Pokémon: The Original Series · Adventures in the Orange Islands arc

EP116 · The Underground Round-Up

マルマインだいばくは!?

US air. 2000-09-30 JP air. 1999-09-23 Season. Adventures on the Orange Islands (S2) Position. Episode 116 of 276 in Original

Synopsis

What happens.

Ash and Gary prepare to have their battle as his friends and Professor Oak watch from the sidelines. Gary suggests that they have a one-on-one battle to the finish, and Ash agrees, deciding to use Pikachu.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP116 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · EP083-EP118

Adventures in the Orange Islands.

A filler arc inserted while Game Freak finalized Gen II. Brock stays behind with Prof. Ivy; Pokémon Watcher Tracey Sketchit replaces him. Ash collects four unique island gym badges and defeats Champion Drake.

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Pokémon featured · 20

Who appears.

Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.

More from this arc

Other episodes in Adventures in the Orange Islands.

Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.