Which Wurmple’s Which? – Pokémon Season 6, Episode 21

AG021 Which Wurmple's Which? – Pokémon Advanced screenshot
Season Pokémon: Advanced (Season 6) · Dewford Island I: Brawly, Steven & Corphish arc (AG019–AG024)
Episode Season 6, episode 21 · English episode 294 · Japanese episode 297 · Bulbapedia code AG021
English title Which Wurmple’s Which?
Japanese title ケムッソVSケムッソ!どっちがどっち!?
Kemusso Tai Kemusso! Dotchi ga Dotchi!? — “Kemusso VS Kemusso! Which is Which!?”
First aired (Japan) 17 April 2003 · TV Tokyo
First aired (US) 14 February 2004 · Kids’ WB
Screenplay Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Opening / ending (Japan) Advance Adventure – GARDEN · Polka O Dolka – Meowth (Inuko Inuyama) & the Nolsol Chorus Group
English opening I Wanna Be a Hero – David Rolfe
Who’s That Pokémon? Espeon (US)
Previous episode Brave the Wave (AG020)
Next episode A Hole Lotta Trouble (AG022)

Filler / stand-alone episodeWurmple mix-upMike Pollock narrates

Which Wurmple’s Which? is the 21st episode of Pokémon: Advanced, the sixth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 294th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 297, Bulbapedia code AG021). It first aired in Japan on 17 April 2003 and in the United States on 14 February 2004. It falls within the season’s Dewford Island I: Brawly, Steven & Corphish stretch (EP19–EP24).

Synopsis · Major Events · Trivia · Dub Changes · All episodes

Synopsis

While the Team Rocket Trio try another scheme to steal all the Pokémon of Ash and company, May and Jessie get into an argument over which of their wurmple is better. The wurmples accidentally get switched, but May notices right away the wurmple she has isn’t hers. Jessie, not so much.

Major Events

  • May’s and Jessie’s Wurmple are swapped and swapped back
  • May fails to catch an Octillery and Ash a Corphish
  • Jessie’s Wurmple uses String Shot
  • Mike Pollock becomes the English narrator
  • Corphish debuts

Pokémon making their anime debut

  • CorphishCorphish#0341 · AG021

Trivia

  • The English title plays on "which is which".
  • The screenplay is by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi.
  • This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Hoenn story.

Changes in the English Dub

  • Mr. Stone first called by name (he was “Mr. President” in AG017)
  • Mike Pollock’s first episode as narrator
  • Face Forward Team Rocket! used as background music in Japan

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