AG165

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King and Queen for a Day

AG165   EP439 ウソハチキングとマネネクイーン!? Usohachi King and Manene Queen!?

First broadcast Japan February 23, 2006 United States November 11, 2006

English themes Opening Battle Frontier Ending

Japanese themes Opening バトルフロンティア Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜 ③

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

King and Queen for a Day (Japanese: ウソハチキングとマネネクイーン!? Usohachi King and Manene Queen!?) is the 165th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 439th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 23, 2006 and in the United States on November 11, 2006.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis On their way to the Battle Tower, Ash and friends arrive in a town back on the mainland of Kanto. Then, Team Rocket (in disguise) convinces them to get free massages, which they agree to get. It turns out to be a trap and a battle ensues between Sceptile and Dustox (with the help of Munchlax’s metronome) that destroys the tent and separates Pikachu, Bonsly, Meowth, and Mime Jr. from everybody else! The four of them land in the middle of the city are chased around by a bunch of guys in black suits. They manage to lose them and after helping a lady, Meowth manages to get some food for the four of them, but it is short lived as the men quickly find them again.

It turns out that they men are chasing them because they are mistaking Bonsly and Mime Jr. for the famous Pokémon stars, King Bonsly and Queen Mime Jr. Jessie and James manage to find them and Jessie manages to get Mime Jr. and Bonsly in the filming of the King and Queen’s TV show! This is all a part of Jessie and James’ plan to become rich, can Ash and the others find Bonsly and stop Team Rocket’s “evil” plan? Or will they just end up in the craziest TV show ever?...

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Spenser (flashback)
• Drama staff
  • Director (Seiyū: 三宅健太 Kenta Miyake)
  • Fat man (Seiyū: 坂口候一 Kōichi Sakaguchi)
  • Old man (Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*)
  • Young man (Seiyū: 阪口大助 Daisuke Sakaguchi*)
• Men in black
  • Man A (Seiyū: 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi)
  • Man B (Seiyū: 坂口候一 Kōichi Sakaguchi*)
  • Man C (Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*)
• Woman (Seiyū: 佐藤智恵 Chie Satō*)
• Female fans
  • Fan A (Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura*)
  • Fan B (Seiyū: 半場友恵 Tomoe Hanba*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Heracross (Ash's; flashback)
• Swellow (Ash's; flashback)
• Sceptile (Ash's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Eevee (May's)
• Bonsly (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Shiftry (Spenser's, flashback)
• Venusaur (Spenser's, flashback)
• Claydol (Spenser's, flashback)
• Bonsly (King)
• Mime Jr. (Queen)

Trivia

The director and Kunihiko Yuyama

• The director of the drama resembles executive producer Kunihiko Yuyama.
• Polka O Dolka was featured in this episode for the first time with Meowth singing English lyrics of the song. This happened when James' Mime Jr. used Teeter Dance. This is the second Japanese song used after Advance Adventure.

Dub edits

• In the Norwegian dub the director is written with feminine qualities, unlike the Wnglish version. This is a very notable change, as the dub usually stays very close to the English version.

In other languages

• French: Une vie de star
• German: Achtung, Kamera läuft!
• Italian: Re per un giorno
• Latin American Spanish: Rey y reina por un día
• Iberian Spanish: Rey y reina por un día

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