PT04

Wait for Me, Magikarp! (Japanese: まっててね！コイキング Wait Here, !) is the fourth episode of POKÉTOON. It was first released in Japan on the official Pokémon Kids TV YouTube channel on July 2, 2021 and was released on Pokémon TV on July 8, 2022, and on the official English Pokémon YouTube channel on August 25, 2022.
==Blurb==
A loyal Magikarp wants nothing more than to make a friend.
==Plot==
At a lake, a young boy and his grandfather are fishing. Rikuo starts to walk and play his flute as his grandfather gets a bite. He fails to reel it in as the Pokémon swims over to Rikuo playing the flute. As Rikuo looks away, the jumps out of the water. Rikuo then begins to play his flute again, and as he does, he sees a Magikarp emerge from the water. He then continues to play and walk, as the Magikarp follows him. A , , and watches as Rikuo continues to play until midday, where the Magikarp jumps into a glass container full of water that Rikuo's grandfather had brought over. 
On the drive back to Rikuo's house, he is seen playing with the Magikarp in the back of the truck. As they arrive at Rikuo's home, Rikuo ecstatically asks his dad if they could take the Magikarp. The dad looks at the mom, before they both agree on no. Sadly, Rikuo's grandfather and Rikuo has to drive to the day care to leave the Magikarp there. Rikuo plays his flute to the Magikarp one last time before running off.
In the day care, the Magikarp meets many Pokémon such as , , and . The Magikarp sees Farfetch'd's celery stick as Rikuo's flute. The Magikarp then jumps extremely high out of the water, before landing next to a , who hears the Magikarp's flops as drum beats, and begins to play a song. Many other Pokémon join in, such as and making a violin sound, two (an ) making an air guitar shape, a spewing fire, an bouncing about and a () howling. We are then met with a little girl running up to a bunch of with all except one being , revealing themselves after the girl hugs the real Bulbasaur. A boy comes across a kicking a football, before making eye contact. We then see more children appear and take most of the Pokémon from the day care during the winter.
Eventually, Magikarp spots a slightly older Rikuo start running towards him, before he stops in front of a and takes it. The Magikarp tries to jump out of the water to catch up with Rikuo, but is too late. The Magikarp then dives back into the water. But then, he hears Rikuo's flute playing, and gets flashbacks of Rikuo, before evolving into a , flooding the day care and Rikuo. Rikuo looks up in amazement, then continues playing his flute. It then zooms out to see the Mantyke, Poliwag, and Farfetch'd, before zooming out further and seeing the mountain they are on, before the screen fades out.
==Major events==
==Characters==
===Humans===
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* Rikuo's father
* Rikuo's mother
* Rikuo's grandfather
* Pokémon Nursery lady
* Children
===Pokémon===
* (evolves)
* (newly evolved)
