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The Whistle Stop

EP128

レディバのふえ！
Rediba's Flute!

First broadcast

Japan	January 1, 2000
United States	December 2, 2000

English themes

Opening	Pokémon Johto
Ending

Japanese themes

Opening	OK!
Ending	ニャースのパーティ

Credits

Additional credits
Animation	Team Ota
Screenplay	米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
Storyboard	椎名ひさし Hisashi Shiina
Assistant director	岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki
Animation director	はしもとかつみ Katsumi Hashimoto

Screenshots on Filb.de

The Whistle Stop (Japanese: レディバのふえ！ Rediba's Flute!) is the 128th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 1, 2000 and in the United States on December 2, 2000.

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

Blurb

When Team Rocket attacks Ash and his friends, a brave young Trainer and her flock of Ledyba come to the rescue. With a bolt of electricity, Pikachu makes quick work of Team Rocket, but they look to capture a prize anyway: the same bolt from Pikachu sends one of the Good Samaritan's Ledyba flying right into their clutches.

Plot

The episode starts with Ash, Brock, Pikachu and Misty traveling to a new town via a bridge, with Team Rocket watching them. Team Rocket plan to have our heroes drop into a cage under the bridge and then lock them in it. However it doesn't go according to plan because the bridge collapses. Meowth breaks the fourth wall wall by saying "We usually don't wash out this early in the episode." The bridge collapses and they fall into the river below. The gang arrives at the bridge and notices the gap in the middle, not knowing Team Rocket caused this.

They think of how to get across, with the nearest bridge being 10 miles away. They notice a woman traveling with Ledyba, by flight. They ask her help to get across the river. She introduces herself as Arielle and says that she can fly them across using her Ledyba, which she controls with a Whistle. She takes them across, one at a time.

She tells them about her job, which is picking apples using her Ledyba to pollinate the apples, commanding the Ledyba to fly up or down or pollinate with the whistle. Brock explains that this is how apples reproduce by pollinating. Ash sends out his Heracross to help the Ledyba, though it decides to suck maple out of the tree instead. Team Rocket spies on the gang saying that Arielle's control over the Ledyba would be a good present for the boss.

Team Rocket tries to steal the whistle by pretending to be TV Hosts. Team Rocket says their motto and takes off in their Meowth balloon. Jessie blows the whistle but the Ledyba do not obey her, because she hasn't trained with them. Jessie sends out her Lickitung and which uses Supersonic. The confused Ledyba won't listen to Arielle. Pikachu, unaffected by the attack uses Thunderbolt on the balloon, shocking Team Rocket and fires Team Rocket into the air. The Ledyba follow Team Rocket as the blast off, Jessie still in possession of the whistle.

Ash, Pikachu, Brock, Misty and Arielle search for the Ledyba. Brock uses his Zubat to find them. Ledyba and Zubat both use supersonic waves and it can therefore spot the Ledyba. However the Zubat finds a group of Golbat. Brock recalls his Zubat and the Golbat leave. Arielle says that Ledyba like the smell of flowers so Ash sends out his Heracross to sniff nicely scented Flowers. Heracross leads them to a tree with Maple on it.

Jessie throws the whistle away and says that it is worthless. Meowth says she is blowing it wrongly so he tries to use it, though he can't even get a sound from it. Jessie sends out her Arbok to find food. Meowth finally gets a note out which has an effect on Arbok, it starts dancing. James sees the Ledyba over in the bushes. Jessie suggests capturing them but Meowth tells Arbok to go underground and surround them. Jessie and James don't believe that Arbok listened to Meowth. Arbok appears in front of the Ledyba. Whilst the Ledyba were distracted, Meowth throws a net over them and ties them to rope. The Ledyba fly off with Meowth holding on though Jessie and James grab on to stop them from flying away. The Ledyba stun Team Rocket with Stun Spore. Team Rocket let go and the Ledyba fly away.

Arielle is worried that they won’t listen to her without the whistle. Ash reminds her of who looked after the Ledyba when they were young. Arielle smells the scent that the Ledyba give off when they’re in danger. Ash tells Pikachu to find them. Pikachu shows her an area, with Stun Spore filled air and orange footprints leading to Team Rocket and the Ledyba. They find Team Rocket and James activates a net which engulfs our heroes in it. Jessie tells them to give them Pikachu. Jessie sends out Lickitung and James sends out Victreebel.

