EP130/Trivia


 * The Pokémon academy in this episode is directly derived from its.
 * The book Battle for the Zephyr Badge is based on this episode.
 * This is the first episode to show 's randomly exploding when it sends  blasting off.
 * In EP035,  a, but the Tauros was counted as one as  because he used one of Ash's Safari Balls. In this episode, Zackie uses one of Ash's s to catch , but the Bellsprout is counted as Zackie's own Pokémon.
 * When Team Rocket reveals that the smoke in the tower was coming from, says, "It's...smoking!" This is a reference to the 1994 superhero comedy film .
 * James's Victreebel is the only Pokémon in the main characters' current teams not to appear in this episode.
 * Team Rocket's voice-changing megaphones from The Case of the K-9 Caper! reappear in this episode.
 * This episode was banned in, likely due to Sprout Tower's resemblance to traditional Japanese architecture.

Dub edits

 * Pokémon Karaokémon: All We Wanna Do