Clefairy and the Moon Stone

**Clefairy and the Moon Stone** (Japanese: **ピッピとつきのいし** *Pippi and the Moon Stone*) is the thirteenth episode of season 1 of Pokemon Legends.

## Summary/Synopsis

*At Mount Moon, our friends rescue a scientist named Seymour from a batch of Zubat. (Along the way, Brock is able to catch one of the Zubat.) Seymour leads the Harmonic Starlight Skies and their allies into a cave to find the legendary Moon Stone, which is said to increase the power of Pokémon.*

*Deep in the cave, Green spots a Clefairy carrying a Moon Stone. She considers capturing it, but Seymour tells her Clefairy prefer to live at Mount Moon. Green unwillingly decides to leave the Clefairy in peace, but Team Rocket shows up with plans of their own!*

*Will Team Rocket steal the Moon Stone? Are there other Clefairy lurking about, and do they carry Moon Stones, too? And is the legend of the Moon Stone true?*

## Plot

Everyone is headed towards Mount Moon together as a group. Nanette asks Nijiko and Momoka if they're going to recall their Pokémon already, but they refuse since they prefer to have all of their Pokémon out following behind them at once. She shrugs as if to say "whatever floats your boat." As for Fubuki, Yume and Brock, they're discussing the legend of a meteor made of Moon Stone crashing there in prehistoric times.

At the base of Mt. Moon, the group encounters a man being attacked by a flock of Zubat. The Étoile Élémen prompts Nanette to act, and after transforming, she uses Bright Sparkle, causing the Zubat to flee. The lab-coat-wearing man introduces himself as Seymour, a scientist, who is upset because someone installed strong lights that are disturbing the wild Pokémon living throughout the caves, including Zubat, Paras, and Sandshrew.

Seymour explains that he believes that the attackers are after the Moon Stone. He says that it is a massive boulder, believed to be a million years old or more, and hidden deep under Mt. Moon. Fragments of the Stone are said to increase a Pokémon's power. Seymour theorizes that this is because the resident Pokémon came from outer space, and used the Moon Stone as their spacecraft. At that moment, a Clefairy bounces past, carrying something. Nanette scans it on her Pokédex and Green decides to catch it, but Seymour intervenes. Instead, Meowth traps the Clefairy. Brock and Nanette agree that they have to stop Team Rocket, before they make any more trouble.

Team Rocket freely admit to putting up the lights; Meowth also reveals their plan to steal the Moon Stone. Nanette and Brock challenge Jessie and James, resulting in a battle pitting Jessie's Ekans and James's Koffing against newly evolved Catie and Brock's new Zubat, caught at the entrance to the cave. James orders Koffing to generate a Smog attack. Nanette counters with Catie's Whirlwind, and Brock's Zubat joins in, sending the Smog back on Team Rocket, much to their surprise. The four Pokémon exchange attacks, culminating in a Supersonic attack from Zubat and a Whirlwind from Catie that send Team Rocket blasting off again without Meowth.

Dawn and Seymour follow the Clefairy as it exits the cave and up a mountain. Meowth, waiting in anticipation, appears and demands the Moon Stone. Dawn jumps into the river and activates the Eau Élémen. Without much trouble, she sends Meowth blasting off as well. Brock feeds all the Pokémon with Pokémon food, made according to his own special recipe. Seymour tastes it and deems it not bad and Bianca follows suit, but she finds it awful and makes Cheren blush. Meanwhile, Clefairy and Ashton are having a conversation on a nearby rock. They hop away, followed by the rest of the group. They arrive at another cave, where they find the huge core of the Moon Stone. Clefairy adds its stone to the ring at the base of the core, which completes the circuit. The large core surrounded by the smaller fragments begins to glow blue in the moonlight. Dozens of Clefairy approach and begin to dance around the Moon Stone, praying to it. Seymour states that humans are supposed to ride the Stone back out to the stars, but his epiphany is interrupted by Team Rocket's return.

