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Gymbaliar (Japanese: なぞのジムのグレッグル！ Gureggru of the Mysterious Gym!) is the eighth episode of Diamond & Pearl. It aired in Japan on November 9, 2006.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Jessie, James and Meowth (Team Rocket) make a gym and battle trainers.
• Brock catches a Croagunk.

Pokémon debuts

• Croagunk

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Minnie (Japanese: ミナエ Minae; Seiyū: 木村亜希子 Akiko Kimura)
• Jeffrey (Japanese: Isana; Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura*)
• Boy trainer (Seiyū: 伊東みやこ Miyako Itō*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Starly (Ash's)
• Croagunk (Brock's, new; debut)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Sandslash (boy trainer's)
• Marowak (Jeffery's)
• Scizor (Minnie's) (Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• Jessie used many Anglicisms in her speech throughout this episode in the Japanese version.
• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew is used as background music in this episode.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Gyms

The footage in this segment is from Ash's battles with Roxanne, Flannery, Winona and Juan. The final shot is of the flame at the Ever Grande Conference.

• Pokémon senryū: かてるまで　なんどもちょうせん　ポケモンジム Kateru made nando mo chōsen, Pokémon Jimu "Until you win, battle again and again; that is a Pokémon Gym."
• Dawn narrates the next episode preview.
• The dub title is a play off the dish Jambalaya and combining the two words Gym and liar.
• Brock's Croagunk was caught simaliar to the way James's Mime Jr. and Misty's Psyduck was. There was no battle, and the Pokémon just wanted to be caught.
• Japanese text was left on the Croagunk card used by James

Errors

• In the English dub, Jessie (AKA Princess Powerzone) commands Croagunk to use Poison Sting, yet it used Brick Break.
• Poison Jab appeared to hurt Scizor, who is part Steel. Steel Pokémon are immune to Poison moves. Though it is almost same case when Pikachu hurts a Ground-type Pokémon with Thunderbolt.

Dub edits

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