EP021
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Bye Bye Butterfree
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First broadcast
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Bye Bye Butterfree (Japanese: バイバイバタフリー Bye-Bye Butterfree) is episode 21 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 19, 1997 and in the United States on October 5, 1998.
Synopsis
Major events
- Ash releases his Butterfree to breed with a pink one.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Butterfree
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Caterpie (Ash's; flashback)
- Metapod (Ash's; flashback)
- Butterfree (Ash's; leaves)
- Staryu (Misty's; flashback)
- Starmie (Misty's)
- Zubat (Brock's; flashback)
- Butterfree (multiple trainers'/released Pokémon, including one pink Butterfree)
Trivia
- This is the first episode in which a main character releases a Pokémon.
- Ash reads the title card in a depressed voice.
Errors
Dub edits
At the end of the episode, the song that plays during the scene of Ash and friends saying goodbye to Butterfree is different in both versions: the Japanese version uses Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, while the English version uses Pokémon Theme.
In other languages
- French: Un Pokémon amoureux
- Dutch: Tot ziens Butterfree
- Italian: Una nuova vita
- Latin American Spanish: Adiós Butterfree.
- European Portuguese: O Adeus de Butterfree
- Brazilian Portuguese: Adeus, Butterfree!
- Russian: Прощай, Баттерфри
- Spanish: Adiós Butterfree
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Categories:
- Pages with broken file links
- Original series episodes
- Episodes written by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
- Episodes storyboarded and directed by Yūji Asada
- Episodes animated by Akihiro Tamagawa
- Episodes in which a main character releases or gives away a Pokémon
- Episodes in which an alternately colored Pokémon appears
- Episodes focusing on Ash