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Ill-Will Hunting! (Japanese: ハンターＪ再び！タテトプスを守れ!! Hunter J Returns! Protect Tatetops!) is the 45th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on August 30, 2007 and in the United States on January 12, 2008.

The Pokémon Hunter J returns with a group of Shieldon as her next target. Gary appears to help Ash stop her.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Gary meets Ash again.
• Gary meets Dawn for the first time.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Shieldon

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• J
• J's henchmen
  • Seiyū: 逢坂　力 Chikara Ōsaka
  • Seiyū: 仁科洋平 Yōhei Nishina
  • Seiyū: 川上貴史 Takashi Kawakami
  • Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*
• Gary Oak
• Professor Rowan
• Officer Jenny
• Rowan's assistant
• Client (Seiyū: 三宅健太 Miyake Kenta)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Electivire (Gary's)
• Blastoise (Gary's)
• Umbreon (Gary's)
• Salamence (J's)
• Drapion (J's)
• Ariados (J's)
• Golbat (J's henchman's)
• Shieldon (four)
  • Seiyū: 三木眞一郎 Shin'ichirō Miki*
  • Seiyū: 古島清孝 Kiyotaka Furushima*
  • Seiyū: うえだ　ゆうじ Yūji Ueda*
• Beedrill (swarm)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• The dub title is a pun of the film Good Will Hunting. The film title was also used for another Pokémon episode during the early Johto season called Good 'Quil Hunting.
• Music from Pokémon Heroes and Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea