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| Season | Pokémon: Indigo League (Season 1) · Pallet Town to Cerulean City arc (EP1–EP7) |
| Episode | Season 1, episode 7 · English episode 7 · Japanese episode 7 · Bulbapedia code EP007 |
| English title | The Water Flowers of Cerulean City |
| Japanese title | ハナダシティのすいちゅうか Hanada Shiti no Suichūka — “The Underwater Flowers of Hanada City” |
| First aired (Japan) | 13 May 1997 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 16 September 1998 · first-run syndication |
| Screenplay | Yukiyoshi Ōhashi |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Mezase Pokémon Master (Aim to Be a Pokémon Master) – Rica Matsumoto · Hyakugojūichi (One Hundred Fifty-One) – Professor Oak & the Pokémon Kids |
| English opening | Pokémon Theme – Jason Paige |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Seel (US) · Seel (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Clefairy and the Moon Stone (EP006) |
| Next episode | The Path to the Pokémon League (EP008) |
Plot episodeCascade BadgeMisty revealed as a Gym Leader
The Water Flowers of Cerulean City is the 7th episode of Pokémon: Indigo League, the first season of the Pokémon anime, and the 7th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 7, Bulbapedia code EP007). It first aired in Japan on 13 May 1997 and in the United States on 16 September 1998. It falls within the season’s Pallet Town to Cerulean City stretch (EP1–EP7).
Synopsis
The journey continues with Ash seeking his second gym badge and the course is set for Cerulean City. However Misty seems extremely reluctant to follow on this path and disappears before they get there. On arrival to the Cerulean Gym Ash and Pikachu witness three beautiful sisters performing a synchonized swimming show, leaving Ash in doubt as to whether he’s in the right place for a Pokemon battle. Once they finish their show the three sisters reveal that they are infact the Gym Leaders but because they’ve converted the gym into a big arena for a water show they offer to just give Ash the badge. Misty appears out of nowhere and is revealed to be the fourth of the Cerulean sisters, angry that they were willing to simply give away gym badges Misty steps up and say’s she will battle Ash. During the gym battle between Misty and Ash, Team Rocket show up and try to steal all the water Pokémon – Ash again helps to fend them off and Misty’s Sisters award the Cascade Badge to Ash for helping save their Pokemon.
Major Events
- — Cascade Badge (given, battle a no-contest after Team Rocket’s vacuum)
- Misty revealed as Cerulean Gym Leader
- Sensational Sisters Daisy, Violet, Lily debut
- First Ash vs Misty battle
- Starmie revealed
- Ted Lewis’s last full episode as James. Debuts: Starmie, Seel.
Pokémon making their anime debut
Seel#0086 · EP007
Starmie#0121 · EP007
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kanto storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- マシーンD → “MACHINE SHOP”, ルーム → “LS”
- Every HANADA GYM → CERULEAN GYM
- Dub ending: the Kanto Pokérap (Tuesday segment)
Part of our Pokémon: Indigo League guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.