AG012

The Lotad Lowdown File:AG012.jpg.png

AG012   ハスボーとフラワーショップの三姉妹！ Hassboh and the Three Sisters of the Flower Shop!

First broadcast Japan February 13, 2003 United States December 20, 2003

English themes Opening I Wanna Be A Hero Ending

Japanese themes Opening アドバンス・アドベンチャー Ending そこに空があるから

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 片貝慎 Shin Katakai Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

The Lotad Lowdown (Japanese: ハスボーとフラワーショップの三姉妹！ Hassboh and the Three Sisters of the Flower Shop!) is is the 12th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 286th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 13, 2003 and in the United States on December 20, 2003.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis The episode starts with Ash (in his bathing suit) jumping into a pool, follow by Pikachu, May and Max. Max splashes water at May and Ash swims around with Pikachu on top of his head. Brock is standing on a rock, doing exercise. He places his right feet in but trips. The others are laughing at him. Then, a pair of red eyes appear in the water, watching Ash and his friends. Without them noticing, more pairs of red eyes appear. Then, they saw leaf floating on the water. Scared, they swim back to shore but Max is pull in the water and everybody is too. They saw that they were Template:P2. The Lotad pile up and throw Ash and his friends back to the shore. As the Lotads leap up to the shore, May was frighten and she hide behind Max. Then, all the Lotads use Water Gun up to the air. All but one, use Water Gun lightly. Brock walk up to the Lotad but its Water Gun turn back to normal and hits Brock in his face. A girl, Natalie, appears behind them, asking what they are doing with the Lotads.

Major events

• Brock captures a Lotad.

Debuts

• Brock's Lotad

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Natalie
• Nicole
• Rita

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Magby

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Taillow (Ash's)
• Treecko (Ash's)
• Torchic (May's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Lotad (Brock's, new)
• Lotad (Flower Shop sisters', many)
• Beedrill

Trivia

• The Wailmer Pail is introduced.

Errors

• In both the English and the Latin American Dub, Rita calls the attention of Natalie instead of Nicole as she enters the shop.
• When everybody is walking to the garden, May disappears and then reappears.

In other languages

• French: La Team Rocket prend l'eau
• Italian: Tutti frutti
• Latin American Spanish: Los pequeños Lotad
• Portuguese: O Pequeno Lotad
• Spanish: Lotad acuáticos

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