Mystery At The Lighthouse! (013)

[G50]

It was great seeing a Dragonite for the 1st time (even though I had no idea what it was yet lol). Other than the comical portions with Krabby, didn't really like the episode all that much.

28/100

[DarkWobbuffet]

Bleh, one of the more boring episodes of the first season. I wished they had gone with the "fused with a Pokemon" thing with Bill. Hearing a Clefairy talk with a British accent would had been hilarious.

Interesting how Misty complains all of Ash's Pokemon ... followed...?... him. Big talk from a girl who would later catch three Pokemon who "followed" her. I believe Charmander and Squirtle were the only ones that Ash befreinded instead of battling and capturing them.

One thing I wanna know, when Ash battled Krabby, what happened in the Japanese version after it snipped up Ash's stick? The scene cut was a little sudden, looks like something was removed there.

Oh and as goofy as it was seeing the writers try to show off Dragonite as a "mysterious Pokemon", it's even funnier when you account the very next episode mentions Dragonite when Ash scanned Raichu.

"...enough to render a Dragonite unconscious."

And of course the Mewtwo plaque on the door. Yes, a man-made Pokemon is on a door that looks like it was crafted decades ago. I lol'd.

[Aquarelle]

I didn't like how fancy they made Bill in this episode. He wears really fancy clothes, while his game counterpart dresses casually and hates formal things. It's kinda weird that anime Bill and game Bill are so different.

When I first saw this, I had no idea that the big Pokemon was a Dragonite. I thought it was some sort of monster. It kinda scared me a little.

The parts with Krabby at the beginning were funny. I loved it when it pinched Ash. And the sound Krabby makes...it sounds like it's saying, "cookie cookie." ^__^
I was sad to see that Ash couldn't carry Krabby with him.

[hever]

Was this the episode where TR saw Dragonite? I always thought that Dragonite was a legendary Pokemon from that episode.

[Bianca~]

I thought this was a VERY good episode.

We got Bill, Team Rocket, Dragonite, Krabby, the fossil Pokemon, a mention of Gary, the introduction of Pokemon transportation/storage, and a hilarious scene with Professor Oak. I enjoyed how both Oak and Bill had cooks taking vacations, too.

[Vern]

Poor Kingler or Krabby in this case. It had so much potential and it was wasted. It's a damn crime that it still hasn't had much time to shine outside of a round in the Pokémon League. Anyway, Bill wasn't interesting. he just wasn't. I wonder why we never got see the humongous Dragonite again.

[Calamity™]

This episode did make Dragonite seem like a legendary Pokémon. It had an amazing debut. Apart from that I didn't really find this episode too great. It was funny to see Ash's Krabby compared to Gary's. It's weird how Pokéballs can just teleport...

[Ash Ketchum!]

The Krabby part was so funny! Too bad Kingler lost that firey attitude when he spends a lot of time at Oak's. Also good to see Ash's very first team.

[Angel~]

This episode was weird & funny LOL.

[AquaMilotic]

Not all of Ash's Pokemon just followed him. Pikachu was his starter. He caught Butterfree, even though he didn't battle for it. He caught Pidgeotto in the normal way. Bulbasaur was given, but he had to battle for it. Charmander and Squirtle followed him.

Dragonite made a cool debute. And nice how Ash was worried about Professor Oak eating Krabby. Cool episode, 10/10.

[YinYang]

one of my favorites becuse of how eerie it is. has a lot of loopholes though. like when on the phone with oak, he says that gary caught i think around 45 pokemon and in a later episode he caught 30. giant dragonite was pretty cool.liked how odd the lighthouse was, love just about all of it

[7threst]

This episode is pretty cool actually. I just find it unfortunate to see little Krabby getting captured and not being used aside from the Indigo League and the Water Cup. I guess the creators shot themselves in their own foot's with the six-at-the-time-rule. While in perspective it's understandable why they created that rule and applied to both anime and game-wise, it made some Pokémon have a limited presence in the anime. Same goes with Unova now where Ash got like 8-9 Pokemon or something.

But the episode was really good. Also notice how Gary's presence is there continuously in these episodes indirectly. His infrequent appearance is compensated by the fact that Gary is almost consistently mentioned during the entire Kanto saga - keeping the rivalry alive.

[WhyHelloThere]

I jumped when the pokeball teleported. Also that Dragonite was disturbing.

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Too bad the one Iris catches is the normal size. It would have been cool to see her catch a giant one like this.
 

[pacman000]

I first saw this yeeeears ago, but I missed the end. I had to ask my friends what Pokemon appeared; sure it looked like a Dragonite, but I expected a big reveal. Years later, I read the about the episode on the internet, and felt dumb.

Eventualy, I found a copy on VHS. When Bill called the Pokemon with the foghorn, I began to laugh. How they avoided a lawsuit, I'll never know. Maybe Ray Bradbury didn't watch kid's shows.

[BurningSociety12345543210]

This episode was more disturbing than anything else, and how the hell did Dragonite get so big. Krabby's capture was nice, although that's pretty much it. Seeing TR shoot the Dragonite was stupid.

[AhTreyYou]

Ash catches Krabby the first Pokemon to be Oaked and his only water type Pokemon that evolves

[MattySadler]

Not a bad episode but I didn't like Bill's role in it, thought it kinda made a quick end for him like. Should've been closer to his game/ manga counterpart and been a recurring character.