EP259

Entei at Your Own Risk File:Entei at Your Own Risk.jpg.png

EP259   エンテイとおんせんのなかまたち！ Entei and Friends of the Hot Spring!

First broadcast Japan August 1, 2002 United States August 16, 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 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

Entei at Your Own Risk (Japanese: エンテイとおんせんのなかまたち！ Entei and Friends of the Hot Spring!) is the 259th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 1, 2002 and in the United States on August 16, 2003.

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

Major events

• Brock's Pineco evolves into a Forretress.
• Entei makes its first appearance in the series.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Forretress

Anime debuts

• Entei

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nelson

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Tyrogue

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Phanpy (Ash's)
• Larvitar (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Politoed (Misty's)
• Corsola (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Crobat (Brock's)
• Pineco (Brock's; evolves)
• Forretress (Brock's, newly evolved)
• Misdreavus (Nelson's)
• Ursaring
• Houndour
• Houndoom
• Girafarig
• Swinub
• Piloswine
• Aipom
• Miltank (picture)
• Entei

Trivia

• The title is a pun of the phrase "enter at your own risk".
• This marks the first time a main character's Pokémon has evolved in the same episode a legendary Pokémon has appeared.
• In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto.

In other languages

• French: Les sources chaudes
• Italian: Forti emozioni
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Entei, el Pokémon legendario!
• Portuguese: Entei, Eu Quero Você!
• Spanish: A Entei no hay quien le venza

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