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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
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 a supposed Slowking who could help save the colony of Slowpoke from the drought. In order for this to happen, one of them must reach the King's Rock to evolve into a Slowking but the problem is that the King's Rock is surrounded by many Shellder and when ever one attempts to reach for it they get bitten and evolve into a Slowbro instead.
Later on her Slowpoke, Arthur, attempts to reach for it all by himself and eventually succeeds. He evolves into a Slowking right after a Shellder bit the King's Rock while he was wearing it on his head. Suddenly Team Rocket appears and fire a net which is deflected by Arthur's Confusion and is sent blasting off again. Afterwards, Arthur leads the colony towards a waterfall and soon splits it apart with its strong psychic power revealing an underwater lake and forest inside where the Slowpoke and Slowbro can live. Alice then decides to release Arthur here here so it can be the leader of its colony.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
TV episode 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.
- When the group entered the paradise, Alice had no arms.
Dub edits
In other languages