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Moving Pictures

EP187   こおったヒマナッツのなぞ！！ The Mystery of the Frozen Himanuts!!

First broadcast Japan March 1, 2001 United States January 26, 2002

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ぼくのベストフレンドへ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 井上修 Osamu Inoue Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

Moving Pictures (Japanese: こおったヒマナッツのなぞ！！ The Mystery of the Frozen Himanuts!!) is the 187th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 1, 2001 and in the United States on January 26, 2002.

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

Synopsis

In their travels, Ash and friends chance upon their old shutterbug buddy Todd, who is now traveling far and wide in search of the dream photo opportunity - a close-up of the Legendary Pokémon, Articuno. Their reunion is cut short, however, when a chunk of solid ice comes tumbling out of the sky. The group examine the object and discover that a Sunkern is frozen inside. Brock snatches it up and the friends rush it off to be treated at the Pokémon Center.

Todd relates that he saw a lodge earlier and they could they could take it there. At the lodge, they see an old lady named Sophia, who suggests that Brock can put it into a basin of hot water to melt the ice. After a while the ice melts, and Sunkern comes back to life. She then mentions that the lodge is named the Sunflora Lodge, and starts to explain the long, old story behind the naming of the lodge; insisting that the group listen, though they initially find it boring.

As she starts her story, the group realizes that it is actually a sweet but pitiful love story that takes place about 50 years ago between her and her lover, Marcello. Her lover, now her husband Marcello then appears and reveals that it was only some fictitious story that Sophia had cooked up that involved the both of them.

She then proceeds to show them her photo album that contains 49 pictures that they had taken with the hundreds of Sunflora that came to the slope every year on their anniversary. Brock claims that this year would then be their golden anniversary and that the 50th picture would make a special one. Marcello sighs and explains that there wouldn't be one as the weather is unusually cold this year and none of the Sunflora would appear.

But with the only Sunkern that they have, the couple decide that they should still take their 50th anniversary picture. When they reach the slope, the couple tries to come up with another fictional story when Team Rocket decide to show up with their giant snow blower to create trouble. They are buried in snow with no means of defending themselves, as Ash's Pikachu and Bulbasaur are stuck under snow as well.

Sunkern then uses Sunny Day to melts the snow. Ash then commands Bulbasaur to use SolarBeam which destroys the snow blower, followed by Pikachu blasting them off with its Thunderbolt. After sending Team Rocket off, the couple proceeds to take their anniversary picture reluctantly with the only Sunkern they have. Brock then suggests to Ash that he should evolve the Sunkern to Sunflora with the Sun Stone he won as a prize in the Bug-Catching Contest and Ash proclaims that was the only thing that they could do.

Upon evolving, miraculously, many Sunflora come along, and Todd happily takes the couple's 50th anniversary photo. Todd then exclaims that he saw Articuno flying across, and that it must have been Articuno causing the cold weather all along. With that, Ash, Misty, and Brock set off on their journey once again.

Major events

• Todd Snap returns for another three-episode arc.
• Ash uses the Sun Stone he won at the Bug Catching Contest back in The Bug Stops Here to evolve Sunkern into Sunflora.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Sunkern

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Todd Snap
• Sophia
• Marcello

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Pineco

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Articuno
• Sunkern (debut)
• Sunflora (multiple)

Trivia

• This episode marks one of the few times that an item is described by the Pokédex.
  • Other items are the Poké Flute in Wake Up Snorlax! and the Salveyo weed in The Stun Spore Detour.
• This episode marks the first and currently only time that Ash uses an evolutionary stone to make a Pokémon evolve.
  • It also marks the first time that an item belonging to Ash is used to induce a Pokémon's evolution.
• Both this episode and The Light Fantastic share their names with Discworld books.
• This episode references music in the real-world:
  • The episode's English title is also the name of an album by the band Rush.
  • The story of the Sunflora Lodge is based on a song by Tony Orlando and Dawn.

Errors

• In the dub, the Pokédex says that the Sun Stone is used to evolve Gloom into Vileplume. While the Sun Stone will induce evolution in a Gloom, it will become a Bellossom, rather than a Vileplume. The Leaf Stone is the item used to make a Gloom a Vileplume.

• After veiwing Articuno's Pokedex Entry Ash say's "Wow, imagine if it was really real." despite the fact he had previously encounted an Articuno inThe Power of One (M02) and should therefore know that it is real.

Dub edits

• Todd Snap was named as Todd again due to legal issues involving Kellogg's.
• While Ash, Misty and Todd think about how long Sophia's story will be, Brock wonders about if she has any string cheese. The reason for this is probably for comic effect.

In other languages

• Czech: Cesta za fotkou
• French: La photo de mariage
• German. Bewegende Bilder
• Hebrew: אופרת קרח operat hakerakh
• Italian: Nozze d'oro
• Mandarin: 冰凍向日種子之謎！
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Visita ao Vale do Sol
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Fotos de amor
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Las fotos del Recuerdo!

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