Eevee & Friends

PK25   ピカチュウとイーブイ☆フレンズ Pikachu and Eievui Friends

First broadcast Japan July 13, 2013 United States December 6, 2013

English themes Opening None Ending World of Wonder

Japanese themes Opening None Ending 手をつなごう

Credits Animation Team Koitabashi Screenplay 松井亜弥Aya Matsui Storyboard 浅田裕二Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二Yūji Asada Animation director 玉川明洋Akihiro Tamagawa Additional credits

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Pokémon: Eevee & Friends (Japanese:ピカチュウとイーブイ☆フレンズPikachu andEievui Friends) is the 25thPikachu short of thePokémon animated series. It debuted alongsideGenesect and the Legend Awakened and was made available for the English audience starting on December 6, 2013 throughPokémon TV onthe official Pokémon website.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

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Blurb

There’s a party at Sylveon’s house, and you’re invited! Join Pikachu, Oshawott, Axew, and Pansage as they have fun with Eevee and all of its evolved forms!

Plot

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The narration starts off withPikachu happily running through the grassy fields along withAxew,Oshawott, andPansage. Eventually, they tumble into a field full of pink flowers in a heap after crashing into each other and falling down a hill. Upon getting up, they hear a Pokémon's voice and decide to split up and find it. After it reveals itself to Pikachu and the others (with Oshawott immediately falling in love with it), the narrator reveals the Pokémon to beSylveon who leaps away motioning them to follow.

As they follow the Intertwining Pokémon upwards on a trail, Sylveon presents to them its house at their destination. The narrator mentions that Sylveon is having a sleepover party, which Pikachu and the others have been invited to. Sylveon then calls out toEevee, who excitedly comes out to greet them but ends up crashing into Axew. They both shrug it off however, happily playing with each other.

As Eevee then properly greets the other three, the affectionateJolteon suddenly shows up and hugs Oshawott, playfully shocking him while doing so. As Axew and Eevee decide to play together by running around (along with Jolteon), an annoyed Oshawott trails after them into the house. Pikachu, Sylveon, and Pansage follow after as well.

The three run up into the artisticGlaceon's room, who watches the events from atop her ice bed. As the other three Pokémon arrive into her room, they find Oshawott chasing the three playful Pokémon around while breaking Glaceon's sculptures. An annoyed Glaceon eventuallyfreezes Oshawott into a block usingIce Shard, who then slides out of the room down the entrance. He breaks out of the ice and continues his chase, causing the other three to chase after them.

Outside, they arrive in the relaxedLeafeon's room, whom lays in a small bed hanging from the one of the large tree's branches. As Oshawott disturbs the tree in order to get to Jolteon, Eevee, and Axew, he also unintentionally disturbs Leafeon. Pikachu, Sylveon, and Pansage look on nervously as theWater-type Pokémon continues. Having enough, she unleashesMagical Leaf at Oshawott, covering him with leaves.

The chase continues, with Axew being the first out of Leafeon's room and having a run in with an assuming frightening creature, which causes the Dragon-type Pokémon to run away in fear. As he runs past the other two mischievous Pokémon who are confused by his acts, he then runs away from Oshawott (who is still covered in leaves) along with Jolteon and Eevee, who also run away in fear. The creature, who turns out to be the mysteriousUmbreon, exits his room and politely directs Pikachu and the others to where everyone else had run off.

They eventually end up in the shyFlareon's room, who nervously begins to raise the temperature up after a look from the leaf covered Oshawott. As Pikachu's group arrive, they notice the heat building up, so much that the leaves on Oshawott begin to set on fire. The Water Pokémon runs up in alarm and out of Flareon's room along with everyone else; to the relief of the shy Pokémon, and into a stream of water which relieves Oshawott from the burning leaves. Everyone then proceeds to enjoy the water slide from there on out.

The narration introduces the vainEspeon, who admires herself from the lake's mirrored image of herself. The group then exits the water slide using a cave entrance, and fall down into the lake with a big splash. Espeon counters the splash usingPsychic, only allowing one drop on her.

While in the lake, they discoverVaporeon, who makes an entrance out of the water. This concludes the introduction of all theEeveelutions living along with Sylveon.

Meanwhile,Meowth andWobbuffet arrive with ingredients for the feast. After spotting Pikachu and the others, who had arrived unbeknownst to him, he complains to Vaporeon about there not being enough food for everyone. However, he eventually complies after a worried Leafeon, Espeon, and Glaceon enter the scene (as he is infatuated with them), reassuring them that he would make enough, to their delight. In the kitchen, Meowth, along with Wobbuffet, prepare the feast. As Meowth boasts about his cooking skills, the dough he had been preparing drops on him to his dismay as Wobbuffet exclaims as usual.

Finished, the feast is set out for the rest of the Pokémon, who happily begin eating after Vaporeon officially begins the party. They then proceed to do entertainment beginning with Leafeon, Espeon, and Glaceon, who perform a dance routine. Meanwhile, the shy Flareon opens up to Eevee and Axew, and joins them in their playful chase. The show continues with Oshawott demonstrating his water technique in a dazzling way, exciting the others. Sylveon, whom Pikachu asks what was wrong, wonders where Umbreon is. As it turns out, Umbreon had its own agenda and went out to signal five other mysterious Pokémon.

