EP055

Pokémon Paparazzi File:PokemonPaparazzi.gif.png

EP055   シャッターチャンスはピカチュウ Shutter Chance is Pikachu

First broadcast Japan July 23, 1998 United States April 17, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending ポケモン音頭

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 横田和 Kazu Yokota Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi Animation director 武田優作 Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

Pokémon Paparazzi (Japanese: シャッターチャンスはピカチュウ Shutter Chance is Pikachu) is episode 55 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 23, 1998 and in the United States on April 17, 1999.

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

Major events

• Todd Snap joins the group.

Debuts

• Todd Snap

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Todd Snap

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Geodude

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket}
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmeleon (Ash's); flashback)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Starmie (Misty's)
• Horsea (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Zubat (Brock's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Aerodactyl (flashback)

Trivia

Dub edits

• 4Kids originally dubbed the episode with Tohru's name being "Snap," just like the character in the Pokémon Snap game. However, when it aired in the U.S., Snap's name was changed to "Todd" for the Kids WB airing. The reason for the name change was because 4Kids didn't want to get into legal trouble with Kellogg's for using the name "Snap" (since "Snap" is one of the characters associated with Rice Krispies). However, in every other English version of the episode, his name is Snap. Oddly enough, because Cartoon Network has rights to air any Pokémon episode (because Kids WB doesn't air them anymore), they used the Todd version instead of the Snap version like they always did back in 2003.
• The dub has Brock refer to onigiri as "rice balls".
• One joke that only makes sense in the Japanese version is Ash thinks that Todd said "Kamex" instead of "kamera", which is why Todd is wearing a Blastoise mask. The English version changes this to make Ash think that Todd said "Pokémon Masker" instead of "Pokémon Photo Master".

In other languages

• French: Le chasseur d'images
• Italian: Il fotografo
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Paparazzi Pokémon!
• Spanish: Paparazzi de Pokémon

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