EP175

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The Trouble With Snubbull

EP175   ニャースとブルーとグランブル！？ Nyarth, Bull and Granbull!?

First broadcast Japan November 30, 2000 United States November 3, 2001

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ぼくのベストフレンドへ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 井上修 Osamu Inoue Assistant director 井上修 Osamu Inoue Animation director 佐藤まさふみ Masafumi Satō Additional credits

The Trouble With Snubbull (Japanese: ニャースとブルーとグランブル！？ Nyarth, Bull and Granbull!?) is the 175th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on November 30, 2000 and in the United States on November 3, 2001.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash,Misty and Brock have stopped at the bank of a river when Pikachu hears something. Ash looks to the other side of the river and sees a Snubbull with red ribbons on its ears run past. Misty asks Ash what's wrong and he tells her that he just saw Madam Muchmoney's Snubbull run past. Brock and Misty look but they can't see it but Ash says that he is sure that it was hers since it had big red ribbons on its ears Team rocket are talking about food wile walking through the forest and Snubbull notices them. Then Meowth shouts out. Snubbull has bitten his tail! Jessie and James tell him he should be happy that Snubbull likes him. Then Meowth says he hates Snubbull and shakes it of his tail. Ash,Misty and Brock are walking through the forest and Ash says he was sure he saw Snubbull but it has probably gone now.They notice a man on the road who seems injured and they give him some water. Then they recognize him as Jeeves from Madam Muchmoney's mansion. He tells them that they split up to look for food when suddenly she swings in on a vine carrying a basket of mushrooms. while they are eating the mushrooms she tells them that she is there to look for her Snubbull. Snubbull had run away and she decided to go look for it and while they were Madam Muchmoney developed some muscles.Brock tells her that now that she is in good shape she can become an amazing Pokémon trainer. Brock explains that to train a strong Pokémon you have to be strong yourself so the Pokémon has a powerful role-model. He says that now Madam Muchmoney will be a great Pokémon trainer. Then Jeeves says that she will need a Pokémon to be a trainer. ash then tells the that he saw her Snubbull earlier. He says that if they use their Pokémon they can find it. He asks for something with Snubbull's scent on it. she gives him a ribbon Snubbull used to wear and Ash gives it to Pikachu. Pikachu picks up the scent and follows it. Snubbull is depressed that Meowth says he hated it and then hears something in the bushes. Snubbull thinks it is Meowth with flowers and is asking it to bite his tail all it wants. Then it sees a tail that looks like Meowth's and it bites it. It turns out to be a Mankey tail and not Meowth's. The Mankey attacks Snubbull and runs off. Ash and the others find Snubbull laying on the ground ,injured. They take it to a Pokémon Center and Nurse joy says that Snubbull is fine but it is a bit shaken. Brock says Snubbull is very lucky and Nurse Joy agrees with him. As usual he starts flirting with her. Madam Muchmoney tells Snubbull that once they get home it can explore all it wants without leaving home. Jeeves tells them that all the garden is being renovated to give it a nature look. Ash says that Snubbull doesn't look so happy about it.Madam Muchmoney thinks that there is something wrong with Snubbull and Nurse joy takes it for some tests. Snubbull is laying on its bed and thinking about Meowth and his tail. Nurse Joy comes to tell Snubbull that all its test results came out fine but Snubbull is gone and the window is open! Team Rocket is walking through the city and Jessie says that Meowth shouldn't have been so mean to Snubbull but Meowth says that he had to do it to save his tail. They hear Madam Muchmoney calling for Snubbull. They think that if they find Snubbull they will be rewarded bay Madam Muchmoney. They decide to use Meowth for bait And hang him up from a tree. Snubbull hears Meowth screaming for him being let down. Meowth tells them that they should let him down but Jessie says that they all have to make sacrifices. James and Jessie start calling for Snubbull and it comes out but it does not go straight for Meowth's tail but it just stands there. Suddenly Snubbull starts evolving and becomes a Granbull! Wobbuffet comes out of its Poké ball and Jessie tells it to attack Granbull but instead Wobbuffet Jessie makes it return and calls it a coward. Jessie sends out Arbok and it uses tackle. Granbull sees its tail and thinks that it is Meowth's tail and bites it. James sends out Wheezing and tells it to use Smokescreen attack. Arbok escapes and Meowth escapes from the ropes tying him to the tree. He brings out a giant Meowth robot and Team Rocket run inside of it. Meowth makes the robot wag its tail and Granbull bites on. He drops a cage and tries dropping Granbull in it but Granbull won't let go. Ash and the others come and they notice Granbull and Ash looks it up in the Pokédex. Madam Muchmoney recognizes the ribbons on its ears and tells the others that it is her Snubbull. Jessie and James come out and tell Madam Muchmoney that they had been looking for Snubbull everywhere. Ash,Misty and Brock think that Team Rocket are up to something. Madam Muchmoney thanks them but they say that there is no thanks necessary. They expect a reward but Madam Muchmoney just passes them to get Snubbull. Madam Muchmoney is trying to pull Granbull off but it won't let go. Meowth tries to get Granbull off by electrocuting it but it did not work. Since Madam much money and Jeeves Are still holding Snubbull they get shocked as well. He tries getting it off by wagging the machine's tail but that does not work. Team Rocket runs back in the machine and say that they will only give Granbull back if they give Pikachu. Ash wants to use Thunderbolt but it would shock Granbull as well. Ash sends out Cyndaquil and makes it use Flamethrower. It gets hot inside and Meowth tries to cool it down but instead ends up shooting the tail of the robot as a missile. Madam Muchmoney tries stopping the missile with her own hands but she crashes onto a tree because of the missile. Granbull lets go and falls to the ground. Madam Muchmoney asks Granbull if its OK and says that they will battle Team Rocket together. She orders it to use Take Down attack and Meowth fires the Missiles that are on the robots hands. Granbull uses tackle and Team Rocket get knocked back. Then Granbull uses Dynamic Punch and knocks out the robots TV monitor. The robot goes out of control and crashes into a tree. Pikachu hits it with Thunderbolt and Team Rocket blasts off again. Madam Muchmoney hugs Granbull and says that they will be a great team. Madam Muchmoney decides to go home and Jeeves Says he will get the car but Madam Muchmoney says that they should get some exercise and runs back home. Ash and Misty says that Granbull wasn't the only one who evolved and that Madam Muchmoney did as well.

