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| Season | Pokémon: Advanced (Season 6) · Dewford Island I: Brawly, Steven & Corphish arc (AG019–AG024) |
| Episode | Season 6, episode 19 · English episode 292 · Japanese episode 295 · Bulbapedia code AG019 |
| English title | Sharpedo Attack! |
| Japanese title | 脱出！サメハダーの島！！ Dasshutsu! Samehadā no Shima!! — “Escape! Samehader Island!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 3 April 2003 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 31 January 2004 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Aya Matsui |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Advance Adventure – GARDEN · Polka O Dolka – Meowth (Inuko Inuyama) & the Nolsol Chorus Group |
| English opening | I Wanna Be a Hero – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Igglybuff (US) |
| Previous episode | On a Wingull and a Prayer! (AG018) |
| Next episode | Brave the Wave (AG020) |
Filler / stand-alone episodeBrock wants to be a Pokémon doctorNew Japanese ending
Sharpedo Attack! is the 19th episode of Pokémon: Advanced, the sixth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 292nd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 295, Bulbapedia code AG019). It first aired in Japan on 3 April 2003 and in the United States on 31 January 2004. It falls within the season’s Dewford Island I: Brawly, Steven & Corphish stretch (EP19–EP24).
Synopsis
Stopping off at an uncharted deserted island that only Mr Briney knows about, Ash and company are attacked by a school of sharpedo, an example of poor life decisions. Fortunately, Ash and company don’t hold grudges.
Major Events
- Opens Bulbapedia’s 13-episode Dewford Island arc
- Lotad reveals Razor Leaf
- Brock first says he wants to be a Pokémon doctor
- New Japanese ending Polka O Dolka
Trivia
- The English title plays on a shark attack.
- The screenplay is by Aya Matsui.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Hoenn story.
Changes in the English Dub
- 2 s of a Sharpedo biting Seviper cut
- Brief trims around the commercial breaks
- Because the Sky is There used as background music in Japan; 4Kids replaced it
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