AG154

Reversing the Charges File:StartlingFrighteningElekid.jpg.png

AG154   ドッキリ！ビックリ！エレキッド!! Startling! Frightening! Elekid!!

First broadcast Japan December 1, 2005 United States October 7, 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 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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Reversing the Charges (Japanese: ドッキリ！ビックリ！エレキッド!! Startling! Frightening! Elekid!! is episode 154 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 1, 2005 and in the United States on October 7, 2006.

In this episode, James's Mime Jr. becomes separated from Team Rocket and an Elekid steals May's Egg.

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

Synopsis

A bright and sunny day begins our adventure as Ash gently places his third battle token into place. Max checks his PokéNav as May polishes her Egg. May then lifts the lid on the container and gently places the Egg inside. A thunderous sound erupts as everyone looks overhead to sight a overpowering thunderstorm. A thunderbolt then sparks from the storm and explodes into the nearby mountainous region. Everyone dashes off into the distance towards the disturbance.

Coming out of the brush, Max sights several severely injured Pokémon which consists of Nuzleaf, Bellossom, and a few others. A strange sound comes from the bushes as they rush over to find an Elekid fighting a Exeggutor while May quickly queries its Pokédex data. Elekid starts rotating its arms at a high speed generating an enormous amount of energy and thrusts Exeggutor backwards. Going berserk, Elekid goes for another attack electrifying Exeggutor and knocking it unconscious. Ash attempts to stop Elekid but it just angrily launches an attack towards Pikachu. The attack is avoided as Pikachu retaliates with an Iron Tail. Elekid dodges this attack and attacks quickly sending an electrifying charge throughout Pikachu. Pikachu then recovers from the attack and thrusts towards Elekid but only to meet another attack of Elekid. Elekid then dashes towards Pikachu with an Electric Punch but Phanpy intervenes and blocks the attack. Phanpy then performs a Rollout knocking Elekid backwards. This only angers Elekid more as his power greatly increases sending electrical bolts in every direction. Everyone dodges the attack but May drops her Pokémon Egg as Max takes a direct hit from the uncontrollable energy. Elekid then launches May's Egg into the air and on top of its head as it devastates the area destroying trees and terrain. The dust and smoke clears as Elekid has disappeared with May's Egg. After a few moments, May finally notices that Elekid has escaped with her Egg. Elekid tries to remove the Egg from atop his head but it is lodged between both of his ears.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket is walking down a path as Meowth spots an injured Scyther in the path ahead. Elekid walks across Team Rocket's path as they devise a plan to capture Elekid. This plan is thwarted as Elekid begins rapidly spinning its arms and sends Team Rocket blasting off into the sky with Mime Jr. being blasted in the opposite direction.

Elekid manages to remove the Egg from atop its head. Ash and everyone is searching for May's lost Egg as Team Rocket begins searching for Mime Jr.. Ahead in the path, Meowth spots the Egg that was lodged between Elekid's ears. While Jessie is excited with this find, James is still worried about Mime Jr..

Max then spots Mime Jr. in the path ahead heavily injured as Team Rocket sits atop a tree stump. James is increasingly worried about Mime Jr. and as soon as Jessie or Meowth mentions anything about the Egg, James fills with anger. Meanwhile, Ash and everyone is caring for Mime Jr. as it recovers from its injuries. Everyone is excited with Mime Jr.'s recovery as the search continues for May's Egg. Elekid crosses their path again as May notices that the Egg is not lodged between Elekid's ears now. Phanpy and Pikachu interrupt as Elekid begins the battle with a devastating ThunderPunch. Both Pikachu and Phanpy evade this attack as Phanpy responds with a Rollout but is quickly sent flying backwards by Elekid's electrical energy. The battlefield erupts with a giant plume of smoke and dust with Elekid now gone from the area.

Team Rocket is still searching for Mime Jr. as an electrical disturbance sparks nearby and Elekid appears from the nearby underbrush. As James tries to dash towards Elekid, Jessie restrains him and Elekid dashes forward with another Thunder Punch sending Team Rocket blasting off again. In another location, everyone else is searching for May's Egg. Brock then recalls in the past with Pikachu being overcharged with electrical energy and notes that Elekid is in the same condition. A bolt of lightning erupts into the nearby ground as a another bolt erupts from the sky and electrifies Pikachu. Pikachu begins the battle with a Thunderbolt as then a strange mecha comes thundering from the distance with Team Rocket setting the usual scene. May identifies that James has her Egg while James notices that May has Mime Jr.. James then rushes down as May and James trade for Mime Jr. and the Egg. James then returns back to the mecha as a net is launched from the mecha with Pikachu dodging and electrifying the mecha. The electrical charge is diverted as Phanpy rushes towards the mecha and thrusts into the mecha. Three bombs are then launched from the mecha as Phanpy deflects these with is Rollout attack. The mecha then attacks knocking Phanpy backwards while Elekid interrupts the battle. Elekid seems to be on their side now as Pikachu then jumps atop Elekid and both Pokémon's electrical power is combined. The electrical gauge within the mecha slowly increases as Elekid and Pikachu increase the power which sends the mecha's storage power off the charts. As the meter reaches into the danger zone, Team Rocket's mecha explodes and is sent backwards. As the dust and smoke clears, Elekid's ailment seems to have been cured. Phanpy goes for a Rollout attack but is sent flying backwards again. A mysterious light overtakes Phanpy's body as the evolutionary process begins to take place and Phanpy evolves into Donphan. Donphan then rolls towards Team Rocket one last time with this force knocking Team Rocket's mecha towards the ground. Donphan then finishes the battle with a Hyper Beam sending Team Rocket blasting off into the sky for their third and final time.

With Elekid now returned to normal, everyone gives Elekid a honorable departure as Ash inches ever so closer to the next big adventure.

Major events

• Ash's Phanpy evolves into a Donphan.

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Birch (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Phanpy (Ash's)
• Donphan (Ash's, newly evolved)
• Exeggutor (Seiyū: 林原めぐみ Megumi Hayashibara*)
• Scyther
• Bellossom
• Elekid (Seiyū: 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi)
• Seedot (Seiyū: 半場友恵 Tomoe Hanba)
• Nuzleaf

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• Ash's Phanpy is voiced by Jamie Peacock in the English dub.

In other languages

• French: Courant electrique
• Italian: Pericolo, alta tensione!
• Brazilian Portuguese: Invertendo as Cargas

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