EP117

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EP117   ワカバタウン！はじまりをつげるかぜのふくまち！ Wakaba Town! Where Winds of New Beginning Blow

First broadcast Japan October 14, 1999 United States October 14, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ニャースのパーティ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

Don't Touch That 'Dile (Japanese: ワカバタウン！はじまりをつげるかぜのふくまち！ Wakaba Town! Where Winds of New Beginning Blow!) is episode 117 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 14, 1999 and in the United States on October 14, 2000.

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

Major events

• Ash & co. see a Suicune.

Debuts

• Professor Elm

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Professor Elm
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Bulbasaur (starter Pokémon; flashback)
• Charmander (starter Pokémon; flashback)
• Squirtle (starter Pokémon; flashback)
• Cyndaquil (starter Pokémon; debut)
• Totodile (starter Pokémon; debut)
• Growlithe (Officer Jenny's)
• Chansey (Pokémon Center's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Fearow
• Suicune (debut)

Trivia

• OK! replaced Rival! as the opening.
• Meowth's Party replaced Riding on Lapras as the ending.
• The girl who Professor Elm was saving Totodile for may have actually been Marina. She is seen with one in the opening Aratanaru Chikai. Prior to The Legend of Thunder it evolved into Croconaw.
• The Japanese title of the episode is a reference to the town slogan of New Bark Town.

In other languages

• French: Le crime ne paie pas

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