EP087

The Crystal Onix redirects here. For the Pokémon with the same name, see Crystal Onix.

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The Crystal Onix

EP087   クリスタルのイワーク The Crystal Iwark

First broadcast Japan March 11, 1999 United States February 5, 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 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

The Crystal Onix (Japanese: クリスタルのイワーク The Crystal Iwark) is the 87th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 11, 1999 and in the United States on February 5, 2000.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis While riding around the Orange Islands on his Lapras, Ash finds a mysterious message in a bottle, which leads the gang on a new adventure. Ash, Misty and Tracey travel to Sunburst Island, which is famous for its artists and glassblowers. They meet a struggling young shopkeeper who’s seeking inspiration from a Legendary Crystal Onix. Having been unable to find this special Pokémon, the shopkeeper turns to our heroes. With Tracey and his observational Pokémon on board, they set out to fire up a new friend’s creative drive!....

Major events

• Tracey is revealed to own a Marill.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Marill (Tracey's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Mateo
• Marissa

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Rhyhorn (US and international); Crystal Iwark (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Lapras (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Venonat (Tracey's)
• Marill (Tracey's; debut)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Cloyster (Mateo's)
• Charmeleon (Mateo's)
• Onix (Crystal Onix)

Trivia

• In this episode Jessie breaks the fourth wall by acknowledging the writers' existence.
• The dub title of this episode is one of the few to be the same as the Japanese title (Iwark being Onix's Japanese name).
• This is the second time an unusual Onix (the first one being a giant Onix) defeats Team Rocket by whipping them with its tail.
• This is also the second time Team Rocket falls for their own traps intended for Ash (the first being in Showdown in Pewter City).
• When Jessie and James were saying their names in their motto, their poses resemble those of the Ginyu Force in Dragonball Z.
• The book Secret of the Pink Pokémon is based on this episode.

Errors

• When Mateo commanded Charmeleon to use Ember against the crystal Onix, it used Fire Spin instead.
• Marill's Japanese voice can be heard instead of its English voice in one scene in the dub.

In other languages

• French: Onix de Cristal
• German: Das Kristall-Onix
• Hebrew: אוניקס הקריסטל Onix hacrystal
• Italian: Il messaggio in bottiglia
• Korean: 크리스탈 롱스톤
• Portuguese (Brazilian and Portuguese): O Onix de Cristal
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: El Onix de cristal
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡El Onix de cristal!

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