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'''I Feel Skitty!''' (Japanese: '''エネコとアロマテラピー！''' ''{{tt|Eneco|Skitty}} and Aromatherapy!'') is the 47th episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, and the 321st episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 16, 2003 and in the United States on October 23, 2004.
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'''I Feel Skitty!''' (Japanese: '''エネコとアロマテラピー！''' ''{{tt|Eneco|Skitty}} and Aromatherapy!'') is the 47th episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]'', and the 321st episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 16, 2003, and in the United States on October 23, 2004.


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==Blurb==
==Blurb==
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<i>May is practicing for her next Pokémon Contest, when Torchic finds a Skitty in the bushes. May wants to catch it, but it's too sick to battle. Brock leads the group to the Greenhouse, where Skitty can be healed using Aromatherapy.
<i>May is practicing for her next Pokémon Contest, when Torchic finds a Skitty in the bushes. May wants to catch it, but it's too sick to battle. Brock leads the group to the Greenhouse, where Skitty can be healed using Aromatherapy.


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==Plot==
==Plot==
The scene opens with {{an|May}} {{pkmn|training}} {{TP|May|Beautifly}} for the next [[Pokémon Contest]], while {{Ash}}, [[Max]], {{an|Brock}} and {{TP|May|Torchic}} look on. May throws a Frisbee and Beautifly uses {{m|Gust}} and successfully sends it back to May, who catches it. May, repeats the trick and succeeds again. The third time, however, May overthrows the Frisbee, which careens off into the forest. May asks if her Torchic would please fetch it for her. Torchic agrees and begins to run after it. Alas, the hill it's running on becomes much too steep, and it runs headfirst into a large boulder. Remarkably, it is unfazed and sees the disc on the ground nearby. As Torchic goes to pick it up, it hears something whining in a bush. It jumps after the unknown creature just as May and the others reach the bottom of the hill and call Torchic's name. Ash hears Torchic in the bushes and the gang goes into the bushes to discover Torchic and what appears to be an injured or sick {{p|Skitty}} with Torchic beside it.
{{an|May}} is {{pkmn|training}} {{TP|May|Beautifly}} for the next [[Pokémon Contest]], while the boys and {{TP|May|Torchic}} look on. May tosses a frisbee and Beautifly uses {{m|Gust}} and successfully sends it back to May, who catches it. May, repeats the trick and succeeds again. The third time, however, May overthrows the frisbee, which careens off into the forest. May asks if her Torchic would please fetch it for her. Torchic agrees and begins to run after it, which leads it down a steep hill and headfirst into a large boulder. Remarkably, it is unfazed and goes to pick up the nearby frisbee when it hears something whining in the grass. It jumps after the unknown creature just as May and the others reach the bottom of the hill and call Torchic's name. {{Ash}} hears Torchic's chirping in the tall grass, so everyone walks through and they discover Torchic and ill-looking {{TP|May|Skitty}} beside it.
[[File:Skitty Fragrance Treatment.png|thumb|left|250px|Skitty being treated with a fragrance]]
Ash looks Skitty up on his [[Pokédex]], and May comments that it is so cute that she must catch it. She sends out Torchic to battle, but when Skitty doesn't react, she realizes there is something wrong with it. {{an|Brock}} attempts to feed it some of his handmade [[Pokémon food]], but Skitty does not accept it. Brock declares he knows exactly what to do, and promptly leads everyone to an aromatherapy laboratory known as [[The Greenhouse]]. Ash is clueless as to what aromatherapy exactly means, so Brock explains that it is a method of healing using fragrances. A woman in a lab coat notices the group standing at the front entrance and asks if she can help them. Brock is immediately overcome with love and recognizes the woman as [[Eliza]], the therapist featured in an infomercial for the facility. [[Max]] pulls Brock away by the ear as May explains something is amiss with Skitty. Inside, Eliza gives the group a tour, where she explains that she mixes the {{m|Sweet Scent}}s of Pokémon with aromatic herbs and flowers to create healing remedies. May shows Eliza the Skitty, and she reports that is merely experiencing fatigue, not sickness. The aromatherapist concocts a brew right before their eyes, and places it in an aerosol device to spread it into the air. May decides to watch over Skitty as it recovers, and in the meantime Eliza takes the boys through the gardens. Meanwhile, {{TRT}} hovers over The Greenhouse in their [[Team Rocket's mechas|balloon]]. {{MTR}} proposes an [[Boss fantasy|ambitious vision]], declaring they give all of the fragrances to the {{an|Giovanni|boss}} to get a promotion. [[James]] adds that the perfumes are only for Pokémon, so [[Jessie]] suggests they’ll use the stolen goods on their own Pokémon.


