EP026

Pokémon Scent-sation File:PokemonScentsation.gif.png

EP026   エリカとクサイハナ Erika and Kusaihana

First broadcast Japan September 23, 1997 United States October 12, 1998

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ひゃくごじゅういち

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Assistant director 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Animation director 志村隆行 Takayuki Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Pokémon Scent-sation (Japanese: エリカとクサイハナ Erika and Kusaihana) is episode 26 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 23, 1997 and in USA on October 12, 1998.

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

Synopsis

Ash, Misty and Brock finally make it to Celadon City, where the wonderful scent of perfume fills the air. The scent leads them to a perfume shop, where Misty and Pikachu smell the perfumes and Brock checks out the ladies. Ash complains to the workers and the manager that perfume is smells terrible and is really expensive. As a result, Ash gets thrown out of the store and since the same people who own the store own the gym, he is not allowed into the gym.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket attempts to break into the gym and steal Pokemon. However, their plans fail when three ladies hit them with bats and hang them on trees outside. Ash finds them and agrees to a plan that will help sneak him in. After a complete makeover (See Below), "Ashley" enters the gym with "her parents".

Major events

• Ash earns a Rainbow Badge

Debuts

• Erika
• Erika's Gloom
• Erika's Tangela
• Erika's Weepinbell
• Victreebel
• Vileplume
• Exeggcute
• Grimer

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Erika

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Gloom

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmander (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Primeape (Ash's; flashback)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Starmie (Misty's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Koffing (James's)
• Gloom (Erika's; debut)
• Tangela (Erika's; debut)
• Weepinbell (Erika's)
• Oddish (Celadon Gym's)
• Vileplume (Celadon Gym's; debut)
• Bellsprout (Celadon Gym's)
• Victreebel (Celadon Gym's; debut)
• Exeggcute (Celadon Gym's; debut)
• Grimer (flashback; debut)

Trivia

File:Ashley.jpg

Ash as "Ashley"

• With the help of Team Rocket, Ash crossdresses to get into Celadon Gym. This marks the first time Ash crossdresses. He does it again in Love at First Flight and DP062.

In other languages

• French: Un parfum de victoire
• Italian: La città dei profumi
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Aromas Pokémon!
• Portuguese: O Perfume Pokémon
• Spanish: Perfume Pokémon

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