EP258

Hatch Me If You Can!

EP258   タマゴをまもれ！あらしのなかでうまれたいのち！ Protecting the Egg! Working Hard with a Newborn!

First broadcast Japan July 25, 2002 United States August 9, 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 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Assistant director 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Hatch Me If You Can! (Japanese: タマゴをまもれ！あらしのなかでうまれたいのち！ Protecting the Egg! Working Hard with a Newborn!) is episode 258 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 25, 2002 and in the United States on August 9, 2003.

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

Major events

• Ash's egg hatches into a Larvitar.
• Ash registers for the Silver Conference.
• Ash agrees to take Larvitar to Mt. Silver.

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy (two)
• Professor Elm
• Professor Oak
• Delia

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Larvitar (Ash's, hatched)
• Jumpluff (many)
• Bellossom (three)
• Butterfree (many)
• Pidgey (many)

Trivia

the title is based on the movie "catch me if you can "

In other languages

• French: L'éclosion

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.