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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · Ecruteak, the Egg & the Lake of Rage arc (EP226–EP236) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 22 · English episode 231 · Japanese episode 233 · Bulbapedia code EP231 |
| English title | Dues and Don’ts |
| Japanese title | ロケットだんとデリバード! Roketto-dan to Deribādo! — “Rocket-dan and Delibird!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 10 January 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 25 January 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Takeshi Shudō |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Mezase Pokémon Master (Whiteberry version) – Whiteberry · Maemuki Rocket-dan! (Face Forward Team Rocket!) – Team Rocket |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Smeargle (US) · Delibird (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Hatching a Plan (EP230) |
| Next episode | Just Waiting On a Friend (EP232) |
Plot episodeDelibird debut
Dues and Don’ts is the 22nd episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 231st episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 233, Bulbapedia code EP231). It first aired in Japan on 10 January 2002 and in the United States on 25 January 2003. It falls within the season’s Ecruteak, the Egg & the Lake of Rage stretch (EP226–EP236).
Synopsis
Jessie and James learn they are no longer members of Team Rocket. Meowth isn’t even a registered Team Rocket pokémon. Besides they still owe the organization a large sum of money. A Team Rocket recruiting manager suggests they re-enlist. She gives them an entry test to battle the first random travelers that come along. She even lends them her delibird. Of course the lucky travelers would be Ash, Misty, and Brock. Things are going great for Jessie and James until one of the delibird’s Presents heals Pikachu and he retaliates with Thunder. Well, Giovanni re-hires them in order for them to pay off their debt.
Major Events
- Trio expelled/re-admitted
- Delibird debut (follows them to EP270)
Pokémon making their anime debut
Delibird#0225 · EP231
Trivia
- The English title plays on “dos and don’ts”.
- The screenplay is by Takeshi Shudō.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Johto storyline.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Delibird in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Smeargle in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Changes in the English Dub
- Wendy’s “eradicate” softened (EP231)
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