DP092
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| 原点回帰だロケット団!? Back to Basics, Team Rocket!? | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | September 4, 2008 |
| USA | |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | Together2008 |
| Ending | 風のメッセージ |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Iguchi |
| Screenplay | 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui |
| Storyboard | 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga |
| Assistant director | 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga |
| Animation director | 横山隆 Ryū Yokoyama |
| More credits | |
(Japanese: 原点回帰だロケット団!? Back to Basics, Team Rocket!?) is the 92nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 558th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 4, 2008.
Team Rocket decide to return to their former "sharp and cool" ways.
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Synopsis
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On their way to Celestic Town, Ash and his friends have to take Piplup to the Pokémon Center after it collapsed from excessive contest training. Meanwhile, Team Rocket, who were following the group on a slope, decide to have lunch in a luxury restaurant. But then Jessie notices that Meowth's golden charm is buried under rolls of flab. The trio now realizes that, due to them having lead a rich and luxurious life ever since they had earned the money at the summer school, they have become lazy and grown a lot in flesh. Wanting to return to their former "sharp and cool" shapes, they start a harsh training session.
Major events
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
- Mew (anime debut)
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Mime Jr. (James's)
- Turtwig (Ash's)
- Chimchar (Ash's)
- Staravia (Ash's)
- Buizel (Ash's)
- Gliscor (Ash's)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Buneary (Dawn's)
- Pachirisu (Dawn's)
- Ambipom (Dawn's)
- Swinub (Dawn's)
- Sudowoodo (Brock's)
- Croagunk (Brock's)
- Happiny (Brock's)
- Yanmega (Jessie's)
- Carnivine (James's)
- Celebi (fantasy)
- Milotic (fantasy)
- Shieldon (fantasy)
- Riolu (fantasy)
- Mew (fantasy)
- Wooper (fantasy)
- Chansey (fantasy)
- Glaceon
- Machoke
Trivia
- Both Team Rocket Forever and Face Forward Team Rocket! was used as background music.
- Music from Pokémon Heroes is used.
- Team Rocket used their original motto in this episode, and also used the background music from the original series. James displayed his famous rose as well.
- Professor Oak's lecture: Chingling.
- A girl who is seen in the Pokémon Center has a design very similar to Pietra from Right On, Rhydon!.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Mew in an episode of the anime (although it is merely in one of Team Rocket's fantasies). As a result, this means that all of the Generation I Pokémon have appeared in an episode of the anime at some point.
- The disguise Team Rocket wears in this episode looks very similar to the Black Arachnid's, especially when seeing Meowth, which the Black Arachnid also owns.
Errors
Dub edits
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