Seymour attacks Team Rocket to keep them from the Stone, though he loses his glasses. Chase attacks with Ashton, while Brock summons Onix against Jessie and James' Ekans and Koffing. Jessie orders Ekans to use Dig, and James orders a Smokescreen. Nanette calls on Pidge, and her Whirlwind blows the smoke away. When the smoke settles, Team Rocket is gone, and the Moon Stone gone with them. Brock orders Onix to Dig and follow Team Rocket underground, while the humans and other Pokémon run through the caves. One of the Clefairy retrieves Seymour's glasses for him.

Team Rocket uses the Stone to slide downhill. Onix appears suddenly, upsetting the sled. Onix attempts to Tackle Team Rocket, but Koffing counters, and both Pokémon fall to the ground. At that moment, Seymour and the Clefairy appear from Onix's tunnel. The Clefairy use a Metronome that cause an explosion, which sends Team Rocket blasting off once more. Chips of the Moon Stone drift down from the sky and causes many of the Clefairy evolve into Clefable. Seymour stays with the Clefairy and Clefable, hoping to someday visit outer space with them. As for the Clefairy Dawn helped and a special green-eared one, they both say they want to come along and get caught willingly.

The next day, the heroes continue their journey to Cerulean City. Red notices Blue has left some graffiti on a road sign, calling him a loser. The message infuriates Red and Nanette so badly that Jim strangles the latter before she could speed down the road, much to Nijiko's dismay.

## Major Events

* Brock catches a Zubat.
* Some of the Dream Stones are introduced and a few mains get some off-screen.
* Brock encounters Team Rocket for the first time.
* Catie is revealed to have evolved into a Butterfree.
* Catie and Pidge are revealed to know Whirlwind, the former having learnt it.
* Jessie's Ekans is revealed to know Bite.
* Dawn is revealed to already know how to use the Eau Élémen from the start.
	+ This foreshadows the moment she picks the Sinnoh Water-type starter in season 4.
* Brock's Onix is revealed to know Dig.
* James's Koffing is revealed to know Tackle.
* Marie catches a normal-colored Clefairy while Green catches a shiny one with wings that are lime on the edges.
* Something goes wrong with Jim, and Nanette gets strangled.

## Characters

#### **Humans**

* Nanette Daisy
* Marina Daisy
* Glorysia Melody
* Karyll Aguilar
* Red Fire
* Green Leaf
* Chase Ketchum
* Elaine Gabena
* Ethan Gold
* Lyra Silver
* Brendan Birch
* May Maple
* Lucas Diamond
* Dawn Berliz
* Barry Pearl
* Verity Platinum
* Sorrel Virile
* Hilbert Miller
* Hilda Mari
* Bianca Tulip
* Cheren Harkabune
* Nate Miller
* Rosa Mari
* Calem Xavier
* Serena Yvonne
* Elio Sunne
* Selene Moonne
* Mallow Flores
* Lillie Aether
* Lana Davis
* Pollen Yellow
* Victor Woods
* Gloria Tate
* Jim Porter
* Leah Rosie
* Parker Robertson
* Asumi Breeze
* Elizabeth Storybook
* Bloom Peters
* Flora Gabena
* Stella Star
* Musa
* Tecna
* Aisha
* Chloe Porter
* Mirta Springriver
* Amelia Porter
* Lily Porter
* Ellie Porter
* Jane Springriver
* Fiona Woods
* Marie Fragans
* Yvonne Burns
* Jessie
* James
* Brock Harrison
* Charlie Garcia
* Charlene Garcia
* Seymour
* Blue Oak (fantasy; Japanese version only)

