Pokémon
A Better Pill to Swallow
Season 4, Episode 13 · Aired 2000-10-26
Synopsis
Ash and friends encounter a man named Old Man Shuckle who uses Shuckle to produce medicine. There is an especially rare one that has a purple shell that has a special juice that it produces. Team Rocket steal the Shuckle and drink the juice which makes all of the pokemon in the area fall in love with them. Ash and friends set out to find them and get the Shuckle back.
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