DP035

An Elite Meet and Greet!

DP035   EP501 四天王ゴヨウとドータクン! Elite Four Goyō and Dotakun!

First broadcast Japan May 24, 2007 United States November 3, 2007

English themes Opening Diamond and Pearl

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 (PopUp.Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 船津弘美 Hiromi Funatsu Additional credits

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The Elite Four.

An Elite Meet and Greet! (Japanese: 四天王ゴヨウとドータクン! Elite Four Goyō and Dotakun!) is the 35th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 501st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 24, 2007 and in the United States on November 3, 2007.

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

Synopsis

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In the Pokémon Center, Ash, Brock, and Dawn are watching an Elite Four battle on a small television. Ash comments on how he wants to meet Lucian, the battler. Lucian wins the battle. While leaving the Center, Dawn spots Lucian and his Bronzong. After some talking, Dawn challenges Lucian to a battle. Lucian's Bronzong continually uses Flash Cannon and defeats Dawn's Pokémon. Buizel then has to decide if he wants to continue battling or not. Later on they are attacked by Team Rocket. Lucian uses Dawn's Buizel and attacks Team Rocket. They defeat Team Rocket and Dawn finally realizes Buizel's battling style. Later Dawn battles Lucian again and Lucian recalls Bronzong after Buizel does some damage to it. Lucian tells Dawn to continue training, and then leaves. The group then continues on to their next destination.

Major events

• Ash and friends meet Lucian, a member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
• Ash learns that the winner of the Sinnoh League gets to challenge the Sinnoh Elite Four and (if they are all defeated) Champion Cynthia.
• Dawn's Buizel is defeated by Lucian's Bronzong.

Debuts

• Sinnoh Elite Four
  • Aaron (memory)
  • Bertha (memory)
  • Flint (memory)
  • Lucian
• Cynthia (memory)

Pokémon debuts

• Bronzong (Lucian's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Sinnoh Elite Four
  • Aaron (memory)
  • Bertha (memory)
  • Flint (memory)
  • Lucian
• Cynthia (memory)
• TV announcer (Seiyū: 堀川　仁 Jin Horikawa)
• Unnamed Scizor Trainer

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Buizel (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Bronzong (Lucian's) (Seiyū: )
• Girafarig (Lucian's; debut) (Seiyū: )
• Scizor (Seiyū: )

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• The opening and ending animations are updated to include Dawn's Buizel.
• The concept of needing to defeat all the members of the Elite Four before battling the Pokémon champion is explained. This is similar to what happens in the games.
• Due to a possible error, the first English dub title was revealed as "The Bells are Bronzing!" and later on "The Bells Are Bronzong!"
• Music from Jirachi: Wish Maker and Pokémon Heroes, and the ballad version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ and Pokémon Symphonic Medley are used as background music.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Cranidos
• Pokémon senryū: ズガイドス かせきではっけん ずがいこつ Zugaidosu, kaseki de hakken, zugaikosu
• Ash narrates the next episode preview.

Errors

Dub edits

• In the Japanese version, a cold open intro is shown, then the opening theme, a scene where Dawn introduces her Buizel to others, and the title card. For reasons unknown, this episode shows the cold open intro, and then the Buizel introduction before the opening theme and the title card in the English dub.

In other languages

• Finnish: Eliittitapaaminen
• German: WER hat hier WEN im Griff?
• Italian: Un Superquattro come amico & Buizel contro il Team Rocket
• Iberian Spanish: ¡Encuentros y Saludos del Alto Mando!
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Un encuentro con la Élite Cuatro!
• Dutch: Genieten met de Eliten!
• Brazilian Portuguese: A Tropa da Elite!
• Czech: Setkání elity
• Polish: Spotkanie z mistrzem

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