James's Cacnea is revealed to know Needle Arm.
Brock catches a Mudkip.
This episode marks the first time in the anime that all of the main characters, excluding Max (as he is too young to own Pokémon), have at least one of the region's starter Pokémon. This wouldn't happen again until Harimaron VS Mega-Mega Nyarth!! (2013), 510 episodes later.