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1	!!Japanese Title: ''Enter Four Heavenly Kings Siba!''
2	!!!Original Airdate: November 19th, 1998
3	!!!US Airdate: October 1th, 1999
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5	[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one where...]] We're introduced to the Elite Four.
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7	With only three weeks left before the Pokémon League competition, Ash, Brock and Misty head up to Mt. Hideaway to find one of the Elite Four Trainers. Ash and Brock hope he will teach them the real secrets of Pokémon training, but what they really learn is that Mt. Hideaway is the land of overgrown Onix!
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9	!!Tropes
10	* AndroclesLion: Bruno gets the Onix to join him after relieving it's Sandslash-induced pain.
11	* BrokenPedestal: Brock's image of Bruno gets literally shattered when Bruno admits that he has no secret on Pokémon and that he just catches strong Pokémon. It gets [[RebuiltPedestal rebuilt]] in the end after Bruno solves the Onix problem and reveals that the actual secret is to work with Pokémon as equals.
12	* ButtMonkey: Misty is the victim of Ash's training failures.
13	* FastForwardGag: Meowth fast-forwards through Team Rocket's slogan.
14	-->'''Jessie:''' Ugh, exhausting!\
15	'''James:''' I think I bit my tongue!
16	* LamePunReaction: When Team Rocket tries to use a net gun to bag the giant Onix:
17	-->'''Jessie:''' We've got something [[TitleDrop Onix-pected]]!\
18	'''Meowth:''' That joke is Onix-ceptable.
19	* NeverMessWithGranny: Team Rocket learns this when they try to steal an old woman's food.
20	* NoSell: Brock's Onix tries to tackle the giant Onix, but inflicts no damage.
21	* RampageFromANail: Onix has a Sandslash wedged in his stones.
22	* SaveTheVillain: The twerps help Team Rocket when they're trapped in a cave while the rampaging Onix is bearing over them.
23	* TongueTrauma: PlayedForLaughs; James complains that he bit his tongue because Meowth [[FastForwardGag fast-forwarded through Team Rocket's motto]].

Context Recap / PokemonS1E71ToMasterTheOnixpected