The scene opens with the gang gathered around the Skitty. Ash looks it up on his Pokédex, and May comments that it is so cute and she must catch it. She sends out Torchic to battle, but when the Skitty doesn't react, she realizes there is something wrong with it. Brock attempts to feed it some of his world-famous Pokémon Food mix, but the Skitty does not accept it. Brock declares he knows exactly what to do, and begins leading the gang to an unknown location. As they approach what appears to be a large mansion, many Grass Pokémon are about. Brock then announces that this is [[The Greenhouse]], a Pokémon aromatherapy laboratory. Ash is clueless as to what aromatherapy exactly means, so Brock explains that it is a method of healing using fragrances. A beautiful woman in a lab coat walks up, and Brock obviously goes crazy. He also says her name is Eliza, which he knows about through an infomercial. May explains their problem, and Eliza is more than happy to help. Inside, Eliza is giving the gang a tour and explaining some of the materials The Greenhouse stores. May shows Eliza the Skitty, and she reports that is merely experiencing fatigue, not sickness. The aromatherapist then concocts a brew right before their eyes, and places it in what appears to be some sort of fragrance distribution device. She explains once Skitty gets a good rest while breathing that fragrance in, it should be just fine. May requests to stay with Skitty, and Eliza agrees.
The boys return sometime later to find Skitty awakening, and much more energetic than before. Eliza walks in, and Brock leaps at her, but Max pulls him back for the fifth time so far. Skitty adorably chases after its own tail before turning its attention to {{AP|Pikachu}}'s tail, though May intervenes. Eliza gives Skitty some food to keep up its strength, though May decides it the perfect time to try and catch Skitty. She calls out Torchic. Skitty, however makes the first move and bowls Torchic over with a {{m|Tackle}}. Torchic recovers and strikes Skitty with a {{m|Quick Attack}}. As May prepares to throw her {{i|Poké Ball}}, Team Rocket smashes a nearby window to get into the lab. After performing their {{motto}}, Jessie calls on {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}} to create a {{m|Haze}}. The Rocket trio get to work filling their loot bags with perfumes. During the heist, Skitty runs up to Meowth, who appears enraptured by Skitty's cat-like charm. James bags some perfume, but Brock bravely tackles him, knocking some perfume onto the floor. The spilled liquids mix together to create a repulsive scent for humans, though the Pokémon are slaphappy. Team Rocket leaps out the window and tries to escape in their balloon. Before they can lift off, Brock tackles James and takes the bag of perfume he was holding. Jessie orders Seviper to retaliate, but [[Ash's Corphish]] sends it backwards with a {{m|Bubble Beam}}. James sends out {{TP|James|Cacnea}} and it uses {{m|Pin Missile}}, but Corphish's {{m|Harden}} nulls the attack. James is distracted by some {{p|Weepinbell}}, though Jessie refuses to change the plans as she and Meowth begin to fly off without him. Corphish uses {{m|Crabhammer}}, knocking James and Cacnea into the swiftly ascending balloon. Ash sends out {{AP|Taillow}}, who uses {{m|Wing Attack}}, causing Team Rocket to blast off.  


