EP249

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EP249   ニョロトノのチアリーディング！ Nyorotono and Cheerleading!

First broadcast Japan May 23, 2002 United States May 24, 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 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard よこた和 Kazu Yokota Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

I Politoed Ya So! (Japanese: ニョロトノのチアリーディング！ Nyorotono's Cheerleading!) is episode 249 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 23, 2002 and in the United States on May 24, 2003.

When Misty's Politoed gets mixed up with another Politoed, its trainer neglects her own in favour of Misty's. Can trainer and Pokémon be reunited?

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Tammy

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Totodile

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Politoed (Misty's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Politoed (Tammy's; nicknamed Bean)
• Bellossom (Tammy's; five)
• Sunflora (Tammy's; three)
• Jumpluff (Tammy's; three)

Seen at the picnic:

• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Phanpy (Ash's)
• Corsola (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Crobat (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)

Trivia

• At one point, James refers to Jessie as "dearest".
• The English title of this episode is a pun of the phrase I told you so.

In other languages

• French: Un Tarpaud peut en cacher un autre
• Italian: I Pokémon pon-pon
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Discúlpame Politoed!
• Spanish: Politoed el animador

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