EP251

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EP251   イブキとミニリュウ！ Ibuki and Miniryu!

First broadcast Japan June 6, 2002 United States May 31, 2003

English themes Opening Believe in Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening Ready Go! Ending ポケッターリ・モンスターリ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 福本勝 Masaru Fukumoto No additional credits are available at this time.

Beauty is Skin Deep (Japanese: イブキとミニリュウ！ Ibuki and Miniryu!) is episode 251 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 6, 2002 and in the United States on May 31, 2003.

Ash arrives in Blackthorn City and meets Clair. A special ceremony must happen by the end of the day but she is too concerned with watching her Dratini... which Jessie decides to steal.

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

Major events

• Ash, Misty and Brock get to Blackthorn City
• Ash, Misty and Brock meet Clair
• Ash challenges Clair to a battle
• Clair's Dratini evolves into Dragonair.

Debuts

• Clair

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Clair
• Jessie
• James
• Lance (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Dratini

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Dratini (Clair's; evolves)
• Dragonair (Clair's; newly evolved)
• Gyarados (Clair's)
• Gyarados (Red Gyarados; Lance's; flashback)
• Wynaut (hidden)

Trivia

• Wynaut makes its first anime appearance.
• The English title of this episode is based on the saying Beauty is only skin deep.

In other languages

• French: Un adorable petit Pokémon
• Italian: L'ultima Medaglia (prima parte)

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