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Japanese Episode 048:  "Gaadei to Kojirou" ("Gardie and Kojirou")
American Episode 046:  "Holy Matrimony!"
Pokemon Dare Da?  Rafureshia
Japanese Air Date:  June 11th, 1998
American Air Date:  March 13th, 1999
Important Characters:  Rumika (Jessebelle)

Satoshi-tachi come across a sign saying that Kojirou is missing (it has a pic of Kojirou as a child).  Then a man in a suit drives up in a limo and asks if they've seen the young man, and Satoshi says they have.  The man grabs Satoshi-tachi into the limo and drives away.

Satoshi-tachi arrive at a giant mansion.  The man in the suit (presumably the butler) asks Satoshi-tachi to follow them.  Musashi and Kojirou also arrive and follow.  Satoshi-tachi walk inside to see two coffins.  The butler explains that the two coffins are the coffins of Kojirou's parents and that they died that morning.  The butler says that the entire estate will be given to him if and only if Kojirou agrees to an arranged marriage set up in his parents' will within 24 hours after his parents' death.  Satoshi decides to help Kojirou, but says they couldn't possibly find him in time.  Just then they hear Kojirou outside loudly protesting.  Musashi and Nyasu yell that he MUST inherit the estate so that they can be rich.  He doesn't want to go inside because of horrible memories he has of the estate, but he's confused (he "remembers" dying...o_O).

Either way, Kojirou doesn't want to go in, so Musashi and Nyasu tie him up and dress him up.  Musashi and Nyasu are in invisible outfits, guiding and talking for the gagged Kojirou.  Kojirou is welcomed inside by the man in the tux.  They explain pleasantries until the coffins open up and Kojirou's parents pop up saying the Rocket Dan motto.  The butler snatches Kojirou and carries him away with Kojirou's parents (Kojirou's parents staged their deaths to lure him to their house).

They bring Kojirou to a room where Kojirou's fiancee, Rumika, is waiting.  Everyone's surprised when it is revealed that Rumika looks just like Musashi!  Rumika suggests that she and Kojirou goes down to the basement and count all of Kojirou's money.  When they get downstairs, they only see a bunch of gym equipment.  The parents are waiting down there, saying they're ready for Kojirou to grow up and settle down with Rumika.  The parents reveal that they knew all along that Musashi and Nyasu were with Kojirou, so Musashi and Nyasu bring forth a smoke screen to escape.  In the smoke, Rumika finds Kojirou and chases him around with a whip (^_^).  She then calls forth Rafureshia and orders it to use its sleep powder to slow Kojirou down.  It works on everyone except Rumika and Kojirou's parents (they had gas masks on), so Satoshi-tachi and Musashi and Nyasu are thrown outdoors.  When they wake up, they hear a barking noise coming from behind a door, so they open the door.  Kojirou's childhood pet Gardie, Gaa-chan, comes out and goes to Kojirou to save him.  Gardie comes in and carries Kojirou away in an instant.  Gaa-chan makes everyone come into a seperate room in the estate.

After Kojirou reminisces some more, Rumika bursts in.  She attacks with her Rafureshia, put the combination of Gaa-chan and Pikachu quickly beat it.  Rumika's defeated and runs away.  Kojirou's parents retort that Rumika is too refined to be with Kojirou and finally give up.

Kojirou says goodbye to Gaa-chan (something about how he must stay to take care of his parents).  Meanwhile Musashi and Nyasu are sad without their Kojirou, thinking he's abandoned them for the life of luxury. Just then, Kojirou flies in on a Nyasu balloon and says he'll be with them forever (aww).

Later, Satoshi-tachi are being chased by Rumika, being told they're not refined enough...

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I like this Rocket Dan-centered episode.  Satoshi-tachi just sit in the background and watch, which is OK by me!  Anyway, on to the change:

The sign at the beginning (it's not really a poster...) says "Tazune-Jin" ("Missing Person") and was painted over with "Missing" in English.  It's actually not that noticable (the fact that it was painted over isn't blaringly obvious as it is in other episodes). 

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