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.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis When Ash, Misty, and Brock pause for a picnic by a lake, Politoed wanders off and is mistaken by another trainer for her own Politoed. The trainer neglects her own in favor of Misty's. Can trainer and Pokémon be reunited?

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 in the U.S. exactly one year and one day from it's Japanese airing.
• 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
• German. Folgenschwere Verwechslung
• Italian: I Pokémon pon-pon
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Discúlpame Politoed!
• Iberian Spanish: Politoed el animador
• Brazilian Portuguese: Eu, Politoed, Sim Senhor!

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