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|prev = TB016: Pokémon Shipwreck
|next = IL018: Beauty and the Beach
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|next = TB018: Beauty and the Beach
 
|en_title = Island of the Giant Pokémon
|prevnum = IL016
 
 
|ja_title = きょだいポケモンのしま!?
|nextnum = IL018
 
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|pt-br_title = A Ilha dos Pokémons Gigantes
|name = Island of the Giant Pokémon
 
 
|image = TB017.png
|jname = ''きょだいポケモンのしま!?''
 
|image = IL017.jpg
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|num = 017
|jnum = 017
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|ja_air = July 22, 1997
|unum = 017
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|us_air = September 30, 1998
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|ko_title = {{Ruby|거대 포켓몬의 정 체}}
|jair = July-22-1997
 
|uair = Sep-30-1998
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|kr_air = September 8, 1999
|season = Pokémon: Indigo League
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|pt-br_air = June 1, 1999
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|series = Pocket Monsters (1997 series), Pokémon the Series: The Beginning
|songs = Pokémon Theme Song (Gotta Catch 'Em All)
 
|guest = Pokémon Land Tour Guide
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|subtitle = Pocket Monsters (season)
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|season = Season 1, Pokémon: Indigo League
|machars = [[Ash Ketchum]], [[Brock]], [[Misty]]
 
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|ja_opening = Aim to Be a Pokémon Master
|rchars = [[Jessie]], [[James]], [[Giovanni]]
 
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|ja_ending = One Hundred Fifty-One
|michars = Pokémon Land Tour Guide
 
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|en_opening = Pokémon Theme
|pchars = [[Ash's Pikachu]], [[Ash's Charizard|Ash's Charmander]], [[Ash's Bulbasaur]], [[Ash's Squirtle]], [[Jessie's Arbok|Jessie's Ekans]], [[James' Weezing|James' Koffing]], [[Team Rocket's Meowth]], [[Giovanni's Persian]], [[Slowbro|Slowpoke -> Slowbro]], [[Krabby]], [[Slowbro]]<br>
 
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|en_ending = Kanto Pokérap
Pokémon that appeared in the flashback:<br>
 
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|kr_opening = Start of An Adventure
[[Misty's Goldeen]], [[Misty's Starmie]], [[Misty's Staryu]], [[James' Gyarados]], [[Gyarados]] (Wild;Four)<br>
 
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|kr_ending = We Are All Friends
Robotic Pokémon:<br>
 
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|guest = [[Pokémon Land tour guide]]
 
|machars = [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]], [[Brock (anime)|Brock]], [[Misty (anime)|Misty]]
 
|rchars = [[Jessie]], [[James]], [[Giovanni (anime)|Giovanni]]
 
|michars = [[Pokémon Land Tour Guide]]
 
|pchars = [[Ash's Pikachu]], [[Ash's Charizard|Ash's Charmander]], [[Ash's Bulbasaur]], [[Ash's Squirtle]], [[Arbok (anime)|Jessie's Ekans]], [[Weezing (anime)|James' Koffing]], [[Team Rocket's Meowth]], [[Giovanni's Persian]], [[Slowbro (TB017)|Slowpoke Slowbro]], [[Krabby]], [[Slowbro]]
 
;Pokémon that appeared in the recap
 
[[Misty's Goldeen (anime)|Misty's Goldeen]], [[Misty's Starmie (anime)|Misty's Starmie]], [[Misty's Staryu (anime)|Misty's Staryu]], [[Gyarados (anime)|James' Gyarados]], [[Gyarados]] (Wild; Four)<br />
 
Robotic Pokémon:<br />
 
[[Rhydon]], [[Zapdos]], [[Moltres]], [[Pikachu]], [[Kabutops]], [[Charizard]], [[Blastoise]], [[Venusaur]]
 
[[Rhydon]], [[Zapdos]], [[Moltres]], [[Pikachu]], [[Kabutops]], [[Charizard]], [[Blastoise]], [[Venusaur]]
|local = Unknown Island
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|local = Unknown Island
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|major =
|major = Ash and co. try to find their missing Pokémon whilst stuck on an Island with Giant Fake Ones.
 
|b1 = Boulderbadge.png
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|badge = Boulderbadge.png, Cascadebadge.png, Thunderbadge.png
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|ja_title_card = TB017 TC JA.png
|b2 = Cascadebadge.png
 
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|en_title_card = TB017 TC EN.png
|b3 = Thunderbadge.png
 
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|animation = 志村泉 (Izumi Shimura)
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|director = 岡崎幸男 (Yukio Okazaki)
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|screenplay = 首藤剛志 (Takeshi Shudō)
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|storyboard = 日高政光 (Masamitsu Hidaka)
 
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{{Nihongo|Island of the Giant Pokémon|きょだいポケモンのしま!?|Island of the Giant Pokémon!?}} is the 17th episode of {{Media|anime|PM|PM('97)|PM}} of {{Media|anime|PM|PM('97)}}, [[Season 1]] of {{Media|anime|PS}}, and {{Media|anime|PS|TB|IL}} of {{Media|anime|PS|TB}}.
   
