AG107

Absol-ute Disaster

AG107   EP381 アブソル！忍び寄るわざわいの影 Absol! Creeping Shadow of Disaster

First broadcast Japan December 16, 2004 United States January 7, 2006

English themes Opening Unbeatable Ending

Japanese themes Opening ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 誌村宏明 Hiroaki Shimura Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Absol-ute Disaster (Japanese: アブソル！忍び寄るわざわいの影 Absol! Creeping Shadow of Disaster) is the 107th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 381st episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 16, 2004 and in the United States on January 7, 2006.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash and friends arrive in a town where the people hate Absol. They blame the Absol for all of the troubles that have plagued their small town. Ash and friends decide to help a kid named Nicky find his missing brother Gordon, who went to solve the mystery of the Absol appearing, as well as try to solve the mystery of the Absol themselves.

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Absol

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Nicky
• Gordon

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimecho (James's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Ludicolo (Brock's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Heracross (Gordon's)
• Absol (debut)

Trivia

• The eyecatch/Next Episode Preview was changed again. At this time, it featured a Regirock theme.
• Music from Mewtwo Strikes Back was used once again, similar to the previous episode.

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, Which of these Pokémon does not evolve?
• Choices: Remoraid, Relicanth, Goldeen
• Answer: Ok, trainers! If you chose Relicanth, you were right!

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Absol-ument un désastre
• German: Absol-utes Desaster
• Italian: Pokémon incompresi
• Latin America Spanish: Absol-uto desastre
• Iberian Spanish: ¡Catastrofe Absol-uta!

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