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Twice Smitten, Once Shy (Japanese: パチリスゲットで……大丈夫!? I'll Get Pachirisu……Any Need to Worry!?) is the 19th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series. It originally aired in Japan on February 8, 2007, and in the United States on July 5 of that year.

Dawn catches a Pachirisu but it turns out to be too mischievous to handle. Dawn releases it but by the time she starts to doubt her decision, Jessie has already taken an interest in the electric Pokémon.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Dawn captures, releases and recaptures a Pachirisu.
• Jessie attempts and fails to capture Pachirisu.

Debuts

• Pachirisu (Dawn's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's; debut; newly captured)

Trivia

• Dawn reads the title card.
• Dawn capturing Pachirisu is the first time since Ash caught Pikachu in Pokémon - I Choose You! that a main character has captured, received, or hatched an Template:Type2 Pokémon.
• This is the first episode when a character releases a Pokémon and then recaptures it, not to be confused with the episode in which Ash trades his Butterfree for a Raticate and then trades back.
• The cold open format for this episode is a selection of two scenes from later in the episode, instead of a single scene.
• The instrumental version, the TV cut and the ballad version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ are used as background music.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Brock's Sudowoodo

The footage in this segment is from Leave It To Brocko and Wild in the Streets.

• Pokémon senryū: しんかして　もうなかないよ　ウソッキー "You've evolved, so don't cry anymore, Usokkie."
• The next episode preview is narrated by Ash and J.
• The dub title is a reference to the phrase "Once bitten, twice shy".

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Pegue-Me Se Puder!
• Italian: Un Pokémon molto vivace & La decisione di Pachirisu
• Latin American Spanish ¡Una nueva conquista!
• Dutch: Maak je geen zorgen!

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