==Episode Plot==
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==Synopsis==
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<section begin="Synopsis"/>''As our heroes and Team Rocket beat the odds by surviving the sinking ship, they are dragged into another potentially deadly situation when they are attacked by the ferocious Pokémon, Gyarados. One Gyarados becomes many and Ash, friends and foe are swept up in a tornado landing them in various locations on an island. Ash loses Pikachu and the Poké Balls containing Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur. Jessie and James from Team Rocket, who land in another remote part of the island, also lose their Pokémon. Thus both Pokémon and their masters are left searching for each other on this strange island, inhabited by gigantic Pokémon. Where could this island be?''<section end="Synopsis"/><ref>{{Cite|url = https://www.pokemon.com/us/animation/seasons/1/episode-17-island-of-the-giant-pokemon/|entry = Island of the Giant Pokémon! {{!}} Pokémon TV (pokemon.com)|title = The Official Pokémon Website {{!}} Pokemon.com|access-date = {{MDY|1|21|2024}}}}</ref>
This episode takes place after [[Ash]], his friends, and Team Rocket are attack by a bunch of [[Gyarados]]. Ash, [[Misty]], and [[Brock]] have been washed up onto an island and they realize that four of Ash's Pokémon, including [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]], have gone missing. On the other side of the island, [[Jessie]] and [[James]] find out that both of their Pokémon are missing along with [[Team Rocket's Meowth|Meowth]]. They find a phone booth and they try to call their boss, [[Giovanni]], but realize they don't have enough money for a phone call.
 
   
 
==Episode plot==
On another part of the island, Pikachu finds Ash's missing Poké Balls and calls [[Ash's Bulbasaur|Bulbasaur]], [[Ash's Charizard|Charmander]],and [[Ash's Squirtle|Squirtle]] out of their Poké Balls. They see a Slowpoke fishing with its tail by the sea. Pikachu and Charmander go ask it for help but get no reply while Bulbasaur and Squirtle sit on the beach.
 
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After the Gyarados fiasco, [[Ash Ketchum/The Beginning|Ash]], [[Misty (anime)|Misty]], [[Brock (anime)|Brock]] and Team Rocket find themselves stranded on separate sides of an island, their Pokémon nowhere to be seen. Team Rocket in a stroke of luck find a phone booth, but to their horror, they possess no money with which to make a call. Meanwhile, Pikachu awakens and finds some Poké Balls, releasing the Pokémon within. Squirtle and Bulbasaur both seem relaxed, not really caring, just spending some time on the beach. Meowth, Ekans and Koffing find Ash's Pokémon. When Koffing and Ekans refuse to attack due to Meowth not being their master, the two parties call a truce and decide to travel together. Bulbasaur, ever the pessimist, states his belief that they have been abandoned. This freaks out Ekans and Koffing, but Pikachu is not so sure. He argues that Ash would do no such thing and vows to find Ash. As they continue, Ash and his group escape a massive Zapdos, with Ash vowing the same. Team Rocket just barely escape a Moltres of large proportions, but upon smacking into a sign, the two of them are knocked out. The day after, Team Rocket decides to call collect. And as the Boss, Giovanni, answers the phone, they introduce themselves with their motto, but when it goes on too long, Giovanni gets tired and hangs up on them. Team Rocket then decide to follow the wire to the telephone company, hoping it'll lead them to civilization. As they do so, they discover a Pikachu. However, its preportions are far larger than they expected. Meanwhile, Ash's Pokémon then find large versions of their evolutions, Blastoise and Venusaur. Squirtle attempts to communicate with the Blastoise, but insteads finds itself on the receiving end of a Hydro Pump. They decide to try the Venusaur, but Bulbasaur refuses to interact with it, for fear he will be attacked too. Team Rocket are then seen being chased by a rather large Kabutops. As they run, they fall into a mine cart, and find themselves rushing back toward the Kabutops. They eventually run into Ash and the heroes who are fleeing from a massive Charizard, before running into the Pokémon who are being chased by a massive Venusaur and Blastoise. As they come to a stop, it is revealed that the massive pokemon that they had been fleeing from were robots. And when a woman shows up on a boat shaped like a Gyarados, it is revealed to them that they were never stranded on a deserted island, but really a rather dangerous amusement park run by Team Rocket's boss, Giovanni, called Pokémon Land. After this, Team Rocket and the heroes go their separate ways, with the heroes journeying to Porta Vista.
 
While they are trying to find Ash and the others, they find Team Rocket's Pokémon, [[Jessie's Ekans|Ekans]], [[James' Koffing|Koffing]], and Meowth. Meowth tells Ekans and Koffing to attack Ash's Pokémon, because they are their enemies,only they won't listen. They believe that there's no such thing as a bad Pokémon and the only reason they're bad is because their masters are bad.
 
 
Ekans and Koffing become worried when Bulbasaur suggests that they may have been abandoned by their trainers. Pikachu insists that Ash would never do that to them. The two groups of Pokémon decide to team up to try to find their trainers. Meowth gets tied up for what he did to Ash's Pokémon in the past. While the other Pokémon are eating, a giant [[Rhydon]] attacks them. They escape, accidentally leaving Meowth behind. Pikachu runs back and unties him so he can escape. Meowth ungreatfully says, "I could have gotten out myself."
 
