EP197

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EP198 : The Heartbreak of Brock →

The Art Of Pokémon

EP197   ドーブルのきせき！！あさひのなかでかがやいて！ The Miracle of Doble!! Shining in the Morning Sun!

First broadcast Japan May 10, 2001 United States April 6, 2002

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター (Whiteberry) Ending 前向きロケット団！

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 首藤剛志 Takeshi Shudō Storyboard 平田智浩 Tomohiro Hirata Assistant director 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Animation director 桜井木ノ実 Kinomi Sakurai Additional credits

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The Art Of Pokémon (Japanese: ドーブルのきせき！！あさひのなかでかがやいて！ The Miracle of Doble!! Shining in the Morning Sun!) is the 197th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 10, 2001 and in the United States on April 6, 2002.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash and his friends enter the historic city of Whitestone, they notice it appears to be made of marble! Brock’s guide book explains this phenomena. Generation after generation in Whitestone has painted all of the buildings white. After so many years, the layers have given the impression the city is made of marble.

Just as the gang enters the city, they notice a band of Smeargle running amok, painting every bare wall in site with their tails. Dexter quickly explains these Pokémon express themselves by painting and the color in their tail depends upon the Pokémon’s mood. Just then, the townsfolk appear in an angry mob, demanding the Smeargle stop this graffiti. Before the scene gets out of control, a famous artist appears to claim the Smeargle.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Smeargle

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Jack Pollockson

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Beedrill (US and international), Smeargle (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Smeargle (Jack's, x3; debut)

Trivia

• This is the 200th episode of the anime to be produced.
• Team Rocket doesn't blast off in this episode.
• Jack Pollockson is based on the artist Jackson Pollock. His name is an anagram of the artist's name.
• James refers to several renowned real-world artists during the episode: Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Auguste Rodin and Andy Warhol. He refers to Auguste Rodin as "that Japanese monster Rodin", even though Rodin was French.
  • The Rodin mistake could actually be a reference to Rodan, a monster from the Godzilla franchise.
• Jack's Smeargle's tails are red, blue, and yellow. In the games, normal Smeargle only have green tails, while their shiny variants only have red tails. No other colors have ever been seen.
• Reporter in this episode resembles the announcer from Princess vs. Princess

Errors

• When Jessie is holding the art book, her gloves disappear.
• When the interviewer is asking if he can come with Jack Pollockson, his face isn't painted. Then in the next scene, it is.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		圖圖犬的奇蹟！在朝陽中閃爍！
Czech		Pokémoní umění
Dutch		De Kunst van Pokémon
European French		Le peintre
German		Pokémon Kunst
Hebrew		אבן לבנהeven levana
Italian		Pokémon artisti
Portuguese	Brazil	A Arte dos Pokémon
	Portugal	A Arte dos Pokémon
Spanish	Latin America	¡El Arte Pokémon!
	Spain	Arte Pokémon

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