| The Bridge Bike Gang
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あらしのサイクリングロード
Stormy Cycling Road
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First broadcast
| Japan
| December 2, 1997
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| United States
| October 23, 1998
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| English themes
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| Japanese themes
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Credits
| Animation
| Team Ota
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| Screenplay
| 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
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| Storyboard
| 横田和 Kazu Yokota
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| Assistant director
| 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi
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| Animation director
| 武田優作 Yūsaku Takeda
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| Additional credits
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The Bridge Bike Gang (Japanese: あらしのサイクリングロード Stormy Cycling Road) is the 36th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 2, 1997 and in the United States on October 23, 1998.
Synopsis
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Ash,
Misty and
Brock came across a bridge during their travels. They wanted to walk on it but the officer said only the bike track was ready, not the actual road. Devastated, the group then attempted to get a
bike but was unsuccessful. When they arrived at the
Pokémon Center to think of a plan to get a bike, they found a worried
Nurse Joy. She said she had to deliver medicine for injured
Pokémon over the bridge but she could not leave the center because she had Pokémon to attend to. Ash and Misty agree denthusiastically. As they rode joyfully across the bridge,
James,
Jessie and
Meowth sailed slowly below the bridge. Jessie made plans.
Just after Ash and his group finished their refreshments, a crazy group of wild bikers came. They tried to escape but were surrounded. The leader of the gang, Chopper, challenged Ash to a battle. He sent out Golem and Ash sent out Bulbasaur. Golem easily defeated it with a single Tackle. Ash then sent out Charmander. Charmander set Golem on fire with a Flamethrower and an Ember. Golem tackled Charmander but ended up setting fire to three of the gang's members. Chopper withdrew his Golem but the Poké Ball was still hot from Charmander's attack.
Next, Tyra, the other leader of the bike gang, sent out Cloyster. Misty wanted to battle and triee to send out Starmie but Psyduck appeared. Misty decided to give it a chance. Psyduck was clueless and the bike gang cracked up in laughter. Psyduck tried to do Tail Whip and again, the bike gang laughed at it. After a few rounds of this humiliation, Team Rocket arrived and said their motto. But it appeared that Team Rocket were heroes in the bike gang's view. Just as Team Rocket and the bike gang attacked Ash, Misty and Brock, the police arrived. Officer Jenny offered them a ride but she had a job to do. The weather got ferocious and turned into a storm. Chopper and Tyra challenged Team Rocket to ride through them storm.
In Sunny Town, Nurse Joy was worried that medicine wasn't arriving to cure the injured Pokémon, a Shellder.
Then, a ship passed by and the bridge lifted up but Ash was determined to save the sick Pokémon. Just as they were not going to make it, they saw Team Rocket and bounced over their heads, sending Team Rocket into the water. As they passed the bike gang, they challenged Ash to a battle. Ash, of course, refused and told them he's delivering medicine for a sick Pokémon. The bike gang realized now why they were riding through the storm and joineds them. Nurse Joy in Sunny Town was relieved when the bike gang and Ash arrived with the medicine. The bike gang's new heroes were "Awesome Ash" and "Mighty Misty".
Major events
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who’s That Pokémon?: Cloyster
Trivia
- Chopper's bike was designed to look like a Zapdos.
- This episode marks the first time Misty takes Brock by the ear when he is in love with a beautiful woman.
- At the point when the ship was crossing, if Ash, Misty, and Brock had fallen into the water, they would have drowned, but Team Rocket fell and survived. They often appear resistant to death, surviving situations that often have the potential to kill anyone else, particularly the main characters.
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: A Gangue das Bicicletas
- Dutch: De fiets groep
- Finnish: Sillan fillarijengi
- French: Le gang des bicyclettes
- German: Die Fahrrad-Gang
- Italian: Avventura su due ruote
- Latin American Spanish: ¡La banda del puente!
- Iberian Spanish: La banda de las bicis del puente
- Swedish: Cykelgänget
- Mandarin: 暴风雨的单车路
