DP074
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| ピカチュウ！ライチュウ！進化への道!! Pikachu! Raichu! The Path to Evolution!! | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | April 3, 2008 |
| USA | |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | Together |
| Ending | 風のメッセージ (PokaPoka Version) |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Iguchi |
| Screenplay | 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura |
| Storyboard | 小山賢 Masaru Koyama |
| Assistant director | 小山賢 Masaru Koyama |
| Animation director | 志村泉 Izumi Shimura |
(Japanese: ピカチュウ！ライチュウ！進化への道!! Pikachu! Raichu! The Path to Evolution!!) is the 74th episode of Diamond & Pearl. If first aired in Japan on April 3, 2008, alongside DP073 as a one-hour special.
Ash and his friends meet Shō, a boy who has a Pichu and a Raichu. He mistakes Ash's Pikachu for a wild Pokémon.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
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Synopsis
Major events
- Pikachu reaffirms its decision not to evolve.
- Team Rocket steals Ash's Thunderstone.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Raichu (Shō's)
- Pichu (Shō's)
- Raichu (Lt. Surge's) (flashback)
Trivia
- This episode follows much of the premise of Electric Shock Showdown by having Ash's Pikachu be defeated by Raichu and choose whether to evolve or not via the Thunderstone. Clips from the episode are shown at the end.
- It is shown that Ash still had the Thunderstone that the Nurse Joy from Vermilion City had given him. During the episode, Jessie, James, and Meowth grabbed the stone, and currently have it with them.
- To My Best Friend and Pokémon Symphonic Medley were both used as background music.
Errors
Dub edits
| This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each episode of the Pokémon anime. |
