EP248

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EP248   バトルパーク！VSカメックス・リザードン・フシギバナ！ Battle Park! VS Kamex - Lizardon - Fushigibana!

First broadcast Japan May 16, 2002 United States May 17, 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 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura 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.

One Trick Phony! (Japanese: バトルパーク！VSカメックス・リザードン・フシギバナ！ Battle Park! VS Kamex - Lizardon - Fushigibana!) is the 248th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 16, 2002 and in the United States on May 17, 2003.

Ash visits a Battle Park where he trains against a powerful Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise.

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

Major events

• Jessie and James temporarily own a Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Female trainer
• Park Warden

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Tauros

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Politoed (Misty's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Smoochum (Female trainer's; nicknamed Josephine)
• Venusaur
• Charizard
• Blastoise

Trivia

• This episode aired exactly one year and one day from its Japanese airing.
• The English title to this episode is based on the saying One Trick Pony.

Errors

• In the beginning of the episode, Ash battled a female trainer with a Smoochum with the nickname Josephine. Later, when Pikachu attacks the Smoochum, it can be heard saying "Jo", part of its nickname, rather than its name.

• When Blastoise gets attacked by Pikachu's Thunderbolt, Jessie commands it to use Withdraw and this move protects Blastoise from being hurt. However, Thunderbolt is a special move in all generations and using a Defense-raising move could not protect from it.

In other languages

• French: Tel est pris qui croyait prendre
• Italian: Uno strano parco
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Un gran enfrentamiento!
• Spanish: Pilla un Pokémon sorpresa

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