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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · Back to Olivine: the Mineral Badge arc (EP223–EP225) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 15 · English episode 224 · Japanese episode 226 · Bulbapedia code EP224 |
| English title | Nerves of Steelix! |
| Japanese title | アサギジム! VSハガネール!! Asagi Jimu! Tai Haganēru!! — “Asagi Gym! Vs. Haganeil!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 15 November 2001 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 21 December 2002 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Shōji Yonemura |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Mezase Pokémon Master (Whiteberry version) – Whiteberry · Maemuki Rocket-dan! (Face Forward Team Rocket!) – Team Rocket |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Granbull (US) · Steelix (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Throwing in the Noctowl (EP223) |
| Next episode | Bulbasaur… the Ambassador! (EP225) |
Plot episodeMineral BadgeSteelix debut
Nerves of Steelix! is the 15th episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 224th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 226, Bulbapedia code EP224). It first aired in Japan on 15 November 2001 and in the United States on 21 December 2002. It falls within the season’s Back to Olivine: the Mineral Badge stretch (EP223–EP225).
Synopsis
Ash is training at the beach in Olivine City. Team Rocket makes an attempt to steal Pikachu and is foiled by Jasmine’s steelix. Ash then arrives at the Olivine Gym to claim the mineral badge, and wins it. The next badge is in Mahogany Town, and the quickest way there is through Ecruteak City where they had been before.
Major Events
- Mineral Badge (Jasmine)
- Steelix debut
Pokémon making their anime debut
Steelix#0208 · EP224
Trivia
- Contemporary Pokéworld writing is clearly seen in the plaque on the wobbuffet warrior. It reads: He who puts his Pokémon here Will win his battles without fear.
- The English title plays on “nerves of steel”.
- The screenplay is by Shōji Yonemura.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Johto storyline.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Steelix in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Granbull in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Changes in the English Dub
- Snorlax pencil cases repainted as “balloon pencil cases”
Part of our Pokémon: Master Quest guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.