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Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys Crisis! (Part 1) (Japanese: ポケモンレンジャー！デオキシス・クライシス!! (前編) Pokémon Ranger! Deoxys Crisis!! (Part 1)) is the 171st episode of the Advanced Generation series. It first aired in Japan on April 13, 2006 and in the United States, first as an hour-long special on October 28, 2006.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash and his friends meet up with their Pokémon Ranger friend Solana and encounter the legendary Pokémon Deoxys.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Deoxys (Speed Forme)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Solana
• Giovanni (Team Rocket fantasy)
• Pokémon Center employee (female)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Sceptile (Ash's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Marshtomp (Brock's)
• Plusle (Solana's)
• Deoxys (Seiyū: 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi)
• Miltank (Seiyū: 佐藤智恵 Chie Satō)
• Swablu (many)
• Altaria (many) (Seiyū: 林原めぐみ Megumi Hayashibara)

Trivia

• In some areas of Japan, this episode and the following were broadcast separately, instead of together as a one-hour special; the opening changes in AG173 debut in AG172 instead. The English dub also originally broadcast as a special, but it is considered as two episodes.
• This episode is directed by 須藤典彦 Norihiko Sudō, who replaces 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka.
• This episode was aired as a special to coincide with the release of Pokémon Ranger for the Nintendo DS. When dubbed, Sceptile's evolution had only happened in an episode that aired that morning in America.
• This episode marks the third time that a Pokémon speaks through Meowth. The first time was by a giant Tentacruel in Tentacool and Tentacruel and the second was with Haunter and Gastly in A Shipful of Shivers.
• Although most if not all genderless Pokémon are referred to as male in the Latin American dub, the episode calls Deoxys a female Pokémon, with the use of "ella" by all characters.
• Pokémon Ranger's sequel, Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, also got an anime special in the form of Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Parts One and Two.
• This episode, due to Professor Lund's research being used, proves Destiny Deoxys as canon.

Errors

• May commanded Combusken to use Flamethrower but instead, Combusken used Fire Spin.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Le Visiteur de l'Espace
• Italian: Un Deoxys in crisi
• Latin American Spanish: La crisis de Deoxys

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