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ファイヤー！ポケモンリーグかいかいしき！
Fire! Pokémon League Opening Ceremony!
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First broadcast
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December 10, 1998
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| United States
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October 23, 1999
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Team Ota
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| Screenplay
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園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda
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| Storyboard
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井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani
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| Assistant director
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元永慶太郎 Keitarō Motonaga
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| Animation director
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依田正彦 Masahiko Yoda
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| Additional credits
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All Fired Up! (Japanese: ファイヤー！ポケモンリーグかいかいしき！ Fire! Pokémon League Opening Ceremony!) is the 74th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 10, 1998 and in the United States on October 23, 1999.
Blurb
On the day before the Pokémon League Tournament, Ash, Brock and Misty watch as the torchbearer runs by on his way to Indigo stadium. They learn that it is the flame of a Moltres, a legendary Pokémon that stands for the whole spirit of the Pokémon League that lights the torch. Ash's excitement and nervousness build up to the next morning as he joins the other trainers in the march of the athletes. But, its Team Rocket once again who tries to spoil the moment when they attempt to steal the flame of the Moltres.
Plot
Ash releases a loud cry of excitement which irritates the rest of the group and causes Togepi to cry. Misty calms Togepi down while Ash explains that he couldn't help himself, and that he is erupting in excitement for the upcoming Pokémon League. Brock suggests that Ash save the energy for his first match, but then Ash starts yelling again.
Later Ash and his friends approach a large crowd, and Ash thinks they are cheering for him. Turns out, they are all actually cheering on the Torch Bearer. The Torch Bearer is said to light up a huge flame that burns during the entire Pokémon League competition. The flame is said to be derived from Moltres and represent the ambitions and competitive spirits of all {pkmn|Trainer}}s. Impulsively, Ash approaches the Torch Bearer in the hope of taking over the duty. Officer Jenny explains that only approved competitors can hold the Torch. Ash shows that he is a competitor with his Badges pinned to the inside of his shirt. Jenny tells Ash that he needs to be approved, when Professor Goodshow explains that they should bend the rules and let Ash be the Torch Bearer in honor of his spirit. Ash asks Mr. Goodshow if he is Santa Claus, causing the man to fall off the vehicle. Jenny introduces the man as The Honorable Charles Goodshow, President of the Pokémon League Torch Committee. Goodshow reiterates that the competition is about spirit, and that Ash would be the perfect man to hold the Torch. The previous Torch Bearer transfers the flame onto Ash's unlit torch, Ash explains to Pikachu that the Torch is very valuable and shall be kept safe in his possession. Goodshow acknowledges Ash's responsibility and so the Torch-lighting ceremony continues.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket is in their balloon and plans to steal the Torch, along with some Pokémon. As Ash and Pikachu run with the Torch, in the vehicle following him, Misty and Brock begin hearing a noise. Suddenly, a fissure breaks open the ground beneath the vehicle and it soon falls in. Ash approaches the large sinkhole and is puzzled by the cause, when Team Rocket begin to recite their motto from their balloon. Afterwards, Team Rocket jumps out of their balloon and Meowth lands on Ash and swipes him, causing Ash to let go of the Torch. Meowth catches the Torch, but quickly throws it away after catching fire. Then Pikachu catches it as Jessie and James run away from a flaming Meowth. James sends out his Victreebel and commands it to bite Meowth to put out the flame. However, Victreebel then catches fire as well, and starts to chase Team Rocket. Ash sends out his Squirtle to put out Jessie, James, Meowth, and Victreebel. Despite having been saved, Team Rocket explains to Ash that they will not stop trying to get the Torch because it could sell for a huge price and get them lots of money. James jumps up and prepares to tackle Pikachu for the Torch. Pikachu throws the torch away and uses an electric attack on James. Ash and Jessie both go for the Torch, and both get their hands on it. They begin grappling and Squirtle leaps onto Jessie's face to help Ash, while Meowth jumps onto Ash and begins tickling him without mercy. Jessie catches it, and Team Rocket soon drift away. Ash is distraught, having lost the Great Torch. Mr. Goodshow clambers onto Brock's shoulders out of the sinkhole before he explains to Ash that all is not lost. He reveals a miniature lantern he carries around his neck at all times with a small flame from the fire of Moltres. The scene changes to Team Rocket in their balloon floating above a coastline. Jessie exclaims that the flame is about to go out. Meowth explains she just needed to turn it up, operating a small switch on the bottom of the Torch handle. This causes a massive flame to singe them all and fall over, also causing the flame to go completely out.
