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Sharpedo Attack!

AG019   EP293 脱出！サメハダーの島！！ Escape! Samehader Island!!

First broadcast Japan April 3, 2003 United States January 31, 2004

English themes Opening I Wanna Be A Hero Ending

Japanese themes Opening アドバンス・アドベンチャー Ending ポルカ・オ・ドルカ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 須藤典彦 Norihiko Sudō Assistant director 須藤典彦 Norihiko Sudō Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

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Sharpedo Attack! (Japanese: 脱出！サメハダーの島！！ Escape! Samehader Island!!) is the 19th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 293rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 3, 2003 and in the United States on January 31, 2004.

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

Synopsis

It's a bright, sunny day as Ash and friends travel with Mr. Briney toward Dewford Island. They decide to let their Pokémon out to enjoy the day too. Team Rocket are in their Magikarp submarine, following the boat. The boat is leaving them behind, so they start pedaling as fast as they can. Excluding Team Rocket, all the people and Pokémon are relaxing and having a great time. Max and May decide they want to go swimming, but Ash wants to go straight to the Gym. However, the others are able to convince him that one swim won't stop him from becoming a Pokémon Master, so they change course and head for an island shaped like a crescent moon. As they sail on, a shape under the water is following them, and it's not Team Rocket. Mr. Briney tells them that he discovered the island they're going to, and it's not on any map. May comes out in a new swimsuit that she bought in Rustboro City, and she and Max jump into the water. Ash, Brock, and all the Pokémon except Torchic decide to go in too, but then they hear screaming. May and Max are surrounded by Sharpedo! Mr. Briney has Peeko carry them back to the boat, while Pikachu and Taillow try to attack the Sharpedo. One jumps up and rubs against Max's leg, and its Rough Skin scratches him. Peeko deposits them back on the boat, and May is very angry when she realizes that her brand new bathing suit was torn. Mr. Briney tells them that they should leave, but then the Sharpedo start ramming the boat. With a little help from Pikachu's Thunderbolt, they're able to get past the Sharpedo and dock on the island.

That night they're all sitting around a campfire eating dinner, while some lookouts from the Sharpedo gang are patrolling the waters. Brock and Mr. Briney don't understand why the Sharpedo are working together since they're usually solitary, but the more important question is how they are going to get off the island. Ash thinks that a Pokémon battle would be all it would take, but Max reminds him that they only have eight Pokémon total while there are tons of Sharpedo. Brock thinks that if they beat the leader of the Sharpedo in a battle, they might become the leaders. Since they don't have any other plans, they decide to try it. Meanwhile, Team Rocket surfaces, exhausted. Jessie notices the island in the distance, but before they can do anything about it they're surrounded by the Sharpedo. Jessie sends out her Seviper and uses Poison Tail on the leader, which works, but then all the Sharpedo Headbutt the sub at the same time and they blast off. As they're flying off into the distance, they see Mr. Briney's boat docked on the island and realize the twerps are there.

It's now morning, and the entire bay is full of Sharpedo. Ash and Pikachu stand in a large bucket and hold on to a rope attached to Taillow and Peeko. This functions as a waterski of sorts, and Ash sails around the bay, yelling at the Sharpedo. The leader tells the rest of the group to chase Ash, and he leads them out to sea. Then May, Max, and Mr. Briney pull a rope they had hidden, and a wooden fence slides into the water, trapping the Sharpedo leader. It rams the fence over and over, pulling on the rope, until it's yanked from Max and Mr. Briney's hands. May keeps holding on so she flies forward and lands in the water, where the Sharpedo charges at her. Brock quickly sends out his Lotad, which distracts the Sharpedo while May gets to shore. As Ash returns too, Brock challenges Sharpedo to a one-on-one battle. Sharpedo starts with Bite and Lotad uses Water Gun. Brock tells Lotad to use Water Gun again, but instead it just swims up to Sharpedo and looks at it. Then Sharpedo suddenly faints. Brock examines it and realizes that it's poisoned. They think it must have battled a Tentacruel or some other Poison-type Pokémon that lives in the ocean. Brock does everything he can for Sharpedo, but they don't have any medicine. Sharpedo wakes up early the next morning and sees that Brock fell asleep petting it, and it gently puts its fin over him then goes back to sleep.

Suddenly the Magikarp submarine surfaces, waking everyone up. It shoots out nets and grabs Pikachu and Sharpedo. When Brock says that Sharpedo was poisoned, Jessie realizes that it was from Seviper's Poison Tail. Brock has Lotad use Razor Leaf to cut the nets. Ash tells Pikachu to use Thunder, but stops mid-sentence and says that they don't even need to bother. Team Rocket is confused until they look behind them and see the entire school of Sharpedo. They all use Headbutt at the same time and the submarine explodes, sending Team Rocket blasting off again. Sharpedo has now recovered from the poison, and it's grateful for everything Brock did. All the other Sharpedo start nuzzling Brock and he freaks, but then he realizes that the Rough Skin isn't affecting him because the Sharpedo don't want to hurt him. The others try petting the Sharpedo and they aren't hurt either.

The group finally arrives at Dewford Town on Dewford Island. Mr. Briney is heading to Slateport City, and they wave goodbye to both him and the school of Sharpedo.

Major events

• Ash and friends arrive on Dewford Island.
• Brock's Lotad is revealed to know Razor Leaf.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Mr. Briney

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Igglybuff

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Taillow (Ash's)
• Treecko (Ash's)
• Torchic (May's)
• Wurmple (May's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Lotad (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Wingull (Mr. Briney's, nicknamed Peeko)
• Nosepass (Roxanne's, flashback)
• Sharpedo (many)

Trivia

• Polka O Dolka replaces Because the Sky is There as the ending.
• This dub title refers to a shark attack.

Errors

• Sharpedo's mouth is colored blue instead of gray in one scene.
• The Who's That Pokémon description for Igglybuff misspells "balloon".

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		逃離巨牙鯊之島！
Danish		Sharpedo Går Til Angreb
Dutch		Sharpedo aanval!
Finnish		Sharpedo-hyökkäys
European French		Des Pokémon bien agressifs
German		Angriff der Tohaido
Hebrew		מתקפת שרפידוייםmitkefet Sharpedoim
Italian		Attacco marino
Polish		Atak Sharpedo!
Portuguese	Brazil	O Ataque dos Sharpedos!
	Portugal	Ataque Sharpedo!
Spanish	Latin America	¡El ataque de los Sharpedo!
	Spain	Sharpedo al ataque

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