AG183

Aipom and Circumstance File:AipomandtheKing.jpg.png

AG182   エイパムと王様！ Eipam and the King!

First broadcast Japan July 6, 2006 United States December 14, 2006

English themes Opening Battle Frontier Ending

Japanese themes Opening スパート！ Ending 私、負けない！ ～ハルカのテーマ～

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Assistant director 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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Aipom and Circumstance (Japanese: エイパムと王様！ Eipam and the King!) is episode 182 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 6, 2006.

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

Synopsis

On their way to the Battle Pyramid, Ash & co come across a town where the locals are looking for a new king to lead them. In doing so they run an event and whoever wins it will be king for a year. However Ash's newly captured Aipom manages to get stuck with the crown. Will Ash be able to retrieve the crown and keep the event going?

Major events

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Hank (Seiyū: 古島清孝 Kiyotaka Furushima)
• Zeus (Seiyū: 藤本　譲 Yuzuru Fujimoto)
• Giovanni (fantasy)
• Villagers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Donphan (Ash's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Sceptile (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Squirtle (May's)
• Eevee (May's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Marshtomp (Brock's)
• Bonsly (Brock's)
• Nosepass (Hank's) (Seiyū: 三宅健太 Kenta Miyake)
• Fearow (robot)

Trivia

• In the Japanese version of the episode, Ash's Aipom was identified as female by May.
• While the term "king" is usually only applied to males, the system shown in this episode applies to both genders as a woman says that she wanted to be king when the crown is stuck on Aipom's head.

In other languages

• French: Le roi des singeries
• Italian: I dispetti di Aipom
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Las locuras de Aipom!

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