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(Japanese: クロガネジムふたたび！決戦ラムパルド！！ Return to Kurogane Gym! Decisive Match with Rampard!!) is the 18th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on February 1, 2007.

Ash has his rematch with Roark but now he has the evolved Rampardos to deal with as well as Geodude and Onix.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash Ketchum returns to the Oreburgh Gym for a rematch against Roark.
  • Ash's Pikachu defeats Roark's Onix.
  • Ash's Aipom defeats Roark's Geodude.
  • Ash's Aipom is defeated by Roark's Rampardos.
  • Ash's Pikachu is defeated by Roark's Rampardos.
  • Ash's Turtwig defeats Roark's Rampardos, and Ash wins the match, earning the Coal Badge.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Roark
• (Japanese: イワオ Iwao; Seiyū: 田中正彦 Masahiko Tanaka)
• Townspeople

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Geodude (Roark's)
• Onix (Roark's)
• Cranidos (Roark's; flashback)
• Rampardos (Roark's)
• Aerodactyl (flashback)

Trivia

• Music from Destiny Deoxys and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and an alternate cut of Together are used as background music.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Dawn's Buneary

The segment uses footage from DP009 and DP012.

• Pokémon senryū: ミミロルが　みみをまるめて　みみロール Mimirol, rolling up its ears, ear-roll.
• The next episode preview is narrated by Dawn.

Errors

Dub edits

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