Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When James asks, "Are you addressing me?" the people behind him change. (00:08:52)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When Ash and friends are first looking at the St. Anne, Ash's rucksack has a strip, but in the next shot, it does not. (00:03:54)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When people are watching the St. Anne sink, some of them are constantly changing colour. (00:19:56)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When people are watching the St. Anne rock, some of them are constantly changing colour. (00:19:36)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When Jessie insults James for getting tricked by the salesman, she appears in her regular clothes, instead of her disguise. (00:12:12)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When Ash is impressed on seeing the inside of the cruise, his bag disappears. (00:05:57)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Revealing mistake: When Giovanni says, "I'm disgusted watching you fail me, when you and I expect total perfection," his left hand clips through Persian with his left thumb clipping twice. (00:04:53)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When the Gentleman says, "That's enough," he has his left hand behind the left whiskers on Raticate, but in the next shot, it is below them. Also, the sign indicating a win has vanished from the end of the match before Ash's. (00:08:42)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of the episode, the warehouses at Vermilion Harbor have their entrances facing perpendicular to the bridge leading to them, but as the camera pans closer to Vermilion Harbor as Ash and friends approach it, the entrances face parallel to the bridge. (00:01:28)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When a passenger asks the captain if the ship is a little off-course, a crowd surrounds a hallway, but in the next shot, the hallway disappears. (00:18:39)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When Meowth says, "We got a call from the boss," he moves his right forepaw onto a button, but in the next shot, it is no longer on it. (00:04:24)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When the gentleman asks, "So, you're having a good time?" a plate next to a plate with cake goes from being present to being absent. (00:10:33)
Battle Aboard the St. Anne - S1-E15
Other mistake: When showing Raticate and Butterfree on a screen during the first trade, they are coming from the sides that their Poké Balls are not on. (00:11:58)
Answer: There are a lot of fan theories around this, but the most common theme is that Pikachu had another trainer before Prof. Oak, who gave him to Ash. Pikachu didn't appreciate being handed over.
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