EP244

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Enlighten Up! (Japanese: ヤドンのさとり！サトシのさとり！ Yadon's Comprehension! Satoshi's Comprehension!) is the 244th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 18, 2002 and in the United States on April 26, 2003.

The group visit a temple dedicated to finding enlightenment. While Ash is eager to try it for himself, Team Rocket are more interested in stealing a gold statue.

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

Synopsis

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Major events

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Gary (flashback)
• Madeleine
• Giovanni (fantasy)
• Temple students
• Temple priest (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Noctowl

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Delibird (Team Rocket's)
• Persian (Giovanni's) (fantasy)
• Slowpoke (Madeleine's; evolves)
• Slowbro (Madeleine's; newly evolved)
• Slowpoke (many; flashback)
• Butterfree (two)
• Hitmonchan (Temple student's)
• Hitmonlee (Temple student's)

Pokémon in the lake

• Goldeen (Giant)
• Seaking
• Magikarp
• Gyarados
• Chinchou
• Lanturn
• Shellder

Trivia

• This is the last episode ever written by the anime's original chief writer, Takeshi Shudō.
• The English title of this episode is a pun of the saying Lighten up.

Errors

• Brock says that his hometown is "Flint City", while he is actually from Pewter City. Flint is his father.
• Madeleine mentions that "Slowpoke is just a name that humans invented". This may be true in the games but is doubtful in the anime, where most Pokémon can say their names even right after being born, what implies that Pokémon in the anime were supposed to be named after their "natural" cries.

Dub edits

• During the meditiation scene, Brock's fantasy of Madeleine was cut from the English dub.
• The sound effects of the paddle hits during the meditation scene are much louder in the original Japanese version.

In other languages

• French: Eveillez-vous
• Italian: L'illuminazione
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Ilumínate!
• Spanish: Iluminados

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