EP249

I Politoed Ya So! (Japanese: ニョロトノのチアリーディング！ Nyorotono's Cheerleading!) is the 249th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 23, 2002 and in the United States on May 24, 2003.

When Misty's Politoed gets mixed up with another Politoed, its trainer neglects her own in favor of Misty's. Can trainer and Pokémon be reunited?

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
• Tammy

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Totodile

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Phanpy (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Politoed (Misty's)
• Corsola (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Crobat (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Politoed (Tammy's; nicknamed Bean)
• Bellossom (Tammy's; five)
• Sunflora (Tammy's; three)
• Jumpluff (Tammy's; three)

Trivia

• This episode aired exactly 1 year and 1 day from it's Japanese airing.
• At one point, James refers to Jessie as "dearest".
• The English title of this episode is a pun of the phrase I told you so.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Un Tarpaud peut en cacher un autre
• Italian: I Pokémon pon-pon
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Discúlpame Politoed!
• Spanish: Politoed el animador

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