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Pokémon Paparazzi

EP055   シャッターチャンスはピカチュウ Shutter Chance is Pikachu

First broadcast Japan July 23, 1998 United States April 17, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ポケモン音頭

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 横田和 Kazu Yokota Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi Animation director 武田優作 Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

Pokémon Paparazzi (Japanese: シャッターチャンスはピカチュウ Shutter Chance is Pikachu) is the 55th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 23, 1998 and in the United States on April 17, 1999.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

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Template:Incomplete synopsis As Ash and his friends travel, they decide to stop to eat, with Brock making his famous rice balls. However, Ash notices what he thinks is a gun pointing at Pikachu, and pushes his Pokémon out of the way. The rice balls are knocked into the river, angering Brock.

Later, they meet Todd with his camera, which was the thing Ash had mistaken for a gun. The group takes a look at his photos of various Pokémon. Throughout this part of the episode, Todd repeatedly attempts to take a photo of Pikachu, but always results in a failure.

At the end of the episode, Todd reveals that Team Rocket, disguised as seniors, begged him to capture Pikachu for them. However, they did not understand that Todd captured Pokémon on film. Eventually, Team Rocket decides to try and capture Pikachu by themselves, but fails to do so.

Major events

• Todd Snap joins the group.

Debuts

• Todd Snap

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Todd Snap

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Geodude

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmeleon (Ash's; flashback)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Starmie (Misty's)
• Horsea (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Zubat (Brock's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Aerodactyl (flashback)

Trivia

• In the episode The Battling Eevee Brothers Pikachu has no problem having his picture taken but in this episode, when Todd Snap tries to take its picture, it gets upset. Possibly because it was prepared in that episode, unlike this one, where it's a surprise.
• When Todd is trying to take a picture of Pikachu, Ash mistakes his camera for a sniper, which he imagines shooting Brock. This is the first time a character is seen dying in the anime, though it is not real.
• This is one of the few 4Kids episodes in which rice balls are referred to properly.

Errors

Dub edits

• Originally, Todd's name was dubbed as "Snap", as it is the default name for him in Pokémon Snap, released earlier in the year for the Nintendo 64. Because of potential issues with Kellogg's over one of the mascots of Rice Krispies, the episode was redubbed and aired in the United States with his name as Todd. The "Snap" dub was used in the airings outside of the United States. When Cartoon Network gained the rights to re-air Pokémon, they chose to use the "Todd" dub, retconning his full name to "Todd Snap".
• In the original, Todd wears a mask of Blastoise because Ash thought he said カメックス (Kamex) instead of カメラ (camera). Because this would not make sense in the dub, the joke changes to Ash thinking Todd called himself a "Pokémon Masker" instead of a "Pokémon Photo Master".

In other languages

• Finnish: Antaa palaa, Todd!
• French: Le chasseur d'images
• German: Pokémon Paparazzi
• Italian: Il fotografo
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Paparazzi Pokémon!
• Iberian Spanish: Paparazzi de Pokémon
• Swedish: Att plåta en Pokémon
• Brazilian Portuguese: Fotógrafo de Pokémon

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