EP256

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EP256   リュウグウジム！みずのなかでバトルだぜ！ Ryūgū Gym! Battle in the Water!

First broadcast Japan July 11, 2002 United States July 12, 2003

English themes Opening Believe in Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening Ready Go! Ending ポケッターリ・モンスターリ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 誌村宏明 Hiroaki Shimura Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 福本勝 Masaru Fukumoto No additional credits are available at this time.

Just Add Water (Japanese: リュウグウジム！みずのなかでバトルだぜ！ Ryūgū Gym! Battle in the Water!) is the 256th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 11, 2002 and in the United States on July 12, 2003.

The group visit an unofficial Gym where they take part in underwater battles.

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

Major events

• Misty battles Dorian and the match ends in a draw.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Dorian
• Daisy (picture)
• Violet (picture)
• Lily (picture)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Rhydon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Corsola (Misty's)
• Politoed (Misty's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Qwilfish (Dorian's)
• Lanturn (Dorian's)
• Mantine (Dorian's)

Trivia

• This episode was the last to air before the Japanese debut of Pokémon Heroes.
• Misty claimed in this episode that she never battled under water before. However she did do so in The Misty Mermaid against Team Rocket and in The Spell of the Unown against Molly Hale (although some claim the movies are non-canon; this doesn't explain the episode, though).
• This episode marks the first time a main character other than Ash challenges a Gym Leader of any sort, as Misty challenges Dorian in this episode. The second main character to do this is Dawn; although, unlike Misty, Dawn challenges an official Gym Leader.
  • It also marks the first (and so far, only) time a main character other than Ash doesn't lose against a gym leader in battle (as Dawn, when she challenged Maylene, lost against her in battle). However, if one takes Ash's draw against Maylene as a "win" (since she did reward him with a badge despite not winning), it can be argued that Misty technically won.
• In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto.

Errors

• In the title sequence where it displays Ash's current badges, the Rising Badge was missing.
• Although Brock was judging Misty's battle, he was shown next to Ash during the battle.

In other languages

• French: Bataille aquatique
• Italian: Incontri subacquei
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Solo agregue agua!
• Spanish: Combates bajo el agua

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