EP192

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The Wayward Wobbuffet

EP192   ソーナンス！そうなんす？ Sonans! Is That So?

First broadcast Japan April 5, 2001 United States March 2, 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 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

Screenshots on Filb.de

The Wayward Wobbuffet (Japanese: ソーナンス！そうなんす？ Sonans! Is That So?) is the 192nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 5, 2001 and in the United States on March 2, 2002.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash and his friends are still en-route to Olivine City, Team Rocket lies in wait. Dressed as scientists, they explain they’ve just repaired the amazing “Poké Pod.” To test it out, Pikachu is placed in the pod and locked in tight. When Team Rocket reveals their true identity and runs, Ash and friends are in hot pursuit. When they catch up to Team Rocket, there isn’t a Poké Pod or Pikachu in sight! Realizing Wobbuffet was hiding for the handoff and has the key to unlock the Pod, Ash chases after it.

In Wobbuffet’s rash retreat, it trips dropping the Poké Pod containing Pikachu and falls into the rapids of a nearby river. Since the only way to release Pikachu from the Poké Pod is to possess the key around Wobbuffet’s neck, it’s an all-out race to reach Team Rocket’s blue bad-boy first. Then Wobbuffet falls onto the thief Goneff's truck and is driven away. This proves problematic as Wobbuffet plummets over waterfalls, wanders through forests, gets taken for a ride on the roof of a run-away truck, blows for miles in a hot-air balloon and falls helpless to the helm of a speedboat! Ash and Jessie race to the boat just to get the key then Wobbuffet pulls out the steering wheel and gets back on Goneff's motorcycle. Goneff says he will give back Wobbuffet if the police give him a helicopter to escape. Team Rocket digs a hole to get up to the floor where Goneff is keeping Wobbuffet and fight them.

Major events

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

Characters

Humans

Who's That Pokémon?

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Police Officers
• Goneff

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Teddiursa (US and international), Wobbuffet (Jessie's) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Golem (Goneff's)
• Quagsire

Trivia

File:Pocket Monsters TV.jpg

Pocket Monster TV featuring Pikachu. This episode featured Wobbuffet, number 202.

• The episode's title is read by Team Rocket.
• Aim to Be a Pokémon Master (Whiteberry Version) replaces OK! as the opening.
• Face Forward Team Rocket! replaces To My Best Friend as the ending.
• In the Japanese version, Pocket Monster TV replaces Dare Da? as a commercial break transition/eyecatch. Pocket Monster TV essentially serves the same purpose as "Dare Da?" except that it features a computerized voice, the featured Pokémon's number, and a different background.
• This episode is featured on the Volume 14: Wobbuffet copy of Pokémon All-Stars.
• James breaks the fourth wall in this episode.
• Music from Pikachu's Rescue Adventure can be heard in this episode.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		果然翁遇難了！？
Czech		Wobbuffetí schovávaná
Dutch		De Weerbarstige Wobbufet
European French		La poursuite infernale
German		Woingenau und der magische Schlüssel
Hebrew		המרדף אחרי וובאפטhamirdaf akhar Wobbuffet
Italian		Pokémon in gabbia
Polish		Krnąbrny Wobbuffet
Portuguese	Brazil	O Redelde Wobbuffet
	Portugal	O Wobbuffet Perdido
Spanish	Latin America	¡Wobbuffet, el Pokémon descarado!
	Spain	Wobbuffet y la llave secreta

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