EP014

Electric Shock Showdown File:ElectricShockShowdown.gif.png

EP014   でんげきたいけつ！クチバジム Electric Shock Showdown! Kuchiba Gym

First broadcast Japan July 1, 1997 United States September 25, 1998

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ひゃくごじゅういち

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant director 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Animation director 志村隆行 Takayuki Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Electric Shock Showdown (Japanese: でんげきたいけつ！クチバジム Electric Shock Showdown! Kuchiba Gym) is episode 14 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 1, 1997 and in USA on September 25, 1998.

Ash finally arrives in Vermillion City and is ready to prove that he can defeat a Gym Leader through battle rather than sympathy. However, his opponent is a very tough Raichu that has made the Pokémon Center very busy...

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

Major events

• Ash earns a Thunder Badge by defeating Lt. Surge on his second try.
• Pikachu refuses to evolve into Raichu.
• In the first battle, Lt. Surge's Raichu defeated Ash's Pikachu with a Thundershock.
• On the second try, Ash's Pikachu defeated Raichu with a Quick Attack then whacking it with its tail.

Debuts

• Lt. Surge
• Raichu

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Lt. Surge

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Raichu

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Koffing (James's)
• Chansey (Pokémon Center's)
• Caterpie (unnamed trainer's)
• Pidgey (unnamed trainer's)
• Rattata (unnamed trainer's)
• Sandshrew (unnamed trainer's)
• Oddish (unnamed trainer's)
• Raichu (Lt. Surge's; debut)

Trivia

• This is one of the few episodes where Team Rocket do not attempt to steal anything. Instead they decide to support it in its aim to beat Lt. Surge's Raichu. In fact, this is the first time it happens.
• Pikachu's disliking of Raichu is revealed. However, it never appears to have this sort of animosity towards Raichu ever again.
• Rachael Lillis provided Pikachu's voice when it was shocking Ash.

Errors

• In the last episode, Dragonite was a mysterious and unknown Pokémon. But only one episode later, the Pokédex knows how many volts it takes to knock out a Dragonite. However, in the Spanish dub it only says "A dragon".
• In one of the Pokémon Center shots, Misty's suspenders are shown as light blue instead of red.

Dub edits

• Originally, there was no music playing when Pikachu was making its decision on whether to evolve or not.

In other languages

• French: Confrontation électrique
• Portuguese: Exibição de Choque Elétrico

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