EP086

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EP086   きえたポケモンたちのナゾ！ Mystery of the Disappearing Pokémon

First broadcast Japan March 4, 1999 United States February 5, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon World Ending

Japanese themes Opening ライバル！ Ending タイプ・ワイルド

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 玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa No additional credits are available at this time.

Pikachu Re-Volts (Japanese: きえたポケモンたちのナゾ！ (Mystery of the Disappearing Pokémon) is episode 86 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 4, 1999 and in the United States on February 5, 2000.

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

Synopsis

Butch and Cassidy are back and they have another sinister plan in mind. Using a Drowzee, they have brainwashed all the Pokémon on Mandarin Island into turning against their trainers. Ash's Pikachu and Misty's Togepi, and Team Rocket's Pokémon are brainwashed as well, so Ash, Misty and Tracey must work together with Jessie and James to defeat Butch and Cassidy and get their Pokémon back.

Major events

• Misty's Togepi uses Metronome for the first time.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Butch
• Cassidy
• Officer Jenny

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Kangaskhan

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Lapras (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Gastly (Officer Jenny's)
• Drowzee (Butch & Cassidy's)

Pokémon hypnotized by Team Rocket

• Wartortle
• Vulpix
• Mankey
• Primeape
• Growlithe
• Poliwag
• Ponyta
• Magnemite
• Grimer
• Kingler
• Voltorb
• Hitmonchan
• Seaking
• Starmie
• Electabuzz
• Magikarp
• Vaporeon
• Jolteon
• Flareon

Trivia

• The story is a modern-day take on the classic fairytale, The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
• This is the first time the running gag of getting Butch's name wrong is used.
• When Tracey sees Drowzee, he says, "Who's that Pokémon?"
• This is the first time Jessie's Lickitung was used since its capture over 30 episodes earlier.

In other languages

• French: Pikachu se ré-volt
• German: Der Aufstand
• Italian: la rivolta dei Pokémon
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Pikachu se rebela!
• Spanish: Pikachu se rebela

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