Resurrection!? Fossil Pokémon! 

Ash and friends get caught up in a Pokémon Fossil rush. During the rush, extinct Pokémon get discovered as still alive and a new Pokémon is discovered in the form of an egg.

Directors:

Masamitsu Hidaka, Fred Butter

Writers:

Junki Takegami (screenplay), Satoshi Tajiri (based on a story by)

Stars:

Madeleine Blaustein, Rodger Parsons, Rikako Aikawa

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Madeleine Blaustein	...	Meowth (voice) (as Adam Blaustein)
Rodger Parsons	...	Narrator (voice) (as Ken Gates)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rikako Aikawa	...	Zenigame (voice)
James Carter Cathcart	...	Gary Oak / Archaeologist / Fossil Hunter (voice) (as Jimmy Zoppi)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Musashi (voice)
Inuko Inuyama	...	Nyarth (voice)
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Narrator (voice)
Mayumi Izuka	...	Kasumi (voice) (as Mayumi Iizuka)
Mika Kanai	...	Purin (voice)
Yûko Kobayashi	...	Shigeru Okido (voice)
Rachael Lillis	...	Misty / Jessie / Gary's Cheerleaders / Jigglypuff (voice) (as Rachel Lillis)
Jerry Lobozzo	...	Archaeologist (voice) (as Lobozzo)
Rica Matsumoto	...	Satoshi (voice)
Shin'ichirô Miki	...	Kojiro (voice)
Chinami Nishimura	...	Junsa (voice)

Storyline

Arriving at a canyon to find an old fashioned fossil hunt, Satoshi, Shigeru and the gang decide to join in. But the Rocket-Dan arrives and intends to blow the canyon up. Satoshi, Pikachu, and the Rocket-Dan fall into a pit which is full of awakened ancient Pokémon. Their only hope may rest in Satoshi's disobedient Lizardo, which evolves into a powerful, yet still disobedient Lizardon to defeat a raging Ptera. In the end, the ancient Pokémon are sealed away once more (along with a terrified Team Rocket) and Officer Junsa dismisses the entire event as a side effect caused by Purin's singing. Satoshi, however, finds a rare Pokémon egg in the chaos and keeps it.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-Y

Did You Know?

Trivia

The events of this episode will be recounted in Pokémon: Shutter Chance Is Pikachu (1998), as it turns out that Todd Snap happened to be in the area, so he took a picture of the Aerodactyl as it was flying off with Ash.

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Connections

Edited into Pokémon: Burn, Lizardon! VS Kairyu! (2013)

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Soundtracks

Pokémon Theme
(first theme song)
Written by John Loeffler & John Siegler
Performed by Jason Paige

User Reviews

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

27 February 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon

Company Credits

Production Co:

4 Kids Entertainment, Creatures, GAME FREAK

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1