EP104

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EP104   ピカチュウVSニャース!? Pikachu VS Nyarth!?

First broadcast Japan July 15, 1999 United States September 15, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon World Ending

Japanese themes Opening ライバル！ Ending ポケモン音頭

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

Bound For Trouble (Japanese: ピカチュウVSニャース!? Pikachu VS Nyarth!?) is episode 104 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 15, 1999 and in the United States on September 15, 2000.

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

Synopsis

Team Rocket decides that the best way to capture Pikachu is to attach him to Meowth. So, after digging a hole which Ash and his friends fall in, Jessie and James steal Pikachu and attach him to Meowth with a cord. Then, the pair of Pokémon are whisked away by a wild Pidgeot who carries them a far distance away. Pikachu shocks it, and the two are released. They spend the rest of the episode trying to find their repective groups but must stay together because of the cord. Finally, Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket find Meowth and Pikachu and battle for their Pokémon. Ash wins, and takes the key from Jessie. He unlocks Pikachu. After Meowth and the other two of Team Rocket make one last attempt to steal Pikachu, it's Togepi to the rescue! A Metronome attack sends the trio blasting off again.

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Tracey Sketchit
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon? Charizard

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Lapras (Ash's; flashback)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Marill (Tracey's)
• Venonat (Tracey's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's; flashback)
• Pidgeot (giant Pokémon)
• Rhydon (giant Pokémon)

Trivia

• Pokémon Ondo replaces Type Wild as the ending.
• Meowth comments again on how he doesn't have a nose.
• The plot of this episode bears a significant similarity to the 1958 movie The Defiant Ones.
• This is the third episode of the Orange Island saga to feature giant Pokémon.
• This episode marks the second time a giant Rhydon has appeared in the anime, the first being a robot in Island of the Giant Pokémon.
• This episode was the last to air before The Power of One debuted in theaters in Japan.

Errors

• When Meowth and Pikachu land after the giant Pidgeot drops them, they are not wearing their connectors.

Dub edits

• In the Latin American dub, the title card is read by Meowth and then, he gets in an argument with Pikachu.

In other languages

• French: Unis à la vie à la mort
• Italian: Quando trionfa l'amicizia
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Mi amigo Pikachu!
• Spanish: Destinados a tener problemas

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