EP203

The Screen Actor's Guilt

EP203   ムチュールにもうむちゅう!!スーパースターはポケモンがおすき？ Muchul is Daydreaming!! Do Superstars Like Pokémon?

First broadcast Japan June 21, 2001 United States June 1, 2002

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター (Whiteberry) Ending 前向きロケット団！

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

The Screen Actor's Guilt (Japanese: ムチュールにもうむちゅう!!スーパースターはポケモンがおすき？ Muchul is Daydreaming!! Do Superstars Like Pokémon?) is the 203rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 21, 2001 and in the United States on June 1, 2002.

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Synopsis

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When Brock is later mistaken for a celebrity, Smoochum, Togepi, and Pikachu start following a robotic Skiploom...

Major events

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Smoochum

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Brad Van Darn
• Vidso

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Murkrow

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Smoochum (Brad's, Smoochy; debut)
• Charizard (in Vidso's fantasy)
• Houndoom (in Vidso's fantasy)

Trivia

• This episode's English title is a reference to the Screen Actors Guild.
• This is the third episode in which Pikachu imitates other characters in the anime. The others are Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden and For Crying Out Loud.
  • This time it mimics Noctowl, Cyndaquil, Totodile and Wobuffet.
    • The imitation of Wobbuffet makes this episode the first in which Pikachu mimics a Pokémon not belonging to Ash or Misty.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Sacrés Acteurs
• German. Die große Show
• Hebrew: נשיקה קטלנית neshika katlanit
• Italian: Una star dal cuore tenero
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Um Beijo Doce Demais
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: El superhéroe del cine
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡La imágen del actor!

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