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| The Kangaskhan Kid
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ガルーラのこもりうた
Garura's Lullaby
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First broadcast
| Japan
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November 18, 1997
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| United States
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October 22, 1998
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
| Animation
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Team Ota
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| Screenplay
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武上純希 Junki Takegami
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| Storyboard
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井上修 Osamu Inoue
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| Assistant director
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井上修 Osamu Inoue
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| Animation director
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平岡正幸 Masayuki Hiraoka
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| Additional credits
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The Kangaskhan Kid (Japanese: ガルーラのこもりうた Garura's Lullaby) is the 34th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on November 18, 1997 and in the United States on October 22, 1998.
Synopsis
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The episode begins with Ash, Misty and Brock thinking that they are in the Safari Zone, where Ash spots a Chansey in a bush. He gets ready to throw a Poké Ball; however, the Chansey turns out to be Ranger Jenny in a Chansey hat. She arrests Ash for Pokémon poaching. She takes them back to the station and explains that they are in a Pokémon Preservation Area where it's illegal to catch Pokémon.
Ash tells Officer Jenny he didn't know, so Jenny lets them off with a warning. Almost immediately, she sees a red dot on her radar, signaling that there are more poachers; Ash offers to help. Jenny accepts, and the whole group travels to the location by car. They drive up to find Team Rocket trying to capture a group of Kangaskhan. Ash looks at his Pokédex, which says the Kangaskhan charge when in danger until they feel their young are safe. Team Rocket fires a rocket and scares all the Kangaskhan, making them charge towards the jeep. The group manages to escape, but Team Rocket traps all the Kangaskhan in a net.
Jessie throws a Poké Ball, but it is hit by a boomerang and sent flying back at her. Suddenly, a kid begins to yell, cutting the net and setting the Kangaskhan free. The Kangaskhan attack Team Rocket, blasting them off.
The kid jumps into the pouch of the biggest Kangaskhan. A helicopter soon lands and two adults come out, saying they heard a report of their missing child in the area. They all go back to the station and they hear that Tommy, or Tomo, is living in the area. Ash, Brock, Misty, and Pikachu leave the jeep and go look around for the infant Kangaskhan that should be in the pouch Tommy was riding in. They manage to find it, and give it a Super Potion.
The kid sees this, and thinks they are hurting the infant Kangaskhan, so he jumps down. He asks Misty. "You people or Pokémon?" Misty punches him and says that they are people. The two adults who earlier claimed to be Tommy's parents run over and talk to Tommy, and his father smacks Tommy with a piece of wood, hoping that it will knock the memory of his parents back into his head. He remembers his mom; his father opens his shirt and Misty smacks the father with a piece of wood, saying, "One memory at a time!" Jenny rushes back because there are more poachers, and Tommy runs to the Kangaskhan to help.
They find a giant robot Kangaskhan made by Team Rocket. It pretends to be injured; the other Kangaskhan go to help, but their leader tries to stop them. However, they ignore their leader and go to help anyway, the trap works, and they are all hit by tranquilizers. The leader goes to take revenge on Team Rocket but is hit as well.
Ash then brings out his Pokémon: Bulbasaur uses Vine Whip and Squirtle tries Skull Bash, neither work. Team Rocket powers up for an attack, but the Kangaskhan break free. Pikachu and Charmander come out while Tommy throws his boomerang, knocking the gasoline out, and Charmander's fire sets it ablaze. Though the robot is on fire, it still works.
Suddenly, the helicopter comes in and crashes into the mechanical Kangaskhan; it explodes, and Team Rocket "blasts off again". Tommy thinks his parents are dead, but they get up. They are revealed to be wearing similar things as Tommy and they say they will join Tommy.
The episode ends with Tommy, his parents, and the infant Kangaskhan in the leader's pouch, with Ash and his friends leaving.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who’s That Pokémon?: Kangaskhan
Trivia
- The character of Tomo may be based on that of Tarzan or Mowgli.
- The events of this episode are later referenced in the beginning of Pikachu's Goodbye.
- Officer Jenny aims a rifle directly at Ash in this episode and James shoots tranquilizers into Pokémon with a tranquilizer gun, yet a similar occurrence with firearms in the next episode resulted in it being banned outside of Japan.
- This episode marks the second time Jessie is hit in the face with a Poké Ball, the first being in The Tower of Terror.
- During a scene where Tomo flashes back on his early childhood and recalls an evening scene with the Kangaskhan herd, the original Japanese audio was left in. The lullaby sung by the Kangaskhan through their Japanese name, Garura, can be heard.
Errors
- During the English dub edit (see below) one can still hear the sound of the cut scene.
- In the beginning, the Narrator says that Ash and company are in the Safari Zone, but in actuality, they are in the Pokémon Reserve.
Dub edits
- When Ash, Misty and Brock first encounter Tommy, the gag of Misty telling Tommy to apologize was changed for the dubbed English version. In the original Japanese version, Tommy spaces out and stares at Misty's breasts, and she asks (rough translation) "What's up?" Tommy responds "Can I drink from your breast?" She gets very angry, and hits him, and says "How dare you say that?" For the dubbed English version, the shot of Misty's breasts was cut, and he asks "You people or Pokémon?" She gets very angry, hits him and says "I'm a person, you creep!"
In other languages
Czech
Dutch
Finnish
European French
German
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Brazil
Portugal
Russian
Latin America
Spain
Swedish
