| Pikachu's Rescue Adventure
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ピカチュウたんけんたい
The Pikachu Expedition
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First broadcast
| Japan
| July 17, 1999
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| United States
| July 21, 2000
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| English themes
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| Japanese themes
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Credits
| Animation
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| Screenplay
| 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda
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| Storyboard
| 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
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| Assistant director
| 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
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| Animation director
| 玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa
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| No additional credits are available at this time.
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Pikachu's Rescue Adventure (Japanese: ピカチュウたんけんたい The Pikachu Expedition) is a short film that was aired with the feature film Pokémon 2000. In it, Pikachu and friends must rescue lost Togepi.
Synopsis
The short begins with Ash, Misty, and Tracey deciding to take a rest. The group brings out all of their Pokémon, and the gang goes off somewhere. While sleeping, Togepi falls down a steep hill and disappears into a hole. Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Marill, Venonat and Psyduck follow Togepi. They end up in a giant tree where Pikachu appears to have lived in before. It is reunited with an old friend, Elekid. Elekid leads the group to Togepi, who has unfortunately been mistaken for an Exeggcute. The five Exeggcute prevent it from leaving without them. Squirtle realizes that the sixth is missing and Togepi is its replacement. Pikachu, Elekid and the others rush off in search of the missing Exeggcute. They encounter a group of Bellossom who perform a musical number with several other Pokémon. Pikachu and Elekid spend some time having fun when they are separated from the others, and briefly encounter Meowth, who has gotten lost while searching for a campsite. A deadly storm soon appears overhead. Its rain, harsh winds and lightning bolts cause mayhem and endanger Togepi and the Exeggcute. Pikachu, the others, a Snorlax and other Pokémon help the Exeggcute and each other until the storm departs. Ironically, a Chansey appears after the storm has passed with the missing Exeggcute. The six Exeggcute are reunited and suddenly evolve into Exeggutor using a Leaf Stone that lies nearby. Pikachu departs with its friends, before heading back to where Ash, Misty and Tracey wait.
Major events
Debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash (the face is never shown)
- Misty (the face is never shown)
- Tracey (the face is never shown)
Pokémon
The Pokémon who helped saved Exeggcute.
There are also many wild Pokémon in this short clip.
Trivia
Errors
Dub edits
Originally, there was supposed to be a narrator narrating the events of the special. The Dub removed the Narrator, however.
In other languages
- Italian: Pikachu - il salvataggio
- Dutch: Pikachu - De Redding
- Czech: Pikachu záchranářem
