EP023

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The Tower of Terror
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  EP023  
ポケモンタワーでゲットだぜ!
Capture at the Pokémon Tower!
First broadcast
Japan September 2, 1997
United States October 7, 1998
English themes
Opening Pokémon Theme
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening めざせポケモンマスター
Ending ひゃくごじゅういち
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda
Storyboard 岡崎幸男 Yukio Okazaki
Assistant director 鈴木敏明 Toshiaki Suzuki
Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura
No additional credits are available at this time.

The Tower of Terror (Japanese: ポケモンタワーでゲットだぜ! Capture at the Pokémon Tower!) is episode 23 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 2, 1997 and in USA on October 7, 1998.

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Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Gengar

Trivia

  • The episode was temporarily banned from re-airing on Kids WB after the September 11 attacks, as the title was reminiscent of the incident. It was later aired on January 29, 2002.
  • Due to the nature of the episode title, Kids WB refused to give the tape to Cartoon Network for them to air this episode back in 2002. They have since given up the rights to air it, it was officially re-aired on October 19, 2007 at 6:30 AM ET. Despite this, the episode is still currently available on DVD.
  • This episode's dub title is a reference to the theme park ride, Tower of Terror.

Errors

  • When Pikachu shocks Ash in one scene, Ash's Japanese voice can be heard.

Dub edits

In other languages

  • French: La tour de la terreur
  • Dutch: De spooktoren
  • Italian: La torre della paura
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡La torre del terror!
  • Portuguse: A torre do terror
  • Russian: Зловещая башня
  • Spanish: La torre del terror

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