EP049

So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd File:SoNearYetSoFarfetch'd.gif.png

EP049   カモネギのカモ Kamonegi's Easy Mark

First broadcast Japan June 18, 1998 United States March 20, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ポケットにファンタジー

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 井上修 Osamu Inoue Assistant director 井上修 Osamu Inoue Animation director 梶浦紳一郎 Shin'ichirō Kajiura Additional credits

So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd (Japanese: カモネギのカモ Kamonegi's Easy Mark) is episode 49 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 18, 1998, and in the United States on March 20, 1999.

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

Major events

Debuts

• Farfetch'd

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Keita (aka: "The Backpack-Switching Thief")

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Farfetch'd

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Farfetch'd (Keita's; debut)
• Voltorb (Keita's, formerly)

Trivia

• This episode takes place after Princess Versus Princess because Jessie's Lickitung is mentioned here.
• In the English dub Brock refers to Psyduck as a male by calling it a "he".
• Meowth breaks the fourth wall by saying he tricked us twice in one episode.

In other languages

• French: Recette aux poireaux
• Italian: Una bella lezione
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Tan cerca y aún tan Farfetch'd!
• Russian: В погоне за Фарфечдом
• Spanish: Tan cerca y aún así tan Farfetch'd
• Swedish: Pokémontjuven

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.