Meanwhile, Eliza is giving the rest of the gang a tour of the premises. The scene cuts to {{TRT}} hovering over The Greenhouse in their balloon. Meowth has an [[Boss fantasy|ambitious vision]] of them presenting the boss with the fragrance and him rewarding them. The gang returns to find Skitty awakening, and much more energetic than before. Eliza walks in, and Brock leaps at her, but Max pulls him back for the fifth time so far. Skitty plays with Pikachu's tail and eats some lunch. May then sends out Torchic to battle the Skitty. The battle was almost over, but Team Rocket breaks in and says their motto. Seviper fires a haze, and Skitty runs up to Meowth, who appears enraptured by Skitty's cat-like charm. James bags some perfume, but Brock bravely tackles him, knocking some perfume onto the floor and mixing their scents. This creates a scent which is repulsive to the humans, but seems to make the Pokémon slaphappy. Team Rocket jumps out the window and tries to escape in their balloon. Before they can lift off, Brock tackles James and takes the bag of perfume he was holding. Jessie sends out Seviper and attempts to steal them back, but Corphish performs a {{m|Bubble Beam}}, knocking Seviper over. James sends out Cacnea and uses {{m|Pin Missile}}, but Corphish's {{m|Harden}} nulls the attack. James is then distracted by some Weepinbell. Corphish uses {{m|Crabhammer}}, knocking James into the swiftly ascending balloon. Ash sends out {{AP|Taillow}}, who uses {{m|Wing Attack}}, causing Team Rocket to blast off once again. May announces she can't find Skitty. Team Rocket discovers Skitty in a bag of perfume. Jessie announces that she wants it, and Meowth is distressed. Meowth takes Skitty away and tells it to run away. He can's convince it, but he throws a rock and the Skitty chases it. Taillow leads Ash and the gang to Team Rocket's crashed balloon. Eliza's Oddish uses {{m|Sweet Scent}}, to lure Skitty to them. Meowth and Wobbuffet are also lured by it and so Team Rocket meets up with Ash and the gang. Skitty walks out of a bush, causing May and Jessie to battle over it. Jessie uses Dustox, and May uses Beautifly. May wins, and then Ash tells Pikachu to use a {{m|Thunderbolt}} on Team Rocket. They blast off. Skitty willingly goes into May's Poké Ball. The episode ends with the prospect of the team finally making to [[Fallarbor Town]].
Afterwards, Brock reveals to Eliza that he could only recover one bag, though she is pessimistic. May than announces she can't find Skitty. Meanwhile, Team Rocket soon discovers Skitty in their loot bag of perfume. Jessie announces that she wants it, and Meowth is distressed. Meowth takes Skitty aside and tells it to run away. His attempts to warn it fail, so he throws a stone, and Skitty chases after it. Jessie soon approaches Meowth, and after learning that Skitty has escaped she kicks him into submission. Meowth, however, is simply glad that Skitty will escape the fate of never ending Team Rocket blast offs and defeat.
 
Taillow leads Ash and the others to Team Rocket's crashed balloon. With Skitty nowhere to be seen, Eliza has her {{p|Oddish}} use Sweet Scent to lure Skitty directly to them. Meowth and {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} are also attracted to the aroma, leading Jessie and James to the [[twerp]]s. Skitty soon emerges from the shrubbery, causing May and Jessie to battle over it. Jessie uses {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}}, and May selects Beautifly. May has Beautifly whip up a Gust, but Dustox flies through the winds and tries a Tackle attack. Beautifly evades Dustox’s follow up {{m|Psybeam}}s before retaliating with a direct Tackle. As Dustox hurtles towards the ground, Beautifly sends another Gust at it, blowing all of Team Rocket into their crashed balloon. Ash takes over and has Pikachu use a {{m|Thunderbolt}}, which sends Team Rocket blasting off.
 
