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Throwing the Track Switch
エイパムとブイゼル！それぞれの道!! Eipam and Buoysel! Respective Roads!!
Broadcast dates
Japan	November 22, 2007
USA	April 26, 2008
Theme songs
Opening	We Will Be Heroes
Japanese theme songs
Opening	Together
Ending	君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 (Winter Version)
Credits
Animation	Team Iguchi
Screenplay	冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard	奥村よしあき Yoshiasa Okumura
Assistant director	秦義人 Yoshito Hata
Animation director	木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita
Screenshots on Filb.de This episode was originally scheduled to air on November 15, 2007.

Throwing the Track Switch (Japanese: エイパムとブイゼル！それぞれの道!! Eipam and Buoysel! Respective Roads!!) is the 55th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on November 22, 2007 and in the United States on April 26, 2008.

While in a training session with the group, Zoey notices that Aipom is more interested in Dawn's battle style while Buizel is more interested in Ash's battle style. Meanwhile, James is depressed about leaving Cacnea.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Dawn learns that the next contest will be held in Solaceon Town.
• Ash and Dawn trade their Aipom and Buizel.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Zoey
• Kenny (on television)
• Marian (on television)
• Contesta (on television)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's; traded to Dawn)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Buizel (Dawn's; traded to Ash)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Glameow (Zoey's)
• Prinplup (Kenny's)
• Ponyta, (silhouette; traded between two trainers)
• Munchlax, (silhouette; traded between two trainers)

Trivia

• James's Cacnea was removed from both the opening and ending animations to correspond with the events of the previous episode.
• Music from Jirachi: Wish Maker, an instrumental version of Together, Hello! Thank You!, and the title theme from Pokémon 4Ever are used as background music.
• Jessie says the title of the song とりかえっこプリーズ Trade Please.
• This is only the third time a main anime character has traded Pokémon. The first time was in Battle Aboard the St. Anne!, where Ash traded his Butterfree to a Gentleman for a Raticate, but soon traded back, while the second was in Tricks of the Trade, where Jessie traded her Lickitung for a Wobbuffet.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Shellos
  • Pokémon senryū: カラナクシ　にしとひがしで　いろちがい Karanakushi, nishi to higashi de, iro chigai "Karanakushi, the Western and the Eastern are, alternate colored"
• Ash narrates the next episode preview.

Errors

• Zoey's face is animated incorrectly, causing it to be shaped like Kenny's for a short time.

Dub edits