DP098

This article is about an episode of the Pokémon anime that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

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(Japanese: 浮かぶ未確認怪物！？ The Floating Unidentified Mysterious Animal!?) is the 98th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 564th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 16, 2008.

Arriving back in Solaceon Town, the gang meet up with Aoi and her family. However, there are stories of a large monster that flies around the town at night. Can the gang find the culprit?

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

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Lickilicky

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Aoi
• Officer Jenny
• Aoi's Parents
• Unnamed trainer
• Old fisherman (Seiyū: Katsuyuki Konishi*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Shinx (Aoi's)
• Lickitung (flashback; Unnamed trainer's; evolves)
• Lickilicky (Unnamed trainer's; newly evolved)

Trivia

• Team Rocket seems to think that a Kappa is the unknown animal.
• Lickilicky's trainer uses several English phrases, such as "Oh my God" and "Thank you very much" in Japanese.

Errors

Dub edits

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This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.