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Pokemon Episode 349 - Hokey Pokéballs
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| 350 | 347 | "Hokey Pokéballs" (Fushigidane and Fushigidane! Regaining the Monsterballs!!) "Fushigidane to Fushigidane! Monsutā Bōru o Torikaese!!" (フシギダネとフシギダネ！モンスターボールを取り返せ!!) | April 29, 2004 | April 16, 2005 |
| Ash brings back his Bulbasaur for a "visit", and Bulbasaur becomes friendly with May's Bulbasaur. However playtime is cut short as they chase down Team Rocket his managed to hijack the Pokémon Center's Pokémon Transfer System and steal a horde of Pokémon. Note: In this episode, Ash's Bulbasaur gets a crush on May's and vice versa, implying that Ash's Bulbasaur is male and May's female. (Or)As Ash and friends walk through a city, May decides to let her Bulbasaur out to see life outside of the forest. It tries to take an apple but May tells it not to saying that you have to buy things. Then, it decides to get in the back of a pickup truck full of flowers. Ash and Brock catch the truck and tell the driver to stop. May gets Bulbasaur back and they decide to find a Pokémon Center. When they arrive, Team Rocket is pretending to be mechanics fixing the transporter. After they leave, Ash decides to ask Professor Oak to send his Bulbasaur to meet May’s but when the PokéBall arrives, it’s empty. Every PokéBall that has come through the transporter since Team Rocket fixed it is empty. Then, the real mechanics arrive. Ash and friends chase Team Rocket and find them due to the trail of PokéBalls James left behind on accident. | ||||
