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True Blue Swablu
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True Blue Swablu (Japanese: チルットの空！ハルカの心！！ Sky of Tyltto! Spirit of Haruka!) is the 64th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 338th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 19, 2004 and in the United States on February 5, 2005.
Blurb
A tree inhabited by Swablu and Altaria is struck by lightning during a thunderstorm, and one of the Swablu fails to fly away before the tree crashes.
The next morning, May and friends are walking through the woods when they find the wounded Swablu. Swablu puts the kids to sleep with Sing, but Torchic wakes them up by pecking their noses. Their shouts alert a park ranger, who brings everyone to a rest station.
May wants to stay there until Swablu gets better, so Brock helps her with caring for the little Flying-type. Eventually its wing heals, but it still can't fly. The ranger explains that the accident with the tree was very traumatic, so the kids try to re-teach Swablu to fly. Eventually Max comes up with a successful idea to trick Swablu into flying using "magic powder" spread by Beautifly.
The ranger locates the Swablu's flock at a lake and drives the kids there, but they are stopped by Team Rocket. The trio steals Swablu and escape in their balloon. Swablu uses Sing, but James' Cacnea uses Pin Missile while asleep, damaging the balloon.
The balloon becomes engulfed in flames, but Swablu manages to overcome its fear of flying to escape. Brock's Mudkip and Lombre put out the fire, and Team Rocket is sent blasting off.
The gang finally arrives at the lake, but the flock appears to be gone. May offers Swablu a place with her, but the flock suddenly reappears, and instead she lets Swablu rejoin its fellow Pokémon.
Plot
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While walking through a forest, Ash and his friends come across a large amount of debris caused by a recent storm, trapping an injured Swablu. Determined to help the Pokémon return to its flock, May begins to care for the flying Pokémon and develops a bond with it. Meanwhile, Team Rocket notice the Swablu and immediately begin working on a plan to capture it.
A tree inhabited by Swablu and Altaria is struck by lightning during a thunderstorm, and one of the Swablu fails to fly away before the tree crashes.
The next morning, May and friends are walking through the woods when they find the wounded Swablu. Swablu puts the kids to sleep with Sing, but Torchic wakes them up by pecking their noses. Their shouts alert a park ranger, who brings everyone to a rest station.
May wants to stay there until Swablu gets better, so Brock helps her with caring for the little Flying-type. Eventually its wing heals, but it still can't fly. The ranger explains that the accident with the tree was very traumatic, so the kids try to re-teach Swablu to fly. Eventually Max comes up with a successful idea to trick Swablu into flying using "magic powder" spread by Beautifly.
The ranger locates the Swablu's flock at a lake and drives the kids there, but they are stopped by Team Rocket. The trio steals Swablu and escape in their balloon. Swablu uses Sing, but James' Cacnea uses Pin Missile while asleep, damaging the balloon.
The balloon becomes engulfed in flames, but Swablu manages to overcome its fear of flying to escape. Brock's Mudkip and Lombre put out the fire, and Team Rocket is sent blasting off.
The gang finally arrives at the lake, but the flock appears to be gone. May offers Swablu a place with her, but the flock suddenly reappears, and instead she lets Swablu rejoin its fellow Pokémon.
Major events
May offers a Swablu a place on her team, but decides against it when Swablu's flock shows up.
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
TV episode debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- May
- Brock
- Max
- Jessie
- James
- Mr. Morita
- Giovanni (fantasy)
- Cassidy (fantasy)
- Butch (fantasy)
- Team Rocket Grunts (fantasy)
Pokémon
Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Skitty
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Taillow (Ash's)
- Treecko (Ash's)
- Corphish (Ash's)
- Torkoal (Ash's)
- Torchic (May's)
- Beautifly (May's)
- Skitty (May's)
- Forretress (Brock's)
- Lombre (Brock's)
- Mudkip (Brock's)
- Cacnea (James's)
- Nuzleaf (Mr. Morita's)
- Swablu (debut)
- Altaria (debut)
Trivia
- Music from Mewtwo Strikes Back and Pikachu's Vacation was used in this episode.
- The "magic" Max used on Swablu is similar to the idea of pixie dust in Peter Pan.
- In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto.
Errors
- Brock tells May to soak Swablu's bandages in the green medicine and feed it the other medicine, but she is shown feeding it the green medicine.
Dub edits
Pokémon Trainer's Choice
- Question: Trainers, which one of these Pokémon evolves into Delcatty?
- Choices: Spinda, Poochyena, Skitty
- Answer: OK, Trainers! If you chose Skitty, you were right!
In other languages
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| Mandarin Chinese | 青綿鳥的天空 ，小遙的心！ | |
 Dutch
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Swablu taboe! | |
 Finnish
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Eksynyt Swablu | |
 European French
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Un Tylton tombé du nid | |
 German
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Angst vorm Fliegen | |
 Hebrew
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עוזרים לסוובאלוozrim leSwablu | |
 Italian
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Un Pokémon quasi volante | |
| Portuguese |  Brazil
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O Swablu |
 Portugal
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Swablu Realmente Azul | |
| Spanish |  Latin America
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¡Rescatando a Swablu! |
 Spain
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Un Swablu tristón | |
 Swedish
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Swablu | |
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