EP246

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Original series

EP247 : Outrageous Fortunes →

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EP246   ピィとピッピとながれぼし！ Py and Pippy and the Shooting Star!

First broadcast Japan May 2, 2002 United States May 3, 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 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 藤本義孝 Yoshitaka Fujimoto Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Wish Upon a Star Shape (Japanese: ピィとピッピとながれぼし！ Py and Pippy and the Shooting Star!) is the 246th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on May 2, 2002 and in the United States on May 3, 2003.

When a Cleffa falls out of a crashing Clefairy spaceship, Phanpy brings it back to its friends. However, the Cleffa is being chased, not just by Team Rocket, but also PMC - an organization with unknown motivations.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis The gang is relaxing in a field when a Cleffa lands on Phanpy, the gang then witness a flying saucer which crashes into a mountain. The Pokémon Myserty Club (PMC, Ken and Mary) appear to get the Cleffa and interrupt Team Rocket’s plan to capture the Cleffa as well. While both Pokémon escape into the forest, PMC, Rocket and Ash all search for them. Ash, Misty and Brock stumble upon the Clefairy rocket ship which needs to be repaired. As PMC and Rocket fight using their machines, the Clefairy steal their machine parts for repair. As the ship leaves, Cleffa evolves into Clefairy and leaves a sad Phanpy behind. Meanwhile, PMC examine crop circles being created by Snorlax.

Major events

Debuts

• The Pokémon Mystery Club

Pokémon debuts

• Cleffa

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Ken
• Mary
• Oswald (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Voltorb (US and international), Py (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Phanpy (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Corsola (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Crobat (Brock's)
• Pineco (Brock's)
• Cleffa (evolves; debut)
• Clefairy (many; one newly evolved)
• Jigglypuff (anime; flashback)
• Snorlax

Trivia

• The Clefairy are the same group from Clefairy Tales.
• The English title of this episode is a reference to the phrase Wish upon a Star.
• This episode aired exactly 1 year and 1 day from it's Japanese airing.

In other languages

• French: Mystère autour d'une étoile filante
• German. Vom Himmel gefallen
• Italian: Misteri dal cosmo
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Un deseo con forma de estrella!
• Iberian Spanish: Pide un deseo a un estrellado
• Brazilian Portuguese: Um Desejo sob as Estrelas

← EP245 : Will the Real Oak Please Stand Up?

Original series

EP247 : Outrageous Fortunes →

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