EP005

Showdown in Pewter City No picture currently available.

EP005   ニビジムのたたかい！ Battle of Nibi Gym

First broadcast Japan April 29, 1997 United States September 14, 1998

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ひゃくごじゅういち

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Assistant director 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Animation director 松原徳弘 Norihiro Matsubara No additional credits are available at this time.

Showdown in Pewter City (Japanese: ニビジムのたたかい！ Battle of Nibi Gym), was the fifth episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 29, 1997 and in the United States on September 14, 1998.

In this episode, Ash and Misty finally reach Pewter City, and Ash is ready to challenge Pewter City Gym for his first badge. Can he win despite a type disadvantage?

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

Major events

• Ash gets a Boulderbadge.
• Ash has his first Gym Battle.
• Ash has his first loss.
• Brock joins Ash and Misty.

Debuts

• Brock
• Flint
• Forest
• Brock's Geodude
• Brock's Onix

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Flint

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's; debut)

Trivia

Dub edits

• The prices on the rocks were edited from yen to dollars
• 'Nibi Gym' was changed to 'Pewter Gym'
• Instead of saying Brock's mother left the family to Brock's care, Flint tells Ash that she died after trying to raise the family on her own. This resulted in an inconsistancy in the English dub, as Brock's mother Lola appears in A Family That Battles Together, Stays Together! as well as in several other episodes afterwards.

Who's That Pokémon?

• Onix

In other languages

Spanish: Batalla en Ciudad Plateada, Portuguese (Brazil): Exibição na Cidade de Pewter.