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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (Japanese: ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　時の探検隊・闇の探検隊 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Time Expedition & Darkness Expedition) is a special episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 9, 2007, as part of Pokémon Sunday. It was also streamed online on September 13, 2007. It will be released in America on DVD, but the date is currently unknown. It has been released in the UK on DVD, free as part of a goodie bag with an event. It is also available in Woolworths stores, coming free with Mystery Dungeon 2 and Diamond and Pearl. Unlike previous special episodes, this does not take place in any continuity of the main storyline. Instead, the plot is based on the spinoff games Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2.

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

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

• Gabite

Characters

• Team Poképals
  • Piplup
  • Chimchar
• Wigglytuff Guild
  • Wigglytuff
  • Chatot
  • Corphish
  • Diglett
  • Loudred
  • Bidoof
  • Chimecho
  • Croagunk
  • Dugtrio
  • Sunflora
• Team Razor Wind
  • Zangoose
  • Scyther
  • Sandslash
• Treasure Town
  • Shinx (brother)
  • Shinx (sister)
  • Kecleon brothers
  • Duskull
• Gabite
• Thieves
  • Grovyle
  • Drowzee
  • Sharpedo
  • Weavile
  • Gyarados

Comparison with the game

• The Time Gear Grovyle steals is actually the second one he steals in the game.
• The opening scenes at the beach and at the guild are very similar to the game.
  • However, the part where Chimchar's stone gets stolen by Koffing and Zubat is omitted.
• The visions do not start so early in the game.
• The guild does not take items given as payment, though it does take 90% of money received.
• The Japanese Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2 website revealed a code that allows players to obtain a mission that is similar to the special, with Gabite being the boss of the dungeon.

Cast

Staff

Trivia

• Daisuke Sakaguchi also played Ada's Chatot in Stategy Tommorow - Comedy Tonight!.
• Kiyotaka Furushima reprises his role as the Kecleon brothers from the the previous special.
• The episode is animated by Team Ota, which had not worked on the Pokémon anime since All That Glitters is Not Golden.
• The episode is storyboarded by Kunihiko Yuyama, who usually handles the movies.
• The episode has music producers, which are usually only found in the movies, both short and long.
• Most of the background music in the episode was taken from the game score, which was composed by Arata Iiyoshi and others. Unusually for the Pokémon anime, the music was not arranged by Miyazaki Shinji.
• As with the previous Mystery Dungeon special, the episode ends with To be continued. It is unknown if further specials in this theme will be produced.
• Oddly this special managed to appear first in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom before the United States. It's not confirmed if it will air in the U.S.

Errors

Dub edits

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