BW075

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A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1

BW075   EP732 ネジ山の激闘！アバゴーラの奇跡！！（前編） Fierce Fighting at Spiral Mountain! Abagoura's Miracle!! (Part 1)

First broadcast Japan April 19, 2012 United States August 18, 2012

English themes Opening Rival Destinies Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending 七色アーチ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Assistant director うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1 (Japanese: ネジ山の激闘！アバゴーラの奇跡！！ (前編） The Fierce Fighting at Spiral Mountain! Abagoura's Miracle!! (Part 1)) is the 75th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 732nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 19, 2012 and in the United States on August 18, 2012.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Lost in the Twist Mountain caves, Ash and his friends hear a striking noise and head in that direction, only to find amateur Pokémon Archeologist Ferris, who had just excavated the Fossil of the ancient Pokémon Tirtouga. While listening to Ferris's story, Team Rocket steals Tirtouga's Fossil and goes into Dr. Zager's helicopter. Dr. Zager puts the Tirtouga fossil in the ressurection machine, bringing the extinct Pokemon back to life. The Tirtouga quickly flees and jumps in a stream. Everybody chases the Tirtouga, and eventually Ash & Ferris catch up to the Pokemon and converse with it. The Tirtouga mistakes Ash & Ferris to be foes towards itself, and throws a huge boulder at them. The narrator then closes the episode, leaving watchers excited for the next episode of the Pokémon Anime.

Major events

• Team Rocket returns to try to open a time gate in Twist Mountain.
• Ash meets Dr. Zager for the first time.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Tirtouga
• Carracosta

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Dr. Zager
• Ferris
• Sierra
• Excavators
• Ferris and Sierra's friends (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Tirtouga

Dare da?

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Woobat (Jessie's)
• Yamask (James's)
• Drilbur (Ferris's)
• Gurdurr (excavators')
• Crustle (excavators'; multiple)
• Archeops (multiple; flashback)
• Archen (multiple; flashback)
• Tirtouga
• Carracosta (multiple; flashback)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Accelgor

Errors

•  In one scene, the Team Rocket logo on the front of Dr. Zager's Fossil restoration machine disappears.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		羅斯山的激鬥！肋骨海龜的奇蹪！！（前篇）

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