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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · The road to Blackthorn arc (EP239–EP250) |
| Episode | Never dubbed · Japanese episode 252 · Bulbapedia code EP250 |
| English title | The Ice Cave! |
| Japanese title | こおりのどうくつ! Kōri no Dōkutsu! — “The Ice Cave!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 30 May 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | Never aired |
| Screenplay | Yukiyoshi Ōhashi |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Ready Go! – Naomi Tamura · Pokettāri Monsutāri – Kana |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | not dubbed · Jynx (Japan) |
| Previous episode | I Politoed Ya So! (EP249) |
| Next episode | Beauty Is Skin Deep (EP251) |
Filler / stand-alone episodeNever dubbedFurret debut
The Ice Cave! is the 41st Japanese episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and Japanese episode 252 overall (Bulbapedia code EP250). It has never been dubbed into English. It first aired in Japan on 30 May 2002. It falls within the season’s The road to Blackthorn stretch (EP239–EP250).
Never dubbed. The episode centres on Nurse Joy’s Jynx in its original design and 4Kids skipped it entirely; it has aired only in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea.
Synopsis
Ash and company take a shortcut through the ice caves on their way to Blackthorn City, they run into Team Rocket and in the scuffle, Brock catches a cold. While he recovers at the PokéCenter in the caves, Team Rocket make another attempt to steal Pikachu and all the ice pokémon there.
This episode was pulled because of complaints from Americans about so-called racist stereotypes.
Major Events
- Furret debut
- Jynx-centred — banned outside East Asia
Pokémon making their anime debut
Furret#0162 · EP250
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Johto story.
Part of our Pokémon: Master Quest guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.