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Ancient Family Matters!

DP107   EP573 ラムパルドVSトリデプス！！ Rampard VS Trideps!!

First broadcast Japan December 18, 2008 United States May 23, 2009

English themes Opening ~Battle Cry~ (Stand Up!) Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ Ending あしたはきっと

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Ancient Family Matters! (Japanese: ラムパルドVSトリデプス！！ Rampard VS Trideps!!) is the 107th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 573rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 18, 2008 and in the United States on May 23, 2009.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis The Gym Leader of Canalave City, Byron, and his son Roark, the Gym Leader of Oreburgh City, battle using Pokémon revived from fossils. Both think they like fossils more than the other and end up battling. Then Ash, who has heard of Byron's return, comes to ask for a Gym Battle...

Major events

• Ash and his friends meet Byron, the Canalave City Gym Leader and father of Roark.

Debuts

• Byron

Pokémon debuts

• Bastiodon (Byron's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Byron
• Roark
• Gym referee
• Mayor (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Rampardos (Roark's)
• Bastiodon (Byron's; debut)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Shiftry
• This marks the second time two Gym Leaders battle each other. The first time was Brock against his mother in A Family That Battles Together Stays Together. Coincidentally, it was also a parent-child battle.
  • Also, Misty had a battle against an unofficial Gym Leader in Just Add Water.
• The legend of the sharpest spear that could break any shield and the strongest shield that couldn't be broken is referenced in the battle, as Rampardos has the highest Attack stat of any non-legendary Pokémon and Bastiodon has one of the highest Defense stats. This parallels the irresistible force paradox in Western philosophy.

Errors

Dub edits

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