EP117

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EP117   ワカバタウン！はじまりをつげるかぜのふくまち！ Wakaba Town! Where Winds of New Beginning Blow

First broadcast Japan October 14, 1999 United States October 14, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ニャースのパーティ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka 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.

Don't Touch That 'dile (Japanese: ワカバタウン！はじまりをつげるかぜのふくまち！ Wakaba Town! Where Winds of New Beginning Blow!) is the 117th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 14, 1999 and in the United States on October 14, 2000.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Walking through a foggy forest, Ash, Misty and Brock are heading to New Bark Town to register for the Johto League. After being lost, Misty scolds Ash. Then Misty's Togepi and Pikachu run off to a lake. The gang saw a mysterious Pokémon (which later in the show reveals to be Suicune at the middle of the lake. When Suicune see them, it run away. Ash tries to follow it but fell. The others soon also fell. Then, Jigglypuff appears and find it fun and slide down. Jessie, James and TRMeowth ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]) are walking out the same forest, hungry. They went in to a Pokémon Lab. Professor Elm mistakes Jessie as Nurse Joy and tell her to check up on his Totodile. They encounter Prof. Elm's Totodile. Totodile bite Meowth's tail and spray water at James' face. Jessie picks it up and they run out of the lab. Ash and the gang has finally reached New Bark Town. Excited to see Nurse Joy, Brock tell Ash and Misty to go to the Pokémon Center but when they reach there, they saw Nurse Joy’s Chansey. Chansey press a button and a screen appears. Nurse Joy says that she is with Prof. Elm and will be back by 2:00 but Misty says that it is already 3:30. Brock gets concerned and forces them to find her. But when they reach there, they found out that the place is swarm with police. When Brock saw Officer Jenny, he wants to give a bouquet of flowers to her. But as usual, Misty pulled his ear and towed him away. When they rushed inside, they saw Nurse Joy scolding Prof. Elm for being careless. Brock rushes up to her and hold her hands but was towed away by Misty again.

Major events

• Ash and co. see a Suicune.

Debuts

• Professor Elm
• Suicune
• Totodile
• Cyndaquil

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Professor Elm
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Chikorita

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Bulbasaur (starter Pokémon; flashback)
• Charmander (starter Pokémon; flashback)
• Squirtle (starter Pokémon; flashback)
• Cyndaquil (starter Pokémon; debut)
• Totodile (starter Pokémon; debut)
• Growlithe (Officer Jenny's)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Fearow
• Suicune (debut)

Trivia

• OK! replaced The Rivals as the opening.
• Meowth's Party replaced Riding on Lapras as the ending.
• The Japanese title of the episode is a reference to the town slogan of New Bark Town.
• The English dub of this episode first aired exactly one year after the original did in Japanese.
• This episode's dub title is a reference to the old advertising slogan, "don't touch that dial!"

Errors

• In one scene, when James was going to make a phone call, he did not have any gloves for a second. In the next scene, he had gloves as usual.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Com Pokémon não se brinca!
• French: Le crime ne paie pas
• Italian: Un'iscrizione difficile
• Latin American Spanish: ¡El robo de Totodile!
• Spanish: No toqueis a ese 'dile

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