Major events

• The Snubbull that has been following around Team Rocket evolves into Granbull.
• Granbull returns to her owner, Madame Muchmoney.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Granbull

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Madame Muchmoney
• Jeeves

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Hitmonlee

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Snubbull (Madame Muchmoney's, evolves)
• Granbull (Madame Muchmoney's, newly evolved)
• Mankey

Trivia

• In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto.
• This episode's English title may be a reference to the Star Trek episode The Trouble with Tribbles.
• At the end, James cries, "Why did our plan go wrong?" Meowth replies, "You know what they say about the best-laid plans of Meowth and men, Jimmy!" This is a pun on the famous line from Robert Burns's To a Mouse: "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men/Gang aft agley,..."

Errors

• When Madame Muchmoney wants to get Snubbull's head examined, Nurse Joy says "Would you like me to take it to the Pokémon Center to examine it?". However, they were already in the Pokémon Center.
• When Cyndaquil uses its Flamethrower, the flame on its back isn't ignited.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		喵喵跟布盧跟布盧皇
Czech		Trable se Snubbull
Finnish		Vaikeuksien kautta voittoon*
European French		Les ennuis de l'évolution
German		Nur Ärger mit Snubull
Hebrew		צרות עם סנאבולית tsarot im Snubbullit
Italian		Il Pokémon ritrovato
Portuguese	Brazil	A Encrenca com o Snubbull
	Portugal	Sarilhos com a Snubbull
Spanish	Latin America	¡El problema con Snubull!
	Spain	El problema con Snubull

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