EP102

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Original series

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The Mystery Menace

EP102   ちかどうのかいぶつ!? Monster of the Sewers!?

First broadcast Japan June 24, 1999 United States May 6, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon World Ending

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

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

The Mystery Menace (Japanese: ちかどうのかいぶつ!? Monster of the Sewers!?) is the 102nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 24, 1999 and in the United States on May 6, 2000.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash, Misty and Tracey come across a "monster" in the sewers, which turns out to be a giant Bulbasaur the town's mayor once abandoned there.

Major events

• Ash temporarily adds Muk to his team. It is implied that he returns it to Professor Oak at the end, but it isn't shown.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Nurse Joy
• Mayor of Trovitopolis
• Mayor of Trovitopolis's personal SWAT Team

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon? Zapdos (US and international); Fushigidane (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Bulbasaur (Mayor's; giant Pokémon)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's lecture: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure. Oak talks about the second Pikachu short which was upcoming when this episode was first shown (released July 17, 1999 with the second movie). He says that new Pokémon will be seen, specifically Elekid and Bellossom, as well as "others."
• Similar to Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden, this episode features a Bulbasaur and has the word "Mystery" or "Mysterious" in the title, alluding to its Japanese name.

Errors

• After Ash, Misty, and Pikachu pull Tracey out of the rock, he thanks them and realizes that he's sitting on top of Ash. But when Tracey was freed from the rock, it shows Ash falling away from Tracey and he falls on to the ground rather than Ash.
• When Tracey presents the "monster" to Ash and Misty, a back shot of the Bulbasaur shows it without its blue collar. Seconds later, it's seen wearing it in a full shot.
• The straps on Tracey's backpack are painted orange instead of black when the monster first attacks.

In other languages

• French: La menace mystérieuse
• German: Gefahr im Kanal
• Italian: La creatura misteriosa
• Latin American Spanish: ¡La amenaza misteriosa!
• Iberian Spanish: La amenaza misteriosa
• Brazilian Portuguese: A Ameaça Misteriosa

← EP101 : Get Along, Little Pokémon

Original series

EP103 : Misty Meets Her Match →

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