EP248

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One Trick Phony!

EP248   バトルパーク！ＶＳカメックス・リザードン・フシギバナ！ Battle Park! VS Kamex - Lizardon - Fushigibana!

First broadcast Japan May 16, 2002 United States May 17, 2003

English themes Opening Believe in Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening Ready Go! Ending ポケッターリ・モンスターリ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

One Trick Phony! (Japanese: バトルパーク！ＶＳカメックス・リザードン・フシギバナ！ Battle Park! VS Kamex - Lizardon - Fushigibana!) is the 248th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 16, 2002 and in the United States on May 17, 2003.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis After defeating a girl who has a Smoochum, Ash is determined to beat Clair, as he is getting close to Blackthorn City. Seeing that Ash just can’t get enough battling, the trainer suggests as she leaves that he give a local Pokémon battle park a try. Ash and his friends visits the battle park where he trains against powerful Pokémon Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise.

Team Rocket will be the one battling against Ash. First, James sends out a Venusaur, then Ash sent out his Cyndaquil. After the battle, Ash's Cyndaquil ended up losing. Then, Jessie sent out a Charizard, a Fire-type. Then, Ash sends out his Totodile a Water-type. Having the advantage, Ash ended up winning. After the battle, Meowth and James argue over who will battle next. While they argue, Jessie gets the Poké Ball. Now Ash will be facing a Blastoise. Misty notices that Ash is battling the evolved forms of Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle, the Kanto starters. Battling a Blastoise, Ash uses Pikachu...

Major events

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Female Trainer
• Park Warden

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Tauros

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Politoed (Misty's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Smoochum (Female trainer's; nicknamed Josephine)
• Venusaur (Battle Park's)
• Charizard (Battle Park's)
• Blastoise (Battle Park's)

Trivia

• This episode aired in the US exactly one year and one day from its Japanese airing.
• The English title to this episode is based on the saying One Trick Pony.
• This is the first time Jessie uses a Charizard in a battle. The other is in Grating Spaces.

Errors

• In the beginning of the episode, Ash battled a female trainer with a Smoochum with the nickname Josephine. Later, when Pikachu attacks the Smoochum, it can be heard saying "Jo", part of its nickname, rather than its name.
• When Blastoise gets attacked by Pikachu's Thunderbolt, Jessie commands it to use Withdraw and this move protects Blastoise from being hurt. However, Thunderbolt is a special move in all generations and using a Defense-raising move could not protect it from Thunderbolt.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		競技公園VS水箭龜、噴火龍、妙蛙花
European French		Tel est pris qui croyait prendre
German		Abenteuer im Park!
Hebrew		תעלול מזוייףta'alul mezuyaf
Italian		Uno strano parco
Brazilian Portuguese		Um Truque Falso!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Un gran enfrentamiento!
	Spain	Pilla un Pokémon sorpresa'

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Original series

EP249 : I Politoed Ya So! →

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