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The Underground Round Up (Japanese: マルマインだいばくは！？Big Marumine Explosion!?) is the 114th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 23, 1999 and in the United States on September 30, 2000.

• 3Major events
  • 3.1Debuts
• 4Characters
• 5Trivia

Blurb

A failed experiment has left a town a virtual wasteland, overrun with Electrodes. Ash and friends lend a hand in ongoing efforts to extricate these explosive Pokémon, until Team Rocket arrives with designs to detonate all the Electrodes.

Plot

Upon arriving at Hamlin Island, Ash and his friends learn of a ferry line that runs from Hamlin straight back to Pallet Town. On their way to the ferry, the trio comes to a road bridge, but it is blocked due to extremely dangerous conditions. With no other way to get to the ferry dock on the other side, Tracey suggests they cross it anyway. Just then, a huge Explosion blows apart the middle of the bridge. The three then find a rowboat and make their way across the small stretch of ocean. When they arrive at the town, they find it to be deserted. The three enter the ferry's waiting lounge but come across a locked door that prevents them from getting out to the dock and the ferry itself. As Ash and his friends ponder on how they will get back to Pallet Town, Togepi wanders out of the building and comes across a playful Voltorb, who rolls away. Seeing it as a game, Togepi runs after the Voltorb.

Upon noticing Togepi's disappearance, Ash and his friends search for it and soon find it standing atop the Voltorb. Ash checks his Pokédex for Voltorb's data, and the trio is shocked to learn that Voltorb may explode without warning. Misty attempts to pull Togepi off, but Togepi picks the Voltorb up with it. At that moment, the group is confronted by a horde of Electrode, who are all sparking with electricity. As Ash and his friends try to slowly retreat, a gust of wind knocks over a wooden sign, startling the Electrode and triggering a chain reaction of explosions. Just then, a man appears and throws out several Poké Balls, which release Diglett everywhere. Ash looks up Diglett on his Pokédex and finds out that they dig tunnels under the surface. The mystery Trainer then tells the Diglett to dig the Electrode underground. The Diglett create holes under the Electrode who safely explode underground. The stranger then tells the group to follow him.

At another building, the man tells Ash and his friends that the island used to be filled with people and tourists, but one day, a Voltorb managed to escape from a Pokémon electricity experiment. Soon after escaping, the Voltorb began to multiply, and quickly evolved into Electrode. The Electrode became so numerous that they outnumbered the people on the island. The lack of space caused the Electrode to become irritated, and they started exploding, causing mayhem on the island. People started leaving immediately and the town ended up being deserted, which in turn put the ferry out of commission. Tracey asks why the man is still on the island and Ash suspects he may be a thief. The man laughs it off and introduces himself as Poncho, a Diglett Rancher hired by the town mayor to get rid of the Electrode. He tells the group that he trains his Diglett to dig a large tunnel from under the small island all the way to a prairie behind the city on Hamlin. His plan is to have the Electrode roll from the island to the prairie, making the island safe once again and giving the Electrode freedom.

After Poncho finishes his story, the mayor's office calls with a message to fire Poncho, believing his methods to be too slow, also revealing that the mayor hired someone else to take care of the Electrode. At that moment, a machine emerges from the ocean and drives on land. Team Rocket appears and spouts their motto before revealing the mayor hired them and their 'Electrode Eliminator' machine to remove the Electrode quickly. Misty asks why Team Rocket would want to help remove the Electrode; Jessie and James tell them that they are getting paid well and they are planning on keeping the Electrode that they move. They retreat to the machine and race off to find some Electrode. The machine's arms pick up the Electrode, put pressure on them, and force them to explode before putting them in the machine's storage hold, with Ash and his friends being legally unable to stop them.

Electrode from all over the island soon make their way over to Team Rocket's machine. Poncho notes that the Electrode are extremely angry and Tracey points out that the condensed explosions of the huge number of Electrode could destroy the entire island. The friendly Voltorb approaches Team Rocket and they decide to blow it up. Togepi begins waving its arms before they start glowing blue in an attempted Metronome. Togepi begins hopping up and down performing a Splash and Misty thinks that it may be trying an attack. Tracey and Ash brush it off and say that Togepi is too young to know any moves. With the Metronome unsuccessful, Togepi then runs out to assist Voltorb, prompting Pikachu to use Thunderbolt on the machine, but to no avail. Team Rocket advances on Togepi, Pikachu and Voltorb, causing an angered Poncho to summon a Dugtrio, which creates a massive hole underneath Team Rocket's machine, sending the trio deep underground.

