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S07 EP34: Hokey Poké Balls!

Author

Sebastian Wright

Published Apr 08, 2026

There was a delay in the meeting between Ash and Bulbasaur: When Ash got the Pokéball, it was empty. TR flew off with all of the recently transported Pokéballs, but managed to drop one single Pokéball in the process, which was Bulbasaur's. Ash was quite happy to see his friend (hug!), and the two Bulbasaur started bonding immediately as well (bond!). "hug!" pic from Filb, "bond!" pic from Serebii.

How far has Pokémon shown on ch. 10? (I was asking if they do WTP in Advanced/Challenge: in the States, they have WTP right after the opening, then TC in the middle of the show. It wasn't always that way (it used to be TC only), but maybe there was enough complaining or something that they brought WTP back.) If I'm understanding correctly, the rest of Pokémon has WTP, but A/C doesn't (so far) bother with such things as WTP and TC.

When Ash suggested bringing his Bulbasaur over to have it meet May's, everyone else thought that it was a great idea. Other than that, I can't remember if Ash had any cool comments. I think Prof. Oak was pleasantly surprised, but he was far more interested in May's Bulbasaur. He commented on how fine a speciment it was.