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'''Hokey Poké Balls!''' (Japanese: '''フシギダネとフシギダネ！モンスターボールを取り返せ！！''' ''{{tt|Fushigidane|Bulbasaur}} and {{tt|Fushigidane|Bulbasaur}}! Regaining the {{tt|Monster Balls|Poké Balls}}!!'') is the 74th episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, and the 348th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 29, 2004 and in the United States on April 16, 2005.  

== Synopsis ==

{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive at a town. {{an|May}} decides to bring out {{TP|May|Bulbasaur}} in order to check out the sights. Bulbasaur suddenly runs to a nearby store rack and wants to eat the displayed fruit, but May explains the concept of buying items. When [[Max]] calls to May, Bulbasaur slips away and climbs into the bed of a pickup truck full of flowers, smelling them. May runs to the truck, but the vehicle pulls away. They pursue the truck, and Ash and {{an|Brock}} speed up, getting the driver’s attention and making him stop the truck, allowing May to get Bulbasaur.  

At the [[Pokémon Center]], {{TRT}} is in disguise and working on the Pokémon Transporter. Unbeknownst to [[Nurse Joy]], they are really altering it in order to steal the imported {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. Ash and friends arrive as Team Rocket finishes and leaves. Ash calls {{an|Professor Oak}} and Max mentions May's Bulbasaur. She brings Bulbasaur to the screen and earns the professor’s approval. Ash asks about his {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, and the professor brings it to the screen. May’s Bulbasaur already shows friendliness to Ash’s. He asks the professor to send his Bulbasaur through the transporter in order to meet May’s Bulbasaur.  

Team Rocket is outside the building snatching the Poké Balls as Nurse Joy leads Ash and friends to the back, encountering Team Rocket. They quickly escape in their balloon. Ash and May send out {{AP|Taillow}} and {{TP|May|Beautifly}} to stop them, but [[James]] fires rocket boosters to evade, even dodging {{AP|Pikachu}}’s {{m|Thunderbolt}}. However, the engines fail, sending the balloon flying far away. A Poké Ball falls from the sky and May's Bulbasaur grabs it. The ball opens and releases the Pokémon inside, and it's Ash's Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur jumps into Ash’s arms and May’s Bulbasaur reaches out with a vine. Ash’s Bulbasaur matches the vine in a high-five style as May brings her Bulbasaur closer. They decide to allow the Bulbasaur to team up to search while Taillow and Beautifly cover from the air.

Team Rocket begins to gather all the stolen Poké Balls into wrapped sacks. James’s bag develops a hole and it drops Poké Balls, leaving a trail. Meanwhile, while Ash and the others are searching, May's Bulbasaur drifts to sniffing flowers. Ash's Bulbasaur explains to May’s Bulbasaur and gets it back on track. Taillow and Beautifly find the Poké Ball trail. A wild {{p|Shroomish}} and {{p|Nuzleaf}} lead Ash and friends to the balloon’s landing site, where they find one of the Poké Balls. Taillow brings another Poké Ball and leads them to the ball trail.  

Team Rocket gets to their cabin and {{MTR}} notices that James’s bag had a hole and he dropped the Poké Balls. They find Ash and friends outside, but they retreat back inside and James activates a switch, raising steel walls around the perimeter and rendering it impregnable. However, Ash notices an open window, allowing May and the others to go onto the roof and retrieve the stolen property. Meowth throws Poké Balls and James uses the skis as a makeshift baseball bat to send them outside, using the Pokémon inside, a {{p|Golbat}} and a {{p|Primeape}}, to attack Ash. May orders the two Bulbasaur to send their vines inside and attempt to grab the sack of Poké Balls. James tries to tie the vines together, but the Bulbasaur smack James back with the vines. Brock recalls the attacking Primeape and Golbat while Pikachu attacks the wall with {{m|Iron Tail}}, forcing Team Rocket out. [[Jessie]] and James send out {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}} and {{TP|James|Cacnea}}. Seviper’s {{m|Poison Tail}} and Cacnea’s {{m|Pin Missile}} put down May’s Bulbasaur. Although May calls for a {{m|Razor Leaf}} attack, Cacnea’s Pin Missile is too strong for May’s Bulbasaur. Ash's Bulbasaur steps in and stops the attack with {{m|Vine Whip}}. Seviper and Cacnea attempt to attack with Poison Tail and {{m|Needle Arm}}, but both Bulbasaur use Vine Whip to push them back and seize the stolen Poké Balls. They try to attack again, but Pikachu stops them with Thunderbolt and sends them flying. The Bulbasaur give a Vine Whip high five. Ash and the others return the Poké Balls. Professor Oak calls back and asks for Ash’s Bulbasaur to return and stop the {{t|water}} and {{t|grass}} Pokémon from fighting. Ash sends his Bulbasaur back to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] as May’s Bulbasaur appears to have made a positive change. Ash and friends leave the Pokémon Center and hit the road.

== Major events ==

*Ash temporarily brings his {{AP|Bulbasaur}} from [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] to meet {{an|May}}'s {{TP|May|Bulbasaur}}.

=== Debuts ===

== Characters ==

=== Humans ===

=== Pokémon ===

* {{p|Golbat}} (Stolen by [[Team Rocket]])

== Trivia ==

* The episode title is a pun on the dance name "hokey pokey".

=== Errors ===

* Since Team Rocket finished corrupting the Poké Ball transporter only when Ash and others entered the Pokémon Center, not many people could have used it before Ash, if he was not the first. Obviously, Team Rocket could not have stolen three large bags of Poké Balls.

* {{p|Beautifly}} is pictured where Nuzleaf's name appears in {{pkmn|Trainer's Choice}}.

**Additionally, Combusken would be the worst choice of the three, as it is part {{type2|Fighting}}, weak to {{type2|Psychic}}s. {{p|Beautifly}} would instead be the best choice, as its {{type2|Flying}} weakens Meditite's primary type of Fighting, ''and'' Beautifly's {{type2|Bug}} is strong against Meditite's {{type2|Psychic}}.

* In the scene where Ash and his friends found [[Team Rocket]]'s balloon, Poké Balls could be seen in the basket.

* In the part where Ash's Bulbasaur and May's Bulbasaur "talk" to a {{p|Nuzleaf}} and a {{p|Shroomish}}, their voices were mixed up in Japanese version: Nuzleaf says "Kinoko" (from [[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Kinococo]]) and Shroomish says "Kono" (from [[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Konohana]]).

* When Seviper uses Poison Tail for the first time, the outlines around the purple markings are a light purple instead of black.

=== Dub edits ===

 

 

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