EP160

Air Time! File:AirTime.jpg.png

EP160   ラジオとうのたたかい！じくうをこえて!! Battle at the Radio Tower! Surpass Space-Time!!

First broadcast Japan August 17, 2000 United States September 8, 2001

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending タケシのパラダイス

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

Air Time! (Japanese: ラジオとうのたたかい！じくうをこえて!! Battle at the Radio Tower! Surpass Space-Time!!) is the 160th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 17, 2000 and in the United States on September 8, 2001.

Ash appears on a radio show after winning the Plain Badge, but Team Rocket are also in the building after being mistaken for a ventriloquist act.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• DJ Mary
• The Dugtrio Trio (A man and a woman)
• Radio staff

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Pikachu (US and international), Lizardon (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Kingler (Ash's; at Oak's Lab)
• Muk (Ash's; at Oak's Lab)
• Tauros (Ash's; at Oak's Lab)
• Snorlax (Ash's; at Oak's Lab)
• Heracross (Ash's; at Oak's Lab)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Charizard (in the story)

Trivia

• In the games, Mary is just an assistant on Professor Oak's radio show. While she is shown to have this role in Will the Real Oak Please Stand Up?, she is also seen here as a star in her own right. Mary also appears as Profesor Oak's assistant on television in Oaknapped.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Dragonite. Oak talks about the rarity of Dragonite and says that Dragonite can weigh up to 210 kilograms (463 pounds) and grow up to 2.2 meters (7′03″) tall. Oak then comments how it would fun to have such a big Dragonite, and tells the Dragonite next to him that it should try its best to grow. Dragonite releases a Hyper Beam (not at Oak), which causes an explosion in the lab. Oak responds by saying that he didn't tell Dragonite to try its best in that aspect.
• Pokémon senryu summary: A Dragonite, ranked in comparison with people, is a Dragonite.
• While Cartoon Network aired the show in syndication, this episode wasn't aired on their cable channel until June 2, 2007. This was part of the two-day Pokémon Master Marathon that was aired shortly before the launch of Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl in the U.S.
• Ash is dressed up like Link from the Legend of Zelda games.
• So far, this title has the least amount of letters, having only seven.

Errors

• Ash's Kingler is shown as Krabby in this episode.

Dub edits

• In the original, the Dugtrio Trio was called the Dodrio Clan.

In other languages

• French: L'émission
• Italian: In onda!
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Tiempo aire!
• Spanish: Hora de emisión

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