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title_ja=ロケット団解散！？|<br />
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(Japanese: '''ロケット団解散！？''' ''{{tt|Rocket-dan|Team Rocket}} Breakup!?'') is the 117th episode of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, and the 583rd episode of the {{g|anime}}. It first aired in Japan on March 5, 2009<!-- and in the United States on *day*-->.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
{{Incomplete synopsis}}<br />
The three members of the [[Team Rocket]] attack {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} in yet another attempt to capture {{AP|Pikachu}}. The trio is blasted away by their target and, physically and emotionally drained, lands at a ramen shop. There, Jessie and James are surprised when they discover that the shop owner was one of their underclassmen from their days at the [[Team Rocket Academy]].<br />
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==Major events==<br />
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*[[Team Rocket]] disbands, but eventually gets together again.<br />
*[[Jessie]]'s hair is down for a part of the episode. <br />
===Debuts===<br />
====Pokémon debuts====<br />
==Characters==<br />
===Humans===<br />
* {{Ash}}<br />
* {{an|Dawn}}<br />
* [[Brock]]<br />
* [[Jessie]]<br />
* [[James]]<br />
* [[Yūsaku]]<br />
* Customers<br />
* Hikers<br />
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===Pokémon===<br />
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})<br />
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})<br />
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}})<br />
* {{p|Mime Jr.}} ({{OP|James|Mime Jr.}})<br />
* {{p|Piplup}} ({{OP|Dawn|Piplup}})<br />
* {{p|Seviper}} ({{OP|Jessie|Seviper}})<br />
* {{p|Yanmega}} ({{OP|Jessie|Yanmega}})<br />
* {{p|Carnivine}} ({{OP|James|Carnivine}})<br />
* {{p|Metagross}} ({{shiny2}})<br />
* {{p|Meowth}} (nicknamed [[Meowzie]]; fantasy)<br />
* {{p|Skitty}} (fantasy)<br />
* {{p|Lopunny}} (fantasy)<br />
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==Trivia== <br />
* ''[[Face Forward Team Rocket!]]'' is used as background music.<br />
* A trailer for ''[[Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime]]'' was shown after this episode aired in Japan.<br />
* This is [[Meowzie]]'s first appearance in the {{series|Diamond and Pearl}}, as well as her second appearance since ''[[EP070|Go West, Young Meowth]]'', the first being in ''[[AG022|A Hole Lotta Trouble]]''.<br />
* The Metagross in this episode used {{m|Lock-On}}; a move it [[Anime move errors|can't learn in the games]].<br />
*In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their {{TP|Team Rocket|motto|mottos}}.<br />
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===Errors===<br />
* {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}'s {{m|Poison Tail}} affected {{p|Metagross}}. However, Metagross is a {{type2|Steel}} Pokémon, immune to {{type2|Poison}} attacks.<br />
* {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}'s {{m|Counter}} took effect against Metagross's {{m|Psychic}}, despite Psychic being a [[special move]].<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Junki Takegami|583]]<br />
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