EP152

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EP151 : The Totodile Duel
Original series
EP153 : Love, Totodile Style
Hot Matches!
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  EP152  
エアームドVSヒノアラシ!はがねのつばさ!!
Airmd VS Hinoarashi! Wings of Steel!!
First broadcast
Japan June 15, 2000
United States May 12, 2001
English themes
Opening Pokémon Johto
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening OK!
Ending ポケモンはらはら²リレー
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
Storyboard 井上修 Osamu Inoue
Assistant director 井上修 Osamu Inoue
Animation director 佐藤まさふみ Masafumi Satō
No additional credits are available at this time.

Hot Matches! (Japanese: エアームドVSヒノアラシ!はがねのつばさ!! Airmd VS Hinoarashi! Wings of Steel!! ) is the 152nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 15, 2000 and in the United States on May 12, 2001.

Ash meets a Trainer with a powerful Skarmory. Impressed by her training techniques, he does some intense training with his Cyndaquil.

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Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis When Ash and friends hear of a virtually undefeatable trainer operating nearby, they seek her out, only to see first Brock’s Vulpix and then Ash’s Cyndaquil take heavy abuse from her Skarmory-despite its disadvantage against the Fire element...

Major events

  • Cyndaquil learns to ignite the flame on its back easily.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Aipom

Trivia

Errors

Dub edits

  • When it first premiered on Kids' WB!, the part which shows Ash training with Cyndaquil to the part where he gets a bite to eat was cut out in order to make room for Pokérap GS. In future airings, the uncut version would be shown.

In other languages

  • French: Chaud devant
  • German: Heiße Kämpfe
  • Hebrew: הקרב הלוהט hakrav halohet
  • Italian: Sfide e rivincite
  • Portuguese (Brazilian): Batalhas Quentes!
  • Spanish:
    • Iberian Spanish: Combates ardientes
    • Latin American Spanish: ¡Duelos calientes!

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EP151 : The Totodile Duel
Original series
EP153 : Love, Totodile Style
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