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"Showdown in Pewter City" is the fifth episode of Pokémon the Series. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 29, 1997 and in the United States on September 14, 1998. The episode marks the first animated appearance of Brock. The episode is part of Pocket Monsters Premier 10.
Plot[]
Ash Ketchum, Pikachu and Misty have arrived at Pewter City, where Ash is eager to challenge Brock, the Pewter City Gym Leader, to win the Boulder Badge. Brock is a strong Rock-type Gym Leader who easily defeats Ash. After meeting Flint, a mysterious man who sells rocks, Flint takes Ash and Pikachu to a watermill to make Pikachu stronger for the rematch, which Ash wins. It is revealed that Flint is none other than Brock's dad. Afterwards, Brock decides to travel along with Ash and Misty as he want to become world's best Pokémon breeder.
Videos[]
Home video releases[]
- VHS
- Pokémon: The Mystery of Mount Moon
- DVD
- Pokémon: The Mystery of Mount Moon
- Pokémon Indigo League: Volume 1
- Pokémon All-Stars, Volume 20: Onix
Trivia[]
- Who's That Pokémon?: Onix
- This was chosen by Okazaki Taiiku as the eighth episode of Pocket Monsters Premier 10.
- This episode introduces Team Rocket's pitfall trap gag.
- This episode establishes the fact that there are multiple Nurse Joys who are all part of a large extended family.
- This is the first episode in which Team Rocket appears but has no effect on the plot.
- The poster in the Pokémon Center uses type symbols from the Pokémon Trading Card Game, specifically, from top to bottom, the Lightning, Psychic, Grass, Fighting, Fire, and Water symbols.
- In the English dub, the title card is written in all caps.
- This episode aired in the United States three days before Ash won his eighth Badge in the Japanese airings.
- Ash mentions that it had nearly been two weeks since he started on his journey in this episode.
- This episode introduced the greatest number of named recurring characters in the anime, due to the presence of Brock's siblings. This record was later matched by The Pendant That Starts It All: Part One.
External links[]
- Showdown in Pewter City at Bulbapedia, the Pokémon wiki.
- Showdown in Pewter City at the Internet Movie Database