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| Same Old Song and Dance
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ふたごのププリンＶＳプリン！うたうポケモンコンサート！
Pupurin Twins vs Purin! Singing Pokémon Concert!
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First broadcast
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April 11, 2002
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| United States
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April 19, 2003
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Same Old Song and Dance (Japanese: ふたごのププリンＶＳプリン！うたうポケモンコンサート！ Pupurin Twins vs Purin! Singing Pokémon Concert!) is the 243rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 11, 2002 and in the United States on April 19, 2003.
Synopsis
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In the midst of their travels, Ash gets hungry, so they were going to get lunch. But, Togepi runs off to come upon a young girl named Brittany practicing with twin Igglybuff. She stars in her own musical variety television program along with her two Igglybuff. Jigglypuff shows up and begins to sing, but Ash snatches her microphone and stashes it in his backpack. Jigglypuff is jealous of Brittany's Igglybuff, so she bullies them when Ash and friends aren't looking. Team Rocket spies on them like usual and Jessie daydreams of having her own show with the Igglybuff. Our heroes sit back and enjoy the show for a bit, but Team Rocket appears, in costume on a platform, singing their motto. They use James' Weezing's Smokescreen to distract Ash and others while they take Brittany's Igglybuff and accidentally Jigglypuff. Ash, Misty, and Brittany go to rescue Brittany's Igglybuff while Brock entertains the audience. The audience appears to love Brock at first, but Brock keeps singing the same song over and over again. They eventually get tired of his singing and so does Brock. Ash, Misty, and Brittany finds Team Rocket and battles them. When Ash, Misty, and Brittany come back, Brock is more than happy to have Brittany take over the show. Finally, our heroes sit back and relax. Jigglypuff goes backstage to retrieve her microphone by going into Ash's, Brock's, and Misty's backpacks. She appears on the stage and starts to sing. At the end of the episode, Jigglypuff walks away; appearing upset. Everyone in the audience, including Brittany and her Igglypuff, are shown with their faces drawn on by Jigglypuff.
Major events
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Yanma (US and international), Pupurin (Japan)
Trivia
- The songs featured in this episode are as follows: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master (instrumental), Summer Vacation Fan Club, Mama's Dear Pokémon, Team Rocket Forever, and Takeshi's Paradise.
- This episode features the dub debut of Takeshi's Paradise.
- The dub episode's title is shared by a song by Aerosmith.
- This episode marks the first time that the Narrator is affected by Jigglypuff's song.
- In the song "Team Rocket Forever" Jessie and James sing "We're tired of our motto so we thought we'd try a song!" but they end up saying their motto anyway.
- This episode features another instance of the breaking of the fourth wall, when Team Rocket sings that they plan "to be the stars of this cartoon".
- When Jigglypuff goes through Misty's bag she finds the handkerchief that Misty gives to Ash right before they say their goodbyes
Errors
- During Brittany's first on-stage performance, before Jigglypuff goes to retrieve its microphone, the Igglybuff twins are missing from their pedestals.
- After James's Weezing uses SmokeScreen and Team Rocket escape, Jigglypuff is seen behind Brittany. However Jigglypuff was taken by Team Rocket by mistake and is in their bag at the same time.
- When Misty throws Corsola's Poké Ball, it is shown as a regular Poké Ball, instead of a Lure Ball.
Dub edits
In other languages
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Hebrew
Italian
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Portugal
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