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Ill-Will Hunting!

DP045   EP511 ハンターＪ再び！タテトプスを守れ！！ Hunter J Returns! Protect Tatetops!!

First broadcast Japan August 30, 2007 United States January 12, 2008

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 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Assistant director 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Ill-Will Hunting! (Japanese: ハンターＪ再び！タテトプスを守れ！！ Hunter J Returns! Protect Tatetops!) is the 45th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 511th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 30, 2007 and in the United States on January 12, 2008.

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

Synopsis

The scene opens with the sight of Mt. Coronet. Then the camera moves down where Ash, Dawn and Brock encounter a Shieldon while a vehicle with J's henchmen in it appears. One of them comes out and Ash tells his Pikachu to use Thunderbolt. the henchman responds by sending Golbat which avoids Pikachu's attack and hits him with Wing Attack.

Suddenly, Gary and Electivire appear and hits J's henchmen with an electric attack. Electivire picks up Shieldon and runs away along with Gary and the group. As they are running Brock explains her about Gary. The scene turns to Hunter J commanding her henchmen to capture the Shieldon. The scene reverts to the group, as they arrive to a place where Shieldon live. He explains them about a project meant to make the place a Pokémon preserve. Using his laptop he contacts Professor Rowan and tells him about the Pokémon hunters. The Professor then points him on his laptop a location on where they will meet up. Ash offers to help and Gary agrees thanking him.

The scene turns to Team Rocket plotting get their revenge on J and to steal her collection of Pokémon. Suddenly, the same vehicle appears and Electivire picks the Shieldon up and rushes off with them into the forest. Then Gary sends out Blastoise which uses Water Gun on the vehicle. Then Pikachu uses Thunderbolt and stops the vehicle. The same henchman comes out and sends Golbat which knocks Blastoise. Then Gary sends Umbreon which uses Sand-Attack on Golbat. It responds by using Air Cutter but Umbreon dodges it, and hits a tree from where a swarm of angry Beedrill come out. Gary calls back Umbreon and Blastoise and the Beedrill head for the henchmen.

Then the group escapes and the scene turns to J talking with a client about the Shieldon. Then she gives instruction to her henchmen and the scene turns to Team Rocket, who approach her base. The scene turns Ash and the group hidding from the henchmen and planning to head for a new route. They traverse a steep mountain trail by walking along the wall, when one of the Shieldon freaks out and almost falls down dragging the others with it before Ash quickly grabs them by their rope. With the help of the others they manage to pull the Shieldon back up.

The scene turns to Team Rocket sneaking into J's base when a surveillance camera spots them . They start to recite the motto but they are interrupted as the room encloses them in a trap. Then, J is seen flying down to her henchmen on her Salamence. From the base, one of her henchman informs her through her headset that Professor Rowan's vehicle has been spotted. The scene turns to them who drive along Officer Jenny while Rowan informs Gary of their upcoming arrival.

Then J along with her Salamence show up. She attempts to use her capture device but Pikachu stops her with Iron Tail. She responds by sending out Drapion which uses Cross Poison on Pikachu. Gary sends Blastoise again which uses Hydro Cannon but Salamence counters with Hyper Beam. As Dawn and Brock are escaping with the Shieldon, one of them slips and falls leaving it exposed to J who uses her capture device on it. After witnessing this, Ash orders Pikachu to use Thunderbolt but Drapion blocks it. Then J orders Drapion to use Pin Missile and Salamence to use Hyper Beam. Ash responds ordering Pikachu to use Thunderbolt and Gary ordering Blastoise to use Hydro Pump, but J's Pokémon's attacks overwhelm theirs.

Next, Brock, Dawn and the Shieldon meet up with Professor Rowan, his assitants and Officer Jenny. The scene reverts to J taking possesion of the captured Shieldon and entering the vehicle with Ash and Gary holding onto the underneath of J's vehicle. The vehicle arrives at the base, and Ash sends out Staravia which flyes unseen by J to find the others. The vehicle then enters the base when J's client in an helicopter is seen preparing to land.

Inside the base, Ash and Gary use their Pokémon to sabotage the base freeing Team Rocket in the process. An explosion sets off and Ash jumps out of the smoke grabbing Shieldon and unfreezing him. As J prepares to call one of her Pokémon, the client informs her the deal is off as Officer Jenny is nearby. Then she and her henchmen withdraw. Then the Professor, Jenny, Brock and Dawn arrive. Gary thanks Ash for his help, telling they'll be friends to the end.

The scene cuts to the group saying goodbye to Gary, Jenny and Rowan as they depart on their road.

Major events

• Ash meets Gary again.
• Gary meets Dawn for the first time.
• Ash and his friends come across J again.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Shieldon

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• J
• J's henchmen
• Gary Oak
• Professor Rowan
• Officer Jenny
• Rowan's assistant
• Client

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Blastoise (Gary's)
• Umbreon (Gary's)
• Electivire (Gary's)
• Salamence (J's)
• Drapion (J's)
• Ariados (J's)
• Golbat (J's henchmen's)
• Shieldon (four; debut)
• Beedrill (multiple)

Trivia

• The dub title is a pun of the film Good Will Hunting. This film title was also used for another Pokémon episode during the early Johto season called Good 'Quil Hunting.
• Music from Pokémon Heroes and Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea are used as background music.
• Dawn and Gary meet for the first time in this episode.
• Dawn assumes that Gary writes Pokémon senryū, just like his grandfather.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Cherubi
  • Pokémon senryū: チェリンボが　おひさまあびて　あかくなり Cherinbo ga, ohisama abite, akaku nari. "Cherinbo, it plays in the sun and, it turns red."
• Dawn narrates the next episode preview.
• Exactly 40 episodes later, Gary appears in Sinnoh again. Coincidentally, both times Ash and his friends were on the way to Hearthome City.
• This is one of the few episodes of the Diamond & Pearl series where Dawn's Piplup does not appear.

Errors

• When Ash, Gary, Brock, and Dawn are hiding from the thieves in the forest, Gary uses his laptop to see where the thieves are. He closes his laptop, but in the next shot it is open again without the click heard before.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		獵人J再度現身！保護盾甲龍！！
Czech		Zlovolný lov
Dutch		Opgejaagd!
Finnish		Metsästäjää paossa
European French		Chasse aux Dinocliers !
German		Rettet Schilterus!
Italian		Caccia allo Shieldon & Mai più nemici
Polish		Łowczyni powraca
Portuguese	Brazil	O Dia da Caça!
	Portugal	A Caça!
Spanish	Latin America	¡A la caza de los Shieldon!
	Spain	¡Caza mal intencionada!
Swedish		Jägare J

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