Slowking's Day

Slowking's Day (Japanese: ヤドキングのいちにち Yadoking's Day) is an anime short about 3 minutes long. It consists of only Pokémon-speak, similar to the Pikachu shorts that air with each theatrical movie. The special is based on the life of the Slowking that was featured in the second Pokémon movie, The Power of One. Slowking's life on Shamouti Island is very simple and carefree.

The special was never released outside of Japan, likely due to its short length. It was intended to be an extra for The Power of One.

Synopsis

The short describes a day in the life of Slowking. It starts when Slowking wakes up at dawn in his cave overlooking the three small islands close to Shamouti Island. Slowking goes down to the beach and uses his psychic abilities to grab a coconut for breakfast, opening it by banging it on the shell on his head. He then takes a walk around the shrine where the climatic scene of The Power of One took place, and stops to smell the flowers that surround it on the cliff. Yawning, Slowking then crawls onto a rock in the middle of the flower field and takes an afternoon nap. After a while, a Butterfree passes by as Slowking wakes up. Commenting on how good the weather is, Slowking walks to the edge of the cliff, stretches, and jumps into the ocean to swim. In the water, he meets and greets his good friend, a Seel. Eventually Slowking leaves the ocean with a lot of seafood, and eats it while sitting on the cliff and watching the sunset. As many stars shine in the sky, Slowking returns to his cave and falls asleep.

Characters

Pokémon

• Slowking
• Butterfree
• Shellder
• Seaking
• Seel

Trivia

• This is the only short not to star Ash's Pikachu.
• The Butterfree featured in this short is colored like the other Butterfree on the Orange Archipelago, as first shown in Poké Ball Peril.
• The Orange Archipelago map shows the three smaller islands to be southeast of the main islands. However, in this special, both the sunrise (with is supposed to be in the east) and the sunset (with is supposed to be in the west) are shown to be beyong the three smaller islands when viewed from the main island.

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.