 
At the same time, Ash and his friends are attacked by a giant [[Zapdos]]. They manage to escape and they decide to rest for the night. Ash vows to find his Pokémon no matter what. Meanwhile, Jessie and James are chased by a huge [[Moltres]]. While they are escaping the Moltres, they run into a sign and fall unconcious.
 
 
The next day, Jessie and James go back to the phone booth and try to call the boss, but he hangs up when they recite their motto. So Jessie comes up with another idea: they follow the wire, hoping it will lead them to civilization. They see a Pikachu and decide to catch it, not realizing that its a giant Pikachu. Not too far away, Ash and his friends are hiding behind a rock from a giant Charizard. The Pokémon are still looking for Ash and Team Rocket. They come across a giant Blastoise and Squirtle asks it for directions. The Blastoise responds by attempting to blast the Pokémon with water. They see a giant Venasaur and Squirtle asks Bulbasaur to ask it for help but he is too scared.
 
 
Team Rocket, still following the wire, are running away from a Kabutops. They jump into a railway cart to get away. It starts moving towards, the Kabutops instead of away from it. It gets its foot caught in the wire and is pulled along by Team Rocket. Ash and his friends find the giant Pikachu and Team Rocket comes along quickly in the railway cart and Ash, Misty, and Brock jump into the cart. They all soon see their Pokémon being chased by the giant Charizard, Venasaur, and Blastoise. They grab their Pokémon to safety as the cart goes by. The track the cart is on goes into a big loop and the cart crashes into the giant Zapdos, which turns out to be a robot. Soon all of the other giant Pokémon crash and are revaled to be robots too. A boat of tourists aproach the island and a tour guide says that on the island of giant Pokémon, Pokémon are ten times thier normal size. The guide looks over and sees all of the broken Pokémon robots. The island is an attraction, owned by Giovanni, who isn't happy that the park is wrecked.
 
 
Ash and his friends continue their journey and head to Porta Vista. The Slowpoke from earlier is still sitting on the rocks and it has a Shelder clamped to its tail and it evolves. The newly evolved Slowbro says its name happily.
 
   
 
==Debuts==
 
==Debuts==
===Pokemon Debuts===
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===Pokémon===
 
*[[Slowpoke]]
 
*[[Slowpoke]]
 
*[[Slowbro]]
 
*[[Slowbro]]
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*[[Charizard]] (robot form)
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*[[Blastoise]] (robot form)
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*[[Venusaur]] (robot form)
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*[[Zapdos]] (robot form)
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*[[Moltres]] (robot form)
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*[[Rhydon]] (robot form)
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*[[Kabutops]] (robot form)
   
==Bloopers==
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==Quotes==
 
:''"Talk about twists of fate. Round and round they go. Where they'll stop? Even I don't know!"'' - Narrator
*When Team Rocket are about to use the breaks on the cart they say "pull" but push the lever.
 
 
:''"Could it be?"'' - Jessie
*One of Squirtle's captions spells Pokémon as "pokémon", without a capital P.
 
 
:''"Does this mean?"'' - James
*When Team Rocket sees Meowth, James and Jessie are crying and James has no pupils.
 
 
:''"We survived again."'' - Jessie and James
*After the scene when the cable is about to snap, Meowth's paws are brown instead of white.
 
 
:''"We're the completely invincible..."'' - Jessie
*When James is explaining about their recent run of bad luck, Jessie's earrings and lipstick are gone.
 
*After all the Pokémon jumped in the moving cart, when Jessie and James are hugging Koffing and Ekans their gloves are missing.
 
*When the Pokémon jump into the moving cart, Misty catches Squirtle and Brock catches Charmander and Bulbasaur. However, when the cart falls towards the water, Misty is shown holding Charmander while Brock is holding Squirtle and Bulbasaur.
 
*When the destroyed robots are shown, the Blastoise robot's bottom jaw is miscolored.
 
*At the very end, when Brock, Ash, and Misty are seen walking a path, Ash's gloves are missing. Just afterward they reappear, only to disappear once more as the three are running towards Porta Vista.
 
 
==Trivia==
 
*The robotic [[Moltres]] that chased Team Rocket and the robotic [[Rhydon]] were the only giant Pokémon that were not seen to get destroyed in the episode.
 
*[[Jessie]] and [[James]] reveal that their Ekans and Koffing were given to them as birthday and Christmas Presents, meaning they didn't catch them.
 
*This is the only episode that has subtitles during the parts where Pikachu and the other Pokémon are speaking in their own language.
 
*When Jessie uses the phone to call Giovanni she uses 1-800-Collect.
 
*The Tour guide of Pokémon Land had a near-similar appearance to Vivian, the MC for Pokémon Contests during the Hoenn and Sinnoh sagas.
 
*The tour guide was voiced by Tara Jayne.
 
*The "Who's that Pokémon?" of this episode is Slowbro.
 
*This is the first time the Pokemon got separated from their trainers.
 
