AG063

Take the Lombre Home

AG063   EP337 ソルロックとハスブレロ！聖なる森の伝説！ Solrock and Hasubrero! Legend of the Forest!

First broadcast Japan February 12, 2004 United States January 29, 2005

English themes Opening This Dream Ending

Japanese themes Opening アドバンス・アドベンチャー Ending スマイル ②

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 宍戸久美子 Kumiko Shishido Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Take the Lombre Home (Japanese: ソルロックとハスブレロ！聖なる森の伝説！ Solrock and Hasubrero! Legend of the Forest!) is the 63rd episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 337th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 12, 2004 and in the United States on January 29, 2005.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis The gang are now back on the road to the Petalburg City Gym so that Ash can battle Norman for his fifth badge, but before long the gang get thirsty and decide to look for water. During the search, Brock's Lotad accidentally falls down a well. After being recovered, Lotad surprises everyone by evolving into Lombre. Soon, Lombre is approached by a woman requiring Lombre's help chasing a Solrock the gang encountered earlier out of her town so the recent drought will end.

Major events

• Brock's Lotad evolves into Lombre.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Lombre (Brock's)
• Solrock

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Mary

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Camerupt

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Lotad (Brock's, evolves)
• Lombre (Brock's, newly evolved; debut)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Solrock (debut)
• Zubat
• Oddish
• Bellossom
• Seedot
• Shroomish

Trivia

• This episode's English dub title is a reference to the song, Take the Long Way Home, by Supertramp.
• In the case of the Italian dub, the title references the famous song O sole mio.
• For the Spanish dub, as Lombre sounds similar to the word hombre, the title is a play on the saying Pon un hombre en tu casa.

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, which one of these Pokémon is the best choice to battle Roselia?
• Choices: Electabuzz, Grovyle, Camerupt
• Answer: Ok, Trainers! If you chose Camerupt, you were right!

Errors

• When Team Rocket blasts off in the beginning of the episode, Jessie's Seviper is seen, even though she never called for it.
• When Team Rocket said that Solrock would dry Giovanni's hair with an Ember, it is shown using Flamethrower. In addition, Solrock cannot learn Ember in any case.
• When Brock pulls up Lotad, its pupils are gone.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		太陽岩與蓮帽小童，神聖森林的傳說！
Finnish		Lombre kuivalla maalla
European French		La source de leurs ennui
German		Der Lord des Wassers
Hebrew		לומברה וסולרוק Lombre veSolrock
Italian		O Solrock mio!
Portuguese	Brazil	Lombre, o Senhor da Água
	Portugal	Levem o Lombre Para Casa
Spanish	Latin America	¡Lombre, el señor del agua!
	Spain	Pon un Lombre en tu casa

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