They attack the gang who struggles to escape. Arielle wonders whether the Ledyba will listen to her without the whistle. Lickitung uses Stomp on Ash and Misty’s head and Victreebel uses Tackle. Arielle tries anyway and they listen to her, but they are being held back by Arbok, They break free and fly over to Arielle – dragging Arbok with them . Arbok flies into Lickitung and Victreebel and knocks them over. Ash sends Bulbasaur to get them out by using Razor Leaf. James instructed Victreebel to use the same attack, but Arielle instructs the Ledyba to fly upwards so the Razor Leaf cut the rope instead. Then downwards to dodge the next attack. Jessie tells Lickitung to use Supersonic. Ash tells Pikachu to use Thunderbolt on Lickitung before it can use Supersonic, which knocks Team Rocket over. Arielle tells Ledyba to use Tackle on Team Rocket, which sends them hurdling into the sky. Arielle thanks them for the help and all the Ledyba gather around. The gang then heads out for Ash's first Johto region Gym battle in Violet City.

Major events

Jessie's Lickitung is revealed to know Supersonic and Stomp.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

Ledyba

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Blissey (US and international) Ledyba (Japan)

Trivia

This episode's English title is a reference to the railway term, Whistle Stop.
This is the second episode to air on the day of a new year in Japan, the first being The Fourth Round Rumble!.
Meowth breaks the fourth wall in this episode.
This is the first episode in which Brock imitates Dexter (Ash's Pokédex) when describing a girl. He also does so in Nerves of Steelix!.
The book Ash to the Rescue is based on this episode.

Backmasking

In 2007, someone posted a backwards video of the scene where James was heard mumbling while at the grip of his Victreebel's mouth. Played normally, his dialogue appears to be gibberish. However, when the scene is played backwards, James clearly says "Leo Burnett and 4Kids are the devil! Leo Burnett...". Some fans had speculated that Eric Stuart, the then voice actor for Brock and James, may have left the hidden message to poke fun at Burnett's idea of animation commercialism and at the same time mocking 4Kids Entertainment for upsetting the fans who were unsatisfied with the international edits back when the company was responsible for dubbing the Pokémon anime.

In 2011 at Matsuricon, a fan asked Stuart about this quote, which he confirmed was indeed intentional and claimed that it was because he was no longer being paid for his short commercials while working for 4Kids.^[1]

In the version streaming on Pokémon TV and on the 2015 DVD set of The Johto Journeys, the backmasked audio is replaced with James screaming.

Errors

After Team Rocket steals the whistle it disappears while they say their motto and briefly afterwards.
Arielle says that she uses different whistle notes to direct the Ledyba, but throughout the episode only one note is played.
When Arielle is telling the Ledyba to climb and descend, when Arielle says "climb", the Ledyba descends, and when she says "descend", the Ledyba climbs.
When Mr. Douglas appears, he mispronounces Arielle's name.
In the Finnish dub, Ash incorrectly refers the flock of Golbat as Zubat.

Dub edits

References

↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYkZBDkMf04

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		芭瓢蟲之笛
Czech		Problémy s píšťalkou
Dutch		Uitgefloten
Finnish		Kuka vihelsi pelin poikki?
European French		Le coup de sifflet
German		Treue Ledyba
Hebrew		שריקת הסיוםshrikat hasiyum
Hindi		विसल का कमाल Whistle ka Kamaal *
Hungarian		Sípszó
Italian		Il fischietto
Polish		Gwiżdżący przystanek
Portuguese	Brazil	O Apito de Parada
Portuguese	Portugal	A Paragem do Apito
Romanian		Oprirea la Fluier
Spanish	Latin America	¡El silbato calló!
Spanish	Spain	Fuera el silbato
Swedish		Allt går åt pipan

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[1] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYkZBDkMf04

