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Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 2

DP072   EP538 ポケモンレンジャー！波導のリオル！！(後編) Pokémon Ranger! The Wave-Guiding Riolu!! (Part 2)

First broadcast Japan March 20, 2008 United States November 8, 2008

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 風のメッセージ

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 2) (Japanese: ポケモンレンジャー！波導のリオル！！(後編) Pokémon Ranger! The Wave-Guiding Riolu!! (Part 2)) is the 72nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 538th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan in a one-hour special on March 20, 2008, the day that Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia was released. It and Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1) were released on DVD in Japan on June 20, 2008. It aired in the United States on November 8, 2008.

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

Synopsis

Hunter J continues to burn down the forest, and succeeds in capturing Riolu in the process. Dawn and Brock help all the Pokémon escape the forest, and Kellyn enlists three Blastoise to use Rain Dance to put out the fire. Meanwhile, in the forest, Ash escapes with the help of Buizel's Water Gun and Chimchar's Dig. Ash sneaks aboard J's ship, but J knew about Ash sneaking on board and ejects him herself by first having Drapion grab him,then when Pikachu and Ash kicked Drapion, and landed, the ground parted, causing Ash to fall out of the ship. Freefalling, Kellyn uses a Staraptor to catch Ash in midair. Kellyn learns from Solana that J's client also escaped.

With J's ship hidden and with no other leads it is left to Ash's unique sense of Aura and Kellyn's abilities as a Pokémon Ranger to help them find it. Ash and friends ride Dodrio to get to the rendezvous point, where the client picks up Riolu. After delivering Riolu, J and her troupes leave the client to battle Ash and company on his own. Ash uses Staravia to cut the tires on the van so the client can't escape; instead, he summons his Fearow and flies away on its back. Solana and Officer Jenny arrive, offering to take care of J's client; Brock and Dawn stay with them. The client runs into a cave and blocks the entrance with Aggron. He then finds the cave littered with tunnels. Outside, Kellyn and Ash follow the client inside the cave, yet the find the main entrance blocked by Aggron's Rock Smash attack. Ranger Kellyn sees a Donphan and captures it. Using Donphan's Rollout, they knock down the barrier, only to find the tunnels all covered up with rocks. Ash uses Riolu's Aura connection to find which tunnel the client went through, then uses Donphan's Rollout to knock down the tunnel on the farthest left leading to the client and Riolu.

The client, surprised that Ash and Kellyn found him and asks how they found him. Ash briefly states that Riolu told him. The client then send out Aggron to battle. Using Pikachu's Volt Tackle, Ash is able to knock Aggron out and knock Riolu out of the client's arms. Ash then picks Riolu up and lets it out of the case. Later, Officer Jenny arrested J's client. Riolu's owner finally reunites with Riolu and thanks Ash, Solana, Dawn,and Brock for returning Riolu. Ash then remembers that he still has the little doll Riolu owns. He gives it back to Riolu and steps back only to get caught in its Aura communication saying to Ash Thanks for returning the doll to it.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Kellyn
• Solana
• J
• Officer Jenny
• J's Client
• J's Client's henchmen
• Riolu's Trainer

Pokémon

Japanese DVD art

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Salamence (J's)
• Drapion (J's)
• Growlithe (Officer Jenny's)
• Riolu (Aura Sphere Riolu; Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura)
• Dodrio (×4)
• Blastoise (×3)
• Rattata (×6)
• Pidgey (×2)
• Swablu (×2)
• Doduo (×2)
• Budew (×5)
• Spearow (×2)
• Oddish (×14)
• Butterfree (×2)
• Vibrava
• Yanma
• Mankey
• Bellsprout (×4)
• Skiploom
• Sunkern
• Nidorino
• Nidoran♀ (×4)
• Nidoran♂ (×2)
• Gloom
• Sandshrew (×2)
• Sunkern (×5)
• Staraptor
• Donphan
• Trapinch
• Golem (Client's henchmen's)
• Rhyhorn (Client's henchmen's)
• Tyranitar (Client's henchmen's)
• Graveler (Client's henchmen's)
• Nidoking (Client's henchmen's)
• Fearow (Client's)
• Aggron (Client's)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Capture Styler
• Due to Ash's sensitivity to Aura, which was first introduced in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, he is able to sense Riolu from far distances, making the movie at least partially canon.
• Solana has a different uniform than the one she had in her past appearances. The one she wears in this episode is based on Kate's from Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia.
• For an unknown reason, Plusle is not seen with Solana.
• This is the second dubbed TV episode to not only retain all of its Japanese background music, but also use no American-made music (unless one counts The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon as a dubbed TV episode).
• Dawn's Pachirisu used Discharge, despite the four Pokémon it was up against (Rhyhorn, Nidoking, Graveler and Golem) being part Ground-type, and therefore immune to Electric attacks. This is an example of anime physics.
• Jessie makes the comment that Team Rocket should, "Climb every mountain. Ford every stream." This phrase is from The Sound of Music.
• Music from Destiny Deoxys, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew is used as background music.
• This episode marks one of the extremely rare instances that Ash ever intentionally hurts a Pokémon, as he kicks J's Drapion in the face in order to escape from its claws.

Errors

Ash's missing hair

• Part of Ash's hair disappears in the closing scenes. This can be seen when Ash is talking to Riolu's Trainer.
• In one scene, a wild Doduo has only one head.
• J's pockets are miscolored in some scenes.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		神奇寶貝保育家！波導的利歐路！！(後篇)
Czech		Pokémonový Ranger a unesený Riolu, druhá část
Danish		Pokémon Rangeren Og den Bortførte Riolu! Del 2
Dutch		Pokémon Ranger en de ontvoering van Riolu! Deel 2
Finnish		Pokémon Ranger ja kaapattu Riolu! Osa 2
European French		Pokémon Ranger : L'enlèvement de Riolu! Partie 2
German		Pokémon Ranger: Die Entführung von Riolu - Teil 2
Italian		Pokémon Ranger e il rapimento di Riolu (parte 2)
Norwegian		Pokemon (sic) Ranger og den kidnappede Riolu! Del 2
Polish		Pokémon Ranger i porwany Riolu. Część 2
Portuguese	Brazil	O Patrulheiro Pokémon e o Riolu sequestrado! Segunda Parte
	Portugal	O Ranger Pokémon e o Riolu Raptado! 2ª Parte
Spanish	Latin America	¡El Policia Pokémon y el rapto de Riolu! Segunda Parte
	Spain	¡Pokémon Ranger, el Secuestro de Riolu! Segunda Parte
Swedish		Pokémonrangern och den kidnappade Riolu! Del 2

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