The Wacky Watcher
Also known as: Koiking! Secret of Evolution!!
Foreign title: Koikingu! Shinka no Himitsu!!
Series title: Adventures on the Orange Islands
- Studio
- Nintendo Co. Ltd., OLM-Animation Studio, Shogakukan Inc., Summit Media Group, TV Tokyo
- Animation studio
- SOFTX
- Distributor
- 4 Kids Entertainment
Synopsis
On Rind Island, Tracey meets Dr. Quackenpoker, a noted Pokémon Watcher who is doing a study on the Magikarp that climb up waterfalls and how they evolve into Gyarados. However, Team Rocket appears to steal the Magikarp and get them to evolve.
Characters
Ash Ketchum, Misty, Pikachu, Squirtle, Tracy, Gary, Professor Oak.
Team Rocket: Jessie, James, Meowth
Team Rocket: Jessie, James, Meowth
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kunihiko Yuyama, Masamitsu Hidaka, Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Producing
- Producer
- Tsunekazu Ishihara (Executive Producer, Japan)
- Executive Producers, English version
- Alfred R. Kahn, Norman J. Grossfeld
Writing
- Writer
- Atsuhiro Tomioka, Takeshi Shudo, Hideki Sonoda, Junji Takegami
- Created by
- Satoshi Tajari
Voices
- Voice
- Rachel Lillis (Misty, Jessie), Eric Stuart (James), Eric Stuart (Squirtle), Stan Hart (Professor Oak), Adam Blaustein (Meowth)
Music
- Music
- Junji Miyazaki
Animation
- Animator
- Shunya Yamada
Art Department
- Designer
- Satoshi Tajiri
Production notes
Season 2: Adventures on the Orange Islands.
Pokémon is the Americanization of the Japanese "Pocket Monster." The series first began airing in Japan in April of 1997.
Pokémon is the Americanization of the Japanese "Pocket Monster." The series first began airing in Japan in April of 1997.
Reviews
The Wacky Watcher
This was a pretty weird episode. I mean, the one-liners were funny, but still . . .