EP078

A Friend In Deed No picture currently available.

EP078   ライバルとうじょう！ Rival Enters!

First broadcast Japan January 7, 1999 United States November 20, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending タイプ・ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 井上修 Osamu Inoue Assistant director 井上修 Osamu Inoue Animation director 梶浦紳一郎 Shin'ichirō Kajiura No additional credits are available at this time.

A Friend In Deed (Japanese: ライバルとうじょう！ Rival Enters!) is episode 78 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 7, 1999 and in the United States on November 20, 1999.

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

Major events

• Ash and co. meet Richie and his Pikachu.

Debuts

• Ritchie

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Ritchie
• Delia Ketchum
• Professor Oak
• Nurse Joy

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Diglett

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's; flashback)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Charmander (Ritchie's; nicknamed "Zippo")
• Pikachu (Ritchie's; nicknamed "Sparky")
• Butterfree (Ritchie's; nicknamed "Happy")
• Scyther (Jeanette's; flashback)
• Bellsprout (Jeanette's; flashback)
• Slowbro (unnamed trainer's)
• Drowzee (unnamed trainer's)
• Magikarp (unnamed trainer's)
• Magikarp (Pokémon League's)

In other languages

• French: Un nouvel ami

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