EP253

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EP253   カイリュー！げきりんはつどう！ Kairyu! Imperial Wrath is Met!

First broadcast Japan June 20, 2002 United States June 14, 2003

English themes Opening Believe in Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening Ready Go! Ending ポケッターリ・モンスターリ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

Great Bowls of Fire (Japanese: カイリュー！げきりんはつどう！ Kairyu! Imperial Wrath is Met!) is episode 253 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 20, 2002 and in the United States on June 14, 2003.

Things go from bad to worse when Team Rocket steal a sacred golden bowl and start a fire. Dragonite realises what has happened but is affected by Attack Rage, preventing it from stopping its attacks.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Clair
• Liza

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Chinchou

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Politoed (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Charizard (Liza's)
• Dragonair (Clair's)
• Dragonite
• Pidgey
• Spearow
• Murkrow
• Rattata
• Aipom
• Nidoran♀
• Sentret
• Furret
• Wynaut (hidden)

Trivia

• Attack Rage is the anime equivalent of the side effect of the move Outrage.
• The English title to this episode is a reference to the song Great Balls of Fire.

Errors

• When Ash told Charizard to use Fire Spin (move), Charizard used a different attack that was incorrectly referred to as Fire Spin.

In other languages

• French: Tout feu tout flamme

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