EP128

The Whistle Stop

EP128   レディバのふえ！ Ledyba's Flute!

First broadcast Japan January 1, 2000 United States December 2, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon Johto

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ニャースのパーティ

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 No additional credits are available at this time.

The Whistle Stop (Japanese: レディバのふえ！ 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.

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Synopsis

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Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Ledyba

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Arielle
• Mr. Douglas

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Blissey

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Zubat (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Ledyba (Arielle's, six)
• Golbat

Trivia

• This episode's English title is a reference to the railway term, Whistle Stop.
• This is the second episode so far to air on the day of a new year, 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!.

Errors

• In one scene where Jessie is holding the whistle, a line can be seen in the middle of her chest.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Le coup de sifflet
• German: Treue Ledyba
• Hebrew: שריקת הסיום shrikat hasiyum
• Italian: Il fischietto
• Portuguese (Brazilian): O Apito de Parada
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Fuera el silbato
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡El silbato calló!

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