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| Season | Pokémon: Indigo League (Season 1) · Pallet Town to Cerulean City arc (EP1–EP7) |
| Episode | Season 1, episode 2 · English episode 2 · Japanese episode 2 · Bulbapedia code EP002 |
| English title | Pokémon Emergency! |
| Japanese title | たいけつ! ポケモンセンター! Taiketsu! Pokemon Sentā! — “Showdown! Pokémon Center!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 8 April 1997 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 9 September 1998 · first-run syndication |
| Screenplay | Takeshi Shudō |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Mezase Pokémon Master (Aim to Be a Pokémon Master) – Rica Matsumoto · Hyakugojūichi (One Hundred Fifty-One) – Professor Oak & the Pokémon Kids |
| English opening | Pokémon Theme – Jason Paige |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Koffing (US) · Koffing (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Pokémon, I Choose You! (EP001) |
| Next episode | Ash Catches a Pokémon (EP003) |
Plot episodeTeam Rocket debutMisty joins
Pokémon Emergency! is the 2nd episode of Pokémon: Indigo League, the first season of the Pokémon anime, and the 2nd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 2, Bulbapedia code EP002). It first aired in Japan on 8 April 1997 and in the United States on 9 September 1998. It falls within the season’s Pallet Town to Cerulean City stretch (EP1–EP7).
Synopsis
Ash rushes Pikachu to the nearby Viridian City in search of it’s Pokemon Center. Officer Jenny apprehends Ash, suspicious as to why he’s carrying Pikachu rather than it being in it’s Pokeball, Ash explains and officer Jenny takes him to the Pokemon Center. While Pikachu is being treated by Nurse Joy, Misty (the girl whose Bike ash borrowed) bursts in and vows to follow Ash until he pays her back for destroying her bike. Shortly after, the Pokémon Center is attacked by three members of Team Rocket; Jessie, James and their talking Meowth who are there to steal all the injured Pokémon from the infirmary as they see them as easy targets. Pikachu, alongside an abudance of other Pikachu work together to fight off Team Rocket, little did we know this would be the first of many occurences of Team Rocket involuntarily “blasting off”.
Major Events
- First Pokémon Center
- Debuts: Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, Jessie, James, Meowth
- Ekans, Koffing, Chansey, Goldeen, Caterpie, Meowth
- Misty vows to follow Ash
- Team Rocket decide to steal Pikachu
- Only mention of Ash’s father (and, JP-only, grandfather).
Pokémon making their anime debut
Caterpie#0010 · EP002
Ekans#0023 · EP002
Meowth#0052 · EP002
Koffing#0109 · EP002
Chansey#0113 · EP002
Goldeen#0118 · EP002
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Takeshi Shudō.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kanto storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Doorbell SFX added
- Ramen becomes pizza
- The only mention of Ash’s father (Japan also mentions his grandfather)
- Dub ending: the Kanto Pokérap (Tuesday segment)
Part of our Pokémon: Indigo League guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.