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Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend (Japanese: バネブーのさがしもの!? Baneboo's Lost Object!?) is episode 79 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 3, 2004 and in the United States on May 21, 2005.

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

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni
• Magikarp salesman

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Steelix

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal Ash's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Persian (Giovanni's)
• Magikarp (Jessie's; newly caught; released)
• Spoink (anime)
• Voltorb
• Electrode
• Igglybuff
• Feebas (in flashback)

Trivia

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, which one of these Pokémon is the best choice to battle Electabuzz?
• Choices: Steelix, Cacnea, Shiftry
• Answer: Okay, trainers! If you chose Steelix, you were right!

Errors

Dub edits

• The footage of James looking up a Spoink TCG card is cut in the dub.

In other languages

• French: Spoink, une perle rare
• Portuguese: Pérolas São Melhores Amigas do Spoink

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