Seeing Is Believing (Japanese: アゲハントとドクケイル！進化の果てに！, Hepburn: Beautifly and Dustox! At the End of Evolution!) is the 28th episode of Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation, Season 6 of Pokémon the Series, and Pokémon: Advanced of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire.
Synopsis[]
Ash, May and Brock show off their Pokémon to Professor Birch who compliments them all. The group begins walking toward a forest where they discover three Seedot that seem to be very unhappy. After Birch explains how to make friends with the Seedot, which involves rubbing them with leaves and rolling on the ground with them, the group tries to put the Seedot back into the trees. The trees seem to be too dry for the Seedot, so the gang decides to help them.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket is devising a plan to capture the Seedot. Jessie is gushing over how wonderful it's going to be when her Silcoon (which is actually a Cascoon) evolves into a Beautifly. James and Meowth shudder at the impending doom. Team Rocket meets up with the group and attacks them, trying to capture the Seedot. May then uses her Silcoon to attack Jessie's Cascoon. May's Silcoon then begins to glow and evolves into a Beautifly! May is overjoyed with her new Pokémon. Corphish sends Team Rocket blasting off again with its Crab Hammer attack.
Jessie vows to make her Cascoon evolve. After trying to pit it against their own Pokémon, Team Rocket hunts down Ash and company to challenge them again. Jessie attacks May's Beautifly with her Cascoon and it begins to glow. Meowth and James try to hide the newly evolved Dustox, but Jessie pushes them out of the way. She shocks everyone by being ecstatic by her new Dustox because she thinks is looks so much more powerful than Beautifly. After more fighting, Corphish send Team Rocket on their way again and Ash and the gang part ways with Professor Birch.[1]
Episode plot[]
The heroes, along with Professor Birch, are eating Brock's breakfast. Birch is amazed by Brock's cooking, making Brock blush. To impress Prof. Birch, Ash brings out all his Pokémon he caught. Birch greets Ash's Corphish, who greets him by pounding him. May brings her Silcoon, remarking Birch how it would evolve into a great Beautifly one day. Brock also brings out his Mudkip and Lotad, confusing Birch why Lotad is oblivious to its surroundings. Elsewhere, Jessie is taking care of her "Silcoon" and refuses to listen when James and Meowth try to tell her that it is a Cascoon. James shows a card with the image of a Silcoon, telling her that's what a Silcoon looks like. Jessie denies all the proof, so James and Meowth stop as they realize that she's not skeptical but is in fact in denial.
Professor Birch leads them to a place there are many Pokémon. Max gets ahead, but a Seedot falls on his head. Seedot do not look very happy, due to lack of water, so Max gives them some, but they refuse. Since they suck moisture from trees, Ash places them back, but they still fall down, since the tree has not much water. The heroes see a landslide, which knocked over some of the trees, suspecting that's where the Seedot drink moisture from. Per Birch's advice, Max polishes the Seedot by using a leaf, making them happy. Birch points out one must know what makes Pokémon happy, as he rolls over with the Seedot. May wonders if Professor Birch is studying how to play with Pokémon, but Brock replies this is just a way to communicate with Pokémon, by being on their level. Team Rocket spots Professor Birch rolling with Seedot, so they plan to steal them, while Meowth dreams the boss would be supported by Seedot in his morning exercise. Jessie's Seviper uses Haze, allowing Team Rocket appear before them. Seviper attacks, but Corphish is sent out and uses ViceGrip, stopping Seviper. Jessie sends her "Silcoon", but Prof. Birch corrects her, saying it is really a Cascoon, but Jessie refuses to believe him.
May sends her Silcoon, showing that there is a difference. Professor Birch points out the difference in the Pokémon's eyes, but Jessie refuses to accept any of it. They both use Tackle, colliding with each other. Just then, May's Silcoon evolves into a Beautifly. This infuriates Jessie, thinking her "Silcoon" just needs more motivation to evolve as well. Cascoon uses String Shot, but Corphish gets in the way of attack, cutting the string. Corphish uses Crabhammer, blasting Team Rocket away. Max notices the Seedot are happy, while Professor Birch compliments Beautifly. Brock gives May some jelly for Beautifly, since he has been preparing that for this moment. Birch reminds May she needs to train harder for the Contests. Ash wonders what attacks Beautifly can use, so Max remembers it can use Stun Spore and Gust. Per May's order, Beautifly demonstrates Gust. Birch gives May a frisbee, who tosses it for Beautifly to spin it around for while. May repeats the toss, seeing Beautifly is becoming better at this.
The Seedot are happy, but Birch realizes they have to find a new home for them. Meanwhile, Jessie is frustrated her "Silcoon" did not evolve yet and blames James and Meowth to be responsible. James again points out that it is a Cascoon which evolves into Dustox and he and Meowth imagine being scolded by Jessie when that moment happens. Jessie drags Meowth to battle her Cascoon to raise its level. Birch puts the Seedot on the tree, but they fall down. Birch suspects the Seedot do not like these trees and moves on to another forest. Meowth battles Cascoon, who tackles Meowth, winning the battle. James' Cacnea is chosen to fight; Cacnea uses Pin Missile, but Silcoon uses Harden. Cascoon uses Tackle several times and defeats Cacnea. Jessie is dissatisfied, since she won't give up until her "Silcoon" evolves. Meowth and James point out Cascoon is strong already and will evolve into a Dustox, but Jessie "corrects" them by saying Silcoon and Beautifly. Regardless, Jessie has the plan to battle the twerps.