May picks up Skitty and declares that she is going to catch it. Surprisingly, Skitty begins pawing at the Poké Ball in May's hand and soon enters into it, essentially catching itself by accident. May is overjoyed and happily declares that she has a new friend. Later, Eliza directs the group to the most direct road towards [[Fallarbor Town]] and bids them farewell. Brock lunges towards her once again, though Max is quick to pull him away. Surprising everyone, Skitty suddenly pops out of its Poké Ball on its own, running in circles for a moment before May picks it up.


==Major events==
==Major events==
[[File:May catches Skitty.png|thumb|220px|May after catching Skitty]]
* [[May's Torchic]] is revealed to know {{m|Quick Attack}}.
* [[May's Torchic]] is revealed to know {{m|Quick Attack}}.
* {{an|May}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{TP|May|Skitty}}.
* {{an|May}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{TP|May|Skitty}}.
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[[File:PTC AG047.png|thumb|200px|Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]
[[File:PTC AG047.png|thumb|200px|Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]
[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]: {{p|Weezing}}
[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]: {{p|Weezing}}
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* [[James]] wants to catch another {{p|Weepinbell}}, presumably as a replacement for his {{TP|James|Victreebel}}.
* [[James]] fawning over the {{p|Weepinbell}} at the greenhouse is a reference to his {{TP|James|Victreebel}}.
* This episode's English title is a pun of the song "I Feel Pretty" from the Broadway Musical, ''{{wp|West Side Story}}''.
* This episode's English title is a pun of the song "I Feel Pretty" from the {{wp|Broadway theatre|Broadway}} musical, ''{{wp|West Side Story}}''.
** Team Rocket's outfits as they give their motto are in reference to {{wp|William Shakespeare}}'s play ''{{wp|Romeo and Juliet}}'' (which ''West Side Story'' is an adaptation of), and they also are the same ones from ''[[EP028|Pokémon Fashion Flash]]'' and ''[[EP088|In the Pink]]''.
* {{TRT}}'s outfits as they give their {{motto}} are in [[List of references to popular culture in Pokémon|reference]] to the manga series ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''. They also wore the same outfits in ''[[EP028|Pokémon Fashion Flash]]'' and ''[[EP088|In the Pink]]''.
* The Finnish title of the episode is a reference to ''{{wp|Much Ado About Nothing}}'' (''Paljon melua tyhjästä''), a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare.  
* The {{pmin|Finland|Finnish}} title of the episode is a reference to ''{{wp|Much Ado About Nothing}}'' (''Paljon melua tyhjästä''), a romantic comedy by {{wp|William Shakespeare}}.
* This is the first episode where [[Max]] pulls Brock from the ear when he falls in love with a girl. Max had earlier seen {{an|Misty}} doing the same thing in ''[[AG044|The Princess and the Togepi]]'' and ''[[AG045|A Togepi Mirage!]]''.
* This is the first episode where [[Max]] pulls Brock from the ear when he falls in love with a girl. Max had earlier seen {{an|Misty}} doing the same thing in ''[[AG044|The Princess and the Togepi]]'' and ''[[AG045|A Togepi Mirage!]]''.
* This episode is featured on ''Volume 17: Skitty'' from [[Viz Media]]'s {{OBP|Pokémon All-Stars|Region 1}} series.
* This episode is featured on ''Volume 17: Skitty'' from [[Viz Media]]'s {{OBP|Pokémon All-Stars|Region 1}} series.
* When [[James]] chooses {{TP|James|Cacnea}}, it doesn't run into him.
* When [[James]] sends out {{TP|James|Cacnea}}, it doesn't hug him.
* While the Pokémon Trainer's Choice is correct at the time of this episode's airing, as of [[Generation VI]], {{p|Marill}} would also be an effective choice as it resists {{t|Bug}}.


