EP043

The March of the Exeggutor Squad File:MarchoftheExeggutorSquad.gif.png

EP043   ナッシーぐんだんだいこうしん！ Nassy Squad Big March!

First broadcast Japan May 7, 1998 United States October 30, 1998

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ポケットにファンタジー

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Assistant director 井硲清高 Kiyotaka Itani Animation director 山本郷 Gō Yamamoto Additional credits

The March of the Exeggutor Squad (Japanese: ナッシーぐんだんだいこうしん！ Nassy Squad Big March!) is episode 43 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 7, 1998, and in the United States on October 30, 1998.

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

Major events

• Ash's Charmander evolves into a Charmeleon.

Debuts

• Exeggcute
• Charmeleon

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Melvin

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Exeggcute

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmander (Ash's; evolves)
• Charmeleon (Ash's; newly evolved, debut)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Exeggcute (Melvin's)
• Exeggutor (Melvin's; newly evolved)
• Exeggutor (Melvin's; multiple)

Pokémon seen at the carnival:

• Venusaur (debut)
• Butterfree
• Oddish
• Machoke
• Bellsprout
• Ponyta
• Dodrio
• Chansey

Trivia

• This is the last episode to air in syndication in the USA. Due to this, there was a near four month gap between this episode and EP044 as a result of Pokémon being moved to the Kids' WB! lineup.
• Early in the episode, Ash and Brock don party outfits. Brock's outfit, which has pink frills for the sleeves and the cuffs of the pants, has large similarities to his future Takeshi's Paradise outfit, including the maracas he holds. The outfit from this episode thus may have served as inspiration for the later outfit.
• This is the last episode until Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys Crisis! where the English title is a direct translation of the Japanese title.
• The reason for the Exeggcute's evolution could be a reaction to the forest. It is named Leaf Forest, and there is a sign that has a picture of an Exeggcute with an arrow pointing towards an Exeggutor. This could mean that the forest can make an Exeggcute evolve.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: A marcha dos Exeggutors!
• French: Un Pokémon tout n'oeuf
• Italian: Il mago Melvin
• Latin American Spanish: ¡La marcha del escuadrón Exeggutor!
• Spanish: ¡La marcha del escuadrón Exeggutor!
• Swedish: Trollkarlen Melvin

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