| Wish Upon a Star Shape
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ピィとピッピとながれぼし! Py and Pippy and the Shooting Star!
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First broadcast
| Japan
| May 2, 2002
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| United States
| May 3, 2003
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| English themes
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| Japanese themes
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Credits
| Animation
| Team Ota
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| Screenplay
| 武上純希 Junki Takegami
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| Storyboard
| 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto
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| Assistant director
| 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
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| Animation director
| 志村泉 Izumi Shimura
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| Additional credits
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Wish Upon a Star Shape (Japanese: ピィとピッピとながれぼし! Py and Pippy and the Shooting Star!) is the 246th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 2, 2002 and in the United States on May 3, 2003.
Synopsis
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The gang is relaxing in a field when a Cleffa lands on Phanpy, the gang then witness a flying saucer which crashes into a mountain. The Pokémon Myserty Club (PMC, Ken and Mary) appear to get the Cleffa and interrupt Team Rocket’s plan to capture the Cleffa as well. While both Pokémon escape into the forest, PMC, Rocket and Ash all search for them. Ash, Misty and Brock stumble upon the Clefairy rocket ship which needs to be repaired. As PMC and Rocket fight using their machines, the Clefairy steal their machine parts for repair. As the ship leaves, Cleffa evolves into Clefairy and leaves a sad Phanpy behind. Meanwhile, PMC examine crop circles being created by Snorlax.
Major events
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Voltorb (US and international), Py (Japan)
Trivia
- The Clefairy are the same group from Clefairy Tales.
- The English title of this episode is a reference to the phrase Wish upon a Star.
- This episode aired in the US exactly 1 year and 1 day from its Japanese airing.
Errors
- When the Clefairy spaceship first shows up, the color of it is a light gray. However, when the spaceship is seen at the crash site, it is yellow.
Dub edits
In other languages
- French: Mystère autour d'une étoile filante
- German. Vom Himmel gefallen
- Hebrew: פוקימון מעולם אחר Pokémon me'olam akher
- Italian: Misteri dal cosmo
- Portuguese (Brazilian): Um Desejo sob as Estrelas
- Spanish:
- Iberian Spanish: Pide un deseo a un estrellado
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Un deseo con forma de estrella!