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トバリジム！ルカリオVSブイゼル！！ Tobari Gym! Lucario VS Buoysel!!
Broadcast dates
Japan	February 28, 2008
USA
Theme songs
Opening
Japanese theme songs
Opening	Together
Ending	風のメッセージ
Credits
Animation	Team Iguchi
Screenplay	米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
Storyboard	日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka
Assistant director	小山賢 Masaru Koyama
Animation director	志村泉 Izumi Shimura
Screenshots on Filb.de

(Japanese: トバリジム！ルカリオVSブイゼル！！ Tobari Gym! Lucario VS Buoysel!!) is the 68th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It aired in Japan on February 28, 2008.

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

• Ash challenges Maylene.
  • Ash's Staravia defeats Maylene's Machoke.
  • Ash's Staravia fights against Maylene's Meditite, before being recalled by Ash.
  • Ash's Chimchar fights against Maylene's Meditite, before being recalled by Ash.
  • Ash's Staravia defeats Maylene's Meditite.
  • Ash's Staravia is defeated by Maylene's Lucario.
  • Ash's Chimchar is defeated by Maylene's Lucario.
  • Ash's Buizel ties with Maylene's Lucario, resulting in a draw.
• Ash receives the Cobble Badge.
• Ash's Staravia perfects the move Brave Bird.
• Ash's Buizel learns Water Pulse.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Maylene
• Gym referee

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Lucario (Maylene's)
• Machoke (Maylene's)
• Meditite (Maylene's)

Trivia

• This is the 50th episode since Ash earned his first badge in the region. In Kanto, Ash already had six badges by this point, in Johto, he was going for his fourth badge, and in Hoenn he already had four badges.
• This was Buizel's first major battle, as well as its first Gym Battle with Ash. It was also Chimchar's first gym battle while under the ownership of Ash.
• Type Wild was used as background music.
• This is the first time Ash earned a badge without technically winning since his Gym battle with Erika way back in Pokémon Scent-sation.
• This is the first time one of the two protection moves (Protect and Detect) failed due to overuse.

Errors

Dub edits