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| Season | Pokémon: Advanced (Season 6) · Dewford Island II: Mudkip, three teams & the Knuckle Badge arc (AG025–AG031) |
| Episode | Season 6, episode 29 · English episode 302 · Japanese episode 305 · Bulbapedia code AG029 |
| English title | Ready, Willing, and Sableye |
| Japanese title | ヤミラミでドッキリ！ Yamirami de Dokkiri! — “The Startling Yamirami!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 12 June 2003 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 1 May 2004 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Hideki Sonoda |
| 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? | Nosepass (US) |
| Previous episode | Seeing is Believing! (AG028) |
| Next episode | A Meditite Fight! (AG030) |
Filler / stand-alone episodeSableye prankSableye TV debut
Ready, Willing, and Sableye is the 29th episode of Pokémon: Advanced, the sixth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 302nd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 305, Bulbapedia code AG029). It first aired in Japan on 12 June 2003 and in the United States on 1 May 2004. It falls within the season’s Dewford Island II: Mudkip, three teams & the Knuckle Badge stretch (EP25–EP31).
Synopsis
The Team Rocket Trio come across an abandoned gold mine and start to explore it when they are frightened by something in the shadows. Jessie and James escape, but Meowth is left behind. The ghostly being turns out to be a sableye who enjoys frightening humans.
Ash and company are tired of Corphish’s tendency to ignore commands. When they come across the same gold mine, Ash comes up with an idea to try and “train” Corphish to be more coöperative. Meowth pretends to help sableye play a prank on Ash and company, just to capture their pokémon for Team Rocket.
Observation: Neither Ash, Brock, or May had the presence of mind to battle and catch sableye to join any of their teams and travel with them.
Major Events
- May and Max are kidnapped for the first time
- Sableye’s TV debut (it first appeared in HS08)
- Adapted as the book Haunted!
Pokémon making their anime debut
Sableye#0302 · AG029
Trivia
- The English title plays on "ready, willing and able".
- The screenplay is by Hideki Sonoda.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Hoenn story.
Changes in the English Dub
- Jessie’s skirt lengthened
- James calls Jessie “sweetheart”
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