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A Scare in the Air (Japanese: ひこうせんはふこうせん!? Blimp Accident!? ) is episode 82 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 4, 1999 and in the United States on January 8, 2000.

Ash, Misty and Brock are pondering how to get to the Orange Islands when Ash wins a contest for three free blimp tickets. The blimp unfortunately is being run by Team Rocket. Jigglypuff accidentally starts the blimp and stows away. So Ash and company have to deal with inept piloting, cold food, a lost Togepi, and a Jigglypuff with a sheet over its head pretending to be a ghost!

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash and co. reach Valencia Island in a blimp.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Vulpix

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Zubat (Brock's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Persian (Giovanni's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)

Trivia

• The dub of this episode was renamed "Spirits in the Sky" after the September 11th tragedy. However, this may have only been temporary, as the Cartoon Network rerun kept the original dub title.

Errors

• While this episode marks the beginning of the Orange Islands arc, both KidsWB! and Cartoon Network aired the first season intro instead of the Orange Islands theme for this episode and the next.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Y a t'il un pilote dans le dirigeable?

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