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The Purr-fect Hero
こどものひだよ！ぜんいんしゅうごう！ It's Children's Day! All Members Gather!
Broadcast dates
Japan	July 9, 1998
USA	September 11, 1999
Theme songs
Opening	Pokémon Theme
Japanese theme songs
Opening	めざせポケモンマスター
Ending	ポケットにファンタジー
Credits
Animation	Team Ota
Screenplay	大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Storyboard	鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
Assistant director	小川浩司 Kōji Ogawa
Animation director	山本郷 Sato Yamamoto

The Purr-fect Hero (Japanese: こどものひだよ！ぜんいんしゅうごう！ It's Children's Day! All Members Gather!) is episode 53 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 9, 1998 and in the United States on September 11, 1999.

The group celebrate Kid's Day by letting a group of children play with their Pokémon. Meowth has to act like a wild Meowth to be a little boy's hero.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Major events 2.1 Debuts 3 Characters 3.1 Humans 3.2 Pokémon 4 Trivia 4.1 Errors 4.2 Dub edits 5 In other languages

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Timmy
• Teacher
• Schoolchildren

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Wartortle

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Starmie (Misty's)
• Horsea (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Zubat (Brock's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Meowth
• Beedrill (flashback)

Trivia

• This episode was originally scheduled to air on Children's Day itself, on May 5, 1998, but was rescheduled in the aftermath of EP038.
• This episode and the preceding air after The Breeding Center Secret in the dub.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Un héros au poil
• Italian: Impevedibile eroe alla riscossa
• Latin American Spanish: ¡El héroe perfecto!
• Spanish: El perfecto héroe