EP197

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The Art of Pokémon

EP197   ドーブルのきせき！！あさひのなかでかがやいて！ The Miracle of Doble!! Shining in the Morning Sun!

First broadcast Japan May 10, 2001 United States April 6, 2002

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター (Whiteberry) Ending 前向きロケット団！

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 首藤剛志 Takeshi Shudō Storyboard 平田智浩 Tomohiro Hirata Assistant director 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Animation director 桜井木ノ実 Kinomi Sakurai Additional credits

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The Art of Pokémon (Japanese: ドーブルのきせき！！あさひのなかでかがやいて！ The Miracle of Doble!! Shining in the Morning Sun!) is the 197th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 10, 2001 and in the United States on April 6, 2002.

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

Blurb

As our heroes enter the historic city of Whitestone, they notice it appears to be made of marble! Brock's guide book explains this phenomena. Generation after generation in Whitestone has painted all of the buildings white. After so many years, the layers have given the impression the city is made of marble. Just as the gang enters the city, they notice a band of Smeargle running amok, painting every bare wall in site with their tails. Dexter quickly explains these Pokémon express themselves by painting and the color in their tail depends upon the Pokémon's mood. Just then, the townsfolk appear in an angry mob, demanding the Smeargle stop this graffiti. Before the scene gets out of control, a famous artist appears to claim the Smeargle. All are astonished to find out this world famous abstract artist uses Smeargle to create his masterpieces. He begs the townspeople to allow the Smeargle to express themselves. Apparently, the Smeargle have been through a creative dry-spell and he hopes they will find a way to create beautiful artwork once again. Will the artist, Smeargle and townspeople find a way to live in harmony?

Plot

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Ash and his friends enter the historic city of Whitestone, they notice it appears to be made of marble! Brock’s guide book explains this phenomena. Generation after generation in Whitestone has painted all of the buildings white. After so many years, the layers have given the impression the city is made of marble.

Just as the gang enters the city, they notice a band of Smeargle running amok, painting every bare wall in site with their tails. Dexter quickly explains these Pokémon express themselves by painting and the color in their tail depends upon the Pokémon’s mood. Just then, the townsfolk appear in an angry mob, demanding the Smeargle stop this graffiti. Before the scene gets out of control, a famous artist appears to claim the Smeargle.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Smeargle

Characters

Humans

Pocket Monster TV

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Jack Pollockson

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Beedrill (US and international), Smeargle (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Smeargle (Jack's; ×3; debut)

Trivia

Jessie's missing glove

• Ash seems to know what a Smeargle is even though it's a second generation Pokemon.
• This is the 200th episode of the anime to be produced.
• Team Rocket doesn't blast off in this episode.
• James refers to several renowned real-world artists during the episode: Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Auguste Rodin and Andy Warhol. He refers to Auguste Rodin as "that Japanese monster Rodan", confusing the artist with a monster from the Godzilla franchise.
• Jack's Smeargle's tails are red, blue, and yellow. In the games, normal Smeargle only have green tails, while their Shiny variants only have red tails. No other colors have ever been seen.
• The reporter in this episode resembles the announcer from Princess vs. Princess
• The tradition to paint the exterior of buildings white resembles the zoning laws in Jerusalem requiring all buildings to be faced with Jerusalem stone.
• In the ending scene, Meowth says "Art is an explosion!", which is the same phrase which the famous Japanese painter Tarō Okomoto said.

Errors

• When Jessie is holding the art book, her gloves disappear.
• When the interviewer is asking if he can come with Jack Pollockson, his face isn't painted. Then in the next scene, it is.
• The Who's That Pokémon? says that Beedrill is the evolved form of Weedle, which is actually Kakuna; Beedrill is the final evolution of Weedle.
• When Jack commands the Smeargle to stop painting the town, his eyes are missing.

Dub edits

• The original airing of this episode on Hungama TV in India started the episode directly from the title card, skipping the part of the episode that comes before it.

In other languages

Language		Title
Bulgarian		Изкуството на Покемон
Mandarin Chinese		圖圖犬的奇蹟！在朝陽中閃爍！
Czech		Pokémoní umění
Dutch		De Kunst van Pokémon
European French		Le peintre !
German		Pokémon Kunst
Hebrew		אבן לבנהeven levana
Hindi		पोकेमोन की कलाबाज़ी Pokemon ki kalabazi *
Italian		Pokémon artisti
Polish		Sztuka Pokémon
Portuguese	Brazil	A Arte dos Pokémon
	Portugal	A Arte dos Pokémon
Spanish	Latin America	¡El Arte Pokémon!
	Spain	Arte Pokémon

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