===Errors===
===Errors===
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===Dub edits===
===Dub edits===
* In the English dub, Brock says that they use fragrances to heal Pokémon and that he saw it in an infomercial on TV. He also tells Eliza that she is more beautiful than she is on TV. In the original Japanese version, he says he read about the place in a magazine article.
* The scene where Jessie kicks Meowth around is shortened in the English dub.
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AG047 Dub Edit.png|The scene shortened in the dub
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====[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]====
====[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]====
* Question: Trainers, Which Pokémon would be the best choice to battle against {{p|Silcoon}}?
* Question: Trainers, which Pokémon would be the best choice to battle against {{p|Silcoon}}?
* Choices: {{p|Sableye}}, {{p|Marill}}, {{p|Weezing}}
* Choices: {{p|Sableye}}, {{p|Marill}}, {{p|Weezing}}
* Answer: OK, Trainers! If you chose {{p|Weezing}}, you were right!
* Answer: OK, Trainers! If you chose Weezing, you were right!


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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|zh_cmn={{tt|向尾喵與芳香療法！|Skitty and Aromatherapy!}}
|zh_cmn={{tt|向尾喵與芳香療法！|Skitty and Aromatherapy!}}
|nl={{tt|Hier is Skitty!|Here is Skitty!}}
|nl={{tt|Hier is Skitty!|Here is Skitty!}}
|da={{tt|Alle elsker Skitty|Everybody loves Skitty}}
|da={{tt|Alle elsker Skitty!|Everybody loves Skitty!}}
|de={{tt|Wenn Düfte durch die Lüfte ziehn...|When fragrances draft through the air...}}
|de={{tt|Wenn Düfte durch die Lüfte ziehen...|When fragrances draft through the air...}}
|fi={{tt|Paljon melua Skittystä|Much ado about Skitty}}
|fi={{tt|Paljon melua Skittystä|Much ado about Skitty}}
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|pt_br={{tt|O Skitty!|The Skitty!}}
|pt_eu={{tt|O Irrequieto Skitty!|The Restless Skitty!}}
|pt_eu={{tt|O Irrequieto Skitty!|The Restless Skitty!}}
|ru={{tt|Хочу Скитти!|I want a skitty!}}
|es_la={{tt|¡Salvando a Skitty!|Rescuing Skitty!}}
|es_la={{tt|¡Salvando a Skitty!|Rescuing Skitty!}}
|es_eu={{tt|El dulce Skitty|The cute Skitty}}
|es_eu={{tt|El dulce Skitty|The cute Skitty}}
|sv={{tt|En doft av Pokémon|A scent of Pokémon}}
|sv={{tt|En doft av Pokémon!|A scent of Pokémon!}}
|ru={{tt|Хочу Скитти!|}}
|ko={{tt|스키티랑 포켓몬 아로마테라피|Skitty and Pokémon Aromatherapy}}
|ko={{tt|스키티랑 포켓몬 아로마테라피|Skitty and Pokémon Aromatherapy}}
|hi=May का नया पोकेमोन, Skitty! {{tt|''May ka naya Pokemon, Skitty!|May's new Pokémon, Skitty!}} {{tt|*|Hungama dub}}
|hi=May का नया पोकेमोन, Skitty! {{tt|''May ka naya Pokemon, Skitty!|May's new Pokémon, Skitty!}} {{tt|*|Hungama dub}}
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I Feel Skitty!
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AG047   EP321
エネコとアロマテラピー！
Eneco and Aromatherapy!
First broadcast
Japan October 16, 2003
United States October 23, 2004
English themes
Opening This Dream
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening アドバンス・アドベンチャー
Ending そこに空があるから
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane
Additional credits

I Feel Skitty! (Japanese: エネコとアロマテラピー！ Eneco and Aromatherapy!) is the 47th episode of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, and the 321st episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 16, 2003, and in the United States on October 23, 2004.

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Blurb

May is practicing for her next Pokémon Contest, when Torchic finds a Skitty in the bushes. May wants to catch it, but it's too sick to battle. Brock leads the group to the Greenhouse, where Skitty can be healed using Aromatherapy.

