Charizard Chills – Pokémon Season 2, Episode 25

Plot episodeCharizard obeys AshNew ending: Riding on Lapras

Charizard Chills is the 25th episode of Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands, the second season of the Pokémon anime, and the 105th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 107, Bulbapedia code EP105). It first aired in Japan on 22 July 1999 and in the United States on 2 September 2000. It falls within the season’s Trovita Gym & Charizard’s change of heart stretch (EP103–EP105).

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Synopsis

Today our friends enjoy smooth sailing and Ash is glad he only needs one more badge to get into the Orange League. Just then a boat sails at high speed right at our heroes, narrowly missing them, the guy sailing the boat delivers a subtle insult to Misty, and seems to know who Ash is, and that he just won a badge at the Trovita Gym, his name is Tad and he challenged the Trovita Gym just after Ash did, he overheard Rudy, the Trovita Gym leader saying that Ash won their battle on pure power more than anything else. Tad challenges Ash to a battle, which he accepts and they head to a nearby island to battle on its shoreline. Tad has already stated that he likes powerful Pokémon, the two agree a 2v2 match, and Tad sends out a Poliwrath wearing some sort of a belt against Ash’s Pikachu. Ash goes straight in with a thunderbolt, but Poliwrath avoids it using a double team attack, Pikachu manages to find the real Poliwrath and hits it with some electricity before falling victim to a hypnosis attack and being defeated itself.

Ash sends out his secret weapon… Charizard…. Who has no interest in the battle or obeying Ash, Tad orders Poliwrath to attack and Charizard is hit by a water gun, prompting it to return to the shore and begin attacking Poliwrath with flame attacks that simply aren’t working, Ash tries to tell Charizard to use some other attacks but it just won’t listen. Poliwrath uses an ice beam attack and knocks Charizard out of the sky, freezing it in a block of ice. Ash struggles to free Charizard from the ice, and Tad begins to walk away stating that he’d be happy to have a rematch when Ash learns to control Charizard.

Ash does everything he can to help warm Charizard, who suddenly tries to get up before collapsing again. Misty and Tracey return with firewood and light fires around Charizard and they too try to warm it up. Thanks to Ash and gangs efforts Charizard begins to warm up again and eventually it wakes back up and appears to be getting better. Ash reminds Charizard that they’ve been together since he found it as a Charmander and that all he wants is to be good enough for him so they can battle together as a team… and Charizard seems to remember. The gang continue to warm Charizard with blankets, fires and massage throughout the night.

The next morning as the sun begins to rise Charizard is looking out over the ocean when theres an explosion. Tad rushes over to see what all the commotion is, it is of course Team Rocket who emerge on one of their latest devices and steal Pikachu, they then use the device to burrow back underground and despite the obvious danger Ash gives chase, when to his surprise Charizard flies alongside him and lets him jump on, they pursue Team Rocket together and eventually catch up to them, Charizard is about to incinerate the machine but Ash tells him that would get Pikachu too and suggests Charizard breaks the machines front drill, Charizard does so with a mega kick, it then goes on to rescue Pikachu and return it to Ash.

Team Rocket however aren’t done, and they send a saw blade out which comes straight at Ash, Charizard and Pikachu, knocking Ash and Pikachu to the ground, Charizard learns its rage attack in order to save Ash and Pikachu, sending Team Rocket very much blasting off. Tad, Tracey and Misty rush over, having witnessed the whole thing.

It appears that Charizard is finally on Ash’s side, and Tad gives Ash the rematch he promised, Charizard takes on Poliwrath once more, this time listening to Ash and after a fierce battle managing to defeat Poliwrath with a Seismic toss attack. Tad shakes hands with Ash after a great battle before he sets sail on his own journey once more.

Ash is elated that Charizard will finally listen to him, seconds later Charizard uses a flamethrower attack on our heroes and it becomes apparent that the arrangement may have been temporary.

Major Events

• Charizard begins obeying Ash after Tad’s Poliwrath freezes it
• Charizard learns Dragon Rage
• New Japanese ending Riding on Lapras
• Kids’ WB! TV-season finale

Trivia

• The English title plays on “frozen solid, and finally calming down”.
• The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
• This is a plot episode: it advances the Orange Islands storyline.
• The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Poliwrath in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Caterpie in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.

Changes in the English Dub

• Hidé becomes Tad; Dragon Rage called “Rage” by the Pokédex; Counter becomes “Body Slam”
• Lines imply the Orange League is a tournament
• Type: Wild under the Ash–Tad rematch replaced by Pokémon World
• New Japanese ending Riding on Lapras

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