EP177

Wings 'N' Things (Japanese: はばたけヤンヤンマ！あしたのそらへ！！ Flap, ! Fly to Tomorrow's Sky!!) is the 177th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 14, 2000, and in the United States on November 17, 2001. 
==Blurb==
It's a sunny day on the road to Johto when our heroes encounter a Yanma... a troublemaker of a Yanma! When Yanma steals Ash's hat, the gang chase after it as it returns to its trainer, a young boy named Zachary. Although Ash gets his hat back, even Zachary can't control Yanma's antics. After Yanma breaks every window in town with its Sonic Boom attack, Zachary's father forces Zach to return Yanma to the wild. A moment too late, Zachary realizes he can't abandon his friend. Will Zachary be able to find Yanma and learn what it takes to become a true Pokémon trainer?
==Plot==
It's a sunny day on the road in Johto when and encounter a . Ash analyzes it with his Pokédex. Soon the Yanma flies over and steals Ash's hat. As Ash chases after it, Yanma's Trainer, a boy called Zachary Evans, orders it to stop. However Yanma ignores him and flies off into a nearby town. The local townspeople flee, seemingly afraid of Yanma's arrival. Soon Ash and his friends catch up.
When Yanma suddenly beats its wings, all the glass in a nearby bakery shatters. Zachary immediately recalls Yanma back to its , disappointed that his Pokémon has caused damage yet again. The baker carries Zachary off to see his dad, so Ash's group follow. Later, Mr. Evans, Zach's dad and glass-maker, makes Zach apologize to the baker, Mr. Strussel. Mr. Strussel says Zach should Yanma, and Mr. Evans sadly agrees. Later, at a playground, Zach recounts how he first met Yanma to Ash and the group. According to him, there was a severe rainstorm a few months ago. Zach was helping his dad on the way back from delivering glass to another town when they spotted a Yanma lying on the ground. The two of them took it home and took care of it. However, as soon as it got better, Yanma broke all the glass in Mr. Evens' workshop. Zach decided to train Yanma but to no avail. 
After telling the story, Zach decides to let Yanma go. Ash and the others are surprised, but Zach says that a window maker's son wasn't meant to be a Yanma Trainer. Soon, out in the forest, Zach says goodbye as he releases his friend before running away sadly. Zach later realizes he was wrong about releasing Yanma and returns to the location he released it in. When they head back though, however, Yanma is gone. Meanwhile, is out looking for the twerps when they see Yanma. Yanma lands by a river to get a drink and Team Rocket catches it in a net. Yanma tries to fly away, but it is tied down by a rope. Frustrated, Yanma produces a that breaks the windows in a nearby empty cabin.
Soon, Team Rocket uses Yanma to break glass in Zachary's hometown. Right after, Team Rocket, disguised as glass-makers, starts selling glass to the town and quickly turn a profit. Soon, Team Rocket rejoices with food, though don't give Yanma any. Meanwhile, Ash and the group are looking for Yanma without Zachary, and see a Pokémon Center. They hurry over and see Zach's dad inside. Meanwhile, Zach is out searching for Yanma in town and asks Mr. Strussel and two other people if they've seen Yanma. Mr. Strussel is frustrated by Zachary's attempt to fool him, and thinks he is connected to Team Rocket's window-breaking scam. Mr. Strussel picks up Zach and carries him off to Mr. Evans. 
Meanwhile, Ash and his friends marvel at the stained glass windows Mr. Evans made, and he explains that he was afraid of Yanma breaking the stained glass too. Soon, Mr. Strussel appears with Zach and reports the young boy's window breaking antics to Mr. Evans. with Yanma on a string runs past the Pokémon Center, while Jessie and James appear and recite their . Ash and call on and respectively. Team Rocket tries to use Yanma, but Mr. Evans stops them because Yanma would destroy the stained glass. Upon hearing this, Team Rocket says that Yanma will destroy the stained glass if Ash and the group try to attack. Jessie sends out , who wraps itself around Chikorita and Poliwhirl. Chikorita and Poliwhirl try to attack but don't want the windows to be destroyed, so they hold back. 
Misty tells Zach to try and return Yanma to its Poké Ball; Zach is successful. Chikorita uses and Poliwhirl uses on Arbok. Though injures the pair with a . Then Zach has the idea to use Yanma in battle. Ash uses his Pokédex to check Yanma's moves. Next, Yanma uses Sonic Boom, knocking out Arbok. Victreebel tries a Razor Leaf, but Yanma dodges it with . Chikorita, Poliwhirl, and Yanma use , blasting off Team Rocket. The trio's profits are also returned to the townspeople. Afterwards, Mr. Strussel apologizes to Zach and Yanma for his earlier accusations. Later, Mr. Evans finishes installing the stained glass for the Center, while Zach and Yanma are now a team.
==Major events==
* Misty's Poliwhirl is revealed to know .
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
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==Characters==
===Humans===
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* Jessie
* James
* Nurse Joy
* Zachary Evans
* Mr. Evans
* Residents
** Mr. Strussel
===Pokémon===
Who's That Pokémon?: (US and international), (Japan)
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* (Zachary's; released; rejoins; debut)
* (fantasy)
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==Trivia==
* Ash's hat is stolen by a Pokémon for the third time; the first time was by a in Primeape Goes Bananas, and the second time was by in The Power of One.
* Though is afraid of most s, she is not afraid of , which noticed.
* This is the first episode where 's mouth is green rather than yellow, although its mouth was green in its Who's That Pokémon? appearances.
* This is the first episode when a character a Pokémon and then recatches it. This happened for a second time with and her in Twice Smitten, Once Shy!.
* This episode premiered in Japan on the same day was first released.
* In the original Japanese version, Team Rocket recites a Yanma version of Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture poems with the session music in the background. 
===Errors===
* At the beginning of the episode, the narrator says that and are heading to Johto. However, they are already in Johto.
* Despite stating it would name two of Yanma's attacks, the Pokédex actually names three.
* Misty's Poliwhirl uses , a move that it cannot legally learn in the games.
* In the English dub, when and Poliwhirl are hit with 's , Poliwhirl's Japanese voice can be heard.
* In the dub, the Pokédex names Tackle and as a "".
===Dub edits===
* The original airing of this episode on Hungama TV in started it directly from the title card, skipping the part of the episode that comes before it.
* In the English dub, Team Rocket captures Yanma immediately after noticing it, but in the original Japanese version, a short joke comes between those scenes when Jessie misunderstands Yanyanma's name as Yanmama and thinks they are talking about a young mother (mama) or a delinquent's Yankee's mother.
==In other languages==
177
Category:Episodes focusing on Team Rocket
Category:Episodes written by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Kazu Yokota
Category:Episodes directed by Shigeru Ōmachi
Category:Episodes animated by Yūsaku Takeda
de:Gefährlicher Flügelschlag
es:EP179
fr:EP177
it:OA061
ja:無印編第177話
zh:宝可梦 第178集