PT02

The Pancham Who Wants to Be a Hero (Japanese: ヒーローになりたいヤンチャム The Who Wants to Be a Hero) is the second episode of POKÉTOON. It was first released in Japan on the official Pokémon Kids TV YouTube channel on May 5, 2021 and was released on Pokémon TV on June 24, 2022, and on the official English Pokémon YouTube channel on August 25, 2022.
==Blurb==
Pancham dreams of becoming a hero, so it trains every day. When some people and Pokémon are in trouble, does Pancham have what it takes to be the hero they need?
==Plot==
A young lives in the mountains. It trains every day, aspiring to be a hero like , a Pokémon who saved it from an when it was younger. However, it refuses to evolve into a , afraid that if it evolved, it would be seen as scary, causing other Pokémon to run away from it. It wears an Everstone as a necklace in an attempt to prevent itself from evolving. 
In a town nearby, people in the local Pokémon Center talk about how powerful Pancham is. This sparks a young boy to go up the mountain in an attempt to capture it. He has a blue scarf around his wrist, given to him by his father, and it grants him the courage he needs to climb up the mountain. He finds Pancham, but it notices him and hides. The boy stays on the mountain, and begins talking to himself as though Pancham was there. He reveals that his dad is trapped in a mine due to falling rocks, and that the miners may be running low on food. He wants to catch Pancham in order to help free his father. 
Pancham listens from its cave. The next morning, the boy awakens to see Pancham standing next to a Poké Ball. The boy catches Pancham, and it carries him all the way to the mine. It punches out a small hole, which an Impidimp crawls out of. Then, a giant boulder comes falling. Pancham catches it, noticing that the Impidimp can't move due to a sprained ankle. A geyser erupts from where the giant rock had been. Despite its fears about evolution, Pancham rips off its Everstone, evolving into Pangoro. It splits the flow of water, saving the Impidimp, and then breaks the remaining rock trapping the miners. As Pangoro goes to leave, the miners give him a round of applause. The boy gives him the scarf around his wrist, calling it proof of Pangoro's courage.
==Major events==
===Debuts===
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==Characters==
===Humans===
* Boy
* Boy's father
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* s
* s
===Pokémon===
* (; flashback)
* (Boy's; new; evolves)
* (Boy's; newly evolved)
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* (fantasy)
==Cast==
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==Staff==
Director/Screenplay/Storyboard/Boy Trainer Concept/Sound Director/Editor/Title Logo Design	
* Junichi Yamamoto	
* 山元隼一
Assistant Director/3D Technical Leader/Photography 	
* Takashi Ishikawa	
* 石川剛史
Character Design/Animation Director 	
* kapi	
* 可否
Stage Director/Production 	
* Takashi Ishikawa	
* 石川剛史
Stage Supervisor/Color Coordinator/Celestial Sphere Production 	
* Oswaldo Katō	
* 加藤オズワルド
3D Layout 	
* Takashi Ishikawa
* Oswaldo Katō
* Junichi Yamamoto	
* 石川剛史
* 加藤オズワルド
* 山元隼一
Character Illustration Production 	
* Junichi Yamamoto
* kapi
* Oswaldo Katō
* Tatsuya Hakata
* Maiku Matsumura
* Takuto Katayama
* Ami Imai
* Tsuji Kasuga
* Takashi Ishikawa
* Chihaya Tanaka	
* 山元隼一
* 可否
* 加藤オズワルド
* はかたてつや
* 松村麻郁
* 片山拓人
* 今井アミ
* 春日辻
* 石川剛史
* 田中千駿
Background Art Production 	
* Oswaldo Katō
* kapi	
* 加藤オズワルド
* 可否
Music 	
* Yuri Habuka	
* 羽深由理
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 	
* Kyoko 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
Producer 	
* Yuuki Sakoda	
* 迫田祐樹
Assistant Producer 	
* Fumie Seki	
* 関史恵
Animation Production 	
* Pancake	
* パンケーキ
==Video==
==Trivia==
* This episode's art style is inspired by .
PT02 title card.png|Title card
PT02 title card 2.png|Second title card
===Errors===
==In other languages==
The Pangoro Who Became a Hero
02
de:Das Pam-Pam, das ein Held sein will
es:TOON02
it:PT02
ja:ヒーローになりたいヤンチャム
zh:想成为英雄的顽皮熊猫