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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · New Bark Town, Larvitar & Mt. Silver arc (EP256–EP264) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 52 · English episode 261 · Japanese episode 264 · Bulbapedia code EP262 |
| English title | You’re a Star, Larvitar! |
| Japanese title | ヨーギラスがんばる! Yōgirasu Ganbaru! — “Do Your Best, Yogiras!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 22 August 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 6 September 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Shinzō Fujita |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Ready Go! – Naomi Tamura · Pokettāri Monsutāri – Kana |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Entei (US) · Magby (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Here’s Lookin’ at You Elekid! (EP261) |
| Next episode | Address Unown! (EP263) |
Plot episodeUS TV season finaleQuilava debut
You’re a Star, Larvitar! is the 52nd episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 261st episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 264, Bulbapedia code EP262). It first aired in Japan on 22 August 2002 and in the United States on 6 September 2003. It falls within the season’s New Bark Town, Larvitar & Mt. Silver stretch (EP256–EP264).
Synopsis
Stopping off at a PokéCenter at the base of Mount Silver, Ash is challenged by Satchel, a trainer with a magby. They battle and Ash realizes his pokémon need a lot more training to compete at the Silver Conference. While he trains his pokémon, Team Rocket attack the other trainers and steals their pokémon including Satchel’s magby. Then Ash accidentally gets caught as well, but the larvitar clings to the gondola of the balloon. Team Rocket doesn’t notice larvitar, but they tie up Ash while loading the rest of the pokémon on a truck.
Misty, Brock, and Satchel set out to find Team Rocket. Noctowl spots the truck and alerts the search party, who follow it to where Team Rocket is. After freeing Ash, Larvitar delays team rocket and under instructions from Ash, helps free the other pokémon. The search party arrives and Satchel sends his magby in to battle Team Rocket. This enables his magby to evolve into a magmar. Together, Ash and Satchel send Team Rocket on their way. Ash and company are now on their way to the Pokémon Preservation Center where larvitar was born.
Major Events
- Mt. Silver foot
- Quilava debut
- Magby main-series debut
- Televised season finale
Pokémon making their anime debut
Quilava#0156 · EP262
Magby#0240 · EP262
Trivia
- The English title plays on “you’re a star”.
- The screenplay is by Shinzō Fujita.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Johto storyline.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Magby in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Entei in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Part of our Pokémon: Master Quest guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.