EP261

Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid! File:Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid!.jpg.png

EP261   ナナコとエレキッド！ Nanako and Elekid!

First broadcast Japan August 15, 2002 United States August 30, 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 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 誌村宏明 Hiroaki Shimura Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid! (Japanese: ナナコとエレキッド！ Nanako and Elekid!) is episode 261 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 15, 2002 and in the United States on August 30, 2003.

Team Rocket catch Larvitar and an Elekid that Casey is searching for. On top of this, they get a Weepinbell with Sweet Scent in a trade.

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

Major events

• James trades his Victreebel for a Weepinbell.
• Weepinbell then evolves into a Victreebel and Jessie kicks it away.
• Victreebel falls in love with James' old one.
• Casey catches an Elekid.

Debuts

• Meganium

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Casey
• Magikarp salesman

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Hypno

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Phanpy (Ash's)
• Larvitar (Ash's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's; traded to Magikarp salesman)
• Weepinbell (Magikarp salesman's; traded to James; evolves)
• Victreebel (James's; newly evolved; leaves)
• Meganium (Casey's)
• Elekid (Casey's; new)
• Magikarp (Magikarp salesman's)
• Magikarp (James's; flashback)

Trivia

Errors

• James's new Weepinbell evolved into a Victreebel without a Leaf Stone, but this is not the first time that this has happened: Melvin's Exeggcute became Exeggutor in March of the Exeggutor Squad in the same manner.

• In the English dub the Pokédex says that Elekid is Template:P2. Elekid actually evolves into Electabuzz.

In other languages

• French: Le doux parfum de l'amitié
• Italian: Un Pokémon da catturare
• Latin American Spanishi: ¡Te estoy viendo Elekid!
• Spanish: Mi objetivo es Elekid

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