DP051

Glory Blaze!

DP051   EP517 ヒコザルVSザングース！運命のバトル!! Hikozaru VS Zangoose! Destined Battle!!

First broadcast Japan October 18, 2007 United States February 1, 2008

English themes Opening Diamond and Pearl Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 (Winter Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Glory Blaze! (Japanese: ヒコザルVSザングース！運命のバトル!! Hikozaru vs. Zangoose! Destined Battle!!) is the 51st episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 517th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 18, 2007 and in the United States on February 1, 2008.

After Ash stops Paul's rough training session, Paul ignores Nurse Joy's warning that Chimchar is too injured to be used in the following battle. Can the two win against a Metagross and Zangoose when Paul is making a risky gamble on Chimchar's abilities?

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

Synopsis

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Major events

• Paul releases his Chimchar.
• Ash invites Chimchar to go with him.
• Ash and Paul, Dawn and Conway, and Brock and Holly advance to the tag battle semifinals.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Paul
• Nurse Joy
• Cynthia (flashback)
• Conway
• Holly
• Enta
• Black Belt (Seiyū: 相馬幸人 Yukito Sōma)
• Psychic (Seiyū: 川上貴史 Takafumi Kawakami)
• Pokémon Trainers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Chimchar (Paul's; released)
• Elekid (Paul's)
• Ursaring (Paul's)
• Murkrow (Paul's)
• Torterra (Paul's)
• Ninjask (Paul's; flashback)
• Zangoose (Blackbelt's) (Seiyū: 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi*)
• Nosepass (Holly's)
• Aggron (Conway's)
• Metagross (Psychic's) (Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Hitmonchan
• Rhydon
• Magmar
• Tauros
• Furret
• Granbull
• Zangoose (wild, group; flashback)
• Cranidos (flashback)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's; flashback)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• 山口由里子 Yuriko Yamaguchi returns to voice Nurse Joy.
• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and Pokémon Symphonic Medley are used as background music.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Bronzong
  • Pokémon senryū: ドータクン　エスパーわざで　さあドーダ Dōtakun, esupā waza de, sā dōda.
• Although the ending theme song changed, the accompanying animation did not.
• Ash narrates the next episode preview.
• The title is a reference to the phrase "Going out in a blaze of glory", as well as the song "Glory Days" by Bruce Springsteen.
• This episode, along with DP050 and DP052 was aired as a 90 minute special on February 1st on Cartoon Network.
• The ending theme song, By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ changed to the Winter Version.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• Finnish: Kunnian kenttä
• Italian: Senza pietà
• Iberian Spanish: ¡Resplandor de Gloria!
• Dutch: Arme Chimchar!
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Llamarada de Gloria!
• Brazilian Portuguese: A Chama da Glória!
• Czech: Hořké vítězství

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