EP053

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The Purr-fect Hero (Japanese: こどものひだよ！ぜんいんしゅうごう！ It's Children's Day! All Members Gather!) is episode 53 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 9, 1998 and in the United States on September 11, 1999.

The group celebrate Kid's Day by letting a group of children play with their Pokémon. Meowth has to act like a wild Meowth to be a little boy's hero.

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

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Timmy
• Teacher
• Schoolchildren

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Wartortle

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• 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)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Meowth
• Beedrill (flashback)

Trivia

• This episode was originally scheduled to air on Children's Day itself, on May 5, 1998, but was rescheduled in the aftermath of EP038.
• This episode and the preceding air after The Breeding Center Secret in the dub.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Un héros au poil
• Italian: Impevedibile eroe alla riscossa
• Latin American Spanish: ¡El héroe perfecto!
• Spanish: El perfecto héroe

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