EP006

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EP006   ピッピとつきのいし Pippi and the Moon Stone

First broadcast Japan May 6, 1997 United States September 15, 1998

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ひゃくごじゅういち

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 尾鷲英俊 Hidetoshi Otaka No additional credits are available at this time.

Clefairy and the Moon Stone (Japanese: ピッピとつきのいし Pippi and the Moon Stone) was first broadcast in Japan on May 6, 1997, and in USA on September 15, 1998.

In this episode, Ash, Misty, and Brock arrive at Mt. Moon to find Team Rocket damaging the local wildlife.

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

Major events

• Brock catches a Zubat.
• Misty's Staryu is seen for the first time.

Debuts

• Clefairy
• Clefable
• Zubat (Brock's Zubat)
• Staryu (Misty's Staryu)

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Seymour

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Clefairy

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Butterfree (Ash's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's; debut)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Zubat (Brock's; new, debut)
• Ekans (Jessie's)
• Koffing (James')
• Sandshrew
• Clefairy (debut)
• Clefable (debut)
• Zubat (debut)
• Paras (debut)

Trivia

• This is the first anime episode to feature stone-induced evolutions.

Dub edits

• Seymour talks about romance in the Japanese version, while he recites poetry in the English version.
• Seymour's two main virtues are changed from Love and Courage to Knowledge and Research. When he announces the virtues, the Japanese version has them written in the background.
• "Cerulean City" is translated on the sign directing towards it. Gary's message changes from "Shigeru is the best! Satoshi is an idiot!" to "Gary was here, Ash is a loser".

In other languages

• French: La Pierre Lune
• Portuguese: Clefairy e a Pedra da Lua
• Spanish: Clefairy y la Roca Lunar