EP271
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Playing with Fire!
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First broadcast
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Playing with Fire! (Japanese: バシャーモふたたび！ハヅキとのたたかい！！ Bursyamo Returns! Battle Against Hazuki!!) is the 271st episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 24, 2002 and in the United States on October 4, 2003.
Synopsis
Ash has chosen Pikachu to battle Harrison's Kecleon. Kecleon uses its Color Change ability to escape detection, while lashing out at Pikachu with its tongue. Pikachu is successful in catching Kecleon's tongue he uses a Thunderbolt, knocking it out!
Harrison then sends out Sneasel, the same one he captured before the tournament opened. Pikachu uses another ThunderShock, but Sneasel leads with a Metal Claw, knocking out Pikachu.
Ash takes a second to collect Pikachu from the field, then sends out Totodile. Totodile bites down on Sneasel's arm and dances around its Metal Claw, then uses a Water Gun to take Sneasel out of the fight.
Harrison chooses Hypno to fight next. Totodile uses Leer, but Hypno is totally unfazed by the attack. Hypno then uses Hypnosis, taking full control of Totodile. Next Hypno uses a Psychic attack to knock Totodile out of the field!
Ash sends out Snorlax... but Snorlax is still asleep! Hypno takes the advantage of the situation by using Dream Eater on Snorlax. Snorlax then wakes up, angry at having its dreams stolen. Hypno is blasted by a Hyper Beam and is knocked out.
There's a five minute intermission now that Harrison has lost three of his Pokémon. Ash is confident that he will win as he has the advantage, but Misty reminds him that he was in the same situation with Gary, and managed to pull through.
As the second half begins, Ash takes out Noctowl and Harrison chooses Steelix. Noctowl hits Steelix with Confusion, but Steelix counters with Sandstorm. Noctowl attempts to use Hypnosis, but Steelix uses a combination of Dig and Iron Tail. Noctowl is defeated.
Ash sends Snorlax back out. Steelix is able to trap Snorlax with a Bind attack, but Snorlax is able to launch an Ice Punch and get out of Steelix's grip. Snorlax then launches a Hyper Beam at Steelix and knocks it out.
Harrison's next Pokémon is Houndoom. Snorlax uses Hyper Beam once more. However, Houndoom uses Counter to deflect the attack. Snorlax ends up getting blasted by his own Hyper Beam, and is taken out of the fight. Brock is amazed that Harrison's Houndoom can use Counter.
Ash's next Pokémon is... Bayleef?! Everyone is shocked that he's using a Template:Type2 to battle a Template:Type2. Houndoom's Flamethrower manages to damage Bayleef before Ash gets the idea to use Vine Whip and prevent Houndoom from using any more Fire attacks. Bayleef takes Houndoom down with a Body Slam.
Harrison is down to his last Pokémon - Blaziken. Ash is worried, thinking that Bayleef might not be able to beat a second Template:Type2. Bayleef tries to use Razor Leaf, but Blaziken merely incinerates the leaves. Ash decides to keep a good distance for Blaziken while attacking it and tells Bayleef to use Vine Whip, but Blaziken just grabs the vines and pulls Bayleef at itself. Ash tells Bayleef to use the momentum for another Body Slam, but Blaziken uses a Fire Punch and takes Bayleef out of the match!
Now Ash is also down to his last Pokémon. And he chooses Charizard. The both Pokémon launch their Flamethrowers and the attacks meet in mid-air, resulting a huge ball of fire.
The episode ends as the two Fire Pokémon square off....
Major events
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Ariados (English), Kabigon (Japanese)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Charizard (Ash's)
- Muk (Ash's; recap)
- Snorlax (Ash's)
- Heracross (Ash's; recap)
- Bayleef (Ash's)
- Totodile (Ash's)
- Noctowl (Ash's)
- Psyduck (Misty's; recap)
- Politoed (Misty's)
- Blastoise (Gary's; recap)
- Arcanine (Gary's; recap)
- Scizor (Gary's; recap)
- Golem (Gary's; recap)
- Blaziken (Harrison's)
- Kecleon (Harrison's)
- Sneasel (Harrison's)
- Hypno (Harrison's)
- Steelix (Harrison's)
- Houndoom (Harrison's)
- Machoke
- Machamp
Trivia
- This episode can be found on the second GBA video.
- Proffesor Oak says "Snorlax's Hyper Beam was sent back to him at double the power." This may confirm that Ash's Snorlax is male.
Errors
- When Ash sent out Totodile, he threw a Poké Ball, despite the fact that he captured it with a Lure Ball.
- Harrison's Steelix hits Ash's Noctowl with Dig which shouldn't be possible since Noctowl is a Flying-type and as such should not be affected by a Ground-type move.
- During the introduction the narrator says that Harrison is using Pokémon Ash has never seen before but it shows Kecleon as an example, even though Kecleon is one of the few Hoenn Pokémon Ash has seen before. Ash, Misty, and Brock appeared not to recognize the Kecleon either.
- When Pikachu is hit by Kecleon's Lick, he is shown with spiral eyes (which is normally used as an indication that a Pokémon has been knocked out) and yet is still able to battle. To make matters more confusing, when Pikachu is knocked out a couple of minutes later he is shown with the standard spiral eyes.
Dub edits
In other languages
- Finnish: Leikkiä tulella
- French: Un match brûlant
- German: Spiel mit dem Feuer
- Hebrew: !משחקים באש mesakhkim be'esh!
- Italian: Il torneo della vittoria (terza parte)
- Mandarin: 再度遭遇火焰雞！！與葉越的戰鬥！！
- Portuguese (Brazilian): Brincando com Fogo!
- Spanish:
- Iberian Spanish: Jugando con fuego
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Jugando con fuego!
- Swedish: Eld mot Eld
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