EP116

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The Rivalry Revival

EP116   ライバルたいけつ！サトシVSシゲル!! Rival Showdown! Satoshi VS Shigeru!!

First broadcast Japan October 7, 1999 United States October 14, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon World Ending

Japanese themes Opening ライバル！ Ending ラプラスにのって

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 福本潔 Kiyoshi Fukumoto Assistant director 福本潔 Kiyoshi Fukumoto Animation director はしもとかつみ Katsumi Hashimoto No additional credits are available at this time.

The Rivalry Revival (Japanese: ライバルたいけつ！サトシVSシゲル!! Rival Showdown! Satoshi VS Shigeru!!) is the 116th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 7, 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 An errand of Professor Oak’s sets Ash on the road once again, but first he must face his old hometown rival, Gary, in a Pokémon battle.

Major events

• Ash battles with Pikachu against Gary and his Eevee and loses.
• Ash and co. learn about the Johto region.
• Gary leaves for the Johto region.
• Professor Oak asks Ash to take the GS Ball to Azalea Town and give it to Kurt.
• Brock rejoins the group and says he'll travel to Johto with Ash and Misty.
• Tracey decides to stay in Pallet Town and become Professor Oak's assistant.
• Ash, Misty, and Brock head off to the Johto region.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Gary's Eevee

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Gary
• Delia Ketchum
• Professor Oak
• Kurt (photo)

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Dewgong (US and international); Eievui (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Tauros (Ash's)
• Venonat (Tracey's)
• Marill (Tracey's)
• Scyther (Tracey's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's; flashback)
• Victreebel (James's; flashback)
• Nidoqueen (Gary's; flashback)
• Eevee (Gary's; new)
• Mr. Mime (Mimey)

Pokémon seen at Oak's lab:

• Butterfree
• Diglett
• Seel
• Dewgong
• Rhyhorn
• Rhydon
• Staryu

Trivia

• The battle between Ash's Pikachu and Gary's Eevee could be a reference to the beginning of Pokémon Yellow, where the player uses Pikachu to battle against the rival's Eevee.
• In their motto, Team Rocket omits the lines "To denounce the evils of truth and love" and "To extend our reach to the stars above."
• This episode is featured on the Volume 6: Eevee copy of Pokémon All Stars.
• The book Go West, Young Ash is based on this episode.

Errors

Mimey's missing spot

• The red spot on Mimey's chest is missing in one scene.

In other languages

• French: Retour à la rivalité
• German: Showdown in Alabastia
• Hebrew: יריבות ותיקה yerivut vatika
• Italian: Una nuova partenza
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Revivendo as Rivalidades
• Portuguese (European): O Renascer da Rivalidade
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: El resurgir de una rivalidad
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡La rivalidad revive!

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