TB047: A Chansey Operation

is the 47th episode of of , Season 1 of , and of .
==Synopsis==
As our heroes sleep peacefully, Pikachu begins experiencing an unusual sensation. As though it were choking on something, Pikachu's expression grows steadily more and more pained. It seems there's nothing left to do but take Pikachu to a Pokémon Center immediately. Ash takes off running, carrying Pikachu over his shoulder, but the Pokémon Center is quite a distance away. Ash decides to take Pikachu to a nearby emergency room, but when he arrives, a sign hangs on the hospital door coldly stating, Hospital Closed Today. Is there any help for Pikachu?
==Episode plot==
Pikachu finds an apple which he swallows whole. Pikachu's voice sounds odd and Brock thinks the apple got stuck in its throat. They take Pikachu to a human hospital because it's the closest. After convincing Proctor, the doctor there, to help (even though his hospital is meant for people, not Pokémon), he revives Pikachu with a defibrillator and gets the apple out of Pikachu's throat. Proctor is then called by Nurse Joy, to which Ash and his friends answer the phone for him since he didn't want to, who says there has been an accident involving some Pokémon stolen by Team Rocket, who are seriously injured and needs him to help take them as the Pokémon Center is too full.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket is at the scene of the accident and Jessie and James are arguing about who's fault it is that they got in an accident. Meowth is crying because the charm on his head is missing while Arbok and Weezing are injured in the accident.
At the hospital, Nurse Joy asks Dr. Proctor to help the hurt Pokémon. Dr. Proctor tries asking Nurse Joy out on a date, making her mad. Dr. Proctor says he will help after that and he gives Ash and his friends their uniforms, saying that he's the only person at the hospital and needs help. Ash and Brock dress in doctor uniforms similar to Dr. Proctor, while Misty dresses up like Nurse Joy. The hurt Pokémon start coming in and everyone starts working. Ash brings out Bulbasaur to hold down a Cubone, who is struggling in pain, though Dr. Proctor isn't pleased with his actions. Misty comforts the Cubone and it calms down. Dr. Proctor says Misty is a natural, though Ash feels jealous.
Team Rocket enters the hospital after dealing with a Raticate with broken teeth. Dr. Proctor asks Jessie out on a date. Jessie is impressed by Dr. Proctor. Ash asks Dr. Proctor not to help Team Rocket because they are bad guys. Dr. Proctor says his job is to heal, not to judge. Proctor injects Arbok with an anesthetic to make it go to sleep (although Jessie thought he was hurting it) so he can undo the knot in its body. When more hurt Pokémon arrive, Proctor explains that he still needs more time to work on Arbok, so Team Rocket decide to help Ash and his friends.
Meowth is crying over his missing charm. Chansey tries to cheer him up, but Chansey doesn't quite understand what Meowth wants. Ex: Meowth says," Somebody help me find my charm, I'll pay any price!" and Chansey gives him a bowl of rice. When Meowth whines even further, Chansey gets mad and slaps him to get him calmed down. Meanwhile, Misty gets a Voltorb out of a Weepinbell's mouth (Jessie was supposed to help her, but left as she feared that Voltorb would self-destruct, forcing Chansey to take over) and Brock and James attach a lost horn to a Pinsir. When Ash and Brock are to treat a Dodrio, but it is too angry, preventing them from getting close. Proctor decides to use an anesthetic. When he goes to administer it, the Dodrio will have none of it and attacks to force him away. The anesthetic is injected into Proctor by accident and since it will last for six hours, he goes to sleep. Ash and Brock try to wake him up, but the anesthetic is too powerful, forcing them to handle things without him. Ash improvises and sends Squirtle to use Water Gun on Dodrio, then Pikachu electrocutes it, knocking it out. He goes to catch Dodrio, but Brock reminds him that he must not capture any Pokémon at this time, so Ash and Brock treat it.
Everyone, except Meowth, is helping to heal the hurt Pokémon. Later, Jessie and James decide to steal the Pokémon. They take off their uniforms and jump onto a stretcher and say their motto. They don't get all the way through it because Meowth interrupts them by yelling that he wants his charm. Team Rocket pushes stretchers with arms at Ash and his friends. The stretchers trap them and James pulls out a big needle and says he's going to use it on Ash. A Chansey jumps in front of Ash to protect him. Jessie and James order Arbok and Weezing to attack Chansey, but they refuse to do so, to their confusion. Proctor, having awoken from the anesthetic, says that the reason why they won't attack Chansey because it healed them. Jessie gets mad at Proctor for getting involved in the situation and throws a beaker at him in retaliation. Proctor swiftly dodges the beaker, to everyone's surprise. Proctor opens up and shows his coat to Team Rocket, which is lined with scissors, scalpels, and needles; everything a doctor needs to operate, or protect his patients since they can be used as deadly weapons against threats. Team Rocket realize that they shouldn't mess with him. Ash and his friends are freed by the Chansey and they push the stretchers at Team Rocket as payback. They quickly run for it, bursting through the wall as the stretchers topple over.
Jessie is upset that they didn't get any Pokémon but James says he got one. James pulls a Voltorb out of his pocket and it explodes, sending Team Rocket blasting off again. When they hit the ground, Meowth's charm pops out of his head, which was just embedded into his head. Meowth is very happy, but Jessie and James aren't.
In the hospital, Proctor thanks Ash and his friends for their help and asks them to stay and train to be doctors. Misty says she would like to, but she wants to learn a lot more about water Pokémon first. Ash and his friends leave the hospital and wave goodbye to Dr. Proctor.
==Debuts==
===Pokémon===
*Ivysaur
*Nidoking
==Trivia==
*After the doctor agrees to help Ash, during the transition slide a Porygon can be seen, which marks one of three appearances of Porygon in the US anime. The second is in "Clefairy Tales", again on the same slide, while the third is on "A Way Off Day Off".
*The "Who's that Pokémon?" in this episode is Arbok.
*The doctor says that Pikachu would need 10,000 volts of power to recharge it and he uses a defibrillator to recharge it, but defibrillators are not supposed to go that high, the highest it normally goes is around 1700 volts so the defibrillator could not reach that level of power.
*When Doctor Proctor fell asleep, Jigglypuff's song could be heard in the background.
*In real life, it would be impossible to break through a wall just by running straight at it.
===Mistakes===
*When the needle landed in Doctor Proctor's arm, he fell asleep, considering the fact that the plunger in the syringe wasn't pushed down to inject the medicine as all.
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==References==
Category:Episodes focusing on Misty
Category:Episodes focusing on Team Rocket
Category:Episodes focusing on Ash
Category:Episodes focusing on Brock