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Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight! (Japanese: ペラップとポケモン漫才！ Perap and the Pokémon Comedian!) is episode 183 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 20, 2006 and in the USA on January 6, 2007.

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

Synopsis

On their way to the Battle Pyramid, Ash and co meet up with a trainer who uses a Chatot for her Pokémon Comedian routine, in the hopes of winning a comedy showdown through Chatot's ability to imitate voices. However Chatot gets away from its trainer and it's up to Ash & co to find it but Team Rocket have their sights on the Parrot Pokémon. Who will get to it first?

Major events

Debuts

• Ada
• Chatot

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni (fantasy)
• Team Rocket Grunts (fantasy)
• Ada (Japanese: Anri; Seiyū: 早水リサ Risa Hayamizu)
• Corinna (Japanese: Chizuru; Seiyū: 半場友恵 Tomoe Hanba)
• Hospital director (Seiyū: 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi)
• Nurse (Seiyū: ちか Chika)
• Children
  • Girl (Seiyū: 伊東みやこ Miyako Itō*)
  • Girl (Seiyū: 大谷育江 Ikue Ohtani*)
  • Boy (Seiyū: 佐藤智恵 Chie Satō*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Donphan (Ash's)
• Sceptile (Ash's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Squirtle (May's)
• Eevee (May's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Chatot (Ada's) (Seiyū: 阪口大助 Daisuke Sakaguchi)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• Part of Takeshi's Paradise was performed.
• Pokémon Symphonic Medley and an alternate mix of Polka O Dolka were used as background music.
• Ada and Chatot switch to Kansai-ben when performing their manzai, which is a Japanese stereotype of comedians.
  • Ada heads for a Manzai Grand Prix in Johto, which is based on the Kansai region.
• Sean Reyes, who played Phantom's Chatot, plays this Chatot as well.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Artiste en herbe
• Italian: Comici per un giorno
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Estrategia mañana, esta noche comedia!

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