History Recap / PokemonS1E2PokemonEmergency

** A very subtle one with Team Rocket. In the original, Meowth's line before the raid mentions how the boss will run happily in the garden, and that the cat shall enjoy coins in the heating table if they succeed. 4Kids interprets it as Meowth talking about himself, hence why Meowth has a more leadership role here and refers himself as the top cat in the English dub. [[{{Foreshadowing}} However, this means losing out the first hint that Team Rocket is working for]] [[BiggerBad an unseen boss, later revealed to be Giovanni]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: Professor Oak, sort of. In the original version, Professor Oak is much more neutral and stern on Ash's performance, lecturing how trainers leaving Pallet Town would always catch Pokémon at this point of the journey and becomes heavily disappointed when he learns that Ash has yet to catch one. The English dub makes Oak a much more supportive figure for Ash, to the point that he even bets his own grandson Gary a million dollars that Ash would catch at least one Pokémon before arriving to Viridian City.

** Just because Ash and Pikachu walked victoriously after defeating the Spearow flock doesn't mean that their troubles are over. This episodes opens with Ash running with a critically injured Pikachu towards the nearest Pokémon Center, which takes nightfall to reach by motorbike.

->''"You got it.''

->'''Meowth!"''

* {{Deconstruction}}: The [[TraumaInn Pokémon Centers]] in the games are often seen as safe havens for trainers with tired and worn out Pokémon, complete with a Nurse who can heal your Pokémon in no time. In the anime, RealityEnsues as Pikachu's injuries from the previous episode is treated as a serious emergency, and Pikachu is placed hospital gurney for Nurse Joy to heal him. The procedure isn't instant as the games as it takes several hours for Pikachu's condition to stabilize, and Ash simply stays in the waiting room, constantly worried for his only Pokémon. [[TalkingIsAFreeAction This long waiting period for Pikachu's recovery]] [[{{SubvertedTrope}} also makes Ash vulnerable when Team Rocket makes their assault on the Center]]. With Pikachu unable to battle for the majority of the episode, Ash is forced to run from Team Rocket or use substitute Pokémon to slow them down.

** Misty's Goldeen is used to fight Team Rocket. It works well in the games, where the fish Pokémon are either static sprites or the FlyingSeafoodSpecial kind. Not so well in the anime which [[{{AvertedTrope}} averts the trope entirely in this series]], meaning that all Goldeen could do is flop and flounder around on land like a [[JokeCharacter Magikarp]].

* {{Deconstruction}}: The [[TraumaInn Pokémon Centers]] in the games are often seen as safe havens for trainers with tired and worn out Pokémon, complete with a Nurse who can heal your Pokémon in no time. In the anime, RealityEnsues as Pikachu's injuries from the previous episode is treated as a serious emergency, and Pikachu is placed hospital gurney for Nurse Joy to heal him. The procedure isn't instant as the games as it takes several hours for Pikachu's condition to stabilize, and Ash simply stays in the waiting room, constantly worried for his only Pokémon. [[TalkingIsAFreeAction This long waiting period for Pikachu's recovery]] [[{{Subverted}} also makes Ash vulnerable when Team Rocket makes their assault on the Center]]. With Pikachu unable to battle for the majority of the episode, Ash is forced to run from Team Rocket or use substitute Pokémon to slow them down.

** Misty's Goldeen is used to fight Team Rocket. It works well in the games, where the fish Pokémon are either static sprites or the FlyingSeadfoodSpecial kind. Not so well in the anime, which [[{{AvertedTrope}} averts this trope entirely in this series]], meaning that all Goldeen could do is flop and flounder around on land like a [[JokeCharacter Magikarp]].

** The Pokémon Center is treated like a real vet hospital and Pokémon recovery isn't instant. It takes several hours for Pikachu's condition to stabilize, and it's not enough for him to be able to Team Rocket yet.

** The Pokémon Center

** {{Deconstruction}}: The [[TraumaInn Pokémon Centers]] in the games are often seen as safe havens for trainers with tired and worn out Pokémon, complete with a Nurse who can instantly heal your Pokémon in no time. In the anime, RealityEnsue as Pikachu's critical condition from the Spearow attack is treated with upmost seriousness and Nurse Joy has to place it on a hospital room for recovery. The medical procedure isn't instant, taking several hours for Pikachu's condition to stabilize with Ash constantly worrying all the time. In addition, the real time process makes Ash and those at the Center vulnerable when Team Rocket makes their raid.

