DP017

Wild in the Streets
古代ポケモン大進撃！ Ancient Pokémon Rampage!
Broadcast dates
Japan	January 25, 2007
USA	July 2, 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	冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard	日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka
Assistant director	牧野行洋 Yukihiro Makino
Animation director	木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita
Screenshots on Filb.de

Wild in the Streets! (Japanese: 古代ポケモン大進撃！ Ancient Pokémon Rampage!) is the seventeenth episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on January 25, 2007.

Team Rocket set their fossil scheme, that they were developing during Paul and Ash's Gym matches, into action - the result is an Aerodactyl that goes on a rampage.

Synopsis

Major events

• Roark's Cranidos evolves into Rampardos.
• Dawn learns that the next contest will be held in Floaroma Town.

Debuts

• Rampardos

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Paul (flashback)
• Roark
• Officer Jenny
• Marian (on television)
• Contesta (on television)
• Sukizō (on television)
• Ian (Japanese: イワオ Iwao; Seiyū: 田中正彦 Masahiko Tanaka)
• Dr. Kenzo (Japanese: ケンゾウ Kenzō; Seiyū: 木内秀信 Hidenobu Kiuchi)
• Museum researchers
• Pokémon trainer

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Chimchar (Paul's; flashback)
• Elekid (Paul's; flashback)
• Azumarill (Paul's; flashback)
• Cranidos (Roark's; evolves)
• Rampardos (Roark's; newly evolved; Seiyū: 三宅健太 Kenta Miyake)
• Onix (Roark's; flashback)
• Geodude (Roark's; flashback)
• Psyduck
• Aerodactyl
• Kabuto
• Kabutops
• Omanyte
• Furret
• Sunflora
• Teddiursa
• Azurill
• Anorith
• Armaldo
• Lileep

Trivia

• This is the third episode of a four-episode arc in which Ash and co. are in Oreburgh city.
• This is the first episode in which Dawn's Buneary shows its affection towards Ash's Pikachu since its capture in Setting the World on its Buneary.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Dawn's Piplup
  • Pokémon senryū: ポッチャマが　みずにとびこむ　ぽっちゃんと Pochama ga, mizu ni tobikomu, potchanto
• The next episode preview is narrated by Ash.

Errors

In the scene where Dawn's Piplup and Buneary were dodging Aerodactyl's Giga Impact, Buneary's bottom was colored brown instead of yellow.

Dub edits

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Solto Pelas Ruas!
• Italian: Panico in città & Una nuova sfida
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Salvajes por las calles!

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