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Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 2

DP072   EP538 ポケモンレンジャー！波導のリオル！！(後編) Pokémon Ranger! The Wave-Guiding Riolu!! (Part 2)

First broadcast Japan March 20, 2008 United States November 8, 2008

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 風のメッセージ

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita 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

Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 2) (Japanese: ポケモンレンジャー！波導のリオル！！(後編) Pokémon Ranger! The Wave-Guiding Riolu!! (Part 2)) is the 72nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 538th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan in a one-hour special on March 20, 2008, the day that Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia was released. It and Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1) were released on DVD in Japan on June 20, 2008. It aired in the United States on November 8, 2008.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Hunter J continues to burn down the forest, and succeeds in capturing Riolu in the process. Dawn and Brock help all the Pokémon escape the forest, and Kellyn enlists three Blastoise to use Rain Dance to put out the fire. Meanwhile, in the forest, Ash escapes with the help of Buizel's Water Gun and Chimchar's Dig. Ash sneaks aboard J's ship, but J knew about Ash sneaking on board and ejects him herself. Freefalling, Kellyn uses a Staraptor to catch Ash in midair. Kellyn learns that J's client also escaped.

With J's ship hidden and with no other leads it is left to Ash's unique sense of Aura and Kellyn's abilities as a Pokémon Ranger to help them find it. Ash and friends ride Dodrio to get to the rendez-vous point, where the client picks up Riolu. After delivering Riolu, J and her troupes leave the client to battle Ash and company on his own. Ash uses Staravia to cut the tires on the van so the client can't escape; instead, he summons his Fearow and flies away on its back. Solana and Officer Jenny arrive, offering to take care of J; Brock and Dawn stay with them. The client runs into a cave and blocks the entrance with Aggron.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Kellyn
• Solana
• J
• Officer Jenny
• J's Client
• J's Client's henchmen
• Riolu's Trainer

Pokémon

Japanese DVD art

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Salamence (J's)
• Drapion (J's)
• Growlithe (Officer Jenny's)
• Riolu (Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura)
• Dodrio (×4)
• Blastoise (×3)
• Rattata (×6)
• Pidgey (×2)
• Swablu (×2)
• Doduo (×2)
• Budew (×5)
• Spearow (×2)
• Oddish (×14)
• Butterfree (×2)
• Vibrava
• Yanma
• Mankey
• Bellsprout (×4)
• Skiploom
• Sunkern
• Nidorino
• Nidoran♀ (×4)
• Nidoran♂ (×2)
• Gloom
• Sandshrew (×2)
• Sunkern (×5)
• Staraptor
• Donphan
• Trapinch
• Golem (Client's henchmen's)
• Rhyhorn (Client's henchmen's)
• Tyranitar (Client's henchmen's)
• Graveler (Client's henchmen's)
• Nidoking (Client's henchmen's)
• Fearow (Client's)
• Aggron (Client's)

Trivia

• Due to Ash's sensitivity to Aura, which was first introduced in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, he is able to sense Riolu from far distances, making the movie at least partially canon.
• Solana has a different uniform than the one she had in her past appearances. The one she wears in this episode is based on Kate's from Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia.
• For an unknown reason, Plusle is not seen with Solana.
• This is the second dubbed TV episode to not only retain all of its Japanese background music, but also use no American-made music (unless one counts The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon as a dubbed TV episode).
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Capture Styler
• Dawn's Pachirisu used Discharge, despite the four Pokémon it was up against (Rhyhorn, Nidoking, Graveler and Golem) being part Template:Type2, and therefore immune to Electric attacks. This is an example of anime physics.
• Jessie makes the comment that Team Rocket should, "Climb every mountain. Ford every stream." This phrase is from The Sound of Music.
• Music from Destiny Deoxys and Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea is used as background music.

Errors

• Part of Ash's hair disappears in one scene. This can be seen when Ash is talking to Riolu's trainer.
• In one scene, a wild Dodrio has only two heads.
  • In another scene, a wild Doduo has only one head.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		神奇寶貝保育家！波導的利歐路！！(後篇)
Czech		Pokémonový Ranger a unesený Riolu, druhá část
Dutch		Pokémon Ranger en de ontvoering van Riolu! Deel 2
Finnish		Pokémon Ranger ja kaapattu Riolu! Osa 2
European French		Pokémon Ranger : L'enlèvement de Riolu! Partie 2
German		Pokémon Ranger: Die Entführung von Riolu - Teil 2
Italian		Pokémon Ranger e il rapimento di Riolu (part 2)
Polish		Pokémon Ranger i porwany Riolu. Część 2
Brazilian Portuguese		O Patrulheiro Pokémon e o Riolu sequestrado! Segunda Parte
Spanish	Latin America	¡El Policia Pokémon y el rapto de Riolu! Segunda Parte
	Spain	¡Pokémon Ranger, el Secuestro de Riolu! Segunda Parte

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