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

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After Ash and his friends enter a larger room, the lights suddenly turn on, revealing a dining room with a fully-set table. Ash's attention turns to a dangling rope, with an instructional note attached. He quickly runs up and pulls it, which releases confetti and a welcome sign. Suddenly, the glassware and chairs begin to levitate. Brock gets thrown around in a chair while Pikachu and Charmander find themselves on platters. Ash and Misty run out of the room; Brock and the Pokémon soon flee. The tableware and chairs reset, and the Ghost Pokémon reappear, laughing at their mischief.

Outside, Misty and Brock refuse to reenter the tower. As a result, Ash goes back in with only his Pokémon. Stopping in front of the hole Team Rocket created earlier, Ash checks his [[Pokédex]] for more details, and it reveals that Ghost Pokémon are still shrouded in mystery. Ash hears commotion from the floor beneath them and think the Pokémon are down there. He orders Pikachu and Charmander to attack, but this creates a fire. Ash throws a {{i|Poké Ball}}, but it hits Jessie in the face. Jessie gets angry as her hair catches fire. She runs around, creating a fireball from Ash's view, but it soon disappears, much to his disappointment.

Suddenly, Pikachu spots Haunter behind Ash and freaks out, but Ash misses it. Haunter then appears in front of him and spooks him. Curious, Ash checks his Pokedex, though it has no data on Haunter. Ash sends Charmander, but the Pokémon disappears and reappears behind Ash, tapping his shoulder and causing him to freak out. Ash has Charmander use {{m|Leer}}. They both pull off fierce looks, but Charmander suddenly makes a funny face, making Haunter laugh. Ash scolds Charmander, though as it is distracted, Haunter {{m|Lick}}s him and the Fire Pokémon, paralyzed by the effects of the Lick, begins to shake. As a result, Ash recalls Charmander. Much to Ash's surprise, a Gengar materializes through the floor before smacking Ash with a fan. Ash checks his Pokédex again, but there is still no information. The two resort to a comedy routine, which Ash indifferently dismisses. Saddened by their failure to entertain Ash, the two Ghost-types sink into the floor and disappear.

Ash and Pikachu jump after them, but miss and the duo crashes into the wooden floor. The impacts cause a chandelier to drop on top of them, knocking them out. Pikachu's electricity lights the chandelier, and the Ghost Pokémon applaud the performance. Gengar taps them as Haunter approaches and pulls Ash and Pikachu's {{OBP|Ghost|literal|spirits}} out of their bodies. They wake up and are shocked at seeing their bodies on the ground. The Ghost Pokémon take Ash and Pikachu to the top of the tower. Outside, they admire the view of Lavender Town.

The episode was temporarily [[banned episodes|banned]] from re-airing on {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!}} after the {{wp|September 11 attacks}} due to the title. It was later put back into circulation.

[[File:EP023 Misty missing her suspenders.png|thumb|200px|Misty missing her suspenders]]

* When Pikachu shocks Ash in the beginning, Ash's [[Rica Matsumoto|Japanese voice]] is heard in the dub.

* When Jessie runs around while her hair is on fire, her Japanese voice can be heard.

* When Team Rocket is on the merry-go-round, {{p|Gengar}}'s eyes are white instead of red.

* When Ash uses his [[Pokédex]] to check out the ghost Pokémon (which turn out to be Team Rocket), it says, "Ghost Pokémon are shrouded in mystery." When the real ghost Pokémon actually appear, the Pokédex has no trouble recognizing them.

** This could just be because there were no ghost Pokémon present the first time.

* After Haunter scares off {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}, and Ash starts to laugh, Pikachu speaks with a closed mouth.

* After Jessie hits Meowth with a frying pan and into the hole with James, Meowth speaks with a closed mouth.

* When Ash, Misty, Pikachu. and Brock hear the screams from inside the Pokémon Tower for the first and second times, Ash has no shoes on.

* When Ash yells at Pikachu and {{AP|Charmander}}, Pikachu's tail has more zigzags than it should have and is less brown.

* In the original airing, during the scene where Misty bangs the gong, her suspenders are missing. This error was fixed in later airings.