EP264

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EP264   バンギラスとヨーギラス！ Bangiras and Yogiras!

First broadcast Japan September 5, 2002 United States September 15, 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 Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 誌村宏明 Hiroaki Shimura Assistant director 誌村宏明 Hiroaki Shimura Animation director 宍戸久美子 Kumiko Shishido No additional credits are available at this time.

Mother of All Battles (Japanese: バンギラスとヨーギラス！ Bangiras and Yogiras!) is episode 264 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 5, 2002 and in the United States on September 15, 2003.

Larvitar is finally reunited with its mother, Tyranitar, only to have it stolen by the Pokémon Poacher Brothers. With the competent wickedness of their enemy already seen, it's going to take more than it does against Team Rocket to rescue the Pokémon.

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

Major events

• Ash leaves Larvitar with its mother at Ranger Mason's preserve.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Pokémon Poacher Brothers
• Ranger Mason
• Other rangers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Shuckle

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Larvitar (Ash's; leaves)
• Crobat (Brock's)
• Croconaw (Ranger Mason's; debut)
• Tyranitar

In other languages

• European Portuguese: A Mãe de Todas as Batalhas!
• French: Qui vole un oeuf...
  • The French title was again used in May's Egg-Cellent Adventure
• Italian: Ritorno a casa
• Latin American Spanish: ¡La madre de todas las batallas!
• Spanish: La madre de todas las batallas

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