Continuity mistake: When Lickitung and Victreebel approach Ash and his friends, Misty's suspenders disappear. In the same shot, her bag switches from her right shoulder to her left. (00:17:47)
Continuity mistake: When Team Rocket starts flying with the Ledyba, the tips on Meowth's feet disappear. (00:14:24)
Continuity mistake: When Ash and his friends watch the Ledyba fly away, Misty's bag is on her right shoulder, but in the next shot, it is on her left. (00:10:15)
Continuity mistake: When Ash says that there has to be another way to cross the river, the white stripe on his bag disappears. (00:02:46)
Continuity mistake: When Misty tells Hoothoot to not give up, her bag disappears. (00:12:03)
Continuity mistake: In several shots, Misty's bag switches from her right shoulder to her left.
Don't Touch That 'dile - S3-E1
Revealing mistake: As Brock starts heading to New Bark Town, he passes through Pikachu. (00:06:10)
Continuity mistake: When Meowth says that he and his friends do not have money, his disguise disappears. (00:20:40)
Continuity mistake: When Team Rocket's balloon falls from the sky, Jessie and James' gloves disappear. (00:18:20)
Continuity mistake: When Spinarak latches onto Team Rocket's balloon, the balloon's tail is completely brown instead of cream with a brown tip. (00:18:15)
Continuity mistake: When Team Rocket is trying to move their balloon with fans, the brown tip on Meowth's tail turns cream like the rest of his body. (00:17:33)
Revealing mistake: When James throws the bottle caps at Ash and his friends, he is with the bowl he stole, despite it not being present before or after this shot. This is due to the fact that this shot is recycled from when he threw them earlier in the episode. (00:16:37)
Happinas's Happy Nurse! - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: When Ash is lying on the ground at the front of the Pokémon Center, the right door's handle is white, but when Brock is interested in Blissey when he is next to her, the handle is grey. (00:02:23)
Happinas's Happy Nurse! - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: When a front door opens when Ash is next to it, the handle on the door to the right of it is pink, but in the next shot, it is white. Also, Ash's bag is medium-green in colour, but in the next shot, it is dark-green. (00:01:51)
Continuity mistake: When Team Rocket is by a patrolman, Jessie and James are 60 centimetres away from each other shoulder-to-shoulder, but in the next shot, they are half that distance away. (00:03:18)
Other mistake: When Jessie instructs Meowth to unlock the door to a building, there are five lines on the latter's charm instead of four. Also, the former's right glove goes from absent to appearing. (00:02:11)
Continuity mistake: When Ash notices a Pokémon, the top of his hat goes from present to vanishing and then reappearing. The visor of his hat also goes from not being past the front of it to being past it. (00:01:27)
The Double Trouble Header - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: When Ash uses his Pokédex to find facts on Chikorita, the end of his right index finger is on its left side, but in the next shot, it is not. (00:02:01)
Don't Touch That 'dile - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: When Ash and friends are with Nurse Joy when she is holding Totodile, Ash has gloves on his hands, but when Ash's image appears on a yellow screen, the hand portions of his gloves disappear, making it appear as if he was wearing wristbands. (00:19:22)
Continuity mistake: When the Pokédex gives facts on Hoothoot, its front hinge does not have a centre part, but when Ash is looking at Hoothoot as it hops, a centre part appears. (00:03:42)
Answer: There are a lot of fan theories around this, but the most common theme is that Pikachu had another trainer before Prof. Oak, who gave him to Ash. Pikachu didn't appreciate being handed over.
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