EP049 · So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd

Synopsis

What happens.

Ash and his friends decide to take a break in a meadow. The group begins discussing the rumor that a rare Farfetch'd has been spotted in the area, and Ash immediately decides he wants to catch it.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP049 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · EP001-EP082

Indigo League (Kanto).

Ash collects eight Kanto badges, faces rival Gary Oak, and competes at the Indigo Plateau Conference. Misty and Brock complete the original trio. Team Rocket's Jessie / James / Meowth introduced in EP002.

Pokémon featured · 6

Who appears.

Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.

Farfetch'd

Pikachu

Meowth

Bulbasaur

Psyduck

Voltorb

More from this arc

Other episodes in Indigo League (Kanto).

• EP001 Pokémon, I Choose You! 1998-09-08
• EP002 Pokémon Emergency! 1998-09-09
• EP003 Ash Catches a Pokémon 1998-09-10
• EP004 Challenge of the Samurai 1998-09-11
• EP005 Showdown in Pewter City 1998-09-14
• EP006 Clefairy and the Moon Stone 1998-09-15
• EP007 The Water Flowers of Cerulean City 1998-09-16
• EP008 The Path to the Pokémon League 1998-09-17