AG119

The Ribbon Cup Caper

AG119   EP393 怪盗バンナイとリボンカップ!! Mysterious Thief Bannai & The Ribbon Cup!!

First broadcast Japan March 17, 2005 United States February 18, 2006

English themes Opening Unbeatable

Japanese themes Opening ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜 ②

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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The Ribbon Cup Caper (Japanese: 怪盗バンナイとリボンカップ!! Mysterious Thief Bannai & The Ribbon Cup!!) is the 119th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 393rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 17, 2005 and in the United States on February 18, 2006.

On a luxury cruise to the Grand Festival, the Ribbon Cup is stolen by Brodie. Can the group outwit the master of disguise or will the Grand Festival be forced into cancellation?

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Synopsis

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On the S.S. St. Flower to Slateport City, the mysterious disguising thief Brodie returns and steals the Ribbon Cup, which forces officials to cancel the Grand Festival! Now Ash and friends must get the Ribbon Cup back and save the Grand Festival! Not only that but Team Rocket decide to go after it as well...

Major events

• Ash and his friends encounter Brodie again.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Brodie
• Contesta

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimecho (James's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Growlithe (Officer Jenny's)
• Ditto (Brodie's; flashback)
• Golbat (Brodie's)
• Wingull

Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Center:

• Pidgey
• Oddish
• Dugtrio
• Bellsprout
• Marill
• Treecko
• Mudkip
• Wurmple
• Lotad
• Nuzleaf
• Taillow
• Shroomish
• Slakoth
• Whismur
• Skitty
• Shelgon

Trivia

• This is the fourth episode in the anime series with "Caper" in the title. The other three are The Case of the K9 Caper, The Kecleon Caper, and The Corsola Caper.

Errors

Dub edits

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, which Pokémon is your best choice to battle Flygon?
• Choices: Espeon, Walrein, Blaziken
• Answer: OK, trainers! If you chose Walrein, you were right!

In other languages

• French: La croisière du bonheur
• German: Phantom Dieb Alarm!
• Hebrew: תעלול גביע הסרט taalul gvi'a haseret
• Italian: Il trasformista
• Swedish: Vem stal Cup-pokalen?!
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: El robo de La Copa Cinta
  • Latin America Spanish: El ladrón de la Copa de Listón

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