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| Season | Pokémon: Advanced (Season 6) · Dewford Island I: Brawly, Steven & Corphish arc (AG019–AG024) |
| Episode | Season 6, episode 22 · English episode 295 · Japanese episode 298 · Bulbapedia code AG022 |
| English title | A Hole Lotta Trouble |
| Japanese title | ダイゴ、ココドラ、ボスゴドラ！ Daigo, Kokodora, Bosugodora! — “Daigo, Cokodora, Bossgodora!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 24 April 2003 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 14 February 2004 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Masashi Sogo |
| 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? | Vigoroth (US) |
| Previous episode | Which Wurmple’s Which? (AG021) |
| Next episode | Gone Corphishin’ (AG023) |
Plot episodeSteven Stone debutsGranite Cave
A Hole Lotta Trouble is the 22nd episode of Pokémon: Advanced, the sixth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 295th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 298, Bulbapedia code AG022). It first aired in Japan on 24 April 2003 and in the United States on 14 February 2004. It falls within the season’s Dewford Island I: Brawly, Steven & Corphish stretch (EP19–EP24).
Synopsis
Looking for Steven, Ash and company enter Granite Cave. The Team Rocket Trio somehow knew this and dug another pitfall trap before they arrived. Ash and company fall for it, but the Trio also get trapped. Meanwhile Steven becomes aware that something just happened and starts searching to find out what. Everyone else is split up into three groups wandering around the caves trying to find a way out. After they properly meet him, Steven drops off Ash and company at a spot on Dewford Island that he recommends as a place for training.
Major Events
- Granite Cave
- Steven Stone debuts, not yet identified as the Champion (his next anime appearance is eleven years later)
- Meowth tells Max how he learned to talk
- Aron, Aggron and Loudred debut
- First Generation III answer in the dub’s Who’s That Pokémon? (Vigoroth)
Pokémon making their anime debut
Aron#0304 · AG022
Aggron#0306 · AG022
Loudred#0294 · AG022
Trivia
- The English title plays on "a whole lot of trouble".
- The screenplay is by Masashi Sogo.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Hoenn storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Ash and Brock stepping on James’s head replaced by impact stars
- Jessie’s skirt lengthened
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