August 21, 2004/Ham-Ham Games

"Ham-Ham Games" is a special episode of Hamtaro. It is the final English-dubbed piece of Hamtaro media and the final premiere of the show on Cartoon Network.
It kicked off a Saturday Block Party marathon of Hamtaro episodes. This was the first premiere of any program on a Saturday Block Party, and the first City Era airing of Hamtaro.
This OVA was created to promote the 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as the Game Boy Advance game of the same name, which was released in the US a month prior.
When it originally aired on YTV in Canada, the closing credits contained scenes from the Japanese ending to the OVA, still set to the English ending theme ("200% Of Spells"). On the version that aired on Cartoon Network in the USA, the closing credits did not air until after "The Ham-Hams Rescue Stan" and used the standard English images.
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2004-08-21 1500pm Hamtaro 12.png|Lapis and Lazuli appear behind the Rainbow Girls. This is their only appearance in the English dub (as far as Cartoon Network goes; they also appeared in the YTV version of the closing credits).
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