AG150

May's Egg-Cellent Adventure (Japanese: そだて屋さんとポケモンのタマゴ! Breeding House Practitioner and the Pokémon Egg!) is the 150th episode of , and the 424th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It was first broadcast in Japan on November 3, 2005, and in the United States on September 23, 2006.
==Blurb==
As Ash and his friends head for the next Battle Frontier stop, May spots a lovely farm. But when she takes a closer look, she's zapped by Voltorb! The Voltorb guard the farm, where a friendly couple and their daughter Nicolette raise Pokémon Eggs. Nicolette has a Vileplume and wants to be a Coordinator, except she's afraid to leave home. She's not afraid to battle May and Munchlax, however—but May wins, proving her ribbon-winning skills!
Team Rocket hatches a plan to raid the farm by sneaking Meowth and an egg-shaped robot inside. The robot then transforms and swipes the Pokémon Eggs, including one that's about to hatch! Once Team Rocket's villainy is out in the open, our heroes must stop them without hurting the stolen Eggs. Nicolette has Vileplume knock Team Rocket for a loop, and after some scrambling around the Eggs are safely retrieved.
To everyone's relief, a Vulpix emerges safe and sound from the Pokémon Egg that was ready to hatch. Nicolette decides she's ready now to set off on her own and become a Coordinator—and someday compete against May! As for May, Nicolette's parents give her a Pokémon Egg to thank her for all her help. She resumes her journey with a new sense of excitement and anticipation!
==Plot==
 are heading to the Battle Dome, fresh from winning the Guts Symbol. steps off the path to admire a nearby farm, but two approach from behind and deliver a fierce attack. With a pitchfork in hand, Nicolette confront the group and reveals that the Voltorb are trained to attack trespassers. However she quickly changes her tone, recognizing May from her win at the Saffron City Pokémon Contest. Her parents, Christopher and Jeannie emerge from the house and invites everyone to join them tea. Christopher reveals that Nicolette wants to be a , but she does not feel ready to leave home. Max asks what kind of farm the family runs, and Christopher reveals that they are farm ranchers, raising Pokémon Eggs. He offers to give them a tour of the ranch.
As Nicolette carries a bucket of grass out, she notices Max grooming and considers having a test . She becomes startled when Max responds to her whispers, admitting that Munchlax belongs to his sister. May comes out and talks to Nicolette about to become a Pokémon Coordinator. Nicolette challenges her to a battle, pitting against Munchlax, instantly alarming May as Munchlax has no battle experience. Vileplume attacks with , Munchlax. Despite that, it still pulls off a attack, which unfortunately turns into a useless attack. Vileplume follows up with to Munchlax and cripple it further. Vileplume lands another direct hit with , leading Nicolette to mock May for her bad performance. May gets fired up and declares that she just needs to focus. Munchlax responds in kind, recovering from the attack and charging forward, executing a attack against the off-guard Vileplume and sending it back. As Max points out the attack, May orders Munchlax to use . Vileplume ducks the attack, but it makes a glancing blow, still enough to knock it out. Nicolette tries to brush the defeat, but she is amazed at May's skill. May celebrates her win with her surprisingly powerful Munchlax. Ash and call to them to check out the Eggs.
Inside one of the storage room, Eggs line the shelves and astound the group. Some of the Eggs belong to other s while others belong to the family. Christopher asks May to share her traveling stories with Nicolette to motivate her. He points out that one Egg is ready to hatch and the group offers to help hatch it. is watching nearby, staking out the ranch and the Voltorb sentries. James creates a plan to steal the Eggs, and by nightfall the trio put their scheme into motion. The group’s dinner with the family is interrupted by a large surge of electricity, alerting them to a potential trespasser. They go outside to find a very large Egg. A note falls forward and asks them to take care of the Egg. They manage to use a cart to wheel the giant Egg inside as Jessie and James, electrified from the Voltorb attacks, watch as their plan is set.
After putting the giant Egg away, the family shows the group to an incubator that holds an Egg close to hatching. Ash and his friends offer to patrol the area. As they do, May finds Nicolette taking care of an Egg by polishing it. As May begins to help polish Eggs, Nicolette begins to open up to May about wanting to become a Coordinator. She's scared that she will not succeed, but May admits that she started as a beginner not even liking Pokémon and built up. Despite that, Nicolette is still reluctant to leave home to pursue her dreams.
