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Some Enchanted Sweetening!

DP030   EP496 ハクタイの森！ミノムッチ進化作戦！！ Hakutai Forest! The Minomutchi Evolution Plan!!

First broadcast Japan April 19, 2007 United States September 29, 2007

English themes Opening Diamond and Pearl Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 牧野行洋 Yukihiro Makino Assistant director 牧野行洋 Yukihiro Makino Animation director 木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Some Enchanted Sweetening! (Japanese: ハクタイの森！ミノムッチ進化作戦！！ Hakutai Forest! The Minomutchi Evolution Plan!!) is the 30th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 496th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 19, 2007 and in the United States on September 29, 2007.

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

Synopsis

Ash and friends are traveling to the Eterna Gym. They get to the Eterna Forest, and see a woman trying to catch a Burmy. She is using a Chansey, who uses Attract. Burmy is Attracted, and she seems very happy. Ash and Dawn comment that you have to attack a Pokémon to make sure you catch it. The woman takes their advice and Chansey uses DoubleSlap. Burmy uses Protect, but Chansey uses Egg Bomb, and the woman throws her Poké Ball. She catches the Burmy. She thanks Ash and Dawn, and tells them that she has three Wormadam. She throws their Poké Balls, and they come out to confirm what she said. She says that all her Burmy were females. Ash inquires why she wanted a male. She tells them she wants the end result to be a Mothim. Ash asks why again. The woman tells them her name is Cheryl, and she is a treasure hunter. She says she wants to fill in the empty space in her grandfather's collection of treasures, and needs just a bit of the Enchanted Honey, which is sweeter than any other honey. They say that they'll help.

Cheryl takes out her Burmy and tells the Wormadam to cheer him on. Ash takes out his Turtwig and tells it to go easy on Burmy. Burmy starts out with a Tackle, but it bounces off Turtwig. Dawn and Brock comment to themselves that the Burmy must be very weak, since it is supposed to have an advantage against Template:Type2. Turtwig uses Tackle back, and Burmy is thrown back. All his leaves fall off, and two cover Turtwig's eyes. Turtwig panics, and it accidentally tackles Burmy, who loses. Dawn says that Turtwig is being a little rough, so Ash calls it back. He calls out Pikachu. Pikachu uses a small Thunderbolt, which Burmy takes weakly. Cheryl tells Burmy not to give up, and use Tackle. Pikachu doesn't Dodge it, and pretends to be damaged severely. Then Team Rocket comes. They fly off with Burmy, to try to get it to evolve. Ash calls out Staravia to search for Burmy. It circles around where Team Rocket and Burmy are. Meanwhile, Team Rocket sends out Seviper and Carnivine. Burmy loses, and Jessie shakes Burmy hard. James tells her to stop scaring the poor Pokémon. Burmy says that he's too hungry to battle Meowth, who translates. Once he's fed, Meowth battles Burmy and wins. First, they're all happy they won for a change, and then get mad at Meowth for winning. Then, Ash and co. arrive, and start battling Team Rocket. It's 4 or 5 on 5, when Burmy evolves into Mothim. Team Rocket try to take off with it, but Ash doesn't let them get away. They blast off. Then, all is well until Mothim picks up a scent. They all run after Mothim, and the episode ends.

Major events

• Ash and friends meet Cheryl.
• Cheryl captures a Burmy which later evolves into Mothim.

Debuts

• Cheryl

Pokémon debuts

• Wormadam (all formes)
• Mothim (Cheryl's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Cheryl
• Giovanni (fantasy; Japanese version only)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Chansey (Cheryl's)
• Burmy (Cheryl's, evolves)
• Mothim (Cheryl's, newly evolved; debut)
• Wormadam (Cheryl's, one of each form; debut)
• Caterpie
• Ledyba
• Shroomish
• Sunkern
• Fantasy Pokémon (Japanese version only):
  • Spearow
  • Caterpie
  • Ledyba
  • Sunkern
  • Shroomish

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• This episode is the start of the three-episode Eterna Forest mini-arc.
• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew is used background music as well as the Bellosom song.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Ball Capsules
  • Pokémon senryū: はってみよう　シールキラキラ　ボールカプセル Hattemiyō, shīru kirakira, bōrukapuseru "Let's see, the Seals shine, Ball Capsule."
• The next episode preview is narrated by Ash.
• The English dub title is a pun on the song Some Enchanted Evening, from the musical South Pacific.

Dub edits

• For reasons unknown, the boss fantasy is removed from the dub. Some speculate that it was not included because it involved Giovanni in a tight bathing suit while being covered in honey. Also, when the Pokémon come to Giovanni, they show their affection by licking him and rubbing him all over. It might have been seen as innapropriate to small children.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Doces Encantamentos!
• Finnish: Lumottua makeutusta
• German: Wo ist der Zauber-Honig?
• Italian: Il miele incantato & L'evoluzione di Burmy
• Iberian Spanish: ¡La Miel Encantada!
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Un tesoro dulce y encantador!
• Dutch: Zoet avontuur!
• Czech: Dobrodružství sladké jako med
• Polish: Czarodziejska słodycz
• French: A la recherche du miel enchanté !

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