Eliza the therapist shows the kids her fragrance collection and uses a special mixture to make Skitty better while it sleeps. Meanwhile, Team Rocket flies overhead in a balloon and decides to steal some fragrance for their Pokémon.

Skitty wakes up feeling much better, and May battles it using Torchic. Her attempt to catch Skitty is interrupted by Team Rocket bursting in. Jessie's Seviper uses Haze, causing a lot of confusion. Meowth completely falls for Skitty.

Team Rocket flees, but Ash's Taillow wrecks their balloon. They manage to get away with one bag, finding Skitty inside. Jessie claims it as her own, much to Meowth's dismay. He helps Skitty run away.

May and friends locate Team Rocket, and Jessie and May get into a fight over who gets to catch Skitty. May's Beautifly knocks out Jessie's Dustox. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt to send Team Rocket blasting away.

May takes out her Poké Ball to catch Skitty, but Skitty knocks it out of her hand and jumps into it. As they're walking away, Skitty jumps out of the Poké Ball.

Plot

May is training Beautifly for the next Pokémon Contest, while the boys and Torchic look on. May tosses a frisbee and Beautifly uses Gust and successfully sends it back to May, who catches it. May, repeats the trick and succeeds again. The third time, however, May overthrows the frisbee, which careens off into the forest. May asks if her Torchic would please fetch it for her. Torchic agrees and begins to run after it, which leads it down a steep hill and headfirst into a large boulder. Remarkably, it is unfazed and goes to pick up the nearby frisbee when it hears something whining in the grass. It jumps after the unknown creature just as May and the others reach the bottom of the hill and call Torchic's name. Ash hears Torchic's chirping in the tall grass, so everyone walks through and they discover Torchic and ill-looking Skitty beside it.

Skitty being treated with a fragrance

Ash looks Skitty up on his Pokédex, and May comments that it is so cute that she must catch it. She sends out Torchic to battle, but when Skitty doesn't react, she realizes there is something wrong with it. Brock attempts to feed it some of his handmade Pokémon food, but Skitty does not accept it. Brock declares he knows exactly what to do, and promptly leads everyone to an aromatherapy laboratory known as The Greenhouse. Ash is clueless as to what aromatherapy exactly means, so Brock explains that it is a method of healing using fragrances. A woman in a lab coat notices the group standing at the front entrance and asks if she can help them. Brock is immediately overcome with love and recognizes the woman as Eliza, the therapist featured in an infomercial for the facility. Max pulls Brock away by the ear as May explains something is amiss with Skitty. Inside, Eliza gives the group a tour, where she explains that she mixes the Sweet Scents of Pokémon with aromatic herbs and flowers to create healing remedies. May shows Eliza the Skitty, and she reports that is merely experiencing fatigue, not sickness. The aromatherapist concocts a brew right before their eyes, and places it in an aerosol device to spread it into the air. May decides to watch over Skitty as it recovers, and in the meantime Eliza takes the boys through the gardens. Meanwhile, Team Rocket hovers over The Greenhouse in their balloon. Meowth proposes an ambitious vision, declaring they give all of the fragrances to the boss to get a promotion. James adds that the perfumes are only for Pokémon, so Jessie suggests they’ll use the stolen goods on their own Pokémon.

