DP189

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DP189

DP189   EP655 シンオウリーグ準決勝！ダークライ！！ Shin'ō League Semi-Finals! Enter Darkrai!!!

First broadcast Japan August 26, 2010 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening 「サイコー・エブリディ！」（ＢＡＮＤ　ＶＥＲＳＩＯＮ） Ending 君の胸にＬａＬａＬａ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: シンオウリーグ準決勝！ダークライ！！ Shin'ō League Semi-Finals! Enter Darkrai!!) is the 189th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 655th episode of the Pokémon anime. It is scheduled to air in Japan on August 26, 2010.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis After his narrow victory over Paul, Ash discovers that his next match is against the strongest contender in the entire Suzuran Conference, Takuto - who has easily won every battle to reach the semifinals using only his Darkrai. The battle is ended off with Ash's Pikachu and Takuto's Latios battling, with them both fainted at the end.

Major events

• Ash battles the mysterious Trainer Takuto in the semi-finals and loses.
• Ash's Heracross is revealed to have learned Hyper Beam.
• Ash's Sceptile is revealed to have learned Leaf Storm.
• Takuto is revealed to also have a Latios.
• Takuto wins the Suzuran Conference.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Latios

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Takuto
• Paul
• Barry
• Mr. Goodshow
• Cynthia
• Referee
• Audience
• Trainer

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Sceptile (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Gible (Ash's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Darkrai (Takuto's)
• Latios (Takuto's)
• Magmortar (Trainer's)
• Empoleon (Trainer's, silhouette)
• Mismagius (Trainer's, silhouette)

Trivia

• There is no Professor Oak's lecture at the end of this episode. Instead, a minute-long preview for the Best Wishes series is shown.
• This episode marks' the first time Ash has flipped his hat throughout the Diamond & Pearl series during battle.
• This episode marks' the first time Ash has defeated two legendaries in one battle.
  • The fact that Ash recognizes Latios may make the fifth movie canon, as he has not seen another Latios in the entire series.

Errors

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