EP249

I Politoed Ya So!
ニョロトノのチアリーディング！ Nyorotono and Cheerleading!
Broadcast dates
Japan	May 23, 2002
USA	May 24, 2003
Theme songs
Opening	Believe in Me
Japanese theme songs
Opening	Ready Go!
Ending	ポケッターリ・モンスターリ
Credits
Animation	Team Ota
Screenplay	園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda
Storyboard	よこた和 Kazu Yokota
Assistant director	大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi
Animation director	たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda
Additional credits are currently unavailable.

I Politoed Ya So! (Japanese: ニョロトノのチアリーディング！ Nyorotono's Cheerleading!) is episode 249 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 23, 2002 and in the United States on May 24, 2003.

When Misty's Politoed gets mixed up with another Politoed, its trainer neglects her own in favour of Misty's. Can trainer and Pokémon be reunited?

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Tammy

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Totodile

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Politoed (Misty's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Politoed (Tammy's; nicknamed Bean)
• Bellossom (Tammy's; five)
• Sunflora (Tammy's; three)
• Jumpluff (Tammy's; three)

Seen at the picnic:

• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Phanpy (Ash's)
• Corsola (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Crobat (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)

Trivia

• At one point, James refers to Jessie as "dearest".
• 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
• Italian: I Pokémon pon-pon
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Discúlpame Politoed!
• Spanish: Politoed el animador

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