EP201

Doin' What Comes Natu-rally (Japanese: ネイティうらない！みらいよちのしんぴ！！ Fortune Teller! The Mystery of Telling the Future!!), is the 201st episode of the Pokémon animated series. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 7, 2001, and in the United States on May 18, 2002.
==Blurb==
When our heroes stumble upon a one-day street performance, they get to see all types of Pokémon with unique skills. Anxious to know the future, Misty volunteers to have her fortune read by Natu. A young boy named McKenzie and his Pokémon, Natu begin the reading but make several mistakes. Embarrassed, McKenzie runs away with Natu before Misty's future is revealed. The gang follows McKenzie and suggests he wear a mask during his performances to help boost his confidence. Misty explains if he wears the mask no one will know who he is. McKenzie's father likes the idea too, believing the mask will lend an exciting element to the performance. When McKenzie returns to the stage, will he and Natu be able to remember the routine and use Natu's Future Sight to tell patron's fortunes?
==Plot==
 and are increasingly hungry, and informs them that his map shows that there is a town up ahead. They spot a boy in among the grass and decide to ask him for direction, but they startle him in the process. He's holding a in his arms as well. Ash checks his Pokédex for data on Natu, but the boy seems to call the Natu "Naughty". Ash wonders why he calls Natu that, but says it's a nickname. The boy runs off afterwards, without saying anything.
The gang comes across a small town with a festival going on, which they learn is the Pokémon Street Performer festival. The group watches several of the performances, but a fortune-telling act with Natu captures their attention. A man is there holding up a Natu explaining its fortune-telling abilities. A little girl tries it out, she gives Natu a token, then the Natu goes over to a pool of water and dips his wings in it; flies and hops across three rocks arranged in a triangle; then heads over to a bell hanging over a box, the Natu rings the bell, slips the token in the box, and uses to draw out a fortune. It reads "A flower bloom in the light", and the girl shows it to her mom, who interprets it as a good omen for her daughter's upcoming dance recital. Misty is keen to have her fortune read. The man calls upon his son, McKenzie, to do the honor, and Ash’s group instantly recognizes him as the boy they met earlier. He seems nervous though, his father constantly reminding him of his lines. When it's time for the fortune-telling moves, he skips the part where Misty is supposed to give Naughty the token. He runs off again in embarrassment.
The gang follows McKenzie to a park, where they scare him once again. McKenzie explains that he can't seem to do the fortune-telling act because he's nervous. Misty suggests a mask might help. So McKenzie practices the act wearing a mask, things going smoothly until Naughty's Future Sight isn't powerful enough. Ash wants to it, obviously, to help Naughty become stronger, but McKenzie is frightened by the idea. However, McKenzie's father comes by and reassures his son that the mask is a great idea, which leads McKenzie to perform a live show.
Meanwhile, James encounters the Magikarp salesman. James almost falls for the trick again, but he recognizes him. The salesman runs off, James trying to pursuit until Jessie stops him. Jessie and inform James that they are going to kidnap the performers’ Pokémon and make money off them. During McKenzie's performance, arrives in their balloon and they drop a bomb to create a distraction. Jessie and James perform their while doing a trapeze act and kidnapping the performers' Pokémon, including Naughty. James sends out to use on the crowd below. Misty orders her out, and it douses the smog with a attack, but Team Rocket has already escaped. 
While James and Meowth discuss their latest catches, Jessie has already had all the Pokémon stamp their prints of business contracts in preparation for the future show business careers. breaks free of its restraining ropes and runs off. Team Rocket is not too fussed by the loss of one Pokémon. They decide to quickly pack up and fly off again. Machoke rushes to its ’s side, and the search party including Ash's group notices Team Rocket escaping again. Ash has cut the net with her , freeing all the Pokémon, except for Naughty who remains in a separate cage. McKenzie gets worried because Team Rocket is still getting away. Ash tells Bayleef to use another volley of Razor Leaf and she does so, hitting the balloon. Team Rocket crash lands in a school and the gang reaches them along with McKenzie. The school kids and a teacher comes out, but all they can do is watch. James sends out and Jessie calls out . Ash uses Bayleef against Victreebel and knocks it out with one Razor Leaf. McKenzie has Naughty use on Arbok, and Arbok starts to head to Jessie and James. Bayleef just kicks the unconscious Victreebel to get them tangled up, sends Team Rocket offs with a .
Brock apologizes to the teacher for the interruption and explains that Team Rocket gatecrashed the Street Performer festival. Upon hearing this, the teacher admits that she wanted to take her students to see all the acts, but the festival was too far away. She asks if the performers would kindly put on a show for the children, and McKenzie's father pushes his son into taking to the stage. McKenzie puts on his Wooper mask and performs his fortune-telling act with Naughty. The performance goes smoothly, and this time Naughty is able to draw out a fortune with its Future Sight. The mystical performance receives resounding applause from the children, and surprisingly McKenzie’s confidence has also grown, as he decides to remove his mask. McKenzie’s father is impressed by his son's growth, and later the group sets off for their next adventure.
==Major events==
* James meets the Magikarp salesman again.
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
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==Characters==
===Humans===
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* Jessie
* James
* McKenzie
* McKenzie's father
* Magikarp salesman
* Other performers
* Crowd
* Teacher
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===Pokémon===
Who's That Pokémon?: (US and international), (Japan)
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==Trivia==
* The episode's English dub title is a pun of the phrase "doing what comes naturally".
* In the original Japanese version, Pokémon Ondo plays in the background when and enter the festival area.
* Due to the similarity of the fortune-telling show to a tradition, this episode was banned in .
===Errors===
* Ash's Pokédex as the Tiny Bird Pokémon, even though Natu's category prior to Generation III was the Little Bird Pokémon.
* When Jessie says she will be the head of 's business, a 's briefs are the same color as its skin.
* When one performer's Machoke returns to its Trainer, 's shorts turn completely dark-blue.
* The outfits that the female students at the school are wearing change from green to pink multiple times.
* At the end of the episode in the dub, the narrator says Ash wants to become a "Trainer Master" instead of a Pokémon Master.
===Dub edits===
* The original airing of this episode on Hungama TV in started the episode directly from the title card, skipping the part of the episode that comes before it.
==In other languages==
201
Category:Banned episodes
Category:Episodes written by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Kazu Yokota
Category:Episodes directed by Shigeru Ōmachi
Category:Episodes animated by Yūsaku Takeda
de:Natu mit dem Zukunftsblick
es:EP203
fr:EP201
it:OA085
ja:無印編第201話
zh:宝可梦 第202集