EP258

Hatch Me If You Can

EP258   タマゴをまもれ！あらしのなかでうまれたいのち！ Protecting the Egg! Working Hard with a Newborn!

First broadcast Japan July 25, 2002 United States August 9, 2003

English themes Opening Believe in Me

Japanese themes 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 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Assistant director 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Hatch Me If You Can (Japanese: タマゴをまもれ！あらしのなかでうまれたいのち！ Protecting the Egg! Working Hard with a Newborn!) is the 258th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 25, 2002 and in the United States on August 9, 2003.

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Synopsis

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Ash receives an egg from Prof. Elm, and as the egg hatches into a Larvitar, Ash must help the shy Pokémon find its parents. Unfortunately, Team Rocket has their eye on this rare Pokémon...

Major events

• Ash's egg hatches into a Larvitar.
• Ash registers for the Silver Conference.
• Ash agrees to take Larvitar to Mt. Silver.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Larvitar (Ash's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy (two)
• Professor Elm
• Professor Oak
• Delia

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Swinub

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Larvitar (Ash's, hatched; debut)
• Jumpluff (many)
• Bellossom (three)
• Butterfree (many)
• Pidgey (many)

Trivia

• The English title is based on the phrase "catch me if you can," which also happened to be the title of a movie released around the time the episode debuted in English-speaking countries.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: L'éclosion
• German. Fang das Larvitar!
• Hebrew: צאו מהביצה ts'oo mehabeytsa
• Italian: Paura del mondo
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Pegue-me Se Puder
  • This title was again used in Twice Smitten, Once Shy!.
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Sal del cascarón si puedes
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡El nacimiento de Lavitar!

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