EP080

Friends to the End No picture currently available.

EP080   ポケモンリーグ！さいごのたたかい！ Pokémon League! Final Battle!

First broadcast Japan January 21, 1999 United States November 27, 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 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

Friends to the End (Japanese: ポケモンリーグ！さいごのたたかい！ Pokémon League! Final Battle!) is episode 80 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 21, 1999 and in the United States on November 27, 1999.

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

Major events

• Richie loses in the quarter finals.
• Richie leaves the group.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Ritchie
• Delia Ketchum
• Professor Oak
• Asunta
• Mandy (flashback)
• Pete Pebbleman (flashback)
• Jeanette Fisher (flashback)

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Fearow

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's; flashback)
• Charizard (Ash's; flashback)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Krabby (Ash's; flashback)
• Kingler (Ash's; flashback)
• Muk (Ash's; flashback)
• Weezing (James's)
• Charmander (Ritchie's; nicknamed "Zippo")
• Pikachu (Ritchie's; nicknamed "Sparky")
• Butterfree (Ritchie's; nicknamed "Happy")
• Ivysaur (Assumpta's)
• Exeggutor (Mandy's; flashback)
• Golbat (Mandy's; flashback)
• Beedrill (Jeanette's; flashback)
• Nidorino (unnamed trainer's; flashback)
• Cloyster (Pete Pebbleman's)
• Moltres (flashback)

Pokémon seen at the Pokémon League:

• Raticate
• Spearow
• Oddish
• Gloom
• Parasect
• Venonat
• Venomoth
• Mankey
• Primeape
• Poliwhirl
• Tentacool
• Hitmonlee
• Rhydon
• Staryu

In other languages

• French: Amis malgré tout

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