EP152

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Original series

EP153 : Love, Totodile Style →

Hot Matches!

EP152   エアームドVSヒノアラシ！はがねのつばさ!! Airmd VS Hinoarashi! Wings of Steel!!

First broadcast Japan June 15, 2000 United States May 12, 2001

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ポケモンはらはら²リレー

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 井上修 Osamu Inoue Assistant director 井上修 Osamu Inoue Animation director 佐藤まさふみ Masafumi Satō No additional credits are available at this time.

Hot Matches! (Japanese: エアームドVSヒノアラシ！はがねのつばさ!! Airmd VS Hinoarashi! Wings of Steel!! ) is the 152nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 15, 2000 and in the United States on May 12, 2001.

Ash meets a Trainer with a powerful Skarmory. Impressed by her training techniques, he does some intense training with his Cyndaquil.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis When Ash and friends hear of a virtually undefeatable trainer operating nearby, they seek her out, only to see first Brock’s Vulpix and then Ash’s Cyndaquil take heavy abuse from her Skarmory-despite its disadvantage against the Fire element...

Major events

• Cyndaquil learns to ignite the flame on its back easily.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Skarmory

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James
• Miki
• Growlithe's Trainer

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Aipom

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Skarmory (Miki's; debut)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Beedrill

Trivia

• Exciting² Pokémon Relay replaced Exciting Pokémon Relay as the ending.
• Skarmory's voice is dubbed in this episode, but in every other appearance after this one (until New Plot - Odd Lot), it keeps its Japanese voice.

Dub edits

• When it first premiered on Kids' WB!, the part which shows Ash training with Cyndaquil to the part where he gets a bite to eat was cut out in order to make room for Pokérap GS. In future airings, the uncut version would be shown.

In other languages

• French: Chaud devant
• German: Heiße Kämpfe
• Hebrew: הקרב הלוהט hakrav halohet
• Italian: Sfide e rivincite
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Batalhas Quentes!
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Combates ardientes
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Duelos calientes!

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Original series

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