To Catch a Rotom! (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 and in the United States on August 31, 2013.
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When Professor Oak initially fails to catch Rotom, he says, "Almost had it!" The same message also appears in the games if a Pokémon escapes from a Poké Ball after three shakes.
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 Japanese version of the episode, the narrator impersonates Professor Oak. Both characters have the same voice actor.
Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster is localized as Professor Oak's Who's That Pokémon.
Since the narrator and Professor Oak don't share their voice actor in the English dub, Professor Oak interrupts the narrator and recites the "...as the journey continues" line himself; unlike the Japanese version which has the narrator impersonating Oak.
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