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(Japanese: フワンテと北風の使い! Fuwante and the Messenger of the North Wind!) is the 28th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on April 12, 2007 as part of a one-hour special with DP029.

The group arrive at at a Pokémon Center run by a Nurse Joy and her daughters, Sayaka and Mai. Mai takes Ash to a cave in the forest where a secret friend of her and her sister lives.

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

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Drifloon

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Giovanni (fantasy)
• (Japanese: サヤカ Sayaka) (Seiyū: 能登麻美子 Mamiko Noto)
• (Japanese: マイ Mai) (Seiyū: 日笠山亜美 Tsugimi Higasayama)
• (Japanese: カズオ Kazuo) (Seiyū: 川島得愛 Tokuyoshi Kawashima)
• Woman
• Girl

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Drifloon (Sayaka and Mai's) (Seiyū: 伊東久美子 Kumiko Itō; 上田純子 Junko Ueda; 阪田伊都 Ito Sakata)
• Ampharos (Kazuo's) (Seiyū: 三木眞一郎 Shin'ichirō Miki*)
• Sandshrew
• Bellsprout
• Gastly
• Goldeen
• Furret
• Bellossom
• Wooper
• Quagsire
• Teddiursa
• Suicune (Seiyū: 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi)
• Zigzagoon
• Whiscash

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• It was revealed that "Joy" is the nurse's family rather than given name. Sayaka's full name is Sayaka François Joy, and Mai's full name is Mai François Joy.
• Pokettari Monsutari and music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and Destiny Deoxys are used as background music.
• The episode contains many references to My Neighbor Totoro, with Sayaka = Satsuki and Mai = Mei.
• Pokémon senryū: かきまぜろ　こがさずこぼさず　ポフィンづくり Stir it, without burning or spilling: Pofin-making.

Errors

Dub edits

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