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==Staff==
Director/Assistant Director/Storyboard/Character Design/Art Design/Key Animation/Animation Director	
* Cédric Hérole	
* エロール・セドリック
Screenplay 	
* Tomohiko Kon	
* 金知彦
Art Director 	
* Tadashi Kudō	
* 工藤ただし
Color Design/Colorist 	
* Naomi Nakano	
* 中野尚美
Photography Director 	
* Hikaru Fukuda	
* 福田光
Sound Director 	
* Masafumi Mima	
* 三間雅文
Music 	
* Yuri Habuka	
* 羽深由理
In-Between Animation Inspection 	
* Maiko Matsumura	
* 松村舞子
In-Between Animation 	
* Studio Colorido
* Maiko Matsumura
* Setsuko Takenouchi
* Sonoo Akagi
* Chie Nishihara
* Kazuha Tanaka
* Kyō Koike
* Ami Noguchi
* Riko Fujita
* Minako Kon
* Keitarō Tokudome
* Natsumi Takahashi
* Asahi Production
* Hinako Suzuki
* Yukina Saitō
* Riri Kumagai
* Nanako Kinjō
* Wáng Huān
* STUDIO UBUD
* studio daisy
* Aimi Ishibashi
* Izumi Kawahara
* Yuya Kurihara
* Yuya Nakagawa
* Yuri Matsumoto
* OLM Asia
* Afiq
* Ayie
* Husaini
* Joul
* Kunyi
* Rachael
* Razeeq
* Zubair
* Mukhlis
* Shōgo Sakurazawa	
* スタジオコロリド
* 松村舞子
* 竹之内節子
* 赤木苑緒
* 西原千恵
* 田中一葉
* 小池響
* 野口愛美
* 藤田理子
* 昆美菜子
* 徳留圭太郎
* 高橋夏海
* 旭プロダクション
* 鈴木日菜子
* 齋藤雪奈
* 熊谷莉々
* 金城ななこ
* 王歓
* STUDIO UBUD
* studio daisy
* 石橋愛海
* 河原泉生
* 栗原佑弥
* 中川悠也
* 松本悠里
* OLM Asia
* Afiq
* Ayie
* Husaini
* Joul
* Kunyi
* Rachael
* Razeeq
* Zubair
* Mukhlis
* 櫻沢翔吾
Ink & Paint Checker 	
* Asami Eguchi	
* 江口亜紗美
Touch-Up Animation 	
* Stella Road
* Yuko Koshida
* Yuki Kadomatsu
* Kaho Endō
* Keito Kikuchi
* Yuika Nagai
* Tomoe Oku
* Rie Arai
* Asahi Production
* Erika Sada
* Hiroka Kanno
* STUDIO UBUD
* Likeminds Animation	
* ステラ・ロード
* 越田侑子
* 門松諭生
* 遠藤花歩
* 菊地慶翔
* 永井唯香
* 奥智恵
* 新井理恵
* 旭プロダクション
* 佐田絵里花
* 管野宏香
* STUDIO UBUD
* Likeminds Animation
Background 	
* Pinewood Studios
* Hisayoshi Takahashi	
* スタジオパインウッド
* 高橋久嘉
Photography 	
* EOTA Shooting Unit
* Hikaru Fukuda
* Noa Murai
* Hayato Kifune
* Yū Kobayakawa
* Fūna Katō
* Ako Miwa	
* EOTA撮影ユニット
* 福田光
* 村井野愛
* 木舩颯人
* 小早川侑
* 加藤楓菜
* 三輪あこ
Line Testing 	
* asurafilm	
* アスラフィルム
Editor 	
* Ryota Kinami	
* 木南涼太
Sound Effects 	
* Yasunori Ogata (SOUNDBOX)	
* 緒方康恭（サウンドボックス）
Sound Recording Coordination 	
* Sayaka Ninomiya (AOI STUDIO)	
* 二宮沙矢花（アオイスタジオ）
Sound Recording Assistant 	
* Kōhei Tsutsumi (AOI STUDIO)	
* 堤航平（アオイスタジオ）
Sound Recording Studio 	
* AOI STUDIO	
* アオイスタジオ
Sound Production Manager 	
* Kyōko Shimamura	
* 嶌村京子
Sound Production 	
* TECHNO SOUND
* Akifumi Takefushi	
* テクノサウンド
* 竹節章史
Project Cooperation 	
* TWIN ENGINE
* Kōji Yamamoto
* Sara Matsuyama	
* ツインエンジン
* 山本幸治
* 松山紗良
Music Cooperation 	
* Fuji Pacific Music	
* フジパシフィックミュージック
Executive Director 	
* Shingo Yamashita	
* 山下清悟
Setting Production/Production Assistant 	
* Kazuhiro Yoshifu	
* 吉府和大
In-Between Animation Manager 	
* Maya Okada	
* 岡田茉耶
Production Producer 	
* Kana Manabe	
* 真鍋華那
Production Manager 	
* Masahiro Kannae	
* 金苗将宏
Animation Production 	
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* スタジオコロリド
==Video==
==Trivia==
===Errors===
==In other languages==
04
de:Warte auf mich, Karpador!
es:TOON04
it:PT04
ja:まっててね! コイキング
zh:等著我啊！鯉魚王