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 title_ja=レディバのふえ！ |
 title_ja_trans=Rediba's Flute! |
-screen=yes |
+screen=hd |
 broadcast_jp=January 1, 2000 |
 broadcast_us=December 2, 2000 |
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 }}
 '''The Whistle Stop''' (Japanese: '''レディバのふえ！''' ''{{tt|Rediba|Ledyba}}'s Flute!'') is the 128th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on January 1, 2000 and in the United States on December 2, 2000.
-<!-- Short summary goes here. -->
 {{spoilers}}
-== Synopsis ==
+==Blurb==
+<!--http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-episodes/03_23-the-whistle-stop/-->
+<i>When Team Rocket attacks Ash and his friends, a brave young Trainer and her flock of Ledyba come to the rescue. With a bolt of electricity, Pikachu makes quick work of Team Rocket, but they look to capture a prize anyway: the same bolt from Pikachu sends one of the Good Samaritan's Ledyba flying right into their clutches.</i>
-The episode starts with {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}}, {{TP|Ash|Pikachu}} and {{an|Misty}} traveling to a new town via a bridge, with {{TRT}} watching them. Team Rocket plan to have our heroes drop into a cage under the bridge and then lock them in it. However it doesn't go according to plan because the bridge collapses. {{MTR}} [[breaking the fourth wall|breaks the fourth wall]] wall by saying "We usually don't wash out this early in the episode." The bridge collapses and they fall into the river below. The gang arrive at the bridge and notice the gap in the middle, not knowing Team Rocket caused this.
+==Plot==
+The episode starts with {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}}, {{AP|Pikachu}} and {{an|Misty}} traveling to a new town via a bridge, with {{TRT}} watching them. Team Rocket plan to have our heroes drop into a cage under the bridge and then lock them in it. However it doesn't go according to plan because the bridge collapses. {{MTR}} [[breaking the fourth wall|breaks the fourth wall]] wall by saying "We usually don't wash out this early in the episode." The bridge collapses and they fall into the river below. The gang arrives at the bridge and notices the gap in the middle, not knowing Team Rocket caused this.
 They think of how to get across, with the nearest bridge being 10 miles away. They notice a woman traveling with {{p|Ledyba}}, by flight. They ask her help to get across the river. She introduces herself as [[Arielle]] and says that she can fly them across using her Ledyba, which she controls with a Whistle. She takes them across, one at a time.
@@ Line 44: / Line 47: @@
 Ash, Pikachu, Brock, Misty and Arielle search for the Ledyba. Brock uses his {{TP|Brock|Zubat}} to find them. Ledyba and Zubat both use supersonic waves and it can therefore spot the Ledyba. However the Zubat finds a group of {{p|Golbat}}. Brock recalls his Zubat and the Golbat leave. Arielle says that Ledyba like the smell of flowers so Ash sends out his Heracross to sniff nicely scented Flowers. Heracross leads them to a tree with Maple on it.
-Jessie throws the whistle away and says that it is worthless. Meowth says she is blowing it wrongly so he tries to use it, though he can't even get a sound from it. Jessie sends out her {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} to find food. Meowth finally gets a note out which has an effect on Arbok, it starts dancing. [[James]] sees the Ledyba over in the bushes. Jessie suggests capturing them but Meowth tells Arbok to go underground and surround them. Jessie and James don't believe that Arbok listened to Meowth. Arbok appears in front of the Ledyba. Whilst the Ledyba was distracted, Meowth throws a net over them and ties them to rope. The Ledyba fly off with Meowth holding on though Jessie and James grab on to stop them from flying away. The Ledyba stun Team Rocket with {{m|Stun Spore}}. Team Rocket let go and the Ledyba fly away.
