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| Season | Pokémon: Johto League Champions (Season 4) · A new look in Japan: Wobbuffet, sumo & Crobat arc (EP192–EP196) |
| Episode | Season 4, episode 36 · English episode 193 · Japanese episode 195 · Bulbapedia code EP193 |
| English title | Sick Daze |
| Japanese title | タケシたおれる! あぶないキャンプ!! Takeshi Taoreru! Abunai Kyanpu!! — “Takeshi Collapses! A Dangerous Camp!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 12 April 2001 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 9 March 2002 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Shinzō Fujita |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Mezase Pokémon Master (Whiteberry version) – Whiteberry · Maemuki Rocket-dan! (Face Forward Team Rocket!) – Team Rocket |
| English opening | Born to Be a Winner – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Heracross (US) · Pineco (Japan) |
| Previous episode | The Wayward Wobbuffet (EP192) |
| Next episode | Ring Masters (EP194) |
Filler / stand-alone episodeBrock falls ill
Sick Daze is the 36th episode of Pokémon: Johto League Champions, the fourth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 193rd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 195, Bulbapedia code EP193). It first aired in Japan on 12 April 2001 and in the United States on 9 March 2002. It falls within the season’s A new look in Japan: Wobbuffet, sumo & Crobat stretch (EP192–EP196).
Synopsis
Brock falls ill, and Ash and Misty discover just how much their friend does for them when they try to cover his chores. A feverish Brock collapses over the oatmeal, is put to bed and hands over his blue notebook. Ash tries to speed up polishing Onix with Totodile’s Water Gun, which goes exactly as badly as Misty predicts, while Brock, dreaming of three beautiful girls among dancing Bellossom, is gently Supersonic-ed back to bed by Golbat whenever he tries to get up.
Foraging for lunch, Ash finds Team Rocket vacuuming apples off the trees. Totodile’s Water Gun counters Arbok’s Poison Sting, Cyndaquil’s Flamethrower frees Pikachu from the machine and a Thunderbolt sends the trio off, leaving the apples for Ash. Misty’s turn at cooking involves salt, a burst sugar bag and eventually ketchup, mustard, soy sauce and cinnamon; only Jessie, finding the leftovers that night, declares it delicious.
Team Rocket lure Ash’s Pokémon with a cardboard Ash, then snatch Misty’s and Brock’s with the claws of a jet-powered balloon, grabbing Pikachu too. Golbat’s Wing Attack downs the balloon and a recovered Brock arrives to run a Double Battle with Pineco and Golbat against Arbok and Weezing, Onix adding Rock Throw before Pikachu’s Thunder. Next morning Brock is back at the oatmeal, but Ash insists on one more rest day.
Major Events
- Brock falls ill and Ash and Misty take over his chores
Trivia
- The English title plays on “sick days”.
- The screenplay is by Shinzō Fujita.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Johto story.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Pineco in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Heracross in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Changes in the English Dub
- “Fruit” becomes “apples”.
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