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| Season | Pokémon: Advanced (Season 6) · Petalburg Woods: Taillow, Treecko & a new Team Rocket arc (AG004–AG008) |
| Episode | Season 6, episode 4 · English episode 277 · Japanese episode 280 · Bulbapedia code AG004 |
| English title | You Never Can Taillow |
| Japanese title | スバメがいっぱい 危険がいっぱい！トウカの森でゲットだぜ！！ Subame ga Ippai, Kiken ga Ippai! Tōka no Mori de Getto da ze!! — “A Lot of Subame! A Lot of Danger! Capture in Touka Woods!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 12 December 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 22 November 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Advance Adventure – GARDEN · Soko ni Sora ga Aru Kara (Because the Sky Is There) – Toshiko Ezaki |
| English opening | I Wanna Be a Hero – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Misdreavus (US) |
| Previous episode | There’s No Place Like Hoenn (AG003) |
| Next episode | In the Knicker of Time! (AG005) |
Plot episodeBrock rejoinsAsh catches Taillow
You Never Can Taillow is the 4th episode of Pokémon: Advanced, the sixth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 277th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 280, Bulbapedia code AG004). It first aired in Japan on 12 December 2002 and in the United States on 22 November 2003. It falls within the season’s Petalburg Woods: Taillow, Treecko & a new Team Rocket stretch (EP4–EP8).
Synopsis
Ash has new companions to get used to. They run afoul of a flock of taillow led by one especially feisty one. They are soon joined by Brock who decided to catch up with Ash after finishing his family errands. Ash catches Taillow as his first caught pokémon in Hoenn. They all continue onward to Rustboro City.
Major Events
- Brock rejoins, with only Forretress (Explosion)
- Ash catches Taillow, his first Hoenn capture
- Taillow debuts
- Announced in the US as You Can Never Taillow
Pokémon making their anime debut
Taillow#0276 · AG004
Captures and evolutions
- Taillow#0276 · Ash · his first Hoenn capture
Trivia
- The English title plays on "you never can tell" (announced as You Can Never Taillow).
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Hoenn storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Brock’s Japanese voice left in on “Explosion”
- Chocolate becomes “chocolate cookies”
- Petalburg Woods called “Petalburg Forest”
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