Pokemon Episode 43 - The March Of The Exeggutor Squad
Season 1: Indigo League
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| 43 | 41 | "The March of the Exeggutor Squad" (The Huge March of the Nassy Squad!) "Nasshī Gundan Daikōshin!" (ナッシーぐんだんだいこうしん!) | May 7, 1998 | October 30, 1998 |
| When at a carnival, Ash and his friends meet a Magician who is really losing his touch and no longer very well. In his effort to get good, he decides to hypnotise Ash and uses his Pokémon to capture loads of Exeggutor. But the Exeggutor end up hypnotising themselves. Luckily, they were saved by Charmander. Later, Ash's Charmander evolves into a disobedient Charmeleon. Info: In the first US run of the series, this was the final episode to be shown in syndication before it was moved to Kids WB. The show also went on a 3 month hiatus in the US. (Or)The group ends up in the middle of a carnival. Ash and Brock decide to enjoy themselves while Misty and Pikachu find this man who is trying to be a magician. Misty agrees to help him, but his show is still a failure. He soon gets desperate and uses his Exeggcute to hypnotize Ash into using his Pokémon to catch Exeggutor. The others catch up to him only to find the Exeggutor hypnotizing each other and marching blindly into the city demolishing things. The carnival manager plants a time bomb to blow them up, but Ash sends Charmander to stop the Exeggutor. The magician helps with his fire spell and they fend them off together. At the end, Charmander evolves into Charmeleon. | ||||
