BW130

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BW130   EP787 サトシとバタフリー！また会う日まで！！ Satoshi and Butterfree! Until the Day We Meet Again!!

First broadcast Japan June 13, 2013 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening 夏めく坂道 Ending 手をつなごう

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Assistant director 竹内哲雄 Tetsuo Takeuchi Animation director 古瀬登 Noboru Furuse No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: サトシとバタフリー！また会う日まで！！ Satoshi and Butterfree! Until the Day We Meet Again!!) is the 130th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 787th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 13, 2013.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Having arrived on Migration Island, Ash and company encounter a bunch of Metapod who evolve into Butterfree and then fly off as a part of the island's tradition. They find a Caterpie who didn't evolve into Metapod yet. Reminding him about his old friend, Ash decides to help Caterpie train, so it can evolve and leave with its family on time. With several obstacles like Ursaring and Team Rocket, will Ash help Caterpie evolve?

Major events

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Parker
• Professor Oak

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Butterfree (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Caterpie (Ash's; flashback)
• Butterfree (Ash's; flashback)
• Leavanny (Ash's)
• Woobat (Jessie's)
• Amoonguss (James's)
• Audino (Nurse Joy's)
• Rotom (Professor Oak's)
• Butterfree (Pink Butterfree; flashback)
• Caterpie (evolves)
• Metapod (multiple; evolve)
• Butterfree (multiple; newly evolved)
• Ursaring
• Swanna (multiple)
• Swablu (multiple)
• Altaria (multiple)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Zweilous
• Ash and Iris narrate the preview for the next episode.
• As of this episode, all of Ash's original six Pokémon (Charmander, Squirtle, Pidgeotto, Bulbasaur, Butterfree, Pikachu) have appeared in the Best Wishes series, either in flashbacks or in the flesh.
• All the Butterfree in the episode appear to be male due to none of them having black marks on their wings. This appears to be an animation oversight, rather than the island only having male Butterfree on it.
• This is one of the few times a background music from a previous series (in this case, "一件落着 The Matter is Settled") can be heard in the Best Wishes series, excluding music from movies.

Errors

• Despite the Pink Butterfree being confirmed to be female, her design is not updated to show her with spots on the wings in the reanimated flashback to Bye Bye Butterfree.
• During the brief scene showing Team Rocket after their motto, the Meowth balloon's ears are cream-colored like its face, instead of black.
• During one scene when the group is training Metapod, Ash's eyes are colored black instead of brown.
• In one scene, one of the video screens on the control panel of Team Rocket's balloon disappears.
• When Team Rocket are blasted off, Woobat and Amoonguss disappear.

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  Pink Butterfree error

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  Meowth balloon error

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  Ash's eyes error

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  Control panel error

In other languages

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