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Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon? (Japanese: ニドランのこいものがたり Nidoran's Love Story) is episode 100 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 10, 1999 and in the United States on April 22, 2000.

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

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

• Nidorina
• Nidorino

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Ralph
• Emily
• Old Chef

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Venonat

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Marill (Tracey's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Pidgey (Emily's; flashback)
• Caterpie (Emily's; flashback)
• Raticate (Emily's; flashback)
• Vulpix (Emily's; flashback)
• Oddish (Emily's; flashback)
• Nidoran♀ (Emily's; nicknamed "Maria", evolves)
• Nidorina (Emily's; nicknamed "Maria", newly evolved)
• Pidgey (Ralph's; flashback)
• Caterpie (Ralph's; flashback)
• Raticate (Ralph's; flashback)
• Vulpix (Ralph's; flashback)
• Oddish (Ralph's; flashback)
• Nidoran♂ (Ralph's; nicknamed "Tony", evolves)
• Nidorino (Ralph's; nicknamed "Tony", newly evolved)

Trivia

• The plot for this episode is based on William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" play. Likewise, this episode's dub title is a reference to a popular line in the play, "Where for art thou, Romeo?"
• The names of the two Nidoran, Tony and Maria, are taken from the musical "West Side Story" which is also based on Romeo and Juliet.
• This episode mentions that Ralph and Emily like to compete in Pokémon contests, though it is unknown if these contests are the same as those introduced later on in the games.
• This is the 100th episode of the entire Pokémon anime, if Holiday Hi-Jynx and Snow Way Out are counted as episodes.
• When Jessie is talking about matters of the heart, her fantasy/flashback portrays her similarly to Scarlett O'Hara from the movie Gone with the Wind
• Professor Oak's lecture: Kabuto. In the end, Oak picks up a Kabuto fossil, but accidentally drops it on his own foot.
• Pokémon senryu summary: At the bottom of the ocean, Kabuto, lies resting.

Errors

• In the beginning of the episode, there is a dubbing error in which the narrator says Ash defeated Prima in the previous episode. In reality, Ash was actually defeated by Prima and not the other way around.
• When Nidoran♀ and Nidoran♂ evolve into Nidorina and Nidorino, Tracey and Ash's Pokédex identifies both incorrectly as Nidorina.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Amour rime avec toujours

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