EP098

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EP098   みなみのしまだよ！ぜんいんしゅうごう！ It's Everyone's Island! All Members Assemble!

First broadcast Japan May 27, 1999 United States April 8, 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 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

A Way Off, Day Off (Japanese: みなみのしまだよ！ぜんいんしゅうごう！ It's Everyone's Island! All Members Assemble!) is episode 98 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 27, 1999 and in the United States on April 8, 2000.

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

Major events

• Ash investigates at night the GS Ball.
• Ash's Charizard and Tracey's Scyther form a rivalry.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Cissy (flashback)
• Danny (flashback)

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Porygon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Lapras (Ash's)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Venonat (Tracey's)
• Marill (Tracey's)
• Scyther (Tracey's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Seadra (Cissy's; flashback)
• Blastoise (Cissy's; flashback)
• Nidoqueen (Danny's; flashback)
• Geodude (Danny's; flashback)
• Electrode (Danny's; flashback)
• Farfetch'd

Trivia

• Professor Oak's lecture: Ditto. At the end, Ditto transforms into a more dashing, slightly sinister-looking Professor Oak, prompting Oak to ask in surprise, "Who are you?"
• Pokémon senryu summary: Ditto, changing itself, change change change!

In other languages

• French: Des vacances de rêve
• Italian: Una giornata di riposo

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.