EP088

In The Pink (Japanese: ピンクのポケモンじま The Island of Pink Pokémon) is the 88th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 18, 1999, and in the United States on February 12, 2000. 
==Blurb==
Ash and friends are caught in a whirlpool and swept to an unexplored island where all the Pokémon are pink. It's Pinkan Island, a Pokémon refuge where the Pokémon's diet of Pinkan Berries causes their unique coloration. But the Pokémon aren't all as sweet as they look. Our heroes cross paths with an enraged Nidoking, and end up cornered under a cliff. Nidoking blasts its Hyper Beam at our heroes. Togepi waves its arms, and the attack misses our heroes as if skipping off a shield. Coincidence? Or is Togepi finally learning some attacks? Officer Jenny drives up in her Jeep and lassoes Nidoking to the ground, stopping its attack without hurting it. Our heroes leave Pinkan Island, having promised to keep the island a secret so that poachers won't come and ruin its unique beauty.
==Plot==
As and travel on to the next island, discusses how unusual it is that doesn't seem to know any attacks. agrees, telling Tracey she's tried to teach Togepi but got nowhere. Ash laughs at this, but before an argument can breakout Lapras is caught in a whirlpool sending the gang flying to a nearby island. After they regain consciousness, identifies the island as Pinkan Island based on the whirlpools and sheer cliffs. They climb the cliffs and see a pink . Tracey decides to it, and Ash, in order to prove to Misty that he knows what he is doing, races up to the Rhyhorn, who promptly knocks him away. The group is then pursued by the Rhyhorn and cornered by some steep cliffs. However, Togepi uses and s them away. The Rhyhorn goes over the cliff, landing in a tree, and the group wonders how they escaped. Officer Jenny arrives and rescues the Rhyhorn with her jeep and a set of ropes. Afterwards, the group notices Pikachu's tail and cheeks have turned pink. Much to Ash's relief, Jenny explains that the Pinkan Berries turn any that eats them a lot, permanently pink.
Arriving on the island, notices the Rhyhorn. They soon spot and think it is special as well until they realize all Jigglypuff are pink. Before Jigglypuff can , they run off into the forest, planning to catch all of the pink Pokémon and open up their own theme park. They use their Pokémon, and chases two pink into a cave, only to encounter a that chases Team Rocket away.
Meanwhile, at her office, Jenny informs the group that Pinkan Island is a reserve and that she won't press charges. The trio contacts , who knew about the island and its pinkness, and he tells them about the research. Just then, an alarm sounds and the group offers to help Jenny with whatever the situation is. They find Team Rocket being chased by Nidoking, and as the trio performs their , Ash has Pikachu use on Nidoking. It throws Team Rocket's Pokémon at their Trainers and they blast off. Nidoking then chases the trio and Jenny; both and attempt to him, but ultimately run off scared.
Pikachu tries to shock him, but Jenny informs Ash that Nidoking is on a rampage and cannot be stopped. Nidoking uses , but Togepi uses Metronome again and creates a . Jenny tells the trio to get out and run. She engages Nidoking and lassos him, and Nidoking drops to the ground dizzy. Jenny drops the group off beyond the whirlpools and Misty contemplates Togepi's actions. Ash and Tracey laugh at her suggestion of Togepi attacking. Ash then notices Tracey's sketch of Officer Jenny and snickers, though Tracey explains that he cannot just watch Pokémon. Misty attempts to get Togepi wave its arms to attack, but is unsuccessful.
==Major events==
* Tracey's Marill is revealed to know .
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==Characters==
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* Officer Jenny
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==Trivia==
* Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture: 
** Pokémon senryū summary: , has three evolutions; now which shall I choose?
* This episode's English dub title is a reference to the phrase "in the pink", meaning "in perfect health".
* The and costumes that is wearing made another appearance in Manectric Charge.
* It is speculated that this island is where the pink Butterfree from Bye Bye Butterfree is from, but this has not been officially confirmed.
* does not in this episode.
* When Team Rocket is imagining opening up a theme park with pink Pokémon, their disguises are the same as the ones from Pokémon Fashion Flash.
* This is the second episode uses , and the first time suspects that it knows this move.
* This is also the second episode in a row in which an unusual Pokémon sends blasting off by hitting them with its tail.
* This episode was partially adapted into the book Secret of the Pink Pokémon.
===Errors===
* When is climbing the cliff after he and first reach Pinkan Island, is on his shoulder. When Ash and Misty are shown from the back, Pikachu is missing.
* Ash's Pokédex identifies as the "Spiked Pokémon" instead of the "Spikes Pokémon".
* When observing the pink Rhyhorn, mentions that it is 8 meters long. This is impossible, since the Rhyhorn would be just over 24 feet in length, and it is clearly nowhere near this size. Rhyhorn's size according to the Pokédex is only 1 meter.
* When Jigglypuff jumps onto Team Rocket's submarine, it is seen standing on the red part of its head, but in the next the part turns yellow.
* In a couple of scenes, 's eyebrows are colored yellow instead of pink.
* James says, "That shock was Nidoking's wake-up call!" However, the previous scene doesn't show getting shocked.
* Officer Jenny claims that will not work because the Nidoking is on a rampage. This is incorrect as Nidoking is part and moves would not work regardless.
* When Officer Jenny engages Nidoking, the "z's" on Ash's cheeks are missing.
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** In the scene where the group is being chased by the pink Nidoking, Misty tries calling out for her before comes out, despite it having been left at the Cerulean Gym more than twenty episodes before.
** James refers to the plural of as "Jigglypuffs".
EP088 error.png|Lickitung's miscolored eyebrows
EP088 error 2.png|Ash's missing cheek marks
===Dub edits===
* Pikachu's Jukebox: My Best Friends
==In other languages==
 
088
Category:Episodes written by Junki Takegami
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Kazu Yokota
Category:Episodes directed by Shigeru Ōmachi
Category:Episodes animated by Yūsaku Takeda
Category:Episodes focusing on Officer Jenny
Category:Episodes focusing on Togepi
Category:Episodes focusing on Tracey
Category:Episodes in which an alternately colored Pokémon appears
de:Pinkan Island (Episode)
es:EP090
fr:EP088
it:GA088
ja:無印編第88話
zh:宝可梦 第89集