EP083

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EP083   なんごくポケモンとＧＳボール Southern Land Pokémon and the GS Ball

First broadcast Japan February 11, 1999 United States January 15, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening ライバル！ Ending タイプ・ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 小林清志 Kiyoshi Kobayashi Assistant director えがみきよし Kiyoshi Egami Animation director 藤田正幸 Masayuki Fujita No additional credits are available at this time.

Poké Ball Peril (Japanese: なんごくポケモンとＧＳボール Southern Land Pokémon and the GS Ball) is episode 83 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 11, 1999 and in the United States on January 15, 2000.

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

Synopsis

After a crash landing on Valencia Island, Ash, Misty and Brock arrive at Professor Ivy's lab and retrieve the mysterious GS Ball. Brock is impressed by Professor Ivy and she in turn is impressed by Brock’s knowledge of Pokémon food. After rescuing Professor Ivy from a Vileplume Stun Spore, Brock decides to stay with her and her three research assistants to help clean the messy lab and to learn more about Pokémon breeding. So Ash and Misty leave without him, once again taking off on the Team Rocket blimp. And once again, Jigglypuff shows up to put everyone to sleep. Where will the blimp take Ash and Misty this time?

Major events

• Ash obtains the GS Ball.
• Brock decides to be Professor Ivy's assistant.
• The notion of Pokéshipping made its official debut in the [anime].

Debuts

• Professor Ivy

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Ivy
• Professor Ivy's assistants

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Lapras

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Zubat (Brock's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Chansey (Pokémon Center's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Butterfree
• Raticate
• Nidoran♀
• Nidoran♂
• Vileplume
• Paras
• Poliwhirl
• Weepinbell
• Cloyster
• Magikarp
• Gyarados

Trivia

Errors

• While this episode marks the beginning of the Orange Islands arc, both KidsWB! and Cartoon Network aired the first season intro instead of the Orange Islands theme for this episode and the previous.

In other languages

• French: Le danger Poké Ball
• Italian: Arrivederci Brock
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Peligro Pokébola!
• Spanish: Peligro Pokéball

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.