EP274

Hoenn Alone! File:Hoenn Alone.jpg.png

EP274   ピカチュウとのわかれ…！ Parting with Pikachu...!

First broadcast Japan November 14, 2002 United States October 25, 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 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi Animation director 酒井啓史 Keishi Sakai No additional credits are available at this time.

Technically, this episode is part of US season 6.

Hoenn Alone! (Japanese: ピカチュウとのわかれ…！ Parting with Pikachu...!) is the 274th episode of the Pokémon anime and the last episode of the original series. It was first broadcast in Japan on November 14, 2002 and in the United States on October 25, 2003.

Ash and Pikachu are on the way to Hoenn but when Team Rocket get away with Pikachu, he has until sunset to get back to the ferry.

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

Major events

• Ash heads for Hoenn.
• Pikachu becomes ill.

Debuts

• Wingull
• Pelipper
• Sharpedo
• Wailmer

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Sailor
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Forretress

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Machoke (Sailor's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Haunter (multiple)
• Rattata (multiple)
• Pidgey (multiple)
• Oddish (multiple)
• Wingull (cameo, debut)
• Pelipper (cameo, debut)
• Sharpedo (cameo, debut)
• Wailmer (cameo, debut)

Trivia

• The usual To be continued is omitted and replaced with Next time... A new beginning!. This is probably written as the next episode starts the Advanced Generation series.
• This is the first episode since Pokémon - I Choose You! with Ash as the only human protagonist featured (though Misty did appear in the first episode, she was not featured, and Brock did not appear).
• This episode title is parodied from the famous movie Home Alone.

In other languages

• French: En route pour Hoenn
• Italian: Una nuova meta
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Solos en Hoenn!
• Polish: Region Hoenn
• Portuguese: Sozinho em Hoenn...!
• Spanish: Solo en Hoenn

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