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[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one where...]] The Team Rocket Trio steal a kid instead of Pikachu.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Children's Day is a real holiday in Japan, which the original airing was intended to coincide with.

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* LuckyTranslation: Believe it or not, the text during Meowth's fantasy that say "MEOWTH" and [="SuperMEOWTH"=] were like that in the original Japanese, despite his Japanese name being Nyarth. It's possible that the animators became aware of the English dub during this time and wanted to leave something in.



* ShoutOut: Meowth is seen wearing a very obvious ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' costume during his fantasy.

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* ShoutOut: Meowth is seen wearing a very obvious ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' costume during his fantasy.fantasy.
* TranslationNod: This episode, which aired in Japan a couple of months before any English Pokémon media was released, has "Meowth" written out in huge letters in an ImagineSpot parodying ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', even in the original Japanese version, where the species is called Nyarth.
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* BigDamnHeroes: The wild Meowth returns to save Timmy and Ash by ''kicking it in half''.

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* BigDamnHeroes: The wild Meowth returns to save Timmy and Ash by ''kicking it a boulder in half''.
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* BigDamnHeroes: The wild Meowth returns to save Timmy and Ash by ''kicking it in half''.


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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: The wild Meowth is able to cleave a boulder in half despite being no more muscular than the average Meowth.

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* BeeAfraid: Timmy was once menaced by an angry Beedrill, only to be saved by a wild Meowth. This incident is why he's so obsessed with catching one of his own.



* CatchphraseInterruptus: The kids swarm Team Rocket and prevent them from completing their slogan.



* CatchphraseInterruptus: The kids swarm Team Rocket and prevent them from completing their slogan.

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* CatchphraseInterruptus: DemonHead: The teacher gets this when she hollers at the kids swarm Team Rocket and prevent them from completing their slogan.to shut up. She even wears a pair of fake Oni horns during each occasion!



* LuckyTranslation: Believe it or not, the text during Meowth's fantasy that say "MEOWTH" and "SuperMEOWTH" were like that in the original Japanese, despite his Japanese name being Nyarth. It's possible that the animators became aware of the English dub during this time and wanted to leave something in.

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* LuckyTranslation: Believe it or not, the text during Meowth's fantasy that say "MEOWTH" and "SuperMEOWTH" [="SuperMEOWTH"=] were like that in the original Japanese, despite his Japanese name being Nyarth. It's possible that the animators became aware of the English dub during this time and wanted to leave something in.in.
* PetTheDog: Team Rocket is fully willing to play along with Timmy mistaking Meowth for the heroic one that saved him, due to not wanting to sink as low as to crush a kid's dreams.
* ShoutOut: Meowth is seen wearing a very obvious ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' costume during his fantasy.
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The leitmotif under Team Rocket's slogan the second time is being played by a boom box.

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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The leitmotif under Team Rocket's slogan the second time is being played by a boom box.box.
* LuckyTranslation: Believe it or not, the text during Meowth's fantasy that say "MEOWTH" and "SuperMEOWTH" were like that in the original Japanese, despite his Japanese name being Nyarth. It's possible that the animators became aware of the English dub during this time and wanted to leave something in.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Kids Day is a real holiday in Japan, one that this episode was intended to air around.

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Kids Children's Day is a real holiday in Japan, one that this episode which the original airing was intended to air around.coincide with.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Kids Day is a real holiday in Japan.

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Kids Day is a real holiday in Japan.Japan, one that this episode was intended to air around.
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* AndCallHimGeorge: Upon first seeing him, the children pull and prod at Pikachu to the point he nearly electrocuted them if not for Ash.
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* AccidentalKidnapping: Team Rocket's magician cover to steal Pikachu backfires when they find out they snatched Timmy instead. So they get the idea to have Meowth pretend he was the same Meowth who saved him from the bedroll.

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* AccidentalKidnapping: Team Rocket's magician cover to steal Pikachu backfires when they find out they snatched Timmy instead. So they get the idea to have Meowth pretend he was the same Meowth who saved him from the bedroll.Beedrill.

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It's Kids Day, and Ash and friends help the children at a nearby school celebrate the holiday. Team Rocket spoils the fun with a Pikachu-napping scheme that goes awry when they snatch a kid instead of the Pokémon. But in a shocking turn of events, Meowth becomes a good guy—or does he?

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It's Kids Day, and Ash and friends help the children at a nearby school celebrate the holiday. Team Rocket spoils the fun with a Pikachu-napping scheme that goes awry when they snatch a kid named Timmy instead of the Pokémon. But in a shocking turn of events, Meowth becomes a good guy—or does he?


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* AccidentalKidnapping: Team Rocket's magician cover to steal Pikachu backfires when they find out they snatched Timmy instead. So they get the idea to have Meowth pretend he was the same Meowth who saved him from the bedroll.
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* ContinuityNod: Ash and Brock insisting on Kids' Day as a ''man's'' holiday, probably after what they went through during [[Recap/PokemonS1E52PrincessVsPrincess a previous episode]] that also features a festival.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Kids Day is a real holiday in Japan.
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!!Japanese title: It's Children's Day! Everyone Gather!

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!!Japanese title: It's ''It's Children's Day! Everyone Gather!Gather!''
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The leitmotif under Team Rocket's slogan is being played by a boom box.

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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The leitmotif under Team Rocket's slogan the second time is being played by a boom box.

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* BigShutUp: The teacher, of all people, delivers one to the children.

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* BigShutUp: The teacher, of all people, delivers one it to the children.children several times.
* CatchphraseInterruptus: The kids swarm Team Rocket and prevent them from completing their slogan.
* EvenEvilHasStandards
--> '''James:''' Team Rocket may be rotten cheaters, but we're not in the business of destroying children's dreams!
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* BigShutUp: The teacher, of all people, delivers one to the children.
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!!Japanese title: It's Children's Day! Everyone Gather!
!!!Original airdate: July 9, 1998
!!!US airdate: September 11, 1999
It's Kids Day, and Ash and friends help the children at a nearby school celebrate the holiday. Team Rocket spoils the fun with a Pikachu-napping scheme that goes awry when they snatch a kid instead of the Pokémon. But in a shocking turn of events, Meowth becomes a good guy—or does he?

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