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| Season | Pokémon: Advanced (Season 6) · Dewford Island I: Brawly, Steven & Corphish arc (AG019–AG024) |
| Episode | Season 6, episode 23 · English episode 296 · Japanese episode 299 · Bulbapedia code AG023 |
| English title | Gone Corphishin’ |
| Japanese title | 海辺の暴れ者、ヘイガニ登場！ Umibe no Abare Mono, Heigani Tōjō! — “Roughneck of the Sea, Heigani Enters!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 1 May 2003 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 21 February 2004 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| 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? | Shroomish (US) |
| Previous episode | A Hole Lotta Trouble (AG022) |
| Next episode | A Corphish Out of Water (AG024) |
Plot episodeAsh catches Corphish
Gone Corphishin’ is the 23rd episode of Pokémon: Advanced, the sixth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 296th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 299, Bulbapedia code AG023). It first aired in Japan on 1 May 2003 and in the United States on 21 February 2004. It falls within the season’s Dewford Island I: Brawly, Steven & Corphish stretch (EP19–EP24).
Synopsis
Ash and company set up camp only to be under constant attack from a mysterious pokémon. The pokémon turns out to be a corphish which Ash becomes determined to catch.
Observation: While Max points out a trainer is only allowed one pokémon per contest, May could train both at the same time, and switch between them each contest.
Major Events
- Ash catches Corphish with Treecko’s help
- Team Rocket blast off too soon
Captures and evolutions
Corphish#0341 · Ash
Trivia
- The English title plays on "gone fishin’".
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Hoenn storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- May’s routine credited to Steven rather than Brawly
Part of our Pokémon: Advanced guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.