Ash defeats Gary and the two of them finally settle their rivalry. As a symbol of this, Gary gives Ash back his half of the broken Pokéball.
Ash uses Bayleef, Muk, Snorlax, and Charizard for this part of the battle and Gary uses Arcanine, Scizor, and Golem.
Ash begins his battle with Harrison at the end of this episode.
As of this episode, Team Rocket have paid back all their debts to Giovanni. This is also the last appearance of Delibird until Season 9's Grating Spaces.
Gary reveals his starter was Squirtle.
At one point, Snorlax used Hyper Beam inside Arcanine's Fire Spin attack. However in "Great Bowls of Fire!", Dragonite's Hyper Beam wasn't able to get out of a Fire Spin attack.
When Blastoise and Charizard are grabbing each other, the bottom half of Blastoise's mouth is blue.
When Ash was about to battle Harrison, the announcer said that Harrison is from "Silver Town". But in the "Pop Goes The Sneasel" he said he was from Littleroot Town.
Announcer: (about Ash's plan to burn the field) What a crazy... I mean novel idea!
The final battle between Charizard and Blastoise is a reference to the original Red and Blue Game Boy games with Charizard as the mascot of the Red version and Blastoise as the mascot of Blue.
Who's That Pokémon: Bayleef
Cartoon Network Airdate: July 10, 2008
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