 
== Quotes ==
 
:''"Talk about twists of fate. Round and round they go. Where they'll stop? Even I don't know!"'' &mdash; Narrator
 
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:''"How did I get on a beach?"'' &mdash; Ash after regaining consciousness
 
<br />
 
:''"Could it be?"'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"Does this mean?"'' _ James
 
:''"We survived again."'' &mdash; Jessie and James
 
:''"We're the completely invincible..."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
 
:''"Unbeatable..."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Unbeatable..."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"...Team Rocket! Huh?"'' &mdash; Jessie and James
 
:''"...Team Rocket! Huh?"'' &mdash; Jessie and James
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:''"Complaining."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Complaining."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Meowth is missing!"'' &mdash; Jessie and James
 
:''"Meowth is missing!"'' &mdash; Jessie and James
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:''"I've lost the Poké Ball with the Ekans I got for my birthday last year!"'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"I've lost the Poké Ball with the Ekans I got for my birthday last year!"'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"Ah! The Poké Ball with the Koffing I got for Christmas is gone too! And we're totally broke."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Ah! The Poké Ball with the Koffing I got for Christmas is gone too! And we're totally broke."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"We're penniless and Pokéless."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"We're penniless and Pokéless."'' &mdash; Jessie
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:''"We can always call for help."'' &mdash; James about a nearby phone booth
 
:''"We can always call for help."'' &mdash; James about a nearby phone booth
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:''"But we don't have any change."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"But we don't have any change."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"And without any change..."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"And without any change..."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"...Our luck sure has changed."'' &mdash; Jessie and James
 
:''"...Our luck sure has changed."'' &mdash; Jessie and James
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:''"What's this? Ash's Poké Balls! Come out, everybody!"'' &mdash; Pikachu's subtitles
 
:''"What's this? Ash's Poké Balls! Come out, everybody!"'' &mdash; Pikachu's subtitles
 
:''"I'm all right."'' &mdash; Charmander's subtitles
 
:''"I'm all right."'' &mdash; Charmander's subtitles
 
:''"I've felt better."'' &mdash; Squirtle's subtitles
 
:''"I've felt better."'' &mdash; Squirtle's subtitles
 
:''"I'm just fine."'' &mdash; Bulbasaur's subtitles
 
:''"I'm just fine."'' &mdash; Bulbasaur's subtitles
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:''"I guess the Team Rocket motto is starting to lose it's impact. Never mind! Okay guys, go get 'em!"'' &mdash; Meowth
 
:''"I guess the Team Rocket motto is starting to lose it's impact. Never mind! Okay guys, go get 'em!"'' &mdash; Meowth
 
:''"You're not master."'' &mdash; Ekans subtitles
 
:''"You're not master."'' &mdash; Ekans subtitles
 
:''"Not Master!"'' &mdash; Koffing Subtitles
 
:''"Not Master!"'' &mdash; Koffing Subtitles
 
:''"Masters?! I'm twice as smart as those 2-watt light bulbs you're callin' masters!"'' &mdash; Meowth about Jessie and James
 
:''"Masters?! I'm twice as smart as those 2-watt light bulbs you're callin' masters!"'' &mdash; Meowth about Jessie and James
 
:''"It can't be! My master's not around and I always seem to act like a rat."'' &mdash; Meowth realizing that Pokémon are only bad when their masters order them to be.
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:''"It can't be! My master's not around and I always seem to act like a rat."'' &mdash; Meowth realizing that Pokémon are only bad when their masters order them to
 
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:''"That's one big Pokémon."'' &mdash; Meowth about the giant Rhydon
 
   
 
* James: "What is that thing?!"
 
* James: "What is that thing?!"
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:''"Yeah, maybe our luck is changing."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Yeah, maybe our luck is changing."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"It's a good sign."'' &mdash; Jessie and James
 
:''"It's a good sign."'' &mdash; Jessie and James
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:''"Pardon me, but where are we running?"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Pardon me, but where are we running?"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"To make a phone call."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"To make a phone call."'' &mdash; Jessie
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:''"There's one number we can always call for free."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"There's one number we can always call for free."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"Huh?"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Huh?"'' &mdash; James
:''"Hello operator? I'd like to put this call through Collect please."'' &mdash; Jessie
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:''"Hello, operator? I'd like to put this call through Collect please."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"Who'd accept the charges?"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Who'd accept the charges?"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Hello, boss?"'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"Hello, boss?"'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"THE BOSS?!"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"THE BOSS?!"'' &mdash; James
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:''"You fools had better have a good reason for calling me this early in the morning."'' &mdash; Giovanni answering the phone
 
:''"You fools had better have a good reason for calling me this early in the morning."'' &mdash; Giovanni answering the phone
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:''"Jessie, hauling this phone booth is exhausting."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Jessie, hauling this phone booth is exhausting."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Well you could use a good workout."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"Well you could use a good workout."'' &mdash; Jessie
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:''"It's Bigachu!"'' &mdash; Jessie and James about to run from the giant Pikachu
 
:''"It's Bigachu!"'' &mdash; Jessie and James about to run from the giant Pikachu
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:''"That looks like a Charizard!"'' &mdash; Misty
 
