DPS02

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: ニビジム・史上最大の危機！ Nibi Gym - The Greatest Crisis Ever!) is the second spin off of the Diamond and Pearl series of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 3, 2011 in a one hour special with SS024.

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

Synopsis

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Major events

• Forrest is officially made the Pewter City Gym Leader.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Latias

Characters

Humans

• Brock
• Forrest
• Brock's siblings
• Nurse Joy (two)
• Flint
• Lola

Photos only

• Ash
• Misty
• May
• Max
• Dawn

Pokémon

• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Steelix (Brock's)
• Rhyperior (Forrest's)
• Marill (Lola's)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Latias (Nurse Joy's)
• Pikachu (Ash's; photo only)
• Piplup (Dawn's; photo only)

Merchandise

• Smoochum
• Exeggutor
• Vileplume
• Corsola
• Bellsprout
• Drowzee
• Octillery
• Lumineon
• Dugtrio

Trivia

Brock's Memories as seen in this episode

• This and SS024 are the first specials to air on the same timeslot as the main series.
• Brock's Sudowoodo is confirmed male in this episode.
• The appearance of Latias in this episode may be a reference to Pokémon SoulSilver, in which Latias appears in Pewter City, when the event involving the Enigma Stone is activated.
• Although the move has existed since Generation I, this episode marks the first time that Minimize is used in the anime.
• Brock reads the title card for the episode.
• Takeshi's Paradise and music from Pokémon Heroes is used as background music during the episode.

Errors

Dub edits

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