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| Season | Pokémon: Advanced (Season 6) · On to Rustboro: Shroomish, Pelipper, Poochyena & Lotad arc (AG009–AG012) |
| Episode | Season 6, episode 12 · English episode 285 · Japanese episode 288 · Bulbapedia code AG012 |
| English title | The Lotad Lowdown |
| Japanese title | ハスボーとフラワーショップの三姉妹！ Hasubō to Furawā Shoppu no San-Shimai! — “Hassboh and the Three Sisters of the Flower Shop!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 13 February 2003 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 20 December 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Masashi Sogo |
| 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? | Magby (US) |
| Previous episode | A Bite to Remember (AG011) |
| Next episode | All Things Bright and Beautifly! (AG013) |
Plot episodeBrock catches LotadFirst Berries
The Lotad Lowdown is the 12th episode of Pokémon: Advanced, the sixth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 285th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 288, Bulbapedia code AG012). It first aired in Japan on 13 February 2003 and in the United States on 20 December 2003. It falls within the season’s On to Rustboro: Shroomish, Pelipper, Poochyena & Lotad stretch (EP9–EP12).
Synopsis
Ash and company wind up helping out at a flower shop and berry farm run by three sisters. Older sisters Rita and Nicole and their ten year old sister, Natalie. They are having problems with their watering system that is old and needs to be replaced. The local lotads, who all have a special move, Water Gun, help out watering the plants. One in particular, seems to have a concentration problem. Brock coaches it and it improves. The Team Rocket Trio appear to steal the lotads, but the one special lotad helps Pikachu end their scheme. When it comes time to leave, the lotad makes it known that it wants to leave with Brock. Brock adopts Lotad who becomes part of the group.
Major Events
- Brock catches Lotad, his first new Pokémon since EP143
- The first Berries in the anime
- The Wailmer Pail
- First Egg Move reference
- Lotad debuts
Pokémon making their anime debut
Lotad#0270 · AG012
Captures and evolutions
- Lotad#0270 · Brock
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Masashi Sogo.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Hoenn storyline.
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