#### **Pokemon**

* Tepig (Nanette's, Gigi)
* Pidgey (Nanette's, Pidge)
* Butterfree (Nanette's, Catie, newly evolved, debut)
* Popplio (Nanette's, Jessica)
* Fennekin (Glorysia's, Skylinda)
* Riolu (Glorysia's, Kestin)
* Charmander (Red's, Char)
* Bulbasaur (Green's, Saur)
* Clefairy (Green's, Limey, debut)
* Pikachu (Chase's, Ashton)
* Eevee (Elaine's, Evolite)
* Star Lucario (Jim's)
* Charizard (Jim's, Flaris)
* Chespin (Jim's, Chester)
* Rotom (Elizabeth's)
* Ninja Dragonet (Elizabeth's, Bubbles/Dragonet)
* Castform (Elizabeth's, Casty)
* Cherrim (Elizabeth's, Bluey)
* Scorbunny (Bloom's, Kiko)
* Chikorita (Flora's, Plante)
* Eevee (Stella's, Whiteley)
* Bounsweet (Musa's, Stena)
* Rotom (Tecna's, Tony)
* Piplup (Aisha's, Pippy)
* Spritzee (Marie's; Citronelle)
* Bounsweet (Marie's; Reena)
* Cherrim (Marie's; Pinkie)
* Clefairy (Marie's, Clefy, debut)
* Vulpix (Yvonne's; Pixie)
* Eevee (Yvonne's; Flare)
* Cherrim (Yvonne's; Reddie)
* Ninja Dragonet (Fiona's; Pumpkin Bread)
* Mudbray (Fiona's; Muddy)
* Cherrim (Fiona's; Brownie)
* Meowth (Team Rocket)
* Ninja Dragonet (Carrot Cake)
* Ninja Dragonet (Pudding)
* Onix (Brock's)
* Zubat (Brock's; new; debut)
* Ekans (Jessie's, debut)
* Koffing (James's, debut)

## Scripts

* Japanese Version
* Italian Nick Version
* Italian Clieume Version
* Italian DuArt Version
* English Nick Version
* English Clieume Version
* English DuArt Version
* 4Kids Version
* Viz Version

## Trivia

* This is the first episode to feature a Double Battle, even though Double Battles were not introduced until Generation III.
* The twinkling star that normally appears when Team Rocket blasts off out of view makes its first appearance in this episode.
* This is the first episode to feature stone-induced evolutions.
* Dawn, Verity and Misty read the preview for the next episode.

#### **Errors**

* When Nanette commands newly-evolved Catie to Whirlwind away the Smog, Brock commands his Zubat to use Double Team, yet it uses Whirlwind as well. This is presumably an error in translating from the original Japanese version where Brock ordered Zubat to "team up" with Butterfree.
* When Jessie and James release Ekans and Koffing in Mt. Moon, the button on the Poké Ball is attached to the lower white half instead of the upper red half.
* In the dub, when Ekans dives underground, its Japanese voice can be heard.
* While reading the sign pointing to Cerulean City, Nanette is missing her hair bow.
* In the very first scene Clefairy is shown in, Brock's belt is colored green.
* In the first Italian dub, Paras and Clefable's names are altered into "Parasaur" and "Cleferian" for unknown reasons.
* At the end of the episode, Nijiko's hair is seen in its natural curly state when it was straightened in the scene before it. However, she also could have just taken a shower before they set off next day, causing it to return to normal and then just not bothering to straighten it in the morning.
* When Casty is floating behind the group, she can be briefly seen with stubby arms when she shouldn't have them.
* When the two Clefairy happily say they want to be caught, they accidentally speak Japanese instead of English for a split second.

#### **Dub Edits**

* The recap scenes at the beginning edited Nibi Gym to Pewter Gym.
* While the narrator's statement was mostly the same in the beginning scene, it skips over the fact that they are heading to Cerulean City in the dub.
* Seymour mentioned he works for the Pewter Museum of Science in the Japanese version. This was not mentioned in the dub.
* Seymour talks about romance in the Japanese version, while he recites poetry in the English version.
* Seymour's two main virtues are changed from Love and Courage (original) to Knowledge and Research (dub). When he announces the virtues, the Japanese version has them written in the background. The dub erased all of the kanji from the English version.
* Chase makes a reference to the Macarena when Ashton uses charades to speak to him. The original line references the Bon Dance.
	+ In the original version, they say the Clefairy are protected by their god, referring to the large Moon Stone. Though the general idea of the dialogue remained in the dub, the fact that the Moon Stone was seen by the Clefairy as a deity was not referenced.
* "Cerulean City" is translated on the sign directing towards it. Blue's message changes from "Green has arrived! Red's a moron!" to "Blue was here! Red is a loser!". Also, it had Blue's transparent image superimposed over the sign. It showed him pulling down his eyelid and sticking his tongue out at the same time, a childish Japanese taunting gesture (an *akanbe*), which was eliminated from the English dub, although the sound effect was still retained.

#### **Easter Eggs**

* When Karyll and Glorysia find a Moon Stone, Kirby can be seen.