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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · The road to Blackthorn arc (EP239–EP250) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 35 · English episode 244 · Japanese episode 246 · Bulbapedia code EP244 |
| English title | Enlighten Up! |
| Japanese title | ヤドンのさとり! サトシのさとり! Yadon no Satori! Satoshi no Satori! — “Yadon’s Comprehension! Satoshi’s Comprehension!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 18 April 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 26 April 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Takeshi Shudō |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Ready Go! – Naomi Tamura · Pokettāri Monsutāri – Kana |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Noctowl (US) · Slowpoke (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Same Old Song and Dance (EP243) |
| Next episode | Will the Real Oak Please Stand Up? (EP245) |
Filler / stand-alone episodeTakeshi Shudō’s last script
Enlighten Up! is the 35th episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 244th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 246, Bulbapedia code EP244). It first aired in Japan on 18 April 2002 and in the United States on 26 April 2003. It falls within the season’s The road to Blackthorn stretch (EP239–EP250).
Synopsis
Ash and company arrive at Slowpoke Lake aka the Lake of Enlightenment. Waiting for them is Team Rocket. The two teams decide to have an outright battle, but are interrupted by the arrival of a slowpoke and Madeline, a student cleric at the Slowpoke Temple. Ash and company and Team Rocket decide to stay for a while to become enlightened. Actually, Team Rocket decide to bide their time while they come up with a plan to steal the statue. True to form, Team Rocket bungle again and fail in their attempt to steal the statue. While the young cleric displays her unwavering faith in the slowpoke. Ash and company go on their way, but Team Rocket are left behind for more “training”.
Major Events
- Last episode written by Takeshi Shudō
Trivia
- The English title plays on “lighten up”.
- The screenplay is by Takeshi Shudō — his final script for the series.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Johto story.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Slowpoke in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Noctowl in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Changes in the English Dub
- Brock’s Madeleine fantasy removed and paddle-hit covered by an impact flash
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