Japanese Title: Rival Confrontation! Get Windie!
Original Airdate: August 18, 2005
US Airdate: May 20, 2006
What was more damaging: the epilepsy outbreak caused by Porygon, or the diabetes epidemic caused by these Precious Puppies?
May and Drew compete to capture an Arcanine, a Pokémon so powerful that some nations rank it up with the Legendaries. This Arcanine harbors a secret.
This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
- Don't Split Us Up: Upon learning Arcanine has pups, May and Drew agree to leave her alone and not capture her.
- Precious Puppies: The Arcanine being pursued by May and Drew is actually a mother looking for berries to feed her three Growlithe pups.
- The Snack Is More Interesting: Munchlax hits the Superpower Lottery with Metronome, learning Extreme Speed, a move that Arcanine knows. It outruns Arcanine...and races by Pecha Berry trees to pick off and gorge on the berries.
- Tempting Fate: While the gang is waiting for the Arcanine at a local spring, they have lunch and May says she is almost glad the Arcanine hasn’t arrived yet, only for it to arrive a second later.
