AG077

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A Fan with a Plan

AG077   EP351 強敵!?ママさんコーディネーター登場！ Formidable Enemy!? Mother Coordinator Enters!

First broadcast Japan May 20, 2004 United States May 7, 2005

English themes Opening This Dream Ending

Japanese themes Opening チャレンジャー!! Ending スマイル ②

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

A Fan with a Plan (Japanese: 強敵!?ママさんコーディネーター登場！ Formidable Enemy!? Mother Coordinator Enters!) is the 77th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 351st episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 20, 2004 and in the United States on May 7, 2005.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis The gang enter Rubello Town, and May is delighted to see that a Pokémon Contest is due to begin the next day. Deciding to enter, May meets up with Drew, who is also entering with his new Masquerain, but Drew is soon surrounded by a lot of female admirers (sounds a bit like Gary) which makes May feel a little jealous. However, the jealously is forgotten when she also gets a group of fans approach her. Savannah, the head of the group, explains that they saw May in the Verdanturf Contest and that she will be entering this contest with her Lairon and Flareon, making May realise she’s got a new rival. Deciding to enter Bulbasaur in the contest, May and Savannah have a practice battle when Team Rocket appear. It seems that Jessie has attempted to enter Dustox in the contest, but she can’t as she doesn’t meet the entry requirement of a Ribbon, so she’s gonna steal one instead…

Major events

• Drew reveals that he has a Masquerain.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Masquerain
• Lairon

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Drew
• Nurse Joy
• Savannah
• Sandra
• MFP (Mothers For Pokémon) members

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Arbok

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Torchic (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Lombre (Brock's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Masquerain (Drew's; debut)
• Lairon (Savannah's; debut)
• Flareon (Savannah's)
• Magnemite
• Igglybuff
• Umbreon
• Misdreavus
• Teddiursa
• Wingull
• Shroomish
• Makuhita
• Plusle
• Roselia
• Spinda
• Spheal

Trivia

• In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto.
• The dub title is a pun of the phrase "a man with a plan".

Errors

• The most infamous Trainer's Choice incorrectly claims that Arbok evolves into Seviper. Arbok and the other two choices, Sableye and Suicune don't evolve at all, and Seviper is the only Pokémon in its evolution chain.[1]
• In both the original and the dub, May mentioned that she used Skitty in the Fallarbor contest, but she actually used Beautifly in the contest in question.
• When Team Rocket does their motto Jessie states that the contest is tonight, but at the end of the episode May says the contest is tomorrow.

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Which of these Pokémon evolve into Seviper?
• Choices: Arbok, Sableye, Suicune
• Answer: Ok, trainers! If you choose Arbok, you were right!

In other languages

• French: Groupie pour la vie
• German: MFP-Girls wollen Spaß!
• Italian: L'ammiratrice
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Un admirador con un plan!
• European Portuguese: Um Fã Com Um Plano
• Iberian Spanish: Una fan con un plan
• Brazilian Portuguese: Uma Fã com um Plano

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Advanced Generation series

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