Name: Challenge of the Samurai
Released: 1997-04-22

Title: Duel of the Samurai Plot: While exploring the Viridian Forest, Misty and Ash come across a Weedle. As Ash engages in battle with it, he is interrupted by a boy clad in samurai attire who introduces himself as Samurai. He challenges Ash to a duel, and Ash gains the upper hand when his Metapod successfully fends off Samurai's Pinsir. In response, Samurai brings out his own Metapod, leading to a tense standoff between the two trainers.

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Episode S01E04

Air Date Apr 22, 1997

Season 1 Episodes

S01E01 Pokémon - I Choose You! S01E02 Pokémon Emergency! S01E03 Ash Catches a Pokémon S01E04 Challenge of the Samurai S01E05 Showdown in Pewter City S01E06 Clefairy and the Moon Stone S01E07 The Water Flowers of Cerulean City S01E08 The Path to the Pokémon League S01E09 The School of Hard Knocks S01E10 Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village S01E11 Charmander - The Stray Pokémon S01E12 Here Comes the Squirtle Squad S01E13 Mystery at the Lighthouse S01E14 Electric Shock Showdown S01E15 Battle Aboard the St. Anne S01E16 Pokémon Shipwreck S01E17 Island of the Giant Pokémon S01E18 Beauty and the Beach S01E19 Tentacool & Tentacruel S01E20 The Ghost of Maiden's Peak S01E21 Bye Bye Butterfree S01E22 Abra and the Psychic Showdown S01E23 The Tower of Terror S01E24 Haunter Versus Kadabra S01E25 Primeape Goes Bananas S01E26 Pokémon Scent-sation! S01E27 Hypno's Naptime S01E28 Pokémon Fashion Flash S01E29 The Punchy Pokémon S01E30 Sparks Fly for Magnemite S01E31 Dig Those Diglett! S01E32 The Ninja-Poké Showdown S01E33 The Flame Pokémon-athon! S01E34 The Kangaskhan Kid S01E35 The Legend of Dratini S01E36 The Bridge Bike Gang S01E37 Ditto's Mysterious Mansion S01E38 Cyber Soldier Porygon S01E39 Pikachu's Goodbye S01E40 The Battling Eevee Brothers S01E41 Wake Up, Snorlax! S01E42 Showdown at Dark City S01E43 The March of the Exeggutor Squad S01E44 The Problem with Paras S01E45 The Song of Jigglypuff S01E46 Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon S01E47 A Chansey Operation S01E48 Holy Matrimony! S01E49 So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd S01E50 Who Gets to Keep Togepi? S01E51 Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden S01E52 Princess vs. Princess S01E53 The Purr-fect Hero S01E54 The Case of the K-9 Caper! S01E55 Pokémon Paparazzi S01E56 The Ultimate Test S01E57 The Breeding Center Secret S01E58 Riddle Me This (1) S01E59 Volcanic Panic (2) S01E60 Beach Blank-Out Blastoise S01E61 The Misty Mermaid S01E62 Clefairy Tales S01E63 The Battle of the Badge S01E64 It's Mr. Mime Time! S01E65 Holiday Hi-Jynx S01E66 Snow Way Out! S01E67 Showdown at the Po-ké Corral S01E68 The Evolution Solution S01E69 The Pi-Kahuna S01E70 Make Room for Gloom S01E71 Lights, Camera, Quack-tion S01E72 Go West Young Meowth S01E73 To Master the Onixpected! S01E74 The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis S01E75 Bad to the Bone S01E76 All Fired Up! S01E77 Round One - Begin! S01E78 Fire and Ice S01E79 The Fourth Round Rumble S01E80 A Friend in Deed S01E81 Friend and Foe Alike S01E82 Friends to the End

Challenge of the Samurai (S01E04)

Season 1 Episodes