Back with the other Pokémon, Pansage mimicsPanpour andPansear in his act, impressing the audience. Meowth, not wanting to be outdone by Pansage and wanting to impress Espeon and the others, dresses up as Leafeon while Wobbuffet dresses as Glaceon for their performance. The audience is not pleased, however, especially Leafeon and Glaceon, who both simultaneously unleash attacks and send the two blasting off.

Afterwards, Umbreon finally shows up to the party, to the relief of Sylveon and the confusion of Pikachu. It usesPsychic to carry off three watermelons from the food table to the bemusement of the others and trots off, causing Sylveon, Pikachu and the others to follow along. They trail Umbreon up to a rocky cliff where aWeavile,Gible,Gothita,Gothorita, andGothitelle reside, setting down the watermelons to the side. Each of Umbreon's friends introduce themselves to Pikachu and the others, who watch in curiosity and surprise. Arriving back from the blast off, Meowth and Wobbuffet mistakenly assume Pikachu and the others are having a stand off with Umbreon and his friends, and initiate attacks to their alarm. Sylveon reacts quickly and usesFairy Wind to send the two blasting off once more, to their dismay and confusion.

After that, Umbreon directs Gothitelle to use its special powers, and shows everyone the far away stars in space to the amazement of the others. Umbreon then levitates the watermelons once more, and motions Weavile to cut them usingFury Swipes. Umbreon then proceeds to levitate each slice to the others, to their delight. The narration reveals that Umbreon and his friends were helping out with the rest of the party preparations as Umbreon's surprise present.

Sylveon usesMisty Terrain, further making the scenery spectacular, much to the enjoyment of the others. Gothita and Gothorita then useEnergy Ball andPsybeam respectively to add onto the effects, changing the sky color to a kaleidoscopic blue. Umbreon and Weavile then follow suit withShadow Ball andHidden Power respectively to change the color to purple. Meanwhile, Meowth and Wobbuffet arrive once more to the cliff and admire the scenery, noting that Gothitelle and the other four weren't bad Pokémon at all, with Wobbuffet agreeing. Glaceon and Vaporeon the useWater Gun andIce Beam, creating solid bubbles while Umbreon usesPsychic to hold them in place as Sylveon proceeds to jump elegantly onto each of them to Pikachu's amazement and Oshawott's attraction, while its extended feelers, which shine mystically, sway in a beautiful way with her. She then affectionately shows her gratitude to Umbreon and his friends, then proceeds to use her feelers to do more tricks. Umbreon then gives Gible a signal and he usesDraco Meteor, which, after another mystifying view of outer space, ends the show with a shimmering finale to the satisfaction of everyone, who exclaim in amazement to one another.

Meowth apologizes to Umbreon's friends for thinking they were up to no good, then treats everyone to another feast. With their day finally coming to an end, they gather in a room together to rest. Sylveon and Pikachu each give each other a smile before going to sleep themselves. After Jolteon gives an unconscious shock to the nearby Oshawott (who continues to sleep anyway), the story ends off with the narrator saying everyone will play again tomorrow and the credits begin, ending off Pikachu and Sylveon's adventure for the day.

During the credits, it is seen that they continue the next day with more fun filled activities.

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Sylveon

Characters

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Eevee
• Vaporeon
• Jolteon
• Flareon
• Espeon
• Umbreon
• Leafeon
• Glaceon
• Sylveon (debut)
• Weavile
• Gible
• Gothita
• Gothorita
• Gothitelle
• Woobat (×2)
• Pinsir
• Heracross
• Ferrothorn
• Swoobat
• Mime Jr. (ice sculpture)
• Panpour (dressed up Pansage)
• Pansear (dressed up Pansage)

Cast

Trivia

• ThisPikachu short was released alongsideM16. However, asJessie's Wobbuffet appears alongsideIris's Axew andCilan's Pansage, it does not fit into the series continuity and is likely intended to be non-canon.
• This Pikachu short debuted inIndonesia andthe Philippines before it did inthe United States. It aired on November 2, 6, and 9, 2013, in Indonesia; and on November 13, 2013, in the Philippines.
• While cooking,Meowth mentions that he is good at making noodles, which was first seen inNoodles! Roamin' Off!.
• During the credits, Meowth andWobbuffet make an ice sculpture of aMime Jr. in reference toJames's.
• An extended version ofLet's Join Hands is used as the ending theme.

Errors

• WhenUmbreon usesPsychic on the watermelons,Vaporeon's ears are fully white instead of yellow like they should be.

Dub edits

• The version of the Pikachu short used inCamp Pokémon cuts approximately two minutes of footage: whenGlaceon usesIce Shard onOshawott, whenLeafeon usesMagical Leaf on Oshawott, the scene whenFlareon is introduced, when Glaceon and Leafeon attack Meowth and Wobbuffet and they blast off, when Meowth and Wobbuffet climb up the cliff and blast off after being attacked bySylveon, and when Meowth realizesGothitelle wasn't intending to attack them. This is likely due to the fighting in the cut footage being considered inappropriate for the app's intended audience.

In other languages

External links

• Official website forPokémon: Eevee & Friends(Japanese)

Related articles

This episode article is part ofProject Anime, aBulbapedia project that covers all aspects ofPokémon animation.

• Articles needing improvement
• Animated series specials
• Pikachu shorts
• Episodes written by Aya Matsui
• Episodes storyboarded and directed by Yūji Asada
• Episodes animated by Akihiro Tamagawa