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Pokémon Paparazzi
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Pokémon Paparazzi (Japanese: シャッターチャンスはピカチュウ Shutter Chance is Pikachu) is the 55th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 23, 1998 and in the United States on April 17, 1999.
Synopsis
As Ash and his friends travel, they decide to stop to eat, with Brock making his famous rice balls. However, Ash notices what he thinks is a gun pointing at Pikachu, and pushes his Pokémon out of the way. The rice balls are knocked into the river, angering Brock, Pikachu, and Misty, and making Togepi cry.
Ash sends out Squirtle and commands it to use Water Gun at the bushes where he saw the "gun." Todd stands up and tells him to stop, afraid that his camera, what was really pointed at them, will be ruined. Ash, angry at Todd, asks why he was spying on them. Todd explains that he is a Pokémon photographer and didn't want his picture of Pikachu to look posed.
The group goes in a house to talk to Todd. He shows them a magazine with his picture of an Aerodactyl in it. The Aerodactyl was carrying Ash in its claws! Todd zooms in on the picture and it is revealed that it really was Ash. To make up for not believing him, Todd makes pancakes for the group.
As the group is eating their pancakes, Todd tries to get a picture of Pikachu. However, as he is taking the picture, Pikachu accidentally zaps Todd. He tries again, but gives up because "Pokémon should be photographed naturally, not posing." He shows them pictures he took of various Pokémon to prove his point.
Pikachu doesn't like to be photographed, so Ash, Misty, and Brock send out their Pokémon for Todd to photograph. However, Todd says that he only wants to take pictures of Pikachu. They ask him why, but he says that he can't tell them.
Ash and his friends leave, and as they are walking down a path, Todd is shown hidden in the grass. A flashback is shown of Team Rocket dressed as seniors begging Todd to "capture" Pikachu. Todd agrees, however, they didn't realize that Todd plans to capture Pikachu on film.
After Todd leaves, Team Rocket is shown eating. They take off their disguises.
Misty and Brock are shown resting under a tree as Ash and Pikachu wash their faces in a pond. Twice, Todd tries to take Pikachu's picture, but it hides behind Ash before he can.
Team Rocket is shown digging a pitfall trap. Meowth yells that Snap is coming, and Jessie and James quickly put their disguises back on. Todd tells them that he hasn't taken Pikachu yet, and James almost tells him about the pitfall, but Jessie and Meowth stop him. Todd sets up his camera and waits for Ash and the group to come.
Todd hears everyone talking about them and is dismayed to hear Ash say that he "doesn't even understand feelings of the Pokémon he takes pictures of." As they walk, however, they fall into Team Rocket's pitfall trap. Todd walks over and looks into the hole. He sees Pikachu and gets ready to take its picture. Team Rocket sees this and realizes that he is a photographer. Todd finally gets Pikachu's picture, but then sees the ground below Ash start to crack. Todd throws a rope into the hole, but it's too late- Ash and Pikachu fall through into an underground storm drain-like place. Todd jumps down after them and runs along the water. He tells Ash to grab on to something- they will fall over the waterfall! Realizing there's nothing for them to grab, Todd holds out his camera on the tripod. Ash grabs onto the strap and realizes that Todd sacrificed his camera to save them.
Team Rocket appears and says their motto before taking off their disguises. Meowth uses a net to take Pikachu off Ash's back. Todd asks why they tricked him, and Jessie answers that he tricked them first. James then throws some small bombs into the waterfall. Ash takes Todd's camera off the tripod and acts like he is taking Team Rocket's picture. As they wait for him to take it, however, the small bomb explodes. Ash pulls himself up the rest of the way with Todd's tripod, then sends out Bulbasaur and tells it to use Razor Leaf. The attack tears the rubber net that Pikachu was in, and it escapes. Bulbasaur uses Vine Whip and chases Team Rocket into the water, then they fall off the waterfall. Brock and Misty run up, and everyone is reunited.
Todd sets up his camera to take his picture with his new friends, but he slips on a rice ball and knocks Ash and Misty down.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Pidgeotto (Ash's)
- Bulbasaur (Ash's)
- Charmeleon (Ash's; flashback)
- Squirtle (Ash's)
- Goldeen (Misty's)
- Staryu (Misty's)
- Starmie (Misty's)
- Horsea (Misty's)
- Psyduck (Misty's)
- Geodude (Brock's)
- Onix (Brock's)
- Zubat (Brock's)
- Vulpix (Brock's)
- Aerodactyl (flashback)
- Pidgey (picture)
- Dugtrio (picture)
- Mankey (picture)
- Slowbro (picture)
- Eevee (picture)
- Kangaskhan (picture)
- Chansey (picture)
- Snorlax (picture)
Trivia
- In the episode The Battling Eevee Brothers Pikachu has no problem having his picture taken but in this episode, when Todd Snap tries to take its picture, it gets upset. This may be because it was prepared in that episode, unlike this one, where it's a surprise.
- When Todd is trying to take a picture of Pikachu, Ash mistakes his camera for a sniper, which he imagines shooting Brock. This is the first time a character is seen dying in the anime, though it is not real.
- This is one of the few 4Kids episodes in which rice balls are referred to properly.
Errors
Dub edits
- Originally, Todd's name was dubbed as "Snap", as it is the default name for him in Pokémon Snap, released earlier in the year for the Nintendo 64. Because of potential issues with Kellogg's over one of the mascots of Rice Krispies, the episode was redubbed and aired in the United States with his name as Todd. The "Snap" dub was used in the airings outside of the United States. When Cartoon Network gained the rights to re-air Pokémon, they chose to use the "Todd" dub, retconning his full name to "Todd Snap".
- In the original, Todd wears a mask of Blastoise because Ash thought he said カメックス (Kamex) instead of カメラ (camera). Because this would not make sense in the dub, the joke changes to Ash thinking Todd called himself a "Pokémon Masker" instead of a "Pokémon Photo Master".
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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| Mandarin Chinese | 按快門的機會是皮卡丘 | |
 Czech
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Pokémonový paparazzi | |
 Dutch
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Pokémon Paparazzi | |
 Finnish
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Antaa palaa, Todd! | |
 European French
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Le chasseur d'images | |
 German
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Pokémon Paparazzi | |
 Hebrew
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צלם הפוקימונים tsalam haPokémonim | |
 Hungarian
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Pokémon lesi puskások | |
 Italian
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Il fotografo | |
| Portuguese |  Brazil
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Fotógrafo de Pokémon |
 Portugal
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Pokémon Paparazzi | |
 Russian
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Папараци | |
| Spanish |  Latin America
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¡Paparazzi Pokémon! |
 Spain
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Paparazzi de Pokémon | |
 Swedish
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Att plåta en Pokémon | |
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This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation. |
