DP013
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| A Staravia Is Born! | |
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| ムックルがんばる！ Mukkuru Perseveres! | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | December 21, 2006 |
| USA | June 25, 2007 |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | Diamond and Pearl |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | Together |
| Ending | 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Iguchi |
| Screenplay | 十川誠志 Seishi Togawa |
| Storyboard | 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada |
| Assistant director | 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada |
| Animation director | 新城真 Makoto Shinjō |
A Staravia is Born! (Japanese: ムックルがんばる！ Mukkuru Perseveres!) is the thirteenth episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on December 21, 2006 as a part of a one-hour special along with DP014.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
Contents |
Synopsis
Major events
- Ash's Starly evolves into a Staravia.
- Brock's Bonsly learns Mimic.
- Ash's Staravia learns Aerial Ace.
Debuts
Pokémon Debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash Ketchum
- Dawn
- Brock
- Jessie
- James
- Giovanni (fantasy)
- Rosebay (Japanese: ユカリ Yukari; Seiyū: 桑島法子 Hōko Kuwashima)
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Starly (Ash's, evolves)
- Staravia (Ash's, newly evolved)
- Bonsly (Brock's)
- Croagunk (Brock's)
- Dustox (Jessie's)
- Seviper (Jessie's)
- Cacnea (James's)
- Carnivine (James's)
- Pidgey
- Pidgeot (Seiyū: 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi*)
- Spearow (colony)
- Fearow (colony)
- Hoothoot
- Natu (colony)
- Taillow (colony)
- Swellow (colony)
- Swablu (colony)
* No official credit was given for this character.
Trivia
- Most of the footage is from the Diamond and Pearl series but the first few clips are from the very first episode.
- Pokémon senryū: パートナー サトシとピカチュウ いいかんじ Pātonā, Satoshi to Pikachū, ii kanji "Partners Satoshi and Pikachu: a pleasant feeling."
- The episode title is a pun of A Star Is Born.
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: Onde Estará o Staravia?
- Italian: La nascita di uno Staravia & La foresta è salva
| This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each episode of the Pokémon anime. |
