DP118
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DP118
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(Japanese: ポケリンガ!天空大決戦!! PokéRinger! Big Decisive Sky Battle!!) is the 118th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 584th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 12, 2009.
Synopsis
Major events
- Ash, Paul and James enter a PokéRinger competition with Staravia, Honchkrow and Yanmega respectively.
- Ash's Staravia evolves into Staraptor.
- Ash's Staraptor learns Close Combat.
- Ash defeats Paul for the first time and wins the PokéRinger competition.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Staravia (Ash's, evolves)
- Staraptor (Ash's, newly evolved)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Buneary (Dawn's)
- Pachirisu (Dawn's)
- Ambipom (Dawn's)
- Mamoswine (Dawn's)
- Yanmega (Jessie's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Honchkrow (Paul's)
- Skarmory (Tetsuo's)
- Dragonite (Porto's)
- Skiploom (Sanpei's)
- Fearow
- Noctowl
- Swellow
- Wingull
- Swablu
Trivia
- An instrumental version of Advance Adventure is used as background music.
- Another PokéRinger competition occurred previously in That's Just Swellow. Similarly, Ash's Flying-type Pokémon evolves during the episode and wins the competition.
- Professor Oak's lecture: Abra
Errors
Dub edits
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Categories:
- Undubbed episodes
- Diamond & Pearl series episodes
- Episodes written by Shōji Yonemura
- Episodes storyboarded by Masamitsu Hidaka
- Episodes storyboarded by Tamayo Yamamoto
- Episodes directed by Yūji Asada
- Episodes animated by Masaaki Iwane
- Episodes in which a main character's Pokémon evolves
- Episodes focusing on Ash