Jenny uses a crane to pull her motorcycle out of the sinkhole, and then shows Ash using the lantern flame to light a new torch. Ash resumes running, and goes on to pass the flame to Misty, who runs with Togepi on her shoulder, and eventually to Brock. The stadium finally comes into view for the first time. Brock arrives and formally gives the flame to Mr. Goodshow, who invites the group to the opening ceremony, which will take place the following day. In the evening, Ash and his friends are mingling with Trainers when they meet up with Gary and his cheerleader entourage. He soon leaves after some gloating and snide comments.
Overnight, Ash is restless as thoughts of his friends' and Gary's comments swirl through his head. He declares them wrong and gets up to have a night walk. Misty hears Ash and thinks he is scared. Ash makes his way to the Indigo Plateau stadium while Mr. Goodshow sits amongst the grandstands and watches on. Doubting thoughts go through Ash's mind, but then he grows determined.
The next day, the opening ceremony of the Pokémon League begins with the competitors walking onto the field. Ash looks nervous. The last Torch Bearer is about to light the flame when Team Rocket disguised as League officials swipe the torch from her. Weezing uses Smog, and Jessie lights the main flame. Then, Team Rocket head inside a robot and puts the Moltres Flame on its back. Pikachu attempts to electrocute the robot, but it resists electricity. Team Rocket attempts to incinerate Ash using the flame, but Moltres appears and obliterates Team Rocket, blasting them off. The crowd seems unfazed, as Moltres reignites the Stadium Torch's flame. Despite the distraction Ash and the other competitors set their sights on the burning Stadium Torch and listen to Mr. Goodshow's stirring welcome speech.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Humans
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Seaking (US and international), Moltres (Japan)
Trivia
- Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture: Chansey
- Pokémon senryū summary: When meeting a Chansey, you're super lucky for one day.
- This episode begins the seven-part Indigo League arc.
- The torch carrying ceremony is a reference to the Olympic Torch Ceremony.
- This episode marks the only time a main character (excluding Jessie and James) shows interest in catching a Legendary Pokémon, as Ash dreams of catching and training a Moltres one day while watching the torch.
- The mecha that Team Rocket uses in this episode looks similar to a Metapod.
- This episode marks the second appearance of James's Victreebel. In The Breeding Center Secret, Victreebel's dub voice was provided by Eric Stuart, but from this episode onward, the dub leaves Victreebel's Japanese voice undubbed.
- This is the first episode to feature a Legendary Pokémon whose name is mentioned in the episode, as Ash's Pokédex didn't recognize Ho-Oh in Pokémon - I Choose You! and Gary's Pokédex failed to recognize the armored Mewtwo in The Battle of the Badge.
- Another example of anime physics appears in this episode. When Victreebel swallowed a burning Meowth to put out the flame, the fire continued to burn, even though its oxygen had been cut off.
Errors
- When Team Rocket first do their motto, James appears to be wearing shoes rather than boots.
- In the Swedish dub, when the truck drives down into the hole that Team Rocket dug, Ash can be heard falling down the hole despite not falling down the hole.
Dub edits
- Pikachu's Jukebox: What Kind of Pokémon Are You?
- The Pokémon League flame is referred to as the 聖火 (sacred flame) in the Japanese version and just "the torch" in the dub.
- Misty and Brock's reactions to Ash's excitement are slightly more out of cynicism than surprise in the dub.
- Misty mentions Ash's Charizard as an example why he wouldn't be able to catch and train Moltres in the dub. In the original, she doubts Ash's skills in general.
- Ash initially mistakes Charles Goodshow for Santa Claus in the dub, despite the fact that he had met Santa prior. In the original, he just asks who the "old geezer" is.
- During the scene where Ash, Misty, and Brock carry the torch, the second verse of the Pokémon Theme is used in the dub.
- Ash's monologue when he's laying in bed after remembering Brock and Gary's discouraging remarks is completely different between the dub and original. In the dub, he says they're both wrong and that he will win. In the original, he says he needs to get some sleep because the competition starts the next day.
- Following this, at the stadium, Ash expresses doubt in the dub that he might not be ready or no good, then reaffirms that he will win if he does the very best he can. In the original, he reminds himself that this is where he will battle and that he has to fight the only way he knows how.
- Charles Goodshow tells Ash that they could use a spirited young man like him to deliver the flame to Indigo Stadium, this was changed to Indigostaden (Indigo City) in the Swedish dub.
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