EP077

The Fourth Round Rumble (Japanese: くさのフィールド！いがいなきょうてき！ Grass Field! Unexpected Rival!) is the 77th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 1, 1999, and in the United States on November 13, 1999. 
==Blurb==
Ash's fourth battle on the Grass Field is against his toughest opponent yet! He battles Jeanette Fisher from Crimson City who brings a whole cheering section with her. Jeanette uses a powerful Scyther, which Ash has never battled before. Will his Bulbasaur be able whip Scyther's double team attack by using his reliable vine whip? To finish off the match, Jeanette brings out her Bellsprout which Ash feel is far inferior to his Pokémon. Once again, Ash lets his over-confidence take over.
==Plot==
 and watch 's fourth round match on the Rock Field. They are shocked when Gary is abruptly defeated by a named Melissa, with his last Pokémon, , being brought down by Melissa's 's . This leaves Ash worried about his own chances during the fourth round, though and cheer him on. He later learns from that all of Pallet Town is cheering him on, which only makes him more nervous. Meanwhile, opens up a souvenir stand with the intent of luring in and stealing from Trainers.
At the Grass Field, Ash starts his next match with Jeanette Fisher from Crimson City. He sends out , and Jeanette uses . The Pokémon is about to hit Bulbasaur with , but Bulbasaur dodges it. Bulbasaur uses , but Beedrill evades it and uses , followed by . Bulbasaur dodges the attacks again before using , which instantly drains Beedrill's energy, allowing Bulbasaur to finish it off with Tackle. Jeanette then sends out her next Pokémon, . Bulbasaur keeps dodging Scyther's attacks, but Scyther uses to gain the advantage. Scyther gets in a few hits before Ash gets the idea to use on all the duplicates, so Bulbasaur will eventually hit the real one. The plan works, and Scyther is knocked out.
Outside the stadium, Team Rocket is using giant dolls hanging from their balloon as a distraction while planning to use a vacuum to suck away people's Poké Balls. However, their plan is foiled when a pair of Officer Jennys shoots down the balloon with 's and disables the vacuum. The trio escapes the two pursuing Jennys into the stadium, slipping on an empty Soda Pop can before hastily disguising themselves as snack sellers to avoid being caught.
Back at the battlefield, an unwavering Jeanette calls on her last Pokémon, a . Ash laughs and calls it weak as the wiggles its body in an odd manner. Bulbasaur uses Tackle, but Bellsprout evades the attack with ease. It then picks up Bulbasaur, repeatedly s it into the ground, and knocks Bulbasaur out, shocking Ash. Brock realizes that Jeanette's Bellsprout must be exceptionally trained, or else it would not be used in a League battle. Ash sends out , and he uses , but Bellsprout dodges the attack and uses Razor Leaf. Pikachu dodges it and tries to use , but Bellsprout's roots keep him grounded and immune to attacks. Pikachu tries to punch and box-kick Bellsprout, but it slams him again and defeats him.
Down to his last Pokémon, Ash pauses for a second and then sends out his , surprising his friends. Professor Oak explains that Ash had asked him to send him his Muk since he knew that Pokémon are strong against Pokémon. Misty is pleasantly surprised to hear that Ash used his head and thought ahead, for once. Muk is able to absorb Bellsprout's Slam and Razor Leaf attacks with ease, then uses a . Its weight smothers Bellsprout, who soon faints. Ash wins the battle, and has now cleared all four preliminary fields to advance through to the next round of competition.
==Major events==
* is revealed to have made it to the fourth round.
* Gary is defeated by Melissa in his fourth round battle, placing him in the Top 32.
* Gary heads back to Pallet Town.
* uses his in battle for the first time.
* Ash's Muk is revealed to know .
* Ash defeats Jeanette Fisher in his fourth and final preliminary round match, securing him a place in the Indigo Stadium.
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
==Characters==
===Humans===
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* Jessie
* James
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* Officer Jenny
* Jeanette Fisher
* Melissa
* Gary's cheerleaders
* Jeanette's cheerleaders
* Crowd
===Pokémon===
Who's That Pokémon?: (US and international), (Japan)
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* (Melissa's)
* (Jeanette's)
* (Jeanette's)
* (Jeanette's)
==Trivia==
* Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture: Indigo Plateau Conference meeting hall (part one)
** Pokémon senryū summary: I want to see them once. Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy's children.
*** The children of a Nurse Joy are indeed seen in a later episode.
* This episode marks the third appearance of James's Victreebel. In The Breeding Center Secret, Victreebel's voice is low, but like in All Fired Up!, its voice is extremely screechy and high-pitched in this episode.
* In this episode, uses a variation of their .
* Team Rocket does not blast off in this episode.
* This is the only time when Ash's Muk has achieved a victory in an official .
* This episode was banned in due to Jeanette's Japanese clothing.
* On its original airing in Japan, this episode was followed by a two-hour clip show, It's the New Year! Pocket Monsters Special!.
* The dub of this episode aired the day after Mewtwo Strikes Back premiered in the US.
===Errors===
* and in the blurb are both lowercase.
* In one shot, 's eyebrows change to large and gray.
* Jeanette's used , which Beedrill cannot legally learn in the .
* When the screen pans horizontally across the central flame, the stadium shifts repeatedly.
* Just after uses on , the zigzag mark is missing from under one of Ash's eyes.
* In the English dub:
** In some airings of the episode, for a split-second during the cut between the commercial break and the first half of the "Who's That Pokémon?" segment, the first quarter second of the Japanese "Dare Da?" segment can be seen. Though mostly obscured by the dub's whiteout transition effect, one can clearly make out the Japanese "Pocket Monster" logo in the lower right-hand corner.
** After Jeanette commands her to use , the next command is a dubbing error. In the dub, Scyther uses . In the original Japanese version, it was .
** When Officer Jenny commands her to use , she incorrectly refers to it as , and its cry is also identical to the Arcanine in the previous episode. This error is corrected in Castilian Spanish dub.
* In the dub, the title incorrectly mentions the fifth round instead of the fourth one.
===Dub edits===
* Pikachu's Jukebox: 
* Melissa has a male name and voice in the original Japanese version, while the dub changes him into a female character.
* When loses and bids farewell to in the original, he talks about not being smiled upon by the goddess of fortune and that his girls' tears are the only award he needs. In the dub, he talks about being distracted by their cheering but reassures them they will get over it.
* Ash asks Pikachu if they should drop out in the dub, but in the original version, he simply wonders if he can win.
* In the dub, says that she doesn't know whether it was more surprising for her that Ash chose to use Muk or the fact that he thought ahead, while in the Japanese version, she says that she had thought that Ash was an idiot and commends him on having a strategy.
* In the dub, Bellsprout's first attack against Muk is an improvised attack called "Vine Left Kick". In the original version, Jeanette just tells Bellsprout to make the first attack.
* Team Rocket concludes the episode with a fast food-themed version of their motto in the dub. In the original, the motto is unchanged until the last two lines.
==In other languages==
077
Category:Banned episodes
Category:Episodes written by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Category:Episodes storyboarded and directed by Yūji Asada
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Yūji Asada
Category:Episodes directed by Yūji Asada
Category:Episodes animated by Masaaki Iwane
Category:Pokémon League episodes
Category:Episodes focusing on Ash
de:Hopp oder top – Die Runde 4
es:EP079
fr:EP077
it:GA077
ja:無印編第77話
zh:宝可梦 第78集