The boys return sometime later to find Skitty awakening, and much more energetic than before. Eliza walks in, and Brock leaps at her, but Max pulls him back for the fifth time so far. Skitty adorably chases after its own tail before turning its attention to Pikachu's tail, though May intervenes. Eliza gives Skitty some food to keep up its strength, though May decides it the perfect time to try and catch Skitty. She calls out Torchic. Skitty, however makes the first move and bowls Torchic over with a Tackle. Torchic recovers and strikes Skitty with a Quick Attack. As May prepares to throw her Poké Ball, Team Rocket smashes a nearby window to get into the lab. After performing their motto, Jessie calls on Seviper to create a Haze. The Rocket trio get to work filling their loot bags with perfumes. During the heist, Skitty runs up to Meowth, who appears enraptured by Skitty's cat-like charm. James bags some perfume, but Brock bravely tackles him, knocking some perfume onto the floor. The spilled liquids mix together to create a repulsive scent for humans, though the Pokémon are slaphappy. Team Rocket leaps out the window and tries to escape in their balloon. Before they can lift off, Brock tackles James and takes the bag of perfume he was holding. Jessie orders Seviper to retaliate, but Ash's Corphish sends it backwards with a Bubble Beam. James sends out Cacnea and it uses Pin Missile, but Corphish's Harden nulls the attack. James is distracted by some Weepinbell, though Jessie refuses to change the plans as she and Meowth begin to fly off without him. Corphish uses Crabhammer, knocking James and Cacnea into the swiftly ascending balloon. Ash sends out Taillow, who uses Wing Attack, causing Team Rocket to blast off.

Afterwards, Brock reveals to Eliza that he could only recover one bag, though she is pessimistic. May than announces she can't find Skitty. Meanwhile, Team Rocket soon discovers Skitty in their loot bag of perfume. Jessie announces that she wants it, and Meowth is distressed. Meowth takes Skitty aside and tells it to run away. His attempts to warn it fail, so he throws a stone, and Skitty chases after it. Jessie soon approaches Meowth, and after learning that Skitty has escaped she kicks him into submission. Meowth, however, is simply glad that Skitty will escape the fate of never ending Team Rocket blast offs and defeat.

Taillow leads Ash and the others to Team Rocket's crashed balloon. With Skitty nowhere to be seen, Eliza has her Oddish use Sweet Scent to lure Skitty directly to them. Meowth and Wobbuffet are also attracted to the aroma, leading Jessie and James to the twerps. Skitty soon emerges from the shrubbery, causing May and Jessie to battle over it. Jessie uses Dustox, and May selects Beautifly. May has Beautifly whip up a Gust, but Dustox flies through the winds and tries a Tackle attack. Beautifly evades Dustox’s follow up Psybeams before retaliating with a direct Tackle. As Dustox hurtles towards the ground, Beautifly sends another Gust at it, blowing all of Team Rocket into their crashed balloon. Ash takes over and has Pikachu use a Thunderbolt, which sends Team Rocket blasting off.

May picks up Skitty and declares that she is going to catch it. Surprisingly, Skitty begins pawing at the Poké Ball in May's hand and soon enters into it, essentially catching itself by accident. May is overjoyed and happily declares that she has a new friend. Later, Eliza directs the group to the most direct road towards Fallarbor Town and bids them farewell. Brock lunges towards her once again, though Max is quick to pull him away. Surprising everyone, Skitty suddenly pops out of its Poké Ball on its own, running in circles for a moment before May picks it up.

Major events

May after catching Skitty
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Debuts

Pokémon debuts

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Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Weezing

Trivia

Errors

  • In the dub, Brock says "They're in there" upon hearing Torchic in the grass. However, at this point, none of them know that there is another Pokémon with Torchic.
  • When Skitty recovers from its injury and runs towards the window, in the first scene it's open, but when Ash goes to play with Skitty the window is closed.
  • When Team Rocket discovers Skitty inside the stolen bag instead of the perfumes, James identifies it as the twerps' Skitty, even though it wasn't captured by May at that time.

Dub edits

  • In the English dub, Brock says that they use fragrances to heal Pokémon and that he saw it in an infomercial on TV. He also tells Eliza that she is more beautiful than she is on TV. In the original Japanese version, he says he read about the place in a magazine article.
  • The scene where Jessie kicks Meowth around is shortened in the English dub.
  • The scene shortened in the dub

    The scene shortened in the dub

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

  • Question: Trainers, which Pokémon would be the best choice to battle against Silcoon?
  • Choices: Sableye, Marill, Weezing
  • Answer: OK, Trainers! If you chose Weezing, you were right!

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