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Gotta Catch Ya Later!

EP273   サヨナラ…そして、たびだち！ Goodbye... And Then, Setting off!

First broadcast Japan November 7, 2002 United States October 18, 2003

English themes Opening Believe in Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening Ready Go! Ending ポケッターリ・モンスターリ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

Gotta Catch Ya Later! (Japanese: サヨナラ…そして、たびだち！ Goodbye... And Then, Setting off!) is episode 273 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on November 7, 2002 and in the United States on October 18, 2003.

With Ash's adventures in Johto over, some surprises result in a few farewells. Though Team Rocket are still after Pikachu...

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Daisy, Violet, and Lily give Gym Leader status to Misty.
• Misty gets her bike back, now mended.
• Ash, Brock and Misty go their seperate ways.
• Ash sees Ho-oh again.
• Ash leaves all his Pokémon besides Pikachu at Professor Oak's lab.
• Ash changes his clothes.
• Ash heads to Hoenn.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Nurse Joy
• Jessie
• James
• Daisy
• Violet
• Lily
• Delia Ketchum
• Professor Oak
• Tracey
• Gary Oak
• The Invincible Pokémon Brothers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Politoed (Misty's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Mr. Mime (Delia's)
• Weezing (James')
• Gloom (Erika's; flashback)
• Lapras (Ash's; flashback)
• Hitmonchan
• Hitmonlee
• Hitmontop
• Ho-oh

Trivia

The name of this episode refers to the original catchphrase of the Pokémon series, "Gotta Catch 'em All!"

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Les adieux

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