AG029

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Ready, Willing, and Sableye

AG029   EP303 ヤミラミでドッキリ！ The Startling Yamirami!

First broadcast Japan June 12, 2003 United States May 1, 2004

English themes Opening I Wanna Be A Hero Ending

Japanese themes Opening アドバンス・アドベンチャー Ending ポルカ・オ・ドルカ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Assistant director ながはまのりひこ Norihiko Nagahama Animation director 向山祐治 Yūji Mukōyama Additional credits

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Ready, Willing, and Sableye (Japanese: ヤミラミでドッキリ！ The Startling Yamirami!) is the 29th episode of the Advanced Generation series and the 303rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 12, 2003 and in the United States on May 1, 2004.

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

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Sableye

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Nosepass

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Taillow (Ash's)
• Treecko (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torchic (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Lotad (Brock's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Sableye (debut)

Trivia

• The English dub title is based on the phrase "ready, willing, and able."
• The disguise worn by Meowth in this episode is the same one he wore in Holy Matrimony!. This episode aired 5 years and a day from the date of that episode.

Dub edits

• Jessie's skirt is lengthened for a few scenes in the dub.

In other languages

• French: Un pokémon farceur
• German: Das Minenmonster
• Hebrew: ?מיהו חבר אמיתי mihu khaver amiti?
• Italian: Sorprese in miniera
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Pronto para o que Der e Vier
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Preparados para los sustos de Sableye
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡El susto de Sableye!

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