Team Rocket try to destroy Porta Vista by firing a missile at the city. Jessie and James try to ward off the Dragonite approaching Bill's lighthouse by using bazookas with live missiles. Later in the episode, Team Rocket use the bombs that they had previously stolen to try to destroy the Squirtle Squad. Shortly thereafter, the store owners and customers mistake Ash for a member of Team Rocket trying to rob the store again and point a handgun and several MAS 36 rifles at Ash's head. Team Rocket use a bazooka, albeit with cherry blossom petals as ammunition, and an MP 40 submachine gun to carry out an armed robbery of the PokГ© Mart for bomb ingredients. The sword is actually just a harmless plastic replica.Д«rock uses a hunting knife to cut down a net trap that had caught Ash, Misty, and Pikachu.

The boy dressed as a samurai pulls out a katana (samurai sword) on several occasions during the episode, but never uses it. Weaponry continued appearing from PokГ©mon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire onwards, though less often. Weapons in the anime were a common occurrence in the first half of the original series, but when the Johto League story arc premiered, all kinds of real-life weapons were practically absent from the show, aside from weapons associated with Team Rocket's mechas. While there is generally no concern with this as weapon use is rather mild, an extreme case caused one episode to be banned. Weaponry, mainly firearms, have appeared in the anime numerous times.

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