-->-- '''Jessie and James'''

* SideBet: Exclusive to the 4Kids version, Professor Oak mentions how he and Gary made a bet on Ash's performance as a trainer. Gary believes that Ash won't catch a single Pokémon by the time he arrives to Viridian City, and Oak bets a million dollars that he'll be wrong. Unfortunately for the professor, Ash hasn't gotten any Pokémon by this point.

* SideBet: Exclusive to the 4Kids version, Professor Oak mentions how he and Gary made a bet on Ash's performance as a trainer. Gary believes that Ash won't catch a single Pokémon by the time he arrives to Viridian City, and Oak betted a million dollars that he'll be wrong. Unfortunately for the professor, Ash hasn't gotten any Pokémon by this point.

** A very subtle one with Team Rocket. In the original, Meowth's line before the raid mentions how the boss will run happily in the garden, and that the cat shall enjoy coins in the heating table if they succeed. 4Kids interprets it as Meowth talking about himself, hence why Meowth has a more leadership role here and refers himself as the top cat in the English dub. [[{{Foreshadowing However, this means losing out the first hint that Team Rocket is working for]] [[BiggerBad an unseen boss, later revealed to be Giovanni]].

* SideBet: Exclusive to the 4Kids version, Professor Oak mentions how Gary said that Ash wouldn't catch a single Pokémon by the time he arrivals to Viridian City. Professor Oak then proudly states to Ash that he betted a million dollars that Gary would be wrong, to much of Ash's shock. Unfortunately for him, Ash hasn't gotten any Pokémon by this point.

** A very subtle one with Team Rocket. In the original, Meowth's line before the raid mentions how the boss will run happily in the garden, and that the cat shall enjoy coins in the heating table if they succeed. 4Kids interprets it as Meowth talking about himself, hence why Meowth has a more leadership role here and refers himself as the top cat in the English dub. However, this means losing out the first hint that Team Rocket is working for [[BiggerBad an unseen boss, later revealed to be Giovanni]].

** A very subtle one with Team Rocket. In the original, Meowth's line before the raid mentions how ''the boss will run happily in the garden, and that the cat shall enjoy coins in the heating table'' if they succeed. 4Kids interprets it as Meowth talking about himself, hence why Meowth has a more leadership role here and refers himself as the top cat in the English dub. However, this means losing out the first hint that Team Rocket is working for [[BiggerBad an unseen boss, later revealed to be Giovanni]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: Professor Oak, sort of. In the original version, Professor Oak is much more neutral and stern on Ash's performance, talking about how trainers leaving Pallet Town would always catch Pokémon at this point of the journey and becomes heavily disappointed when he learns that Ash has yet to catch one. The English dub makes Oak a much more supportive figure for Ash, to the point that he even bets his own grandson Gary a million dollars that Ash would catch at least one Pokémon before arriving to Viridian City.

** A very subtle one with Team Rocket. In the original, Meowth's line before the raid mentions how the boss will run happily in the garden, and that the cat shall enjoy coins in the heating table. 4Kids interprets it as Meowth talking about himself, hence why Meowth has a more leadership role here and refers himself as the top cat in the English dub. However, this means losing out the first hint that Team Rocket is working for [[BiggerBad an unseen boss, later revealed to be Giovanni]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: Professor Oak, sort of. In the original version, Professor Oak is much more neutral and stern on Ash's performance, talking about how trainers leaving Pallet Town would always catch Pokémon at this point of the journey and becomes heavily disappointed when he learns that Ash has yet to catch one. 4Kids changed it to make Oak a much more supportive figure for Ash, to the point that he even bets his own grandson Gary a million dollars that Ash would catch at least one Pokémon before arriving to Viridian City.

** A very subtle one with Team Rocket. In the original, Meowth's line before the raid mentions how the boss will run happily in the garden, and that the cat shall enjoy coins in the heating table. 4Kids interprets it as Meowth talking about himself, hence why Meowth has a more leadership role and refers himself as the top cat here in the English dub. However, this means losing out the first hint that Team Rocket is working for [[BiggerBad Giovanni]].

** A subtle one with Team Rocket. In the original, Meowth's line before the raid mentions how the boss will run happily in the garden, and that the cat shall enjoy coins in the heating table. 4Kids apparently interpreted it as Meowth talking about himself, hence why Meowth has a more leadership role and refers himself as the top cat here in the English dub. But as the series continued, it later becomes clear that Meowth was referring to Giovanni.

