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| Gettin' The Bugs Out
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ヒワダジム！もりのバトルフィールド！！
Hiwada Gym! Forest Battlefield!!
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First broadcast
| Japan
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April 20, 2000
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| United States
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March 17, 2001
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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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米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
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| Storyboard
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横田和 Kazu Yokota
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| Assistant director
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大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi
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| Animation director
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たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda
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| No additional credits are available at this time.
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Gettin' The Bugs Out (Japanese: ヒワダジム！もりのバトルフィールド！！ Hiwada Gym! Forest Battlefield!!) is the 144th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 20, 2000 and in the United States on March 17, 2001.
Synopsis
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Ash and friends have delivered the GS Ball safely to Kurt and are heading to the Azalea Town Gym for the next badge. Misty thinks Ash will have a tough time with without Charizard but Ash is confident that Cyndaquil has the firepower he needs.The Azalea Gym is a large dome with a forest-like environment inside. Misty becomes nervous, then a Caterpie drops down in front of her and she freaks. A boy standing up on a tree branch says that this is in fact the Gym and that bug Pokémon are the best. Misty isn’t thrilled. Ash introduces himself and the boy says he’s Bugsy, the Gym leader...
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who’s That Pokémon?: Elekid
Trivia
- This episode marks the first time a Metapod in the anime has been seen using Tackle — or indeed, any move other than Harden.
- Ash and Misty both receive Lure Balls and Brock receives a Heavy Ball from Kurt at the end of this episode. Although Ash and Misty will both use their Lure Balls, Brock's Heavy Ball (as well as the Fast Balls Ash and Misty received in the last episode) are never actually used (or even mentioned again) by the characters.
- Team Rocket tries to catch Pikachu by digging underground while Ash is in a Gym battle. This happens in a future episode, too.
- These episodes both involve Ash's battle against the second Gym Leader of the region introduced in an even-numbered generation, and both their badges allow the player to use Cut.
- The book Secrets of the GS Ball is based on this episode.
Errors
- At one point Ash says "I'll save Chikorita for later, and use Pikachu now." Chikorita had just been defeated — he meant to say Cyndaquil.
- Ash commands Chikorita to use Sweet Smell on Spinarak, when the actual move is Sweet Scent.
- Bugsy commands Spinarak to use Poison String instead of Poison Sting.
- On occasion throughout the episode, Misty would talk and Togepi's lips would move, but it was not talking.
Dub edits
In other languages
- French: Dans le feu de l'action
- German: Die Arena von Azalea City
- Hebrew: הקרב במכון אזליה hakrav bemachon Azalea
- Italian: Una Palestra immersa nel verde
- Portuguese (Brazilian): Exterminando Insetos
- Spanish:
- Iberian Spanish: Ahuyentando a los bichos
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Duelo con los insectos!
