Dragon Ball Episode 45

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Watch Out! A Mid-Air Trap
Japanese English
気をつけろ！空中の罠 Ki o Tsukero! Kūchū no Wana
Air Date	07 January 1987 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Filler Episode
TV Rating	24.9%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Michiru Shimada
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Yukio Ebisawa
Storyboard	Tetsuo Imazawa
Director	Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Danger in the Air
Air Date	05 March 2002 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Watch Out! A Mid-Air Trap
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Red Ribbon Army Saga
Release Date	25 February 2003

"Watch Out! A Mid-Air Trap" is the forty-fifth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 07 January 1987, receiving a ratings share of 24.9%. It was written by Michiru Shimada and directed by Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi.

Synopsis

Drawing closer to Goku and the others as they play in the floating amusement park, Husky tries to seduce Yamcha, who was carrying a Dragon Ball. Figuring out his opponent's true identity, Yamcha corners her but is taken out by Bulma, who mistakes this for a love scene!! Husky leaves a bomb and runs away. Goku breaks the bomb's controls just in the nick of time, and retakes the Dragon Balls. But it's a completely angry Bulma who sets out with Goku to search for the Dragon Balls.

Cast

The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast.

Character	Cast
	Japanese	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Stephanie Nadolny
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	Monika Antonelli
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher R. Sabat
Husky	Toshiko Fujita	Unknown
Hoodlum	Ryōichi Tanaka
Young Man	Kazumi Tanaka
Girl	Yumi Tōma
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Brice Armstrong

Main Staff

The following list provides the main staff responsible for the production of this episode as credited in this specific episode's ending credits.

• Scenario: Michiru Shimada
• Storyboard: Tetsuo Imazawa
• Director: Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
• Animation Supervisor: Yukio Ebisawa
• Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto

• Key Animation: Yukio Ebisawa, Satoru Kusuda, Mari Tominaga, Emiko Uesugi
• Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
• Production Progression: Akihiko Yamaguchi

Music

The following table is a scene-by-scene account of the musical tracks used in this episode. The background music is composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi, and our in-house K-catalogue numbers apply to tracks composed or arranged by him.

None of the background music (BGM) tracks have official titles, but the officially-released tracks generally do have official catalogue numbers, which are prefaced by letters other than K. These are included in the "Catalogue/Title" column. The documentation and scene descriptions are adapted from kenisu's Magicant.

^† First usage in Dragon Ball.

Dragon Ball Episode 45: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-17	Recap	I1	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:11(c)
K-65	Recap: Husky	K-65	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:11(b)
K-24	Title Card	C3		Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-127	Husky follows Goku	K-127		Unreleased
K-301	Mid-Air Amusement Park	M126†	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:26(b)
K-76	Husky's test	K-76	C Major	Unreleased
U-303	Goku looks around; Horsie ride	U-303†	B Major
K-77	Damsel in distress	K-77	F Minor
K-79	Goku inspects Husky's forehead	K-79	F+
K-144	Foretuneteller Husky	K-144	C Minor
K-125	Goku's balls	M114	C+	Daizenshuu 2:16(b)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-20	The crooks run from Goku	K-20	A♭+	Unreleased
K-62	Bulma is bored	K-62	F Minor
K-46	Bulma hears Yamcha scream	K-46
K-121	Husky seduces Yamcha	K-121	A Minor
K-149	Husky attacks	M107	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:20(a)
K-43	Goku chases Husky	K-43	F Major	Unreleased
K-137	Husky fires at Goku	M109	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:18(b)
U-304	The bomb fails to detonate	U-304†	D Major	Unreleased
K-114	The danger is past	K-114	F Major
K-123	Goku and Bulma set out	K-123
ED	Ending	I'll Give You Romance (TV Size)	E♭ Major	Daizenshuu 2:27
K-23	Next Episode Preview	M23	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:26(c)

The opening song "Mystical Adventure!" is performed by Hiroki Takahashi, and the ending song "I'll Give You Romance" is performed by Ushio Hashimoto.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Episode 45