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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.

(Japanese: ダイマックスバトル！最強王者ダンデ！！ Daimax Battle! Dande, The Greatest of Them All!!) is the 12th episode of the new series, and the 1,097th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 9, 2020.

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

Plot

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Major events

• Ash and Go travel to Galar again.
• Ash and Go see a mysterious Pokémon.
• Leon, the Galar League Champion, is introduced.
• Lance is revealed to have obtained a Dynamax Band.
• Leon defeats Lance in the Pokémon World Championship finals, becoming a World Champion.
• Ash decides to challenge Leon.
• Team Rocket is revealed to have obtained a Rotom Phone.
• Team Rocket tries and fail to catch a Drednaw and inadvertently causes it to Gigantamax and attack Wyndon Stadium.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Leon
• Dan

Pokémon debuts

• Eternatus (cameo)
• Gigantamax Charizard
• Drednaw (Gigantamax)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Go
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Sakuragi
• Lance
• Leon
• Kikuna
• Renji
• Dan
• MC
• Copilot
• Crowd

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Charizard (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mr. Mime (Ash's; Mimey)
• Scorbunny (Go's)
• Yamper (Koharu's)
• Gyarados (Lance's; Red Gyarados; Dynamax)
• Charizard (Leon's; Gigantamax)
• Pelipper (Team Rocket's)
• Bellsprout (Team Rocket's)
• Aegislash (Dan's)
• Eternatus (debut)
• Drednaw (Gigantamax; debut)

Trivia

• This episode marks:
  • The earliest introduction of a Champion for the current generation in its anime series.
  • The first time in the anime where three Champions have appeared in the same episode.
  • The first appearance of Lance since The Scuffle of Legends, 721 episodes earlier.
• This is the first episode since SS005 that Go doesn't have a party change.
• The Gym Battle theme from Pokémon Sword & Shield is played during the battle.
• Go, Leon, Ash, Pikachu, and Leon's Gigantamax Charizard narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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