Pokémon (TV Series) Police Officer Gardie (1998) User Reviews

Bark hardly worse than bite

[MarkLynnIreland1294 · 6/10 · 10 April 2023]

So it starts with Ash and his bunch small canine dog pokemon named Growlithe. I very much prefer its evolution Arcanine. As for the episode in general, seems pretty average introducing an academy for police trained dogs. I must say it's one episode Team Rocket up to a very scheming plan even though it backfired in a hilarious way.

I don't know how Jessie and James got those voice-changing megaphones which imitate other people's voices including Officer Jenny and Ash - somehow it seems similar to 2000 part comedy and horror movie Scream 3.

Meowth makes a shoutout of how his voice (from the helium) sounds like Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Police Growlithes

[ericstevenson · 9/10 · 30 July 2017]

After having just seen the last of this episode, I am happy to say that I have now seen every single episode from the lengthy first season of Pokémon! That is, the Indigo League or the Kanto League or whatever. This episode focuses on police Growlithes which makes sense as they're basically the equivalent of dogs in the Pokémon Universe. Well, some dog pokemon. There's a lot of them. There are some really heartwarming moments near the end when Jessie tries to get Pikachu to turn on Ash by using his voice. It's sweet how Pikachu refuses. And wouldn't you know it? One of Officer Jenny's Growlithes do the same thing to her!

I really do think it's interesting to have an episode that shows us how their world works. This is how they use Pokémon like we use animals in our world. It's a pretty basic idea, but the execution is done so nicely. It's pretty cool to see Ash run under barbed wire. It's weird because there actually were guns featured in this episode unlike "The Legend Of Dratini" which was banned. Well, they used it more, but I think that it's okay to treat the audience like adults and not be afraid to show some somewhat violent images now and then. ***1/2