Max befriends a wild Ralts, which he promises to return to when he begins his Pokémon journey.
This episode's dub title is a reference to the 1965 Broadway musical Do I Hear a Waltz.
Team Rocket's Meowth, due to being disguised, is scanned by a Pokédex for the first time.
Ralts is the second Pokémon that has spoken a human language telepathically to Max, after Jirachi in Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker (2003).