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An Angry Combeenation

DP032   EP498 琥珀の城のビークイン！ Beequeen of the Amber Castle!

First broadcast Japan May 3, 2007 United States October 13, 2007

English themes Opening Diamond and Pearl Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 (PopUp.Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

An Angry Combeenation (Japanese: 琥珀の城のビークイン！ Beequeen of the Amber Castle!) is the 32nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 498th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 3, 2007 and in the United States on October 13, 2007.

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

Synopsis

Ash and co., along with Cheryl, continue their quest for sweet honey. After roaming a bit they eventually meet some Combee which they follow and end up in front of a large spring. Behind the waterfall is a hidden cave which they locate followed by Team Rocket.

Inside the cave, it's a maze and after getting wrong directions for a while they luckily end up in the main core where the Combee hive is located. It's an amazing colony with Combee flying everywhere being ordered by a single Vespiquen. Cheryl acts bravely, and ignoring all the angry Combee, goes straight to Vespiquen and asks for a small jar of honey.

Unfortunately Team Rocket intervenes at this point. They want to steal away all the honey from the hive and crazily start to collect honey in buckets. Ash and his friends are afraid to attack since it may cause the colony to collapse. However the Combee attack Team Rocket and they strike back. This causes the colony walls to crack as a result of the battles.

Ash and co. try to help by blocking the cracks. Dawn's Buneary uses Ice Beam to seal the cracks but it does so in vain. At this point, things start to look really bad and suddenly Vespiquen steps in. She summons a massive, powerful Power Gem and strikes Team Rocket. Team Rocket is blasted off yet again.

With the Rockets gone, the Combee repair the cracks with their special honey. Vespiquen seems to trust Cheryl and presents her with the jar full of honey that she had asked for. Cheryl is really happy and shares the honey with everyone. All seem to love the taste except for Brock's Croagunk, who gags and spits the honey out. Everyone laughs at this.

The episode ends with Cheryl saying good-bye to the group and they part.

Major events

Cheryl leaves the group.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Vespiquen

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Cheryl

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Mothim (Cheryl's)
• Combee
• Vespiquen (Seiyū: 津村まこと Makoto Tsumura; debut)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)

Trivia

• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and Jirachi: Wish Maker is used as background music.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Glameow
  • Pokémon senryū: ニャルマーは　しっぽくるくる　にゃるまってる Nyarumā wa, shippo kurukuru, nyaru matteru

"As for Glameow, spinning tail, winding."

• Rhonda of Sinnoh Now narrates the next episode preview.
• The Combeenation part of the title could refer to the Combee hive (a Combee nation) or from Combee and combination.

Errors

• Combee appeared to be able to use Psybeam whereas in the games, all they can know is Sweet Scent and Gust (there is a chance, however that this was just Vespiquen using Attack Order).

• Similar to the error made in the previous episode with Gardenia's mantle, Jessie's undershirt is animated with skin color making it seem as if she has no undershirt. This happens just after Team Rocket crashed into the Amber Castle and is harder to spot when not played in slow motion.
• When Meowth makes the comment that he can smell honey and that he has a nose. This contradicts many episodes, including Pokémon Scent-Sation! and A Secret Sphere of Influence! where he, Jessie and James say he doesn't have a nose.

Dub edits

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Uma COMBEEnação Nervosa!
• Finnish: Combee näkee punaista
• German: Wer den Honig liebt...
• Italian: Il castello ambrato & Missione compiuta!
• Iberian Spanish: ¡Una Combinación Furiosa!
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Una dulce y enojada combinación!
• Dutch: Het Amber Kasteel!
• Czech: Rozzuřená Combeenace
• Polish: Wściekła Combee-nacja

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