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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · Ecruteak, the Egg & the Lake of Rage arc (EP226–EP236) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 24 · English episode 233 · Japanese episode 235 · Bulbapedia code EP233 |
| English title | A Tyrogue Full of Trouble |
| Japanese title | バルキーとからておうノブヒコ! Barukī to Karateō Nobuhiko! — “Balkie and the Karate King Nobuhiko!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 24 January 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 1 February 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Shinzō Fujita |
| 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? | Spinarak (US) · Tyrogue (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Just Waiting On a Friend (EP232) |
| Next episode | Xatu the Future (EP234) |
Filler / stand-alone episodeTyrogue debut
A Tyrogue Full of Trouble is the 24th episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 233rd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 235, Bulbapedia code EP233). It first aired in Japan on 24 January 2002 and in the United States on 1 February 2003. It falls within the season’s Ecruteak, the Egg & the Lake of Rage stretch (EP226–EP236).
Synopsis
Taking a shortcut through a mountain tunnel, Ash and company come to a lone tyrogue with a bitter attitude. They meet Kiyo who wants to earn the tyrogue’s trust. The tyrogue is extremely strong which attracts the attention of Team Rocket. But Kiyo must prove himself in oder to earn the tyrogue’s trust.
Major Events
- Tyrogue debut
- Kiyo
Pokémon making their anime debut
Tyrogue#0236 · EP233
Trivia
- The English title plays on a tribe full of trouble.
- The screenplay is by Shinzō Fujita.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Johto story.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Tyrogue in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Spinarak in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Part of our Pokémon: Master Quest guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.