Sleeper and Pokémon Hypnotism!? 

All the children are missing and the pokemon are all weak. Ash and friends need to find the mysterious sleep waves and where they are coming from in order to find the lost children.

Directors:

Masamitsu Hidaka, Fred Butter

Writers:

Yukiyoshi Ohashi (screenplay), Satoshi Tajiri (based on a story by)

Stars:

Rikako Aikawa, Shin'ichirô Miki, Rica Matsumoto

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Rikako Aikawa	...	Koduck (voice)
Shin'ichirô Miki	...	Kojiro / Staryu (voice)
Rica Matsumoto	...	Satoshi (voice)
Mayumi Izuka	...	Kasumi (voice) (as Mayumi Iizuka)
Nick Stellate	...	Pokédex (voice) (as Nicholas James Tate)
Inuko Inuyama	...	Nyarth (voice)
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Narrator (voice)
Chinami Nishimura	...	Junsa (voice)
Ikue Ôtani	...	Pikachu (voice)
Ayako Shiraishi	...	Joi (voice)
Masami Toyoshima	...	Hanako (voice)
Yûji Ueda	...	Takeshi (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Madeleine Blaustein	...	Drowzee (voice)
Michael Haigney	...	Psyduck
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Pidgeotto (voice)

Storyline

Satoshi and his friends arrive at a town where many of the town's children are disappearing. They discover that a Sleeper, a hypnotic Pokémon is responsible. Adults in the town have come to help their insomnia by being put to sleep by Sleeper. However there is a side effect, making the children think they are different Pokémon and run away and put real Pokémon to sleep.

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Plot Keywords:

punctuation in title | sleepwalking | side effect | motorcycle cop | missing child | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-Y

Did You Know?

Trivia

Misty asking if Officer Jenny's "Sleep Wave" detector's beep was her radio was originally supposed to be her cell phone. Cellphones weren't nearly as common when this episode first aired in English as they are today or were in Japan (or the United States).

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Connections

Edited from Pokémon: Aopuruko no kyujitsu (Holiday at Aopulco/Beauty and the Beach) (1997)

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Soundtracks

PokéRap
Written by Tamara Loeffler and John Siegler
Performed by James Williams and Babi Floyd

User Reviews

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

13 October 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hypno's Naptime

Company Credits

Production Co:

4 Kids Entertainment, Creatures, GAME FREAK

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1