Professor Birch has found a spot for Seedot to live, but Team Rocket arrives. This time, Jessie wants to fight for her Silcoon to evolve into a Beautifly and ignores Birch when he states that that's impossible as it's really a Cascoon. Cascoon uses Tackle, but Beautifly pushes it away by using Gust. James helps Jessie by sending Cacnea, while Ash sends Treecko to fight. Cacnea uses Pin Missile, but Treecko evades the attack and uses Pound, but Cacnea evades as well. Meowth rushes to steal the Seedot, but Brock sends Mudkip, who uses Water Gun to push Meowth away. Jessie's Cascoon uses Tackle on Beautifly, hitting it, so Beautifly retaliates with the same move. Cascoon repeats the attack, but Beautifly uses Gust, pushing it away. In that moment, Jessie's Cascoon is evolving, pleasing Jessie she'll have a Beautifly. However, James covers it with a blanket, with Meowth disguised as a Beautifly, confusing the heroes. James claims Jessie was right all along, but Jessie throws Meowth away. Jessie removes the blanket, revealing Dustox, who goes on Jessie's head, as Jessie realizes "her Beautifly" is really a Dustox. Jessie finally realizes that she didn't get a Beautifly but a Dustox. Birth again states that what she thought was a Silcoon was a Cascoon which evolves into Dustox. Jessie analyzes that both May's and her own were caught at same time and both evolved at same time, but still does not get why May's is now a Beautifly and her own is a Dustox.
Meowth points out Jessie's Wurmple branch evolved into a Cascoon, not a Silcoon. James and Meowth think Jessie is going to throw a tantrum, but she "loves her Dustox". Jessie thinks her Dustox is divine, asking why nobody told her she would get a Dustox. Everyone is too awestruck by Jessie's delusion to answer that question and James decides it's best to just say nothing. James reads Dustox can use Psybeam, Poison Sting and Tackle. Dustox uses Tackle, knocking Beautifly. May and Jessie argue whose Pokémon is better, so they battle things out. Beautifly also tackles Dustox, who uses Poison Sting, but the attack is negated by Beautifly's Gust. Dustox uses Psybeam and Cacnea Pin Missile, but Treecko takes both hits, so Ash returns it. Ash sends Corphish, who dodges Cacnea's Pin Missile. Dustox uses Poison Sting, but Beautifly evades and uses Tackle, knocking Dustox away. Corphish uses Crabhammer, knocking Cacnea out. Corphish uses Bubble Beam, blasting Team Rocket away.
Birch sees the soil has many nutrients for the Seedot, who are happy in this forest. May is glad her Beautifly evolved today, though Ash wishes he had done some training today. Birch bids the heroes farewell, deciding to return to Littleroot Town.
Debuts[]
Pokémon[]
Quotes[]
- "The moment of truth and I can't bear the look..." - Meowth
- "If I close my eyes, maybe it will go away." - James
- "Eh, that? Could be a long time." - James
- "How could be a Silcoon when it's busy been a Cascoon, huh?" - Meowth
- "According to this card I found yesterday, Silcoon looks like this." - James
- "Hmm? Hmm? Hmm? Obviously that card you found is wrong! Just ignore him, Silcoon." - Jessie
- "It's a lost cause." - James/Meowth
- "Okay, go, Silcoon!" - Jessie
- "Cascoon!" - Cascoon
- "That's not a Silcoon, you know! It's a Cascoon!" - Professor Birch
- "What? Cascoon? You've hurt its feelings! This is a Silcoon, so don't go calling it anything else!" - Jessie
- "Oh, boy." - James
- "Tried tellin' ya." - Meowth
- "Why does my darling Silcoon refuse to evolve into a Beautifly?" - Jessie
- "Simple! It's a CASCOON!" - James
- "Like we've been tryin' to tell ya!" - Meowth
- "Not true!" - Jessie
- "It's truuuuuuuuuuuuuue!" - James and Meowth
- "Somewhere along the way, this thing has taken a nasty turn." - James
- "And we could be in for a nasty bruise." - Meowth
- "I love my Dustox!" - Jessie
- "Good job, Dustox. I couldn't have asked for a better Pokémon." - Jessie
- "Dustox." - Dustox
- "See, Meowth? This is what they mean by 'Ignorance is bliss'." - James
- "Yeah." - Meowth
- "We're blasting off, again." - James and Meowth
- "Really? I hadn't noticed." - Jessie
- "Dustox!" - Dustox
Trivia[]
- Featured Pokémon: Wurmple
- The English episode title is a reference to the phrase "To see is to believe."
Mistakes[]
- When Wurmple is revealed in the Featured Pokémon segment, part of its side is cut off.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ^ (n.d.) . "Seeing Is Believing! | Pokémon TV (pokemon.com)". From The Official Pokémon Website | Pokemon.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2024.
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