EP049

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Original series

EP050 : Who Gets to Keep Togepi? →

So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd

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 the 49th episode 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

Pokémon debuts

• Farfetch'd

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Keith (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 two times in one episode!".

In other languages

• European Portuguese: Tão perto está o Farfetch'd
• Brazilian Portuguese: O Pokémon Farfetch'd
• Finnish: Lähellä, mutta silti niin kaukana
• French: Recette aux poireaux
• German: Der Trickbetrüger
• Italian: Una bella lezione
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Tan cerca y aún tan Farfetch'd!
• Russian: В погоне за Фарфечдом
• Iberian Spanish: Tan cerca y aún así tan Farfetch'd
• Swedish: Pokémontjuven

← EP048 : Holy Matrimony!

Original series

EP050 : Who Gets to Keep Togepi? →

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