EP257

Lapras of Luxury (Japanese: ラプラスのうた！ Laplace's Song!) is the 257th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 18, 2002 and in the United States on July 26, 2003.

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

Synopsis

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Major events

• Ash is briefly reunited with his Lapras.
• It is revealed that Ash's Lapras has become the leader of its herd.
• Ash is asked to deliver a Pokémon egg to Professor Elm.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Elm
• Naomi

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Qwilfish

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Lapras (Ash's; returns; leaves)
• Crobat (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Lapras (herd)
• Lanturn (Naomi's)

Trivia

• Team Rocket uses the Gyarados submarine again, complete with boosters.
• The episode title is a reference to the phrase "lap of luxury".
• In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto.
• This episode makes Lapras the second of Ash's previously released Pokémon that he has reunited with, the first being Charizard.

Errors

• Brock's statement that they haven't seen Lapras since "we were in the Orange Islands" is obviously untrue as Brock stayed with Professor Ivy in the Orange Islands and never saw Lapras; Tracey was traveling with Ash and Misty at that point. This is a dub only error.
• In the English dub Ash mistakenly tells his Lapras to use "Cold Beam" instead of Ice Beam.
• When the Lapras freezes Arbok and Weezing, they are seen frozen together, but when Pikachu uses Thunder, they are now separated.
• When Ash goes to battle Team Rocket and is subsequently stopped by Brock, he calls for Pikachu, but he has a Poké Ball in his hand.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Retrouvaille
• Italian: La ricercatrice
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Lapras de lujo!
• Iberian Spanish: Lapras de lujo

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