:''"That looks like a Charizard!"'' &mdash; Misty
 
:''"An evolved Charmander?"'' &mdash; Ash
 
:''"An evolved Charmander?"'' &mdash; Ash
 
:''"But much bigger."'' &mdash; Brock
 
:''"But much bigger."'' &mdash; Brock
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:''"(Awesome, talk to it. You guys are like family.)"'' &mdash; Squirtle
 
:''"(Awesome, talk to it. You guys are like family.)"'' &mdash; Squirtle
 
:''"(No way! Just call me an orphan. I have no family.)"'' &mdash; Bulbasaur
 
:''"(No way! Just call me an orphan. I have no family.)"'' &mdash; Bulbasaur
 
:''"(Good point.)"'' &mdash; Charmander
 
:''"(Good point.)"'' &mdash; Charmander
:''"(Coward.)"'' &mdash; Squirtle
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:''"(Coward!)"'' &mdash; Squirtle
<br />
 
 
:''"Don't tell me we're..."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"Don't tell me we're..."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"...Going back the way we came!"'' &mdash; Jessie and James
 
:''"...Going back the way we came!"'' &mdash; Jessie and James
<br />
 
 
:''"RUNAWAY TRAIN!"'' &mdash; Jessie and James after breaking the break
 
:''"RUNAWAY TRAIN!"'' &mdash; Jessie and James after breaking the break
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:''"Pikachu!"'' &mdash; Misty
 
:''"Pikachu!"'' &mdash; Misty
 
:''"Jumbo sized!"'' &mdash; Brock
 
:''"Jumbo sized!"'' &mdash; Brock
<br />
 
 
:''"Now we got you just where we want you."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"Now we got you just where we want you."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"Hand over Pikachu. huh?"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Hand over Pikachu. huh?"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"But not that big one!"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"But not that big one!"'' &mdash; James
<br />
 
 
:''"Stop the car right now!"'' &mdash; Ash
 
:''"Stop the car right now!"'' &mdash; Ash
 
:''"We can't do that."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"We can't do that."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"We can't stop, the brake's broken."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"We can't stop, the brake's broken."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Gimme a break."'' &mdash; Ash
 
:''"Gimme a break."'' &mdash; Ash
<br />
 
 
:''"Prepare for big trouble!"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Prepare for big trouble!"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Make it double! And I can't stand roller coasters!"'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"Make it double! And I can't stand roller coasters!"'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"Stop the ride! Stop the ride! I wanna get off!"'' &mdash; Jessie
<br />
 
:''"Stop the ride! Stop the Ride! I wanna get off!"'' &mdash; Jessie
 
<br />
 
 
:''"You're safe."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"You're safe."'' &mdash; Jessie
 
:''"How did you make it?"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"How did you make it?"'' &mdash; James
 
:''"Ha ha ha! I Cat-apulted!"'' &mdash; Meowth
 
:''"Ha ha ha! I Cat-apulted!"'' &mdash; Meowth
<br />
 
 
:''"They're after us!"'' &mdash; Misty
 
:''"They're after us!"'' &mdash; Misty
 
:''"Maybe our luck'll hold out!"'' &mdash; Ash
 
:''"Maybe our luck'll hold out!"'' &mdash; Ash
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:''"We hit the water."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"We hit the water."'' &mdash; James
 
:''"After a very, very long droooooop!"'' &mdash; Meowth
 
:''"After a very, very long droooooop!"'' &mdash; Meowth
<br />
 
 
:''"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Pokémon land. Here you will see various Pokémon at over ten times their natural size. Of course the Pokémon are all mechanical so don't worry, it's very safe. Now if you look to your left...!"'' &mdash; Pokémon Land guide.
 
:''"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Pokémon land. Here you will see various Pokémon at over ten times their natural size. Of course the Pokémon are all mechanical so don't worry, it's very safe. Now if you look to your left...!"'' &mdash; Pokémon Land guide.
<br />
 
 
:''"We apologize ladies and gentlemen but our giant Pokémon are temporarily out of order."'' &mdash; Pokémon Land guide apologizing.
 
:''"We apologize ladies and gentlemen but our giant Pokémon are temporarily out of order."'' &mdash; Pokémon Land guide apologizing.
<br />
 
 
:''"Yes. What? Pokémon Land has been totally destroyed?! Grr. I spent millions on that place."'' &mdash; Giovanni about Pokémon Land.
 
:''"Yes. What? Pokémon Land has been totally destroyed?! Grr. I spent millions on that place."'' &mdash; Giovanni about Pokémon Land.
 
:''"Slowbro."'' &mdash; Slowpoke after realizing Shellder bit its tail.
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:''"Slowbro."'' &mdash; Slowpoke after realizing Shellder bit its tail
 
 
==Trivia==
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[[File:Pokemon TB017 Dare Da.png|thumb|Slowpoke]]
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[[File:Pokemon TB017 It's Slowbro.png|thumb|Slowbro]]
 
*The robotic Moltres that chased Team Rocket and the robotic Rhydon were the only giant Pokémon that were not seen to get destroyed in the episode.
 
