BW064

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BW064

BW064   EP721 黒き英雄の遺跡！シンボラーとデスカーン！！ The Black Hero's Ruins! Symboler and Desukarn!!

First broadcast Japan January 26, 2012 United States

English themes Opening Rival Destinies Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending 七色アーチ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 案浦達哉 Tatsuya Annoura No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: 黒き英雄の遺跡！シンボラーとデスカーン！！ The Black Hero's Ruins! Symboler and Desukarn!!) is the 64th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 721st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 26, 2012.

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

Synopsis

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Major events

• Ash and his friends are officially introduced to Cedric Juniper, the father of Professor Juniper.
• The sunglasses Krokorok returns to confront Pikachu.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon

• Cofagrigus

TV episode debuts

• Sigilyph

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Professor Juniper
• Cedric Juniper
• Fennel (flashback)
• Avery (flashback)
• Kindergarteners (flashback)

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Cofagrigus (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Pidove (Ash's; flashback)
• Oshawott (Ash's; flashback)
• Tepig (Ash's; flashback)
• Snivy (Ash's; flashback)
• Scraggy (Ash's; flashback)
• Sewaddle (Ash's; flashback)
• Roggenrola (Ash's; flashback)
• Boldore (Ash's; flashback)
• Excadrill (Iris's)
• Emolga (Iris's; flashback)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Dwebble (Cilan's; flashback)
• Stunfisk (Cilan's)
• Krokorok (sunglasses)
• Sigilyph
• Cofagrigus (multiple; debut)
• Zekrom (fantasy)
• Klinklang (flashback)
• Darumaka (two; flashback)
• Trubbish (flashback)
• Venipede (flashback)
• Druddigon (Emmy's; flashback)
• Cottonee (multiple; flashback)
• Roggenrola (multiple; flashback)
• Archeops (flashback)
• Gothitelle (flashback)
• Deino (flashback)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Cubchoo
• Music from Arceus and the Jewel of Life and Zoroark: Master of Illusions is used in this episode.
• The group running down a hallway while being chased by a boulder is a reference to the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark. The statue of Venipede replaces the Fertility Idol. This is also the second time this has been done during the series, the first being Battling the Enemy Within!.
• Due to the use of flashbacks, every Pokémon belonging to the three main protagonists that have appeared during the Best Wishes series made an appearance in this episode, except for Ash's Palpitoad.
• Although the move has existed since Generation I, this episode marks the first time that Mirror Move is used in the anime.
• Boldore's incorrectly red spine in the song Seven-colored Arch is corrected as of this episode.

Errors

Dub edits

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