's, received in trade from Benny; new; debut)
• Tauros (Ash's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's, traded to Benny)
• Snubbull (Madame Muchmoney's)

Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Swap Meet

• Butterfree
• Raticate
• Raichu
• Sandslash
• Wigglytuff
• Oddish
• Venonat
• Mankey
• Machoke
• Bellsprout
• Golem
• Slowpoke
• Farfetch'd
• Doduo
• Drowzee
• Krabby
• Voltorb
• Exeggutor
• Rhyhorn
• Chansey
• Starmie
• Scyther
• Tauros
• Magikarp
• Sentret
• Hoothoot
• Ledyba
• Mareep
• Bellossom
• Marill
• Hoppip
• Sunflora
• Quagsire
• Pineco
• Gligar
• Scizor
• Donphan
• Stantler
• Blissey

Trivia

• The Tauros competition at the beginning of the episode is loosely based on the traditional Spanish Encierro de Toros, or Running of the Bulls.
• The book Prize Pokémon is based on this episode.
• This episode marks the first of many times in which Wobbuffet successfully uses Counter to reverse a special attack.
• This episode marks the second time a main anime character has traded a Pokémon. The first time was in Battle Aboard the St. Anne!, where Ash traded his Butterfree to a Gentleman for a Raticate, but soon traded back.
• A trainer who wanted to trade an Onix for Ash's Tauros had the same voice as Brock.
• The man who tricked James in Battle Aboard the St. Anne! made another appearance trying to trick him again but James remembered him and ran after him.
• One of the trainers offered to trade Ash a Rhyhorn for his Tauros. Rhyhorn was the Pokémon Ash was trying to catch when he instead caught his second Tauros.

Errors

• When Chikorita uses Razor Leaf and Vine Whip, Wobbuffet uses Counter and is able to reflect it. This is incorrect as both were Template:Type2 attacks (relying on a Pokémon's Sp. Attack prior to Generation IV). The correct counter would have been Mirror Coat since it is used against special attacks and Counter would be used against physical attacks.
  • Incidentally as of Generation IV and beyond, both moves are now classified as physical attacks.
• Sentret's ears in one scene are colored light brown instead of the normal dark brown

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		果然翁與神奇寶貝交換大會
Czech		Výměnný bazar
European French		Mélanges et échanges
German		Die Pokémon-Tauschbörse
Hebrew		?רוצה להתחלף rotzé lehitchalef?
Italian		La fiera
Portuguese	Brazil	Os Truques do Negócio
	Portugal	Truques do Ofício
Spanish	Latin America	¡Bazar de intercambio!
	Spain	Engaños en el intercambio

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