*Jessie and James reveal that their Ekans and Koffing were given to them as birthday and Christmas presents, meaning they didn't catch them.
 
*This is the first episode that has subtitles during the parts where Pikachu and the other Pokémon (aside from Meowth who can already talk) are speaking in their own language.
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*This is the first episode insisting characters getting drunk.
 
*When Jessie uses the phone to call Giovanni, she uses 1-800-Collect (a parody of 1-800-Contacts).
 
*"Who's That Pokémon?": [[Slowpoke]] (JA and KO), [[Slowbro]] (EN)
 
*This is the first time the Pokémon get separated from their trainers.
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*It is revealed that Jessie is afraid of roller coasters.
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*The music in the Pokémon Land Tour is the Generation I Surf Score.
   
==Gallery==
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===Mistakes===
 
*When Team Rocket is about to use the brakes on the cart, they say "pull" but push the lever.
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*One of Squirtle's captions spells Pokémon as "pokémon", without a capital P.
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*When Team Rocket sees Meowth, James and Jessie are crying and James has no pupils.
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*After the scene when the cable is about to snap, Meowth's paws are brown instead of white.
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*When James is explaining about their recent run of bad luck, Jessie's earrings and lipstick are gone.
 
*After all the Pokémon jumped in the moving cart, when Jessie and James are hugging Koffing and Ekans their gloves are missing.
 
*When the Pokémon jump into the moving cart, Misty catches Squirtle and Brock catches Charmander and Bulbasaur. However, when the cart falls towards the water, Misty is shown holding Charmander while Brock is holding Squirtle and Bulbasaur.
 
*When the destroyed robots are shown, the Blastoise robot's bottom jaw is miscolored.
 
*At the very end, when Brock, Ash, and Misty are seen walking a path, Ash's gloves are missing. Just afterwards they reappear, only to disappear once more as the three are running towards Porta Vista.
   
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===Dub differences===
==Links==
 
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*The digital effect of Giovanni's voice is dub-only.
Watch this and other episodes: [http://www.pokemon-download.net/pocket-monsters/indigo-league/pokemon-episode-17-island-of-the-giant-pokemon/ Pokémon Episode 17: Island of the Giant Pokémon]
 
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*Ekans and Koffing were given to Jessie and James as birthday and Christmas gifts, respectively. In the original, they were for ''chuugen'' (Ghost Festival) and ''oseibo'' (Year-End).
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*Ash's Bulbasaur and Squirtle and Meowth are shown to be drunk in [https://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/comparisons/kanto/ep017.html this episode], this was changed to match the kids TV demographic's ratings outside of Japan.
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*In the original, Giovanni was furious that Pokémon Land went bankrupt, since it was a vital source of funds. In the English dub, Giovanni was told Pokémon Land was destroyed, and got furious that he spent millions to acquire it.
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==Gallery==
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{{Gallery Box|
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TB017 1.jpg {{!}} Ash wakes up his friends
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TB017 2.jpg {{!}} Krabby pinches Jessie and James
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TB017 3.jpg {{!}} Jessie and James are out of money
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TB017 4.jpg {{!}} Pikachu and Charmander greet Slowpoke
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TB017 5.jpg {{!}} Meowth is ready to ambush the Pokémon
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TB017 6.jpg {{!}} Meowth got surrounded by his enemies
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TB017 7.jpg {{!}} The Pokémon, except Meowth, have a feast
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TB017 8.jpg {{!}} A huge Rhydon appears
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TB017 9.jpg {{!}} Jessie and James run away from a giant Pokémon
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TB017 10.jpg {{!}} Pikachu wakes up as the Pokémon slept near each other
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TB017 11.jpg {{!}} Jessie and James face a giant Pikachu
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TB017 12.jpg {{!}} A huge Venusaur passed by
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TB017 13.jpg {{!}} The heroes and Team Rocket in the same trolley
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TB017 14.jpg {{!}} The Pokémon got reunited with their trainers
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TB017 15.jpg {{!}} The enormous Pokémon follow them by a rope
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TB017 16.jpg {{!}} The gang sees the large Pokémon were fake
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TB017 17.jpg {{!}} The robots crashed
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TB017 18.jpg {{!}} The heroes arrived at a beach
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TB017 19.jpg {{!}} Slowpoke evolved into a Slowbro
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==References==
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{{Pocket Monsters (season) episodes}}
{{Pokémon: The Original Series}}
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{{Pokémon: Indigo League episodes}}
 
[[Category:Episodes focusing on Pikachu]]
 
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[[Category:Episodes focusing on Meowth]]
 
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[[Category:Episodes focusing on Ash]]
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[[Category:Episodes focusing on Misty]]
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[[Category:Episodes focusing on Brock]]
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[[Category:Episodes focusing on Team Rocket]]

Latest revision as of 03:58, 17 March 2024

Island of the Giant Pokémon (Japanese: きょだいポケモンのしま!?, HepburnIsland of the Giant Pokémon!?) is the 17th episode of Pocket Monsters of Pocket Monsters (1997 series), Season 1 of Pokémon the Series, and Pokémon: Indigo League of Pokémon the Series: The Beginning.