** A subtle one with Team Rocket. In the original, Meowth's line before the raid mentions how the boss will run happily in the garden, and that the cat shall enjoy coins in the heating table. 4Kids apparently interpreted it as Meowth talking about himself, hence why Meowth has a more leadership role and refers himself as the top cat in the English dub. But as the series continued, it later becomes clear that Meowth was referring to Giovanni.

* Misty's name. In the original version, she introduced herself to Team Rocket as the most beautiful girl Misty and Jessie mocks her by saying she's the only beautiful girl here. In the English dub, Misty does not introduce herself, only taking compliment of Team Rocket saying she's "pretty", to which Jessie replies that they meant Misty is pretty ''pathetic''. Her name is only mentioned by Nurse Joy at the end of the episode, long after she and Ash had left to the Viridian Forest.
* A subtle one with Team Rocket. In the original, Meowth's line before the raid mentions how the boss will run happily in the garden, and that the cat shall enjoy coins in the heating table. 4Kids apparently interpreted it as Meowth talking about himself, hence why Meowth has a more leadership role and refers himself as the top cat in the English dub. But later on, it becomes clear it was referring to Giovanni.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Professor Oak, sort of. In the original version, Professor Oak is much more neutral and stern on Ash's performance, talking about how trainers leaving Pallet Town would always catch Pokémon at this point of the journey and becomes heavily disappointed when he learns that Ash has yet to catch one. The English dub makes Oak much more supportive of Ash's journey, to the point that he even bets his own grandson Gary a million dollars that Ash would catch at least one Pokémon before arriving to Viridian City.

* DubInducedPlotHole: Misty's name. In the original version, she introduced herself to Team Rocket as the most beautiful girl Misty and Jessie mocks her by saying she's the only beautiful girl here. In the English dub, Misty does not introduce herself, only taking compliment of Team Rocket saying she's "pretty", to which Jessie replies that they meant Misty is pretty ''pathetic''. Her name is only mentioned by Nurse Joy at the end of the episode, long after she and Ash had left to the Viridian Forest.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Professor Oak, sort of. In the original version, Professor Oak is much more neutral and stern on Ash's performance, talking about how trainers leaving Pallet Town would always catch Pokémon at this point of the journey and becomes heavily disappointed when he learns that Ash has yet to catch one. 4Kids changed Oak's lines to make him much more supportive of Ash's journey, to the point that he even bets his own grandson Gary a million dollars that Ash would catch at least one Pokémon before arriving to Viridian City.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Professor Oak, sort of. In the original version, Professor Oak is much more neutral and stern on Ash's performance, talking about how trainers leaving Pallet Town would always catch Pokémon at this point of the journey and becomes heavily disappointed when he learns that Ash has yet to catch one. 4Kids changed Oak's lines to make Oak much more supportive of Ash's journey, to the point that he even bets his own grandson Gary a million dollars that Ash would catch at least one Pokémon before arriving to Viridian City.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Professor Oak, sort of. In the original version, Professor Oak is much more neutral and stern on Ash's performance, talking about how trainers leaving Pallet Town would always catch Pokémon at this point of the journey and becomes heavily disappointed when he learns that Ash has yet to catch one. In the English dub makes Oak much more supportive of Ash's journey, to the point that he even bets Gary a million dollars that Ash would catch at least one Pokémon before arriving to Viridian City.

* WantedPoster: Jessie and James were notorious enough to have one by the police. Their only complaint about it is that the photographer took a bad shot of them.
* {{Woolseyism}}: Professor Oak's lines in the Japanese version was mainly more about young trainers in general, and Oak doesn't provide much support for Ash other than standard expectations. 4Kids changed it to Oak saying he bet a million dollars that Ash would catch a Pokémon by the end of the day.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Professor Oak, sort of. In the original version, Professor Oak was much more neutral and stern on Ash's performance, talking about how trainers leaving Pallet Town would always catch Pokémon at this point of the journey and became heavily disappointed when he learns that Ash has yet to catch one. In the English dub made Oak much more supportive of Ash's journey, to the point that he even bets Gary a million dollars that Ash would catch at least one Pokémon before arriving to Viridian City.

* WantedPoster: Jessie and James were notorious enough to have one by the police. Their only complaint about it is that the photographer took a bad shot of them.