+Jessie throws the whistle away and says that it is worthless. Meowth says she is blowing it wrongly so he tries to use it, though he can't even get a sound from it. Jessie sends out her {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} to find food. Meowth finally gets a note out which has an effect on Arbok, it starts dancing. [[James]] sees the Ledyba over in the bushes. Jessie suggests capturing them but Meowth tells Arbok to go underground and surround them. Jessie and James don't believe that Arbok listened to Meowth. Arbok appears in front of the Ledyba. Whilst the Ledyba were distracted, Meowth throws a net over them and ties them to rope. The Ledyba fly off with Meowth holding on though Jessie and James grab on to stop them from flying away. The Ledyba stun Team Rocket with {{m|Stun Spore}}. Team Rocket let go and the Ledyba fly away.
 Arielle is worried that they won’t listen to her without the whistle. Ash reminds her of who looked after the Ledyba when they were young. Arielle smells the scent that the Ledyba give off when they’re in danger. Ash tells Pikachu to find them. Pikachu shows her an area, with Stun Spore filled air and orange footprints leading to Team Rocket and the Ledyba. They find Team Rocket and James activates a net which engulfs our heroes in it. Jessie tells them to give them Pikachu. Jessie sends out {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}} and James sends out {{TP|James|Victreebel}}.
-They attack the gang who struggles to escape. Arielle wonders whether the Ledyba will listen to her with out the whistle. Lickitung uses {{m|Stomp}} on Ash and Misty’s head and Victreebel uses {{m|Tackle}}.  Arielle tries anyway and they listen to her, but they are being held back by Arbok, They break free and fly over to Arielle – dragging Arbok with them . Arbok flies into Lickitung and Victreebel and knocks them over. Ash sends {{AP|Bulbasaur}} to get them out by using {{m|Razor Leaf}}. James instructed Victreebel to use the same attack, but Arielle instructs the Ledyba to fly upwards so the Razor Leaf cut the rope instead. Then downwards to dodge the next attack. Jessie tells Lickitung to use Supersonic. Ash tells Pikachu to use {{m|Thunderbolt}} on Lickitung before it can use {{m|Supersonic}}, which knocks Team Rocket over. Arielle tells Ledyba to use Tackle on Team Rocket, which sends them hurdling into the sky.  Arielle thanks them for the help and all the Ledyba gather around.  The gang then heads out for Ash's first [[Johto]] region Gym battle in [[Violet City]].
+They attack the gang who struggles to escape. Arielle wonders whether the Ledyba will listen to her without the whistle. Lickitung uses {{m|Stomp}} on Ash and Misty’s head and Victreebel uses {{m|Tackle}}.  Arielle tries anyway and they listen to her, but they are being held back by Arbok, They break free and fly over to Arielle – dragging Arbok with them . Arbok flies into Lickitung and Victreebel and knocks them over. Ash sends {{AP|Bulbasaur}} to get them out by using {{m|Razor Leaf}}. James instructed Victreebel to use the same attack, but Arielle instructs the Ledyba to fly upwards so the Razor Leaf cut the rope instead. Then downwards to dodge the next attack. Jessie tells Lickitung to use Supersonic. Ash tells Pikachu to use {{m|Thunderbolt}} on Lickitung before it can use {{m|Supersonic}}, which knocks Team Rocket over. Arielle tells Ledyba to use Tackle on Team Rocket, which sends them hurdling into the sky.  Arielle thanks them for the help and all the Ledyba gather around.  The gang then heads out for Ash's first [[Johto]] region Gym battle in [[Violet City]].
-== Major events ==
+==Major events==
 * [[Jessie's Lickitung]] is revealed to know {{m|Supersonic}} and {{m|Stomp}}.
 {{animeevents}}
-=== Debuts ===
-==== Pokémon debuts ====
+===Debuts===
-===== TV episode debuts=====
+====Pokémon debuts====
+=====TV episode debuts=====
 * {{p|Ledyba}}
-== Characters ==
+==Characters==
-=== Humans ===
+===Humans===
+[[File:Dare da EP128.png|200px|thumb|right|{{tt|Dare da?|Who's That Pokémon?}}]]
 * {{Ash}}
 * {{an|Misty}}
@@ Line 66: / Line 71: @@
 * [[James]]
 * [[Arielle]]
-* Mr. Douglas
+* [[Mr. Douglas]]
-=== Pokémon ===
+===Pokémon===
+[[File:WTP EP128.png|thumb|200px|right|Who's That Pokémon?]]
 [[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Blissey}} ''(US and international)'' {{p|Ledyba}} ''(Japan)''
 * {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
 * {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
@@ Line 79: / Line 86: @@
 * {{p|Lickitung}} ({{OP|Jessie|Lickitung}})
 * {{p|Victreebel}} ({{OP|James|Victreebel}})
-* {{p|Ledyba}} ([[Arielle]]'s, six)
+* {{p|Ledyba}} ([[Arielle]]'s; ×6; debut)
-* {{p|Golbat}}
