Pokémon
Tricks of the Trade
Season 3, Episode 30 · Aired 2000-05-04
Synopsis
Ash and friends arrive in a town where the Pokemon Swap Meet is being held. The event has many festivities, but the main one is where people trade their pokemon to other trainers. They meet a trainer named Benny who is trying to find someone to trade his Wobbuffet to. Ash, Misty, and Brock decide to help him find someone to trade to. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is using the event to trick trainers into giving them their pokemon. However, a run-in with the Magikarp Salesman leads to events that may change the outcome of Team Rocket's plans.
In the series
This episode is part of Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication.
Gotta catch ’em all — late-’90s kids’ globalization in pocket-monster form.
Key cast
- Rica Matsumoto as Ash Ketchum (JP)
- Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum (US early)
- Ikue Otani as Pikachu