EP258
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| Hatch Me If You Can! | |
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| 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! | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | July 25, 2002 |
| USA | August 9, 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 | 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto |
| Assistant director | 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto |
| Animation director | 志村泉 Izumi Shimura |
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 episode 258 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 25, 2002 and in the United States on August 9, 2003.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
Contents |
Synopsis
Major events
- Ash's egg hatches into a Larvitar.
- Ash registers for the Silver Conference.
- Ash agrees to take Larvitar to Mt. Silver.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Cyndaquil (Ash's)
- Larvitar (Ash's, hatched)
- Jumpluff (many)
- Bellossom (three)
- Butterfree (many)
- Pidgey (many)
Trivia
- The 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
- Italian: Paura del mondo
- Latin American Spanish: ¡El nacimiento de Lavitar!
- Spanish: Sal del cascarón si puedes
Categories: Episode stubs | Original series episodes | Episodes written by Hideki Sonoda | Episodes storyboarded and directed by Yoshitaka Fujimoto | Episodes animated by Izumi Shimura | Episodes in which a main character obtains a new Pokémon



