EP079

Friend and Foe Alike File:FriendorFoeAlike.gif.png

EP079   セキエイスタジアム！VSヒロシ！ Sekiei Stadium! VS Hiroshi!

First broadcast Japan January 14, 1999 United States November 27, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending タイプ・ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 福本潔 Kiyoshi Fukumoto Assistant director 福本潔 Kiyoshi Fukumoto Animation director 福本勝 Masaru Fukumoto No additional credits are available at this time.

Friend and Foe Alike (Japanese: セキエイスタジアム！VSヒロシ！ Sekiei Stadium! VS Hiroshi!) is the 79th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 14, 1999 and in the United States on November 27, 1999.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis After foiling one of Team Rocket's heists in the last episode, Ash and Ritchie are battling against each other in the round five battle! Brock, Misty and Nurse Joy think Ash is lucky he gets to battle a friend, and he and Ritchie vow to make it the best battle they've had. Unfortunately for Ash, due to Team Rocket's sneaky tricks, he becomes distracted on the way to the next battle. Team Rocket kidnaps Ash and demanded that he either surrenders his Pikachu to them or be unable to battle Ritchie in Round 5. Ash defeats Team Rocket and makes it to the battle, but loses, thanks to Charizard.

Major events

• Ash battles Ritchie and loses, ending his session in the Pokémon League.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Ritchie
• Delia
• Professor Oak
• Referee

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Aerodactyl (US and international), Pikachu (Leon) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Charmander (Ritchie's; nicknamed "Zippo")
• Pikachu (Ritchie's; nicknamed "Sparky")
• Butterfree (Ritchie's; nicknamed "Happy")
• Magikarp (Pokémon League's)

Trivia

Errors

• In the English dub both Professor Oak and Brock refer to Charmander as a "Flame-type" when it's actually a Template:Type2.
• In the English dub Officer Jennie mistakenly refers to her Growlithe as an Arcanine.

In other languages

• Finnish: Ystävä vai vihollinen
• French: Amis ou ennemis?
• Italian: Amici nemici
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Amigos y enemigos por igual!
• Spanish: Igual amigos que enemigos

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.

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