Unown - This Pokémon has a connection to ancient hieroglyphs!

Groudon Commercial Intro Eyecatch with Pikachu, Satoshi, Haruka, Masato and Takeshi.

Kyogre Commercial Return Eyecatch with Pikachu, Satoshi, Haruka, Masato and Takeshi.

Everyone's Pokémon Senryū Mass Recruitment (みんなのポケモン川柳大募集) contest was introduced during the original airing of this episode. Contestants were asked to select from 1 of 4 different Pokémon: Hassam (ハッサム), Hanecco (ハネッコ), Happinas (ハピナス) or Harysen (ハリーセン) and write a Senryū based on them.

The Application Rules (応募のお約束) stated that the Senryū must contain the name of the chosen Pokémon (お題のポケモンの名前が必ず入っていること) and the syllable meter must be in the 5-7-5 (５・７・５の七五調になっていること) style.

The winning senryū's were featured in the Okido segment during the following Advanced Generation episodes:
The Hassam (ハッサム) Senryū was used in: AG15
The Hanecco (ハネッコ) Senryū was used in: AG16
The Happinas (ハピナス) Senryū was used in: AG17
The Harysen (ハリーセン) Senryū was used in: AG18

The rental DVD that included this episode did not have this or any other Okido segments after the preview.