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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · The road to Blackthorn arc (EP239–EP250) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 40 · English episode 249 · Japanese episode 251 · Bulbapedia code EP249 |
| English title | I Politoed Ya So! |
| Japanese title | ニョロトノのチア リーディング! Nyorotono no Chiarīdeingu! — “Nyorotono’s Cheerleading!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 23 May 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 24 May 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Hideki Sonoda |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Ready Go! – Naomi Tamura · Pokettāri Monsutāri – Kana |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Totodile (US) · Politoed (Japan) |
| Previous episode | One Trick Phony! (EP248) |
| Next episode | The Ice Cave! (EP250) |
Filler / stand-alone episode
I Politoed Ya So! is the 40th episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 249th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 251, Bulbapedia code EP249). It first aired in Japan on 23 May 2002 and in the United States on 24 May 2003. It falls within the season’s The road to Blackthorn stretch (EP239–EP250).
Synopsis
Ash and company stop for a picnic. After a nap they break camp, and Misty notices Politoad is missing. They start looking around, but fall into another Team Rocket pitfall. The lost politoad with the red headband happens by and Team Rocket becomes distracted. Ash and friends climb out of the pit and stop them. Ash and company go into town to return the politoad to its owner and find Politoad. The trio are introduced to Tammy and learns the politoad is called Bean. Tammy borrows Politoad for a little while to help her pokémon practice for an important cheerleading contest. Tiffany decides that Bean can no longer be on the squad.
Bean feeling useless, runs off. Ash tries to convince Bean to return, while Brock and Misty try to convince Tammy that she needs to reconsider. Team Rocket snatches everyone. Then Bean arrives and frees its friends. Misty and Tammy then work together to fight Team Rocket and douse their robot in water so Pikachu can use his Thunderbolt. Pikachu is free and Team Rocket is blasting off again. Everyone says their good-byes and…
Roll credits.
Trivia
- The English title plays on “I told you so”.
- The screenplay is by Hideki Sonoda.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Johto story.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Politoed in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Totodile in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Part of our Pokémon: Master Quest guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.