The Totodile Duel

Gotta Watch’em All Podcast 147

Recording Date: 8/17/2026

Publish Date: 8/21/2026

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Last week we had a side quest of an episode with the party having to deal with a squad of Houndour. We had some expectation of making it to Goldenrod City in this episode but those hopes went out the window early into this episode. We start off with the party fishing in a pond in hopes of watching some water type Pokémon. Misty even busted out her Special Lure which is a recurring item that hilariously is just a miniature version of herself with hooks on it. It doesn’t take long for Totodile to reveal himself and it makes it clear that this episode will be all about him.

Ash and Misty immediately but heads about who should catch the Totodile, with Ash even sending out Pikachu with attacks in a very aggressive move. We see some serious competition between the two, even having a formal battle. Togepi makes its battle debut and it is just as awesome as you would think. In the end, Ash ends up catching Totodile, leaving just one more open spot on his team. The battle did have some excitement as Misty’s Poliwag evolved into Poliwhirl.

Team Rocket pulls a classic move and gets dressed up in disguises, leading to a battle and Totodile’s first battle under Ash’s guidance. He is fast on its feet, and it takes care of Team Rocket pretty easily.

Perhaps we only need to wait one more episode to get to Goldenrod City, but at least we have had some awesome battles to hold us over!

Pokémon the Series original air date -

Japan: 6/8/2000

USA: 5/5/2001

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