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(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 Croalurk.

Pokémon debuts

• Croalurk

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Hikari
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Minae (Seiyū: 木村亜希子 Akiko Kimura)
• 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)
• Croalurk (Brock's, new; debut)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Sandslash (boy trainer's)
• Marowak (Isana's)
• Scizor (Minae'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 Until you win, battle again and again; that is a Pokémon Gym.
• Hikari narrates the next episode preview.

Errors

Dub edits

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