BW128

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BW128

BW128   EP785 ロトムVSオーキド博士！ Rotom VS Dr. Okido!

First broadcast Japan May 30, 2013 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening 夏めく坂道 Ending 手をつなごう

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 川田武範 Takenori Kawada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: ロトムVSオーキド博士！ Rotom VS Dr. Okido!) is the 128th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 785th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 30, 2013.

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

Major events

• Iris and Cilan meet Professor Oak in person for the first time.
• Professor Oak captures a Rotom.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Oak
• Parker

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Rotom (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Krookodile (Ash's)
• Excadrill (Iris's)
• Emolga (Iris's)
• Stunfisk (Cilan's)
• Audino (Nurse Joy's)
• Rotom (all forms; ×2)
• Rotom (Professor Oak's; new)
• Purrloin (flashback)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Rotom (mid-episode) and Gigalith (end of the episode)
  • This is the first time that two different Live Casters are in the same episode.
• In this episode, for the first time since the Diamond & Pearl series, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto.
• The beam emitters that Team Rocket use to capture Rotom are similar in design to the Proton Packs from Ghostbusters.
• At the end of the episode, besides the narrator, also Professor Oak's voice is heard.
• This is the first episode to mention the fact that some Pokémon are genderless.

In other languages

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