+* {{p|Golbat}} (multiple)
-== Trivia ==
+==Trivia==
-<!--Please DO NOT put that supposed Eric Stuart subliminal message here. It's unproven and not notable.-->
 * This episode's English title is a reference to the railway term, {{wp|Whistle Stop}}.
-* This is the second episode so far to air on the day of a new year, the first being ''[[EP077|The Fourth Round Rumble!]]''.
+* This is the second episode to air on the day of a new year in Japan, the first being ''[[EP077|The Fourth Round Rumble!]]''.
 * Meowth [[Breaking the fourth wall|breaks the fourth wall]] in this episode.
 * This is the first episode in which Brock imitates Dexter (Ash's Pokédex) when describing a girl. He also does so in ''[[EP224|Nerves of Steelix!]]''.
-* This is the first Japanese episode of the {{wp|2000s (decade)|2000s}}.
+* The book ''[[Ash to the Rescue]]'' is based on this episode.
-**Also, it aired in the first day of 2000.
-*The book ''[[Ash to the Rescue]]'' is based on this episode.
-=== Errors ===
+===Backmasking===
-* In one scene where Jessie is holding the whistle, a line can be seen in the middle of her chest.
+In 2007, someone posted a backwards video of the scene where [[James]] was heard mumbling while at the grip of his {{TP|James|Victreebel}}'s mouth. Played normally, his dialogue appears to be gibberish. However, when the scene is played backwards, James clearly says "{{wp|Leo Burnett}} and [[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]] are the devil! Leo Burnett...". Some fans had speculated that [[Eric Stuart]], the then voice actor for {{an|Brock}} and James, may have left the hidden message to poke fun at Burnett's idea of animation commercialism and at the same time mocking 4Kids Entertainment for upsetting the fans who were unsatisfied with the international edits back when the company was responsible for dubbing the Pokémon anime. <!--<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZlIcJbbm08&feature=player_detailpage#t=79s</ref> -->
+In 2011 at Matsuricon, a fan asked Stuart about this quote, which he confirmed was indeed intentional and claimed that it was because he was no longer being paid for his short commercials while working for 4Kids.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYkZBDkMf04</ref>
+In the version streaming on Pokémon TV and on the 2015 DVD set of The Johto Journeys, the backmasked audio is replaced with James screaming.
+===Errors===
 * After Team Rocket steals the whistle it disappears while they say their motto and briefly afterwards.
 * Arielle says that she uses different whistle notes to direct the Ledyba, but throughout the episode only one note is played.
-* When Arielle is telling the Ledyba to climb and descend, when Arielle says climb the Ledyba descend and when she says descend the Ledyba climb.
+* When Arielle is telling the Ledyba to climb and descend, when Arielle says "climb", the Ledyba descends, and when she says "descend", the Ledyba climbs.
+* When Mr. Douglas appears, he mispronounces Arielle's name.
+* In the Finnish dub, Ash incorrectly refers the flock of Golbat as Zubat.
+===Dub edits===
-=== Dub edits ===
+==References==
+<references/>
 ==In other languages==
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 |fi={{tt|Kuka vihelsi pelin poikki?|Who whistled the game over?}}
 |fr_eu={{tt|Le coup de sifflet|The whistle}}
-|he=שריקת הסיום{{tt|shrikat hasiyum|The whistle stop}}
+|he=שריקת הסיום{{tt|shrikat hasiyum|The whistle ending}}
+|hu={{tt|Sípszó|Beep}}
 |it={{tt|Il fischietto|The whistle}}
 |pt_br={{tt|O Apito de Parada|The Stop Whistle}}
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 |es_la={{tt|¡El silbato calló!|The whistle stopped!}}
 |es_eu={{tt|Fuera el silbato|Out with the whistle}}
+|sv={{tt|Allt går åt pipan|Everything is going down the drain (incorporates 'whistle'}}
+|pl={{tt|Gwiżdżący przystanek|Whistling stop}}
+|ro={{tt|Oprirea la Fluier|The Whistle Stop}}
+|hi=विसल का कमाल {{tt|''Whistle ka Kamaal''|The Achievement of the Whistle}} {{tt|*|Hungama dub}}
 }}
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 [[Category:Milestone episodes|128]]
-[[de:Treue Ledyba (Episode)]]
+[[de:Treue Ledyba]]
-[[fr:Épisode 128]]
+[[fr:EP128]]
+[[it:EP128]]
 [[ja:無印編第128話]]
 [[pl:EP128]]
-[[pt:EP128]]
+[[zh:EP129]]

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