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A Crowning Achievement
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ヤドキング!おうじゃのしるし! Yadoking! King's Symbol!
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First broadcast
Japan
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August 8, 2002
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United States
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August 23, 2003
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
Animation
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Team Ota
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Screenplay
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武上純希 Junki Takegami
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Storyboard
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倉井さとし Satoshi Kurai
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Assistant director
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大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi
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Animation director
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たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda
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Additional credits
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A Crowning Achievement (Japanese: ヤドキング!おうじゃのしるし! Yadoking! King's Symbol!) is the 260th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 8, 2002 and in the United States on August 23, 2003.
Synopsis
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Brock leads Ash and Misty toward a beautiful lake he has read about in his guidebook, but when they arrive at its supposed location, they find nothing but a dried-up stream, surrounded by a number of thirsty Slowpoke. Ash and friends spot a King's Rock, but are stopped from approaching it by a young girl whose name is Alice and her Slowpoke, Arthur. Alice explains that she and her dad are researching legends surrounding the Slowpoke and a supposed Slowking.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Kadabra
Trivia
- This is the last episode to use hand-colored cel animation.
- This episode is probably based on the legend of The Sword in the Stone, in which many knights tried to draw a magical sword from an anvil, but only one, Arthur, succeeded and became King. Additionally, the Slowpoke that becomes Slowking is named Arthur.
- Brock is shown willingly "opening" his eyes for the first time.
Errors
- Team Rocket blasts off twice, but at the second time, a strip-repeat was evident; in the first blast off Jessie's Arbok and James's Weezing were outside of their Poké Balls, while the second time, despite neither being out, both are there.
- When the group enters the Slowpoke's Paradise, the marks under Larvitar's eyes are gone.
- When the group spots the King's Rock, Ash and Misty seem puzzled as to what it is, but Misty's Poliwhirl evolved into Politoed from Ash's King's Rock in Outrageous Fortunes.
Dub edits
In other languages