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| The Water Flowers of Cerulean City
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ハナダシティのすいちゅうか
Suichūka of Hanada City
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First broadcast
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May 13, 1997
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| United States
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September 16, 1998
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
| Animation
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Team Ota
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| Screenplay
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大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
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| Storyboard
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井上修 Osamu Inoue
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| Assistant director
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井上修 Osamu Inoue
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| Animation director
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藤田宗克 Munekatsu Fujita
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| Additional credits
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- 水中花 suichūka are a type of artificial flower which "blossoms" when placed in water.
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The Water Flowers of Cerulean City (Japanese: ハナダシティのすいちゅうか Suichūka of Hanada City) is the seventh episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 13, 1997 and in USA on September 16, 1998.
Synopsis
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Excited about winning his Boulder Badge, Ash couldn't wait to get to Cerulean City to battle for his Cascade Badge. For some reason, though, Misty was trying to avoid entering Cerulean and tried to convince them to go to Vermilion City but failed, she then left Ash and Brock as they entered the city.
When Ash and Brock entered the city, they saw a big crowd of people in a circle surrounding a building. When they got to the front they saw Officer Jenny, and she accused Ash and Brock of being the criminals. When they proved their innocence, she let them go, and sent the rest of the crowd away. After that, they sat on a bench and Ash asked Brock for inside information on the Gym Leader. Brock sayed he is a Gym Leader, too, and he cannot give out that information. Then Brock said to him "I have to take care of some business in town". They split up and Ash headed to the Cerulean Gym while Brock did his own thing.
When Ash got to the gym, he found three sisters performing underwater. Ash confronted the girls backstage, found out that they are the Gym Leaders and challenged them to a battle. The girls (Lily, Daisy and Violet) explained that their Pokémon are too tired to battle, and offered Ash the badge without a battle. Ash was about to take it, when Misty appeared and challenges him.
It turned out that Misty is the youngest of Sensational Sisters, but they called her "the runt". After Misty argues with her sisters, she challenged Ash to an official Cerulean Gym battle with rules of 2 on 2. Ash tried to send out Pikachu but he refused to go into battle because he didn't want to hurt Misty or her Pokémon. So instead Ash sent out Butterfree to battle Misty's Staryu. After a quick battle, Butterfree got knocked into the water causing it to lose the battle. After that Misty sent out Starmie and Ash sent out Pidgeotto. Just as Ash is about to win the battle Team Rocket interrupts and tried to steal all the Water Pokémon and the water from the Gym.
While Team Rocket was stealing all the Water Pokémon by using a vacuum machine, Pikachu got sucked in as well. He released a Thunderbolt causing the machine to explode, sending Team Rocket flying. After Team Rocket is gone, Daisy gave Ash the Cascade Badge. Misty tried to argue but her sisters convinced her that if Ash used Pikachu from the start, he would have beaten all her water Pokémon. Misty agreed with her sisters and claimed that when she comes back from her journey with Ash she would be a great Trainer. Brock then meets Ash outside of the gym and together they headed for Vermilion City
Major events
Debuts
Humans
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Seel
Trivia
- Brock's absence during the episode is never explained, and is the source of much speculation among fans.
- This episode has led many fans to believe that Misty's last name is Waterflower. In actuality, the words "water flowers" used in the title are merely a metaphor used to describe the three sisters' grace and beauty, and their own names come from flower species.
- This is the second time real animals are shown. Fish are seen behind the glass when Ash walks into the aquarium. Real animals were only shown in the first season due to the lack of Pokémon resembling several real-world animals in Kanto. It is unknown why the fish Pokémon Goldeen, Seaking, Magikarp and the many other Water-type's (at the time) weren't shown.
Errors
- In the Spanish dub, when Misty's sister calls for Seel, she said "See-al".
- In the English dub, during the opening narrative and right before the title card appears, the text on the sign Gary wrote on is still in Japanese.
Dub edits
- The outside of the store Team Rocket looted simply says "マシーン" (machine) in the Japanese version, while it says "MACHINE SHOP INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES ALL MAKES AND MODELS" in the dub. The next shot replaces "ルーム" (room) with "LS".
- Like the Pewter Gym, the "Hanada Gym" sign is changed to "Cerulean Gym".
In other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: As Flores Aquáticas da Cidade de Cerulean
- Czech: Vodní krásky z Blankytného města
- European Portuguese: As Nadadoras da Cidade Cerúlea
- Dutch: De Waterbloemen van Cerulean City
- Finnish: Cerulean Cityn lumpeenkukat
- French: Les fleurs d'eau d'Azuria
- German: Bezaubernde Schwestern
- Italian: Il segreto di Misty
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Las flores acuáticas de Ciudad Celeste!
- Iberian Spanish: Las flores acuáticas de Ciudad Celeste
