AG184

Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight! File:PerapandthePokémonComedian!.jpg.png

AG183   ペラップとポケモン漫才！ Perap and the Pokémon Comedian!

First broadcast Japan July 20, 2006 United States January 6, 2007

English themes Opening 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 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 川田武範 Takenori Kawada Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 船津弘美 Hiromi Funatsu No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de 山下恵 Megumi Yamashita was credited as 総作監補佐 general animation assistant director

Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight! (Japanese: ペラップとポケモン漫才！ Perap and the Pokémon Comedian!) is episode 183 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 20, 2006.

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

Synopsis

On their way to the Battle Pyramid, Ash and co meet up with a trainer who uses a Chatot for her Pokemon Comedian routine, in the hopes of winning a comedy showdown through Chatot's ability to imitate voices. However Chatot gets away from its trainer and it's up to Ash & co to find it but Team Rocket have their sights on the Parrot Pokemon. Who will get to it first?

Major events

Debuts

Anzi Chatot

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni (fantasy)
• Team Rocket Grunts (fantasy)
• Anri (Seiyū: 早水リサ Risa Hayamizu)
• Chizuru (Seiyū: 半場友恵 Tomoe Hanba)
• Hospital director (Seiyū: 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi)
• Nurse (Seiyū: ちか Chika)
• Children
  • Girl (Seiyū: 伊東みやこ Miyako Itō*)
  • Girl (Seiyū: 大谷育江 Ikue Ohtani*)
  • Boy (Seiyū: 佐藤智恵 Chie Satō*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Donphan (Ash's)
• Sceptile (Ash's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Squirtle (May's)
• Eevee (May's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Chatot (Anri's) (Seiyū: 阪口大助 Daisuke Sakaguchi)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• Part of Takeshi's Paradise was performed.
• Pokémon Symphonic Medley and an alternate mix of Polka O Dolka were used as background music.
• Anri and Chatot switch to Kansai-ben when performing their manzai, which is a Japanese stereotype of comedians.
  • Anri heads for a Manzai Grand Prix in Johto, which is based on the Kansai region.

In other languages

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