EP127

← EP126 : The Chikorita Rescue

Original series

EP128 : The Whistle Stop →

Once in a Blue Moon File:OnceinaBlueMoon.jpg.png

EP127   ヌオーとＧＳボール!? Nuoh and the GS Ball!?

First broadcast Japan December 23, 1999 United States December 2, 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 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 横田和 Kazu Yokota Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

Once in a Blue Moon (Japanese: ヌオーとＧＳボール!? Nuoh and the GS Ball!?) is the 127th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 23, 1999 and in the United States on December 2, 2000.

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

Major events

Debuts

• Quagsire

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Professor Oak

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Ledyba

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Butterfree
• Quagsire (debut)

Trivia

• This episode's dub title is a reference to the popular saying, "Once in a blue moon."

In other languages

• French: Rituel annuel
• Italian: Cerimonia al chiaro di luna
• Latin American Spanish: ¡La cascada de la luna azul!
• Spanish: Una vez en luna llena

← EP126 : Chikorita Rescue

Original series

EP128 : The Whistle Stop →

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