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"The Fortune Hunters" ("Pokémon Fortune Telling!? Battle Royal!" in Japan) is the 159th episode of Pokémon the Series. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 27, 2000 and in the United States on May 19, 2001. It is the season finale of Pokémon The Johto Journeys.
Plot[]
A Pokémon Fortune Telling boom turns out to be a Team Rocket plot to steal Pokémon from local trainers. The engineers of this plot, though, are not the Team Rocket regulars, but by the formidable Butch and Cassidy.
Gallery[]
The "Flaming James" Episode.
James dressed as a Moltres scene
Trivia[]
- Who's That Pokémon?: Gyarados (Japan), Girafarig (United States)
- Pokémon Karaokémon: You & Me & Pokémon
- This is also the last episode of the English dub to feature a music video segment.
- This was the last episode to use the original title card in the dub (it would still be used in Japan until The Dunsparce Deception).
- This is notably the first episode in which Ash Ketchum and friends actually see Giovanni, albeit only on Butch and Cassidy's viewscreen.
- Eric Stuart, the English voice actor for James, has stated that his favorite line from the anime is "I am a flaming Moltres," from this episode.
External links[]
- The Fortune Hunters at Bulbapedia, the Pokémon wiki.
- The Fortune Hunters at the Internet Movie Database