Benji

Benji (Japanese: シロウ Shirō) is a character of the day in the Pokémon anime who appeared in the episode Mountain Time. He is voiced by Amy Birnbaum in English and 今井由香 Yuka Imai in Japanese.

Benji and his father were part of a mountain patrol and they used Ledian to help them do their job. To help train these Ledian, Benji's father has a Pidgeotto simulate the strong winds that occur in the mountains.

Benji took Ash, Misty, and Brock out to the woods to show them how he trained his Ledian. Suddenly an unusual wind occurs and Ledian gets blown away. They soon discover that the wind was caused by a machine used by Team Rocket. They used the same machine to suck up Pikachu and Togepi. Benji tries to get Ledian to go after then but the machine's wind is just too strong. Soon a real wind causes Team Rocket's balloon to go out of control and they crash into the mountains.

Benji and Ledian help the gang get through the mountains and find Pikachu and Togepi. They find them and Team Rocket tittering on a rock on a tip of a mountain. Benji gets the idea of using a rope and a net to rescue them. Ledian's job was to side the net down a rope. But the rope breaks leaving Ledian to hold the net by itself. It manages to harness all of its strength to get them on the ground safely.

Team Rocket then tries to run off with Pikachu and Togepi but are stopped by Benji's dad. He and his dad then team up and use both of their Ledian to save Pikachu and Togepi. After Pikachu and Togepi were saved, the first stars begin to appear in the sky and Benji's Ledian's spots start to glow. Benji's father then promotes him to "Officer of the Mountain Patrol" because of it.

Pokémon

Ledian

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