EP021
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| Bye Bye Butterfree | |
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| バイバイバタフリー Bye-Bye Butterfree | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | August 19, 1997 |
| USA | October 5, 1998 |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | Pokémon Theme |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | めざせポケモンマスター |
| Ending | ひゃくごじゅういち |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Ota |
| Screenplay | 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi |
| Storyboard | 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada |
| Assistant director | 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada |
| Animation director | 玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa |
| More credits | |
Bye Bye Butterfree (Japanese: バイバイバタフリー Bye-Bye Butterfree) is episode 21 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 19, 1997 and in the United States on October 5, 1998.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
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Synopsis
Major events
- Ash releases his Butterfree to breed with a pink one.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Butterfree
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Caterpie (Ash's; flashback)
- Metapod (Ash's; flashback)
- Butterfree (Ash's; leaves)
- Staryu (Misty's; flashback)
- Starmie (Misty's)
- Zubat (Brock's; flashback)
- Butterfree (multiple trainers'/released Pokémon, including one pink Butterfree)
Trivia
- This is the first episode in which a main character releases a Pokémon.
- Ash reads the title card in a depressed voice.
Errors
Dub edits
At the end of the episode, the song that plays during the scene of Ash and friends saying goodbye to Butterfree is different in both versions: the Japanese version uses Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, while the English version uses Pokémon Theme.
In other languages
- French: Un Pokémon amoureux
- Dutch: Tot ziens Butterfree
- Italian: Una nuova vita
- Latin American Spanish: Adiós Butterfree.
- European Portuguese: O Adeus de Butterfree
- Brazilian Portuguese: Adeus, Butterfree!
- Russian: Прощай, Баттерфри
- Spanish: Adiós Butterfree
| This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each episode of the Pokémon anime. |
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Categories: Episode stubs | Original series episodes | Episodes written by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi | Episodes storyboarded and directed by Yūji Asada | Episodes animated by Akihiro Tamagawa | Episodes in which a main character releases or gives away a Pokémon | Episodes in which an alternately colored Pokémon appears | Episodes focusing on Ash
