EP176

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Ariados, Amigos

EP176   アリアドス！にんぽうバトル！！ Ariados! Battle of Ninja Arts!!

First broadcast Japan December 7, 2000 United States November 17, 2001

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ぼくのベストフレンドへ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki Assistant director 岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki Animation director はしもとかつみ Katsumi Hashimoto Additional credits

Ariados, Amigos (Japanese: アリアドス！にんぽうバトル！！ Ariados! Battle of Ninja Arts!!) is the 176th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 7, 2000 and in the United States on November 17, 2001.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash, Pikachu and Brock take a break by the lake while Misty heads deeper into the forest with Togepi. As Misty picks the local flora, Togepi wanders over to a very strange looking bush, it appears to have legs…spider legs! Summoned by Misty’s shrieks, Ash and Brock discover an Ariados in the bush. Just then, a trainer from Fuchsia City appears on the scene. She explains she’s training with this Ariados to learn the special art of Pokémon Jujitsu. Accepting an invitation from the trainer, the gang joins her for a day at the Pokémon Jujitsu Academy. Find out what happens as Brock and Pineco blow the lid off a technical class, Ash is critiqued on battle techniques and Misty gets all wrapped up in Pokémon health, beauty and nutrition!...

Major events

• Koga's sister Aya returns.
• Brock's Pineco is revealed to know Spikes.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Ariados

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Aya
• Tōkichi
• other students (Ralph, Mickey, among others)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Jigglypuff

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Pineco (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Venonat (Aya's)
• Ariados (Tōkichi's, debut)
• Gloom (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Hypno (Mickey's)
• Hitmonlee (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Starmie (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Scyther (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Houndour (Ralph's)
• Pidgey
• Spinarak (multiple)

Trivia

• The English title of this episode is a play on the Spanish phrase "adios amigos."

Errors

• In the scene where Ash, Brock and Misty are seen in Ninja jumpsuits, Misty is drawn with brown eyes when talking, instead of her usual blue ones.

• When they give the episode title, the usual Pokémon logo isn't in the top left hand corner.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		阿利多斯，忍術戰鬥
Czech		Ariados, amigos
Finnish		Pokémon-Jujitsua
European French		L'école
German		Pokémon Jujitsu
Hebrew		פוקימון ג'וג'יטסו Pokémon Jujitsu
Italian		Accademia dei ninja
Brazilian Portuguese		Ariados, Amigos
Spanish	Latin America	¡Ariados, amigo!
	Spain	Amigos de Ariados

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