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| | * When James summons his Victreebel, his speech when he gets sucked inside is, at first glance, unintelligible gibberish. However, when [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZlIcJbbm08 the clip is played backwards,] it's actually a backwards-masked sound byte of [[Eric Stuart]] saying, "Leo Burnett and 4Kids are the devil!". The line is aimed at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Burnett Burnett] since he essentially invented the idea of using animation as a vehicle for merchandising, which 4Kids had also adopted. |
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Revision as of 06:49, 26 May 2009
| The Whistle Stop
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First broadcast
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January 1, 2000
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| United States
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December 2, 2000
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
| Animation
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Team Ota
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| Screenplay
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米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
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| Storyboard
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椎名ひさし Hisashi Shiina
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| Assistant director
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岩崎太郎 Tarō Iwasaki
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| Animation director
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はしもとかつみ Katsumi Hashimoto
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| No additional credits are available at this time.
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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.
Synopsis
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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...
Major events
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Blissey
Trivia
- This episode's dub 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!.
- When James summons his Victreebel, his speech when he gets sucked inside is, at first glance, unintelligible gibberish. However, when the clip is played backwards, it's actually a backwards-masked sound byte of Eric Stuart saying, "Leo Burnett and 4Kids are the devil!". The line is aimed at Burnett since he essentially invented the idea of using animation as a vehicle for merchandising, which 4Kids had also adopted.
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
- Italian: Il fischietto
- Latin American Spanish: ¡El silbato calló!
- Iberian Spanish: Fuera el silbato
- Brazilian Portuguese: O Apito de Parada
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