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An Elite Meet and Greet!
四天王ゴヨウとドータクン! Elite Four Goyō and Dotakun!
Broadcast dates
Japan	May 24, 2007
USA	November 3, 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〜 (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
Screenshots on Filb.de

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 Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on May 24, 2007 and in the United States on November 3, 2007.

Ash and friends meet Lucian, a member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. Dawn's Buizel wants to battle Lucian, who obliges and fights with his Bronzong.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Major events 2.1 Debuts 3 Characters 3.1 Humans 3.2 Pokémon 4 Trivia 4.1 Errors 4.2 Dub edits 5 In other languages

Synopsis

Major events

• Dawn's Buizel is defeated by Lucian's Bronzong.

Debuts

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

Characters

Humans

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

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn'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) (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
• 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

• Italian: Un Superquattro come amico & Buizel contro il Team Rocket
• Spain Spanish: ¡Encuentros y Saludos del Alto Mando!