DP019

Twice Smitten, Once Shy File:Hikari pachirisu2.jpg.png

DP019   パチリスゲットで…大丈夫!? I'll Get Pachirisu……Is That Okay!?

First broadcast Japan February 8, 2007 United States July 5, 2007

English themes Opening Diamond and Pearl Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Animation director 新城真 Makoto Shinjō No additional credits are available at this time.

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Twice Smitten, Once Shy (Japanese: パチリスゲットで…大丈夫!? I'll Get Pachirisu……Is That Okay!?) is the 19th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It originally aired in Japan on February 8, 2007.

Dawn catches a Pachirisu but it turns out to be too mischievous to handle. Dawn releases it but by the time she starts to doubt her decision, Jessie has already taken an interest in the electric Pokémon.

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

Major events

• Dawn captures, releases and recaptures a Pachirisu.

Debuts

• Dawn's Pachirisu

Pokémon debuts

• Pachirisu

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's; debut; newly captured)

Trivia

• Dawn reads the title card.
• Dawn capturing Pachirisu is the first time since EP001 that a main character has captured, received, or hatched an Template:Type2 Pokémon.
• This is the first episode when a character releases a Pokémon and then recaptures it, not to be confused with the episode in which Ash trades his Butterfree for a Raticate and then trades back.
• The cold open format for this episode is a selection of two scenes from later in the episode, instead of a single scene.
• The instrumental version, the TV cut and the ballad version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ are used as background music.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Brock's Sudowoodo

The footage in this segment is from Leave It To Brocko and DP017.

• Pokémon senryū: しんかして　もうなかないよ　ウソッキー Shinkashite / Mō nakanai yo / Usokkī "You've evolved, so don't cry anymore, Usokkie."
• The next episode preview is narrated by Ash and J.

Dub edits

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