EP059

Volcanic Panic File:VolcanicPanic.gif.png

EP059   けっせん！グレンジム！ Decisive Battle! Guren Gym!

First broadcast Japan August 20, 1998 United States September 18, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ポケモン音頭

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

Volcanic Panic (Japanese: けっせん！グレンジム！ Decisive Battle! Guren Gym!) is episode 59 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 20, 1998 and in the United States on September 18, 1999.

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

Major events

• Ash defeats Blaine and earns the Volcano Badge.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Blaine

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Paras (US and international), Boober (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Ninetales (Blaine's; flashback)
• Rhydon (Blaine's; flashback)
• Magmar (Blaine's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)

Trivia

Errors

• In the flashback at the beginning of the episode the narrator said that Ninetales beat Squirtle with an Ember, while it was actually a Fire Spin that defeated Squirtle.
• During the scene where they are stopping the volcano from errupting, Misty calls on Starmie to keep everyone cool. The only problem is it's Staryu that comes out.

Dub edits

• When Charizard pushed the Fire Blast away, its shape changed into the kanji for medium(中), and then small(小), before vanishing. The dub kept it the same shape until it disappeared, but didn't erase the sound effects that came with the pun.

In other languages

• French: Panique volcanique
• Italian: Sfida vulcanica

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