DP118

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DP118

DP118   EP584 ポケリンガ！天空大決戦!! PokéRinger! Big Decisive Sky Battle!!

First broadcast Japan March 12, 2009 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ Ending あしたはきっと

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: ポケリンガ！天空大決戦!! PokéRinger! Big Decisive Sky Battle!!) is the 118th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 584th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on March 12, 2009.

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

Synopsis

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Major events

• Ash's Staravia evolves into Staraptor.
• Ash's Staraptor learns Close Combat.
• Ash wins the PokéRinger Competition.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Ash's Staraptor

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Paul
• Rhonda

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Staravia (Ash's, evolves)
• Staraptor (Ash's, newly evolved)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Honchkrow (Paul's)
• Fearow
• Dragonite
• Noctowl
• Skiploom
• Skarmory
• Swellow
• Wingull
• Swablu

Trivia

• Another PokéRinger competition occurred previously in That's Just Swellow. Similarly, one of Ash's Pokémon evolves during the episode and wins the competition.
• The boy with the Skiploom James battles looks similar to Samurai without his armor on.

Errors

Dub edits

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