EP082

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EP082   ひこうせんはふこうせん!? Blimp Accident!?

First broadcast Japan February 4, 1999 United States January 8, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon World Ending

Japanese themes Opening ライバル！ Ending タイプ・ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

A Scare in the Air (Japanese: ひこうせんはふこうせん!? Blimp Accident!? ) is episode 82 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 4, 1999 and in the United States on January 8, 2000.

Ash, Misty and Brock are pondering how to get to the Orange Islands when Ash wins a contest for three free blimp tickets. The blimp unfortunately is being run by Team Rocket. Jigglypuff accidentally starts the blimp and stows away. So Ash and company have to deal with inept piloting, cold food, a lost Togepi, and a Jigglypuff with a sheet over its head pretending to be a ghost!

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

Major events

• Ash and co. reach Valencia Island in a blimp.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Vulpix

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Zubat (Brock's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Persian (Giovanni's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)

Trivia

• The dub of this episode was renamed "Spirits in the Sky" after the September 11th disaster.

In other languages

• French: Y a t'il un pilote dans le dirigeable?

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