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(Japanese: 旅立ち！フタバタウンからマサゴタウンへ!! Departure! From Futaba Town to Masago Town!!) is the first episode of Diamond & Pearl, and the 469th episode of the overall meta-series. It is scheduled to air in Japan on September 28, 2006, the same day as the Japanese release of the Nintendo DS games, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.

Hikari is a ten year old girl living in the region of Sinnoh. Today's supposed to be a memorable day when one begins a journey as a Pokemon Trainer. Before Hikari goes out, she obtains a old ribbon from her mother. Hikari starts her journey by heading towards the Pokémon Laboratory to get her starter Pokémon, but she's completely perplexed by the roads and ends up completely lost, even saying "Please pokémon!" in a restaurant. Meanwhile at the lab, a fight between Hikozaru and Pochama, do them flew from the lab and get on a Ariados' net! When Hikari arrives at the lab, she follows Pochama and Hikozaru.

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

Synopsis

The episode starts off when Hikari is waking up. She turns off her alarm clock that is in a shape of a Mukkuru. She gets up and opens her window.

Major events

• Hikari from Masago Town travels to Professor Nanakamado's lab to obtain her starter Pokémon. She chooses Pochama.
• Ash reaches Sinnoh, only to have Pikachu taken away and lost by Team Rocket.

Debuts

• Hikari
• Ayako
• Professor Nanakamado
• Professor Nanakamado's assistants
• Hikari's Pochama
• Naetle
• Hikozaru
• Mukkuru
• Mukubird
• Mukuhawk
• Bippa
• Bīdaru
• Emrit (outline)

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Hikari
• Ayako (Seiyū: 津村まこと Tsumura Makoto)
• Professor Nanakamado
• Professor Nanakamado's assistants
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Tracey
• Ramen shop operator (Seiyū: 仁科洋平 Yōhei Nishina)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Naetle
• Hikozaru
• Pochama (Hikari's, new)
• Nyarmar (Ayako's)
• Ariados (Seiyū: 川上貴史 Takafumi Kawakami)
• Mukkuru
• Mukubird
• Mukuhawk
• Bippa
• Bīdaru
• Perap (flock)
• Tamanta
• Mimirol
• Emurit

Caught in web:

• Pidgey
• Rattata
• Weedle
• Dunsparce
• Zigzagoon
• Ninjask

Pokémon Senryuu

• Japanese: シンオウでたびがはじまるポケモンと
• Romaji: Shin'ō de tabi ga hajimaru pokemon to
• English: To Shinou / We begin our journey / with our Pokemon

Trivia

• This originally aired aired as a two hour special on September 28, 2006, together with DP002 and DP003.
• An instrumental version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ is played as background music.
• Pochama's behaviour when Hikari offered it food is exactly as described in the Pokédex: Pochama have high pride and hate to receive food from people.
• Hikari seing Emrit is mentioned in DP004 where Ash links it to his seeing Ho-oh as a starting trainer, though the scene is more similar to his seeing Suicune on the way to New Bark Town.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Sinnoh Starter Pokémon.

All of the scenes in this segment come from this episode.

Location

• Futaba Town, Trust Lake, Route 202

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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