EP146

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Tricks of the Trade

EP146

ソーナンスとポケモンこうかんかい！！
Sonans and the Pokémon Exchange!!

First broadcast

Japan	May 4, 2000
United States	March 24, 2001

English themes

Opening	Pokémon Johto
Ending

Japanese themes

Opening	OK!
Ending	ポケモンはらはらリレー

Credits

Additional credits
Animation	Team Ota
Screenplay	大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Storyboard	井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani
Assistant director	浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Animation director	岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane

Tricks of the Trade (Japanese: ソーナンスとポケモンこうかんかい！！ Sonans and the Pokémon Exchange!!) is the 146th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 4, 2000 and in the United States on March 24, 2001.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash, Misty and Brock are walking down the beach when they see a young trainer and his Wobbuffet. Ash looks it up on his Pokédex and the boy introduces himself as Benny. He says that he is going to the Pokémon Swap Meet to find someone to trade his Wobbuffet to. Misty wonders why he would want to trade his Pokémon and Benny says he likes Wobbuffet and has trained it hard but now he wants a different Pokémon.

James is squirting water at his Victreebel while Jessie is with her Lickitung. Meowth says they should go and see if they could steal some Pokémon, but, unbeknownst to them, Snubbull is following them.

The gang are walking down the road when a herd of Tauros come running by.

Major events

Ash sends his Heracross to Professor Oak's lab and briefly uses one of his Tauros.
Jessie accidentally trades her Lickitung for Benny's Wobbuffet.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Wobbuffet (Jessie's)

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Wooper

Pikachu (Ash's)
Meowth (Team Rocket)
Togepi (Misty's)
Wobbuffet (Jessie's, received in trade from Benny; new; debut)
Tauros (Ash's)
Chikorita (Ash's)
Psyduck (Misty's)
Victreebel (James's)
Lickitung (Jessie's, traded to Benny)
Snubbull (Madame Muchmoney's)

Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Swap Meet

Trivia

The Tauros competition at the beginning of the episode is loosely based on the traditional Spanish Encierro de Toros, or Running of the Bulls.
The book Prize Pokémon is based on this episode.
This episode marks the first of many times in which Wobbuffet successfully uses Counter to reverse a special attack.
This episode marks the second time a main anime character has traded a Pokémon. The first time was in Battle Aboard the St. Anne!, where Ash traded his Butterfree to a Gentleman for a Raticate, but soon traded back.
A trainer who wanted to trade an Onix for Ash's Tauros had the same voice as Brock.
The man who tricked James in Battle Aboard the St. Anne! made another appearance trying to trick him again but James remembered him and ran after him.
One of the trainers offered to trade Ash a Rhyhorn for his Tauros. Rhyhorn was the Pokémon Ash was trying to catch when he instead caught his second Tauros.

Errors

When Chikorita uses Razor Leaf and Vine Whip, Wobbuffet uses Counter and is able to reflect it. This is incorrect as both were Template:Type2 attacks (relying on a Pokémon's Sp. Attack prior to Generation IV). The correct counter would have been Mirror Coat since it is used against special attacks and Counter would be used against physical attacks.
- Incidentally as of Generation IV and beyond, both moves are now classified as physical attacks.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		果然翁與神奇寶貝交換大會
Czech		Výměnný bazar
European French		Mélanges et échanges
German		Die Pokémon-Tauschbörse
Hebrew		?רוצה להתחלף rotzé lehitchalef?
Italian		La fiera
Portuguese	Brazil	Os Truques do Negócio
Portuguese	Portugal	Truques do Ofício
Spanish	Latin America	¡Bazar de intercambio!
Spanish	Spain	Engaños en el intercambio