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[[File:Band of Diglett Thieves.png|thumb|250px|Band of Diglett thieves]]
[[File:Diglett Thief Leader.png|thumb|220px|left|Diglett Thief leader]]
[[File:Diglett Thief Leader Unmasked.png|thumb|250px|The leader unmasked]]
The '''Band of Diglett thieves''' (Japanese: '''ディグダ泥棒団''' ''Gang of {{tt|Digda|Diglett}} thieves'') are [[Character of the day|characters of the day]] who appeared in ''[[EP218|Plant It Now...Diglett Later]]''.

Riding on {{p|Dodrio}}, they claimed that they were going to steal all the {{p|Diglett}} that were owned by the townspeople in [[Diglett Village]]. {{Ash}} was upset at this, but the townspeople were unconcerned. Joining forces with {{TRT}}, Ash and {{ashfr}} decided to spy on the thieves in their home village while trying to incapacitate their Dodrio. While doing so, they learned that the thieves are the children of the Diglett Village residents when they were caught by surprise by [[Rita and Sue]] and spotted by the band's leader (who was the father of Rita and Sue and the mayor of that town). They weren't trying to steal the Diglett, but rather use it as an opportunity to check up on their family members. Evidently a yearly occurrence, the Band of Diglett thieves saw it as an opportunity for their grandparents to get up and exercise.

The "Diglett Thieves" agreed not to ride in on the Dodrio. During the charade, Ash and his friends used their Pokémon to help fight them ranging from using electric-proof helmets, hoses to counter fire attacks, umbrellas to counter water attacks, and headphones to keep them from being hit by sound attacks. Most of them ended up in pitfall traps that were dug up by Team Rocket and the elderly townspeople. After the charade was finished, Ash and the others promised to keep the secret of the Band of Diglett thieves.

==Pokémon==
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{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Band of Diglett thieves
|pkmn=Dodrio (multiple)
|type1=Normal
|type2=Flying
|img=Diglett Thieves Dodrio.png
|cap=Band of Diglett thieves's Dodrio
|epnum=EP218
|epname=Plant it Now...Diglett Later!
|desc=These thieves rode on {{p|Dodrio}} as their method of transportation throughout town. In a charade that happened, they did not ride on the Dodrio. After the charade was over, the Dodrio did not show up along with the Diglett Thieves.

None of Dodrio's moves are known.}}

==Voice actors==
{{vatable|color={{normal color}}|bordercolor={{flying color light}}
|ja=大川透 ''Tōru Ōkawa'' (leader)
|en=[[Dan Green]] (leader)
|es_eu=David García Vázquez (leader)
|pl=Mikołaj Klimek (leader)}}
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