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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · New Bark Town, Larvitar & Mt. Silver arc (EP256–EP264) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 51 · English episode 260 · Japanese episode 263 · Bulbapedia code EP261 |
| English title | Here’s Lookin’ at You Elekid! |
| Japanese title | ナナコとエレキッド! Nanako to Erekiddo! — “Nanako and Elekid!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 15 August 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 30 August 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Yukiyoshi Ōhashi |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Ready Go! – Naomi Tamura · Pokettāri Monsutāri – Kana |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Hypno (US) · Elekid (Japan) |
| Previous episode | A Crowning Achievement (EP260) |
| Next episode | You’re a Star, Larvitar! (EP262) |
Plot episodeFirst digitally animated episodeCasey returnsJames loses Victreebel
Here’s Lookin’ at You Elekid! is the 51st episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 260th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 263, Bulbapedia code EP261). It first aired in Japan on 15 August 2002 and in the United States on 30 August 2003. It falls within the season’s New Bark Town, Larvitar & Mt. Silver stretch (EP256–EP264).
Synopsis
While on a picnic, Ash and company are surprised by an elekid. Then they are surprised by Team Rocket capturing the elekid and larvitar. Still more surprises as they are met with Casey and her new meganium who are out in search of the elekid that Team Rocket captured. Everyone then goes off to track down the terrible trio of trouble. Team rocket lose their prey and while searching for it run into the pokémon peddler. The peddler offers a trade for his weepinbell with Sweet Scent, and they trade James’ victreebel for it. Using the weepinbell’s Sweet Scent they are not only able to draw back the pokémon they lost, but help Ash and his friends to find them. During the battle weepinbell evolves into a victreebel and promptly attacks Jessie. Jessie gives it the boot at the same time the pokémon peddler gives Jame’s victreebel the boot. The two pokémon wind up crashing into each other, fall in love, and return to the wild together. Casey makes short work of Team Rocket, then fights and catches the elekid for her home team.
Major Events
- First digitally animated episode
- Casey’s Meganium debut, catches Elekid (Elekid main-series debut)
- James trades Victreebel for Weepinbell → evolves → blasted off
- Jessie’s hair goes magenta
Pokémon making their anime debut
Meganium#0154 · EP261
Elekid#0239 · EP261
Captures and evolutions
- Elekid#0239 · Casey
Weepinbell → Victreebel#0071 · James- Bayleef → Meganium#0154 · Casey · off-screen
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Johto storyline.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Elekid in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Hypno in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
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