EP184

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All That Glitters!

EP184   ヤミカラス！うばわれたバッジ！！ Yamikarasu! The Stolen Badges!!

First broadcast Japan February 8, 2001 United States December 15, 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 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 門智昭 Tomoaki Kado Assistant director 松本マサユキ Masayuki Matsumoto Animation director 門智昭 Tomoaki Kado Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

All That Glitters! (Japanese: ヤミカラス！うばわれたバッジ！！ Yamikarasu! The Stolen Badges!!) is the 184th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 8, 2001, and in the United States on December 15, 2001.

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

Blurb

On their way to Olivine City, Brock and Misty break for lunch while Ash polishes his Johto League badges. As he shines each one, he sets them on the tree stump in front of him. Three Murkrow emerge from a nearby bush and perform a synchronized song and dance for our heroes. Delighted by the impromptu entertainment, the gang is shocked when the Murkrow grab Ash's badges and fly away. Will Ash be able to track down the Murkrow and reclaim his badges or will the Murkrow prove too adroit for Ash?

Plot

Ash polishes his Badges as he and Misty wait for Brock to finish cooking. Pikachu sees what appears to feather dusters in the bushes, and this soon catches everyone's attention. Togepi goes towards the bushes and three Murkrow emerge. Ash looks them up on his Pokédex. The Murkrow distract the group by dancing and singing, and then steal Ash's Badges before flying up onto a branch. Ash sends out Noctowl, who knocks the Murkrow out of the tree. Ash runs towards the Murkrow, but the Murkrow fight back by kicking mud into Ash's face, and then fly off. Noctowl follows them, but the Murkrow all attack at once using Double Team and knocks it out. Brock uses his Golbat's Supersonic to track the Murkrow, and it soon locates the thieving trio. Brock notices that the Murkrow are shining the Badges at the sun, and suggests they simply like them because of their shiny nature. In any case, Ash goes over asks them for the Badges, but they fly off. Golbat tries to follow, but it gets knocked out. Pikachu knocks out the Murkrow all at once with a Thunder Shock, causing them to fall to the ground. Ash and Pikachu move to get the Badges back, but Pikachu is snatched by Team Rocket's claw.

As Team Rocket begins to float away in their balloon, the Murkrow perch inside it. Unable to get Jessie's earring and Meowth's golden kobana, one of the Murkrow pops the balloon. Team Rocket plummets to the ground, and a caged Pikachu lands near Ash. Team Rocket emerge from the crash unscathed. James then reaches into his pockets and soon sees the Murkrow with several of his prized bottle caps. He is furious and demands that his bottle caps be returned. James rushes forward, only to trip on a tree root and be laughed at by the Murkrow. Ash releases Pikachu from his cage, and soon chases after the Murkrow, and James follows suit. The Murkrow land on a cliff ledge, thinking they are safe from being caught. James, however, rushes onto the scene with a bazooka and shoots a net at them. Unfortunately, when Team Rocket tug on the rope connected to the net, they pull a large boulder instead. The large weight difference flings Team Rocket away.

Ash remains set on getting back his Fog Badge because of the work he and his Pokémon put into obtaining them. He uses his Bulbasaur's Vine Whip to climb up to the Murkrow. He soon spots the Murkrow gazing at their glittering finds and decides a sneak attack will be the best approach. Ash manages to crawl over and grab back his Fog Badge. In his excitement he shouts, and the Murkrow immediately go on the attack and knock him down the hill. The group come up with another plan, Misty and Ash will distract the Murkrow with shiny objects while Brock and Pineco retrieve the stolen Badges. The plan is successful until Togepi accidentally blows their cover. Ash has another plan and sends in Noctowl. Noctowl flies in and plays dead, causing the Murkrow to let their guard down, and Noctowl snatches the Fog Badge.

Noctowl starts to fly away, with the Murkrow close behind, when a sudden gust blows all of the Pokémon to the ground. It turns out to be Team Rocket in their latest mecha, the Mega Murkrow Mark 5. They use their machine's vacuum to suck up all of the shiny objects that the Murkrow collected. As the Murkrow are about to be caught, Ash blocks the vacuum air and saves the trio. Team Rocket are about to strike the Murkrow with their mecha's beak, but Noctowl knocks the machine backwards. The Rocket trio decide to grab Pikachu, and snatch him with a giant claw from their mecha’s mouth. James finally locates his missing bottle caps, so Jessie and Meowth decide to change tactics and whip up a strong wind to blow the twerps away. Noctowl flies into action, and it then teams up with the Murkrow trio and together they fly in different directions to confuse Team Rocket. The tactic leads the machine’s legs to short-circuit, allowing the Flying Pokémon to retrieve Pikachu. On Noctowl's back, Pikachu delivers a Thunderbolt which sends Team Rocket blasting off again. Ash gets back his missing Fog Badge and thanks the Murkrow for their help. With that, Ash and his friends are off for more adventures.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Main series debuts

• Murkrow

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Bellossom (US and international), Murkrow (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's; flashback)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's; flashback)
• Noctowl (Ash's; Shiny)
• Golbat (Brock's)
• Pineco (Brock's)
• Pidgeot (Falkner's; flashback)
• Scyther (Bugsy's; flashback)
• Miltank (Whitney's; flashback)
• Gengar (Morty's; flashback)
• Murkrow (×3)

Trivia

• The episode's English dub title is a reference to the phrase "All that glitters is not gold", which is also used by the English dub title of All That Glitters is Not Golden!.
• This is the first episode to use music from The Power of One. However, the background music is replaced in the dub.

Errors

• In the English dub, when Ash is talking about all the Pokémon that helped him earn his Johto League Badges, he mentions Pidgeotto while actually showing a Pidgeot) and Scyther. The Pokémon are shown belonging to Falkner and Bugsy, respectively, and not to Ash (who, in fact, never even owned a Scyther).

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		Крадливите Мъркроу!
Mandarin Chinese		黑暗鴉！被奪走的徽章！
Czech		Vše, co se třpytí
Dutch		Het Is Niet Alles Goud Wat Er Blinkt!
European French		Tout ce qui brille !
German		Diebische Kramurx
Hebrew		פיתוי נוצץpituy notsets
Hindi		चमकीली चीज़े उन्हें पसंद है! Chamkeeli chizee unhe pasand hai! *
Italian		Non è tutto oro quel che luccica
Polish		Wszystkie te błyskotki
Brazilian Portuguese		Tudo que Reluz é Confusão!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Todos esos brillos!
	Spain	Robos brillantes

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