Team Rocket's balloon flies over the farm as Jessie radios in to , who is stowed away inside the big Egg. Meowth activates it and uses mechanical arms to grab all the Eggs and put them into a basket. As Meowth begins to leave, he notices the parents taking care of the incubated Egg and decides to take it as well. The commotion alerts Nicolette and the kids to the situation. The Voltorb attempt to intervene, though Meowth's mecha knocks them out. Ash and friends catch up with the large Egg as Team Rocket's balloon comes down and hooks the mecha to the balloon. attempts to attack with , but Nicolette stops him since it could destroy the Eggs. The balloon proceeds to take off. Following May’s suggestion, Nicolette has Vileplume use Stun Spore, effectively stopping Team Rocket without harming the Eggs. Vileplume follows up with Petal Dance which confuses Team Rocket and sends the balloon flying erratically, the vibrations destroying the basket and sending the Eggs into freefall. Everyone rushes to catch the sets, successfully doing so, but the glowing Egg falls out of reach. May sends out Munchlax to catch it, and the Egg bounces off its belly before Jeannie catches it. Meowth reactivates the mecha to try to retake the Eggs, but Vileplume's Bullet Seed destroys the arms. Both Munchlax and Vileplume use Solar Beam to destroy the balloon, but the mecha survives the blow. The mecha tries to flee, but Ash orders Pikachu to use . Pikachu speeds into action, with his stored electricity transforming the Quick Attack turning into an electrified version, as Pikachu learns to use . Ash congratulates his buddy as it finishes the attack, blasting Team Rocket off.
As the sun rises, everyone watches the glowing Egg hatches, revealing a . May compliments Nicolette on her combinations, and with the reassurance Nicolette makes the decision to go out on her journey. As Ash and friends prepare to depart, Christopher gives May an Egg as a gift for helping Nicolette. May accepts the Egg, with Jeannie assuring her that it will be a wonderful surprise. The group wave goodbye to the ranching family and resume their journey towards the Battle Dome.
==Major events==
* May's Munchlax learns and uses for the first time.
* Ash's Pikachu learns .
* receives a Pokémon Egg from Christopher and Jeannie.
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
==Characters==
===Humans===
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* Max
* Jessie
* James
* Nicolette
* Christopher and Jeannie
===Pokémon===
* ()
* ()
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* (Nicolette's)
* (Christopher and Jeannie's; ×2)
* (Christopher and Jeannie's; newly hatched)
==Trivia==
* GLORY DAY ~That Shining Day~ replaced Pokémon Counting Song as the Japanese ending theme. While the lyrics are the same as the previous time this song was used, the visuals are completely new and show various shots of the episode.
* The Japanese opening animation changes a second time to include Greta.
* James's Mime Jr. speaks 's parts in 's , except the last one.
* As Team Rocket blasts off, James says in the Japanese version, "Our Egg plan was thwarted by an Egg Move!" The only way can learn in Generation III is through breeding, though Ash's Pikachu did not learn it through breeding, and it is not an Egg Move in the traditional sense. This may be why it was removed in the English dub.
* When Team Rocket blasts off, Meowth breaks the fourth wall in this episode when he says, "You're giving me a pain but I can't say where because kids watch this show."
* The scheme used by Team Rocket in this episode is reminiscent of the story.
* The names of the family in the original Japanese version are egg-related: Shiromi (egg white), Kimi (egg yolk), and Chalaza (white streaks in the egg yolk).
* Music from Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias is used in this episode.
===Errors===
* The Pokédex data for in several games, and even in the , states that Vulpix is born with only one tail. However, the newly hatched Vulpix in this episode was born with six tails, just as it would in the games.
* In one scene, the eyelids on May's Munchlax are colored white instead of blue.
* During the battle between and Nicolette, 's caused Munchlax to be , despite the fact that Petal Dance is supposed to cause confusion to the Pokémon using the move. This also occurs during the battle with Team Rocket.
* In one scene, May is rubbing the Egg which is sitting next to an Egg as well as other Eggs on the top shelf; however, in the next scene, the Aipom Egg is gone, and none of the other Eggs on the shelf match the ones that were present in the other scene.
* After Team Rocket is hit by Vileplume's Petal Dance, their Meowth balloon can be seen having two paws instead of one.
* In the dub, when Brock says that he, and Christopher are going to check out the Eggs, he mistakenly speaks with Christopher's voice.
===Dub edits===
*In the Hindi Hungama TV dub, Nicolette and her family are depicted as through their accent.
==In other languages==
150
Category:Episodes written by Junki Takegami
Category:Episodes storyboarded and directed by Yūji Asada
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Yūji Asada
Category:Episodes directed by Yūji Asada
Category:Episodes animated by Masaaki Iwane
Category:Episodes focusing on May
Category:Episodes in which a main character's Pokémon learns a new move
Category:Episodes in which a main character obtains a Pokémon Egg
de:Ein „Ei“-maliges Abenteuer!
es:EP427
fr:AG150
it:RZ150
ja:AG編第150話
zh:宝可梦 超世代 第149集