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| Season | Pokémon: Indigo League (Season 1) · Pallet Town to Cerulean City arc (EP1–EP7) |
| Episode | Season 1, episode 6 · English episode 6 · Japanese episode 6 · Bulbapedia code EP006 |
| English title | Clefairy and the Moon Stone |
| Japanese title | ピッピとつきのいし Pippi to Tsuki no Ishi — “Pippi and the Moon Stone” |
| First aired (Japan) | 6 May 1997 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 15 September 1998 · first-run syndication |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Mezase Pokémon Master (Aim to Be a Pokémon Master) – Rica Matsumoto · Hyakugojūichi (One Hundred Fifty-One) – Professor Oak & the Pokémon Kids |
| English opening | Pokémon Theme – Jason Paige |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Clefairy (US) · Clefairy (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Showdown in Pewter City (EP005) |
| Next episode | The Water Flowers of Cerulean City (EP007) |
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Clefairy and the Moon Stone is the 6th episode of Pokémon: Indigo League, the first season of the Pokémon anime, and the 6th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 6, Bulbapedia code EP006). It first aired in Japan on 6 May 1997 and in the United States on 15 September 1998. It falls within the season’s Pallet Town to Cerulean City stretch (EP1–EP7).
Synopsis
Ash and his friends arrive at Mt. Moon where they find Team Rocket causing chaos in their search for the mysterious Moon Stone. With the assistance of a scientist called Seymour the trio are able to recover the Moon Stone and save the Clefairy’s that watch over it. Brock then catches a Zubat.
Major Events
- Brock catches Zubat (off-screen)
- First Double Battle
- First stone evolution (Clefairy → Clefable)
- Misty’s Staryu revealed. Debuts: Seymour
- Zubat, Paras, Clefairy, Clefable, Staryu.
Pokémon making their anime debut
Clefairy#0035 · EP006
Clefable#0036 · EP006
Zubat#0041 · EP006
Paras#0046 · EP006
Staryu#0120 · EP006
Captures and evolutions
- Zubat#0041 · Brock · off-screen
- Clefairy → Clefable#0036 · wild · Moon Stone
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kanto storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Love/Courage kanji → Knowledge/Research
- Cerulean sign translated
- Gary’s akanbe face painted out of his message
- The Bon-odori dance becomes the Macarena
- A kami pun becomes “prayer”
- Dub ending: the Kanto Pokérap (Monday segment)
Part of our Pokémon: Indigo League guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.