AG005

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In the Knicker of Time!

AG005   EP279 ジグザグマと短パン小僧！ハルカはじめてのバトル！！ Zigzaguma and the Short-pantsed Boy! Haruka's First Battle

First broadcast Japan December 19, 2002 United States November 22, 2003

English themes Opening I Wanna Be A Hero Ending

Japanese themes Opening アドバンス・アドベンチャー Ending そこに空があるから

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 新留俊哉 Toshiya Niidome Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

In the Knicker of Time! (Japanese: ジグザグマと短パン小僧！ハルカはじめてのバトル！！ Ziguzaguma and Short-pantsed Boy! Haruka's First Battle!) is the fifth episode of the Advanced Generation series and the 279th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 19, 2002 and in the United States on November 22, 2003.

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

Synopsis

Brock is ready to travel again and has joined up with Ash, May and Max as they continue en route towards Rustboro City. In the forest they encounter a giant Zigzagoon, which they soon realize is actually a trainer in a Zigzagoon suit. The trainer is Nicholai the knickerboker; who believes in becoming one with Pokémon in order to understand them. When Nicholai learns thay May is the daughter of the Petalburg gym leader Norman and instantly asks for a battle, May accepts, however, Brock claim she is not ready as Torchic is still inexperience.

In the battle Nicholai sends out a Mudkip while May sends out Torchic, Nicholai quickly changes into a Mudkip costume and orders Mudkip to attack Torchic with Water Gun, Torchic is then wiped out clean. Nicholai starts to make jokes on how easy it was to battle May and her father may be easier, this makes Max furious but Ash, Brock and May shrugs of the insult.

While having lunch, May realises Max is missing they go on to search for him. Nearby Max is seen with an handful of berries and drops them on the ground then out of nowhere a group of Zigzagoon comes for the food, when all the food is finished the group of Tiny Racoon's asks for more, but Max says there is no more. This makes the Zigzagoon angry as they start attacking Max. At that point Ash, May and Brock arrives and try to save Max, But before they could do anything a big Zigzagoon appeared, it's Nicholai, Nicolai tames the Zigzagoon and capture one of them.

After the apology from Max, Ash and Nicholai have a battle; Ash sends out Pikachu and Nicholai sends out his newly required Zigzagoon, however, it ends quickly with one Thunderbolt and Nicholai realises he still needs more training. Ash and friends part away from Nicholai as they continue on their adventure.

Major events

• May participates in (and loses) her first Pokémon battle.

Debuts

• Nicholai

Pokémon debuts

• Zigzagoon

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Nicholai

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Yanma

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Taillow (Ash's)
• Torchic (May's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Mudkip (Nicholai's)
• Zigzagoon (Nicholai's, new; debut)
• Beedrill
• Pinsir
• Sentret

Trivia

• Jessie and James narrate the next episode preview. Instead of the normal preview music, the music for the Team Rocket motto is played.
• This is the very last time that Ash and friends battle Jessie's Arbok and James's Weezing.
• The English episode title is a pun on the phrase "in the nick of time".

File:MudkipError.JPG

The error in question.

Errors

• After Torchic faints, the bottom of Mudkip's mouth is dark blue, when it should be the same as its belly

In other languages

• French: Un dresseur en culotte courte
• German: Ein Hoch auf die Knickerbocker!
• Italian: I Pokémon della foresta
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Las primeras batallas!
• Brazilian Portuguese: No Limite do Tempo!
• Iberian Spanish: Entrenadores panticortos

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