EP140

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Wired for Battle!

EP140   バトルしようぜ！ハッサムＶＳへラクロス！！ Let's Battle! Hassam VS Heracross!!

First broadcast Japan March 23, 2000 United States February 24, 2001

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ニャースのパーティ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 近藤信宏 Nobuhiro Kondō Assistant director 岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki Animation director はしもとかつみ Katsumi Hashimoto Additional credits

Wired for Battle! (Japanese: バトルしようぜ！ハッサムＶＳへラクロス！！ Let's Battle! Hassam VS Heracross!!) is the 140th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 23, 2000 and in the United States on February 24, 2001.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash, Misty, and Brock are walking throught the woods with Team Rocket spying on them. A man named Muramasa finds them. A little while later, the gang stumbles upon Team Rocket, all beaten up and Arbok and Weezing knocked out. Muramasa walks up and a red flash flies over his head. A Scizor appears and begins to attack Pikachu. Pikachu gets hurt and Misty angrily walks up to Muramasa and begins to yell at him. Brock grabs her arms to hold her back. Ash looks Scizor up on his Pokédex and Muramasa offers to show them to his fighting dojo.

As they walk into the dojo, they see a Nidoking and a Scyther fighting. A few people and Pokémon are also lifting weights. As Muramasa walks in, everybody bows to him.

Major events

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Scizor

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Muramasa
• Shingo

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Cyndaquil

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Scizor (Muramasa's, Masamune; debut)
• Scizor (Shingo's, Blade; debut)

Pokémon seen at the dojo

• Nidoking
• Primeape
• Poliwrath
• Machoke
• Golem
• Hitmonlee
• Hitmonchan
• Scyther

Trivia

• There are some shots in the Heracross/Scizor battle that are colored digitally.
• This is the first time that Template:Type2 Pokémon are officially introduced in the anime, in case none of the previous appearances of Magnemite and Magneton are taken to the count.
• The book Tough Enough is based on this episode.

Errors

File:Cyndaquil one arm.jpg

Cyndaquil appears with one arm.‎

• Shingo commands his Scizor to finish the match with False Swipe. However, False Swipe cannot cause a Pokémon to faint.
• In Who's That Pokémon?, Cyndaquil appears to only have one arm.
• Team Rocket vocally call out Arbok and Weezing, but Lickitung and Victreebel appear as well.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		巨鉗螳螂對抗赫拉剋羅斯
Czech		Počítačový zápas
Finnish		Tietääkö tietokone?
European French		Engagé pour combattre
German		Verkabelter Pokémon-Kampf
Hebrew		קרב מחושב krav mechushav
Italian		Incontri virtuali
Portuguese	Brazil	Mania de Batalha!
	Portugal	Preparados para a Batalha!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Batalla computarizada!
	Spain	Conectado para el combate

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