EP259

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Entei at Your Own Risk

EP259

エンテイとおんせんのなかまたち！
Entei and Friends of the Hot Spring!

First broadcast

Japan	August 1, 2002
United States	August 16, 2003

English themes

Opening	Believe in Me
Ending

Japanese themes

Opening	Ready Go!
Ending	ポケッターリ・モンスターリ

Credits

Additional credits
Animation	Team Ota
Screenplay	米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
Storyboard	浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Assistant director	浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Animation director	岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane

Entei at Your Own Risk (Japanese: エンテイとおんせんのなかまたち！ Entei and Friends of the Hot Spring!) is the 259th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 1, 2002 and in the United States on August 16, 2003.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis On their way to Mt. Silver, the gang come across a hot spring and meet Nelson who is looking for an Entei. Ash, Misty and Brock decide to release their Pokémon for them to enjoy the hot springs and hot sand. Team Rocket appear pretending to be researchers in order to steal Larvitar. After escaping from Rocket’s truck, Nelson and his Misdreavus meet Ash again. Nelson wants to battle Ash, so Ash sends out Phanpy first. While battling, Team Rocket steal Misdreavus after they find out how powerful she is. Team Rocket then steal all the wild Pokémon in the hot spring as well as Brock's Pineco. When Brock chases after it, Pineco evolves into Forretress. After Team Rocket over-powers their machine, it causes the hot spring to get out of control. But then, Entei’s Flamethrower saves the spring and blasts Team Rocket away. Nelson then tries to catch Entei, by having Misdreavus use Mean Look to prevent it from fleeing, but Entei uses Roar to escape.

Major events

Brock's Pineco evolves into a Forretress and learns Rapid Spin.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Forretress (Brock's)
Misdreavus

TV episode debuts

Entei

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Tyrogue

Pikachu (Ash's)
Meowth (Team Rocket)
Togepi (Misty's)
Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
Bayleef (Ash's)
Cyndaquil (Ash's)
Totodile (Ash's)
Noctowl (Ash's)
Phanpy (Ash's)
Larvitar (Ash's)
Goldeen (Misty's)
Staryu (Misty's)
Psyduck (Misty's)
Politoed (Misty's)
Corsola (Misty's)
Onix (Brock's)
Geodude (Brock's)
Crobat (Brock's)
Pineco (Brock's, evolves)
Forretress (Brock's, newly evolved; debut)
Misdreavus (Nelson's, debut)
Ursaring
Houndour
Houndoom
Girafarig
Swinub
Piloswine
Aipom
Miltank (picture)
Entei (debut)

Trivia

The title is a pun of the classic warning phrase "enter at your own risk".
When Team Rocket make off with the dairy truck, Ash, and his Pokémon, Meowth says, "We blinded 'em with science!" This is a reference to the song "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby.
This marks the first time a main character's Pokémon has evolved in the same episode a legendary Pokémon has appeared. Only one other episode also does this.
In this episode, Team Rocket uses two variations of their motto.

Errors

Phanpy's Take Down, being a Template:Type2 move, shouldn't have had any effect on Misdreavus, a Template:Type2 Pokémon. However, it did during the battle.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		炎帝與溫泉的同伴們！
Dutch		Alle Ogen Gericht op Entei
European French		Les sources chaudes
German		Das legendäre Entei
Hebrew		המרדף אחרי אנטיי hamirdaf akhrei Entei
Italian		Forti emozioni
Portuguese	Brazil	Entei, eu Quero você!
Portuguese	Portugal	Em Busca do Pokémon mais Querido!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Entei, el Pokémon legendario!
Spanish	Spain	A Entei no hay quien le venza