EP100

Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon? File:EP100.jpg.png

EP100   ニドランのこいものがたり Nidoran's Love Story

First broadcast Japan June 10, 1999 United States April 22, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon World Ending

Japanese themes Opening ライバル！ Ending タイプ・ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 横田和 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.

Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon? (Japanese: ニドランのこいものがたり Nidoran's Love Story) is the 100th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 10, 1999 and in the United States on April 22, 2000.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Ralph
• Emily
• Old Chef

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Venonat (US and international); Nidoran (Template:P2 and Template:P2) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Marill (Tracey's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Arbok (Jessie's
• Victreebel (James's)
• Nidoran♀ (Emily's; nicknamed "Maria", evolves)
• Nidorina (Emily's; nicknamed "Maria", newly evolved)
• Nidoran♂ (Ralph's; nicknamed "Tony", evolves)
• Nidorino (Ralph's; nicknamed "Tony", newly evolved)
• Pidgey (Emily's; flashback)
• Caterpie (Emily's; flashback)
• Raticate (Emily's; flashback)
• Vulpix (Emily's; flashback)
• Oddish (Emily's; flashback)
• Pidgey (Ralph's; flashback)
• Caterpie (Ralph's; flashback)
• Raticate (Ralph's; flashback)
• Vulpix (Ralph's; flashback)
• Oddish (Ralph's; flashback)

Trivia

• The plot for this episode is based on William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" play. Likewise, this episode's dub title is a reference to a popular line in the play, "Where for art thou, Romeo?"
• The names of the two Nidoran, Tony and Maria, are taken from the musical "West Side Story" which is also based on Romeo and Juliet.
• This episode mentions that Ralph and Emily like to compete in Pokémon contests, though it is unknown if these contests are the same as those introduced later on in the games.
• This is the 100th episode of the entire Pokémon anime, if Holiday Hi-Jynx and Snow Way Out are NOT counted as episodes.
• When Jessie is talking about matters of the heart, her fantasy/flashback portrays her similarly to Scarlett O'Hara from the movie Gone with the Wind
• At the end of the episode, Team Rocket break the Fourth Wall, replying to the Narrator's comment "All's well that ends well." "Did he say all's well that ends well?"
• Professor Oak's lecture: Kabuto. In the end, Oak picks up a Kabuto fossil, but accidentally drops it on his own foot.
• Pokémon senryū summary: At the bottom of the ocean, Kabuto, lies resting.
• When Ash was viewing the Pokédex entries of Maria and Tony, the newly evolved Nidorina and Nidorino, respectively, the picture in the Pokédex was of them with the accessories put on by their trainers, instead of the usual Sugimori art.
• This is the first time Pokémon Contests are mentioned in the anime.

Errors

• In the beginning of the episode, there is a dubbing error in which the narrator says Ash defeated Prima in the previous episode. In reality, Ash was actually defeated by Prima and not the other way around.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Onde estás, Pokémon?
• French: Amour rime avec toujours
• Italian: Oh Pokémon, perché sei tu Pokémon?
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Los Pokémon de Ralph y Emily!
• Spanish: ¿Por qué existís, Pokémon?

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