EP043

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The March of the Exeggutor Squad (Japanese: ナッシーぐんだんだいこうしん！ Nassy Squad Big March!) is episode 43 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 7, 1998 and in USA on October 30, 1998.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash's Charmander evolves into Charmeleon.

Debuts

• Charmeleon

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Melvin

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Exeggcute

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmander (Ash's; evolves)
• Charmeleon (Ash's; newly evolved, debut)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Exeggcute (Melvin's)
• Exeggutor (Melvin's; newly evolved, also catches and releases many more)

Pokémon seen at the carnival:

• Venusaur (debut)
• Butterfree
• Oddish
• Machoke
• Bellsprout
• Ponyta
• Dodrio
• Chansey

Trivia

• This is the last episode to air in syndication in the USA. Due to this, there was a near four month gap between this episode and EP044 as a result of Pokémon being moved to the Kids' WB! lineup.
• Early in the episode, Ash and Brock don party outfits. Brock's outfit, which has pink frills for the sleeves and the cuffs of the pants, has large similarities to his future Takeshi's Paradise outfit, including the maracas he holds. The outfit from this episode thus may have served as inspiration for the later outfit.
• This is the last episode who's English title is a direct translation of the Japanese one.

Errors

• All of the Exeggutor evolved without the use of a Leaf Stone. This would be impossible in the games.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Un Pokémon tout n'oeuf
• Italian: Il mago Melvin
• Latin American Spanish: ¡La marcha del escuadrón Exeggutor!
• Spanish: ¡La marcha del escuadrón Exeggutor!
• Swedish: Trollkarlen Melvin

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