Poncho tells the group that the job is only half-finished and releases all of his Diglett once more. The Diglett begin digging under the Electrode and cause them to roll into Poncho's underground tunnel. In the process, the Electrode sweep Team Rocket along with them as the Diglett act as a conveyor belt to move the Electrode back above ground. Dugtrio leads all of the Electrode out to the grassy prairie, where they jump around happily. Poncho takes Ash and his friends to the prairie in his Diglett hot-air balloon, where they watch the Electrode enjoying themselves. With the job finished, Voltorb goes to rejoin its friends and is followed by Togepi, who doesn't want it to go. However, Misty assures Togepi that it can still be friends with Voltorb, even when the pair are separated. After saying goodbye, Voltorb rushes off, leaving behind a teary-eyed Togepi.

Soon, the island is re-inhabited by people and the bridge is repaired. With the ferry service is running again, Ash, Misty, and Tracey say their goodbyes to Poncho before boarding the ship. Unbeknownst to them, a familiar Jigglypuff boards the ship as well.

Major events

• Ash and his friends leave the Orange Archipelago, bound for Pallet Town.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Townspeople
• Scientist (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Kingler(US and international); Voltorb(Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Diglett (Poncho's; multiple)
• Dugtrio (Poncho's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Electrode (multiple)

Trivia

• This episode was partially adapted into the book Prepare for Trouble.
• Poncho is a reference to American actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood.

Errors

• At the end of the episode, as Togepi is saying goodbye to Voltorb, the vocal effect added to Voltorb's voice is missing.

Dub edits

• Pikachu's Jukebox: Together Forever
• When Togepi uses Metronome in an attempt to stop Team Rocket from taking Voltorb, it uses Splash. In the original, Misty knew what the attack was, while the attack is unknown to her in the dub.

In other languages

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DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half to help Denver overcome the blazing shooting of Stephen Curry as the Nuggets held off the Golden State Warriors 114-104 on Thursday night.

Jokic also had 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his 46th career triple-double. The big man entered the game averaging a triple-double and leading the NBA in assists.

Will Barton and Jamal Murray each added 17 points on a night when seven Nuggets scored in double figures.

Curry finished with 35 points on 14-of-23 shooting. He hit five 3-pointers to give him 2,545 for his career. Curry is 15 from tying Reggie Miller for second place on the league’s all-time list. Miller eagerly counted down Curry’s made 3s throughout the TNT broadcast. Ray Allen is first with 2,973.

Limited to four shots in the first half, a more aggressive Jokic took over in the third quarter and helped the Nuggets amass a 14-point advantage. But no lead is safe with Curry & Co. around.

The Warriors kept things interesting down the stretch. One of Jokic’s biggest plays was a steal and assist on Monte Morris’ basket with 5:11 remaining that allowed Denver to extend the lead back to 14.

There was a little bit of everything in the first half, when Denver led by as many as 17. Leading the list were a flying dunk by Bol Bol, Jokic’s reverse slam on Warriors rookie James Wiseman and a four-point play from Curry.

TIP-INS

Warriors: Curry played in his 711th game, tying him with Al Attles for No. 5 on Golden State’s career list. … Curry had 11 rebounds and seven turnovers. … Wiseman had 18 points and Andrew Wiggins added 16.

Nuggets: G Gary Harris missed a second straight game for personal reasons. … F Michael Porter Jr. remains out because of COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

PRACTICE, PRACTICE

Golden State coach Steve Kerr definitely can’t wait for this — back-to-back practice sessions. The Warriors haven’t had that since training camp.

The extra training days opened up after their scheduled game with Phoenix on Friday was postponed because of contact-tracing issues with the Suns.

Now, the plan is for the Warriors to fly home, rest and then hold two straight workouts.

“This should be a good stretch for us,” Kerr said.

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PASCHALL RETURNS

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Warriors forward Eric Paschall returned following a one-game absence necessitated by a false positive coronavirus test and had eight points. He quarantined for 24 hours and missed a 104-95 loss Tuesday night to Indiana that wrapped up the Warriors’ 4-3 homestand, their longest of the season.

Paschall’s next test was negative.

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“I’m good now,” he said.

QUOATBLE

Nuggets coach Michael Malone on defending Curry’s deep shots: “I told them, ‘Guys, listen, when he makes his shots, don’t look over at me and say I played good defense when you didn’t,’” Malone said. “This guy is other-worldly, in terms of his talent and shooting ability. You have to guard him with that in mind.”

UP NEXT

Warriors: Curry and the Warriors face the Lakers in Los Angeles on Monday.

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