Synopsis

As our heroes and Team Rocket beat the odds by surviving the sinking ship, they are dragged into another potentially deadly situation when they are attacked by the ferocious Pokémon, Gyarados. One Gyarados becomes many and Ash, friends and foe are swept up in a tornado landing them in various locations on an island. Ash loses Pikachu and the Poké Balls containing Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur. Jessie and James from Team Rocket, who land in another remote part of the island, also lose their Pokémon. Thus both Pokémon and their masters are left searching for each other on this strange island, inhabited by gigantic Pokémon. Where could this island be?[1]

Episode plot

After the Gyarados fiasco, Ash, Misty, Brock and Team Rocket find themselves stranded on separate sides of an island, their Pokémon nowhere to be seen. Team Rocket in a stroke of luck find a phone booth, but to their horror, they possess no money with which to make a call. Meanwhile, Pikachu awakens and finds some Poké Balls, releasing the Pokémon within. Squirtle and Bulbasaur both seem relaxed, not really caring, just spending some time on the beach. Meowth, Ekans and Koffing find Ash's Pokémon. When Koffing and Ekans refuse to attack due to Meowth not being their master, the two parties call a truce and decide to travel together. Bulbasaur, ever the pessimist, states his belief that they have been abandoned. This freaks out Ekans and Koffing, but Pikachu is not so sure. He argues that Ash would do no such thing and vows to find Ash. As they continue, Ash and his group escape a massive Zapdos, with Ash vowing the same. Team Rocket just barely escape a Moltres of large proportions, but upon smacking into a sign, the two of them are knocked out. The day after, Team Rocket decides to call collect. And as the Boss, Giovanni, answers the phone, they introduce themselves with their motto, but when it goes on too long, Giovanni gets tired and hangs up on them. Team Rocket then decide to follow the wire to the telephone company, hoping it'll lead them to civilization. As they do so, they discover a Pikachu. However, its preportions are far larger than they expected. Meanwhile, Ash's Pokémon then find large versions of their evolutions, Blastoise and Venusaur. Squirtle attempts to communicate with the Blastoise, but insteads finds itself on the receiving end of a Hydro Pump. They decide to try the Venusaur, but Bulbasaur refuses to interact with it, for fear he will be attacked too. Team Rocket are then seen being chased by a rather large Kabutops. As they run, they fall into a mine cart, and find themselves rushing back toward the Kabutops. They eventually run into Ash and the heroes who are fleeing from a massive Charizard, before running into the Pokémon who are being chased by a massive Venusaur and Blastoise. As they come to a stop, it is revealed that the massive pokemon that they had been fleeing from were robots. And when a woman shows up on a boat shaped like a Gyarados, it is revealed to them that they were never stranded on a deserted island, but really a rather dangerous amusement park run by Team Rocket's boss, Giovanni, called Pokémon Land. After this, Team Rocket and the heroes go their separate ways, with the heroes journeying to Porta Vista.

Debuts

Pokémon

Quotes

"Talk about twists of fate. Round and round they go. Where they'll stop? Even I don't know!" - Narrator
"Could it be?" - Jessie
"Does this mean?" - James
"We survived again." - Jessie and James
"We're the completely invincible..." - Jessie
"Unbeatable..." — James
"...Team Rocket! Huh?" — Jessie and James
"But I don't hear any annoying..." — Jessie
"Complaining." — James
"Meowth is missing!" — Jessie and James
"I've lost the Poké Ball with the Ekans I got for my birthday last year!" — Jessie
"Ah! The Poké Ball with the Koffing I got for Christmas is gone too! And we're totally broke." — James
"We're penniless and Pokéless." — Jessie
"We can always call for help." — James about a nearby phone booth
"But we don't have any change." — James
"And without any change..." — Jessie
"...Our luck sure has changed." — Jessie and James
"What's this? Ash's Poké Balls! Come out, everybody!" — Pikachu's subtitles
"I'm all right." — Charmander's subtitles
"I've felt better." — Squirtle's subtitles
"I'm just fine." — Bulbasaur's subtitles
"I guess the Team Rocket motto is starting to lose it's impact. Never mind! Okay guys, go get 'em!" — Meowth
"You're not master." — Ekans subtitles
"Not Master!" — Koffing Subtitles
"Masters?! I'm twice as smart as those 2-watt light bulbs you're callin' masters!" — Meowth about Jessie and James
"It can't be! My master's not around and I always seem to act like a rat." — Meowth realizing that Pokémon are only bad when their masters order them to be.
  • James: "What is that thing?!"

Jessie: "I don't wanna stop to find out!"

