EP238

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Nice Pryce, Baby!

EP238   チョウジジム！こおりのたたかい！ Chōji Gym! Ice Battle!

First broadcast Japan February 28, 2002 United States March 8, 2003

English themes Opening Believe in Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター (Whiteberry) Ending 前向きロケット団！

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard よこた和 Kazu Yokota Assistant director 誌村宏明 Hiroaki Shimura Animation director 徳田夢之介 Yumenosuke Tokuda No additional credits are available at this time.

Nice Pryce, Baby! (Japanese: チョウジジム！こおりのたたかい！ Chōji Gym! Ice Battle!) is the 238th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 28, 2002 and in the United States on March 8, 2003.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Having earned Pryce’s respect and permission to face the trainer in a gym battle, Ash makes the unlikely choice of sending out Cyndaquil, a Fire-type Pokémon, to face his opponent on an Ice battlefield. Fortunately, Ash’s strategy pans out as he leads the gym leader to lower his defenses, allowing Ash to take the first victory in a two-on-two match. Next the gym leader sends out his trusty Piloswine, which immediately unleashes a Blizzard attack that completely alters the battlefield, allowing it to make quick work of Ash’s defending Pokémon. With one victory each, the round enters sudden death with each trainer playing his oldest, most reliable Pokémon. A seasoned duo, Ash and Pikachu may match the teamwork of the gym leader and his Piloswine...

Major events

• Ash has a gym battle with Pryce and Pryce forfeits, earning him the Glacier Badge.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Pryce
• Sheila

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Weedle

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's, flashback)
• Noctowl (Ash's, flashback)
• Phanpy (Ash's, flashback)
• Piloswine (Pryce's)
• Seel (various, Pryce's)
• Dewgong (various, Pryce's)
• Shellder (various, Pryce's)
• Lapras (various, Pryce's)
• Poliwhirl (fantasy)
• Marill (fantasy)

Trivia

• The dub title is a reference to Ice Ice Baby, a well known song performed by Vanilla Ice.
• Pikachu's Electric attack affects Pryce's Piloswine, although it should not, as Piloswine is a Template:Type2. This is an example of anime physics.
• Music from Pikachu's Rescue Mission is used in this episode.

Errors

• When they first entered the gym, Brock says that it's made entirely of solid ice, but there is clearly a ring of water in the center of the arena.

In other languages

• French: Vague de froid
• German. Der Eis-Preis
• Hebrew: קרח מהגוני kerakh Mahogany
• Italian: Un incontro glaciale
• Mandarin: 卡吉道館，冰之戰鬥
• Portuguese (Brazilian): O Pryce é Legal, Pessoal!
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Helados para el nene y la nena
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Ash contra Pryce!

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Original series

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