"Good thing we hid behind this sign." — Jessie
"Yeah, maybe our luck is changing." — James
"It's a good sign." — Jessie and James
"Pardon me, but where are we running?" — James
"To make a phone call." — Jessie
"But Jessie, we don't have any money." — James
"There's one number we can always call for free." — Jessie
"Huh?" — James
"Hello, operator? I'd like to put this call through Collect please." — Jessie
"Who'd accept the charges?" — James
"Hello, boss?" — Jessie
"THE BOSS?!" — James
"You fools had better have a good reason for calling me this early in the morning." — Giovanni answering the phone
"Jessie, hauling this phone booth is exhausting." — James
"Well you could use a good workout." — Jessie
"It's Bigachu!" — Jessie and James about to run from the giant Pikachu
"That looks like a Charizard!" — Misty
"An evolved Charmander?" — Ash
"But much bigger." — Brock
"(Awesome, talk to it. You guys are like family.)" — Squirtle
"(No way! Just call me an orphan. I have no family.)" — Bulbasaur
"(Good point.)" — Charmander
"(Coward!)" — Squirtle
"Don't tell me we're..." — Jessie
"...Going back the way we came!" — Jessie and James
"RUNAWAY TRAIN!" — Jessie and James after breaking the break
"Pikachu!" — Misty
"Jumbo sized!" — Brock
"Now we got you just where we want you." — Jessie
"Hand over Pikachu. huh?" — James
"But not that big one!" — James
"Stop the car right now!" — Ash
"We can't do that." — Jessie
"We can't stop, the brake's broken." — James
"Gimme a break." — Ash
"Prepare for big trouble!" — James
"Make it double! And I can't stand roller coasters!" — Jessie
"Stop the ride! Stop the ride! I wanna get off!" — Jessie
"You're safe." — Jessie
"How did you make it?" — James
"Ha ha ha! I Cat-apulted!" — Meowth
"They're after us!" — Misty
"Maybe our luck'll hold out!" — Ash
"Well, based on our recent run of luck I would say the cable should snap." — James
"That should happen about... now." — Jessie
"Next we'll be hurled into the air." — James
"Then we'll probably crash into something." — Meowth
"That's weird. Looks like that was a mechanical Pokémon." — Brock
"And then finally." — Jessie
"We hit the water." — James
"After a very, very long droooooop!" — Meowth
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Pokémon land. Here you will see various Pokémon at over ten times their natural size. Of course the Pokémon are all mechanical so don't worry, it's very safe. Now if you look to your left...!" — Pokémon Land guide.
"We apologize ladies and gentlemen but our giant Pokémon are temporarily out of order." — Pokémon Land guide apologizing.
"Yes. What? Pokémon Land has been totally destroyed?! Grr. I spent millions on that place." — Giovanni about Pokémon Land.
"Slowbro." — Slowpoke after realizing Shellder bit its tail.

Trivia

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Slowpoke

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Slowbro

  • The robotic Moltres that chased Team Rocket and the robotic Rhydon were the only giant Pokémon that were not seen to get destroyed in the episode.
  • Jessie and James reveal that their Ekans and Koffing were given to them as birthday and Christmas presents, meaning they didn't catch them.
  • This is the first episode that has subtitles during the parts where Pikachu and the other Pokémon (aside from Meowth who can already talk) are speaking in their own language.
  • This is the first episode insisting characters getting drunk.
  • When Jessie uses the phone to call Giovanni, she uses 1-800-Collect (a parody of 1-800-Contacts).
  • "Who's That Pokémon?": Slowpoke (JA and KO), Slowbro (EN)
  • This is the first time the Pokémon get separated from their trainers.
  • It is revealed that Jessie is afraid of roller coasters.
  • The music in the Pokémon Land Tour is the Generation I Surf Score.

Mistakes

  • When Team Rocket is about to use the brakes on the cart, they say "pull" but push the lever.
  • One of Squirtle's captions spells Pokémon as "pokémon", without a capital P.
  • When Team Rocket sees Meowth, James and Jessie are crying and James has no pupils.
  • After the scene when the cable is about to snap, Meowth's paws are brown instead of white.
  • When James is explaining about their recent run of bad luck, Jessie's earrings and lipstick are gone.
  • After all the Pokémon jumped in the moving cart, when Jessie and James are hugging Koffing and Ekans their gloves are missing.
  • When the Pokémon jump into the moving cart, Misty catches Squirtle and Brock catches Charmander and Bulbasaur. However, when the cart falls towards the water, Misty is shown holding Charmander while Brock is holding Squirtle and Bulbasaur.
  • When the destroyed robots are shown, the Blastoise robot's bottom jaw is miscolored.
  • At the very end, when Brock, Ash, and Misty are seen walking a path, Ash's gloves are missing. Just afterwards they reappear, only to disappear once more as the three are running towards Porta Vista.

Dub differences

  • The digital effect of Giovanni's voice is dub-only.
  • Ekans and Koffing were given to Jessie and James as birthday and Christmas gifts, respectively. In the original, they were for chuugen (Ghost Festival) and oseibo (Year-End).
  • Ash's Bulbasaur and Squirtle and Meowth are shown to be drunk in this episode, this was changed to match the kids TV demographic's ratings outside of Japan.
  • In the original, Giovanni was furious that Pokémon Land went bankrupt, since it was a vital source of funds. In the English dub, Giovanni was told Pokémon Land was destroyed, and got furious that he spent millions to acquire it.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ (n.d.) . "Island of the Giant Pokémon! | Pokémon TV (pokemon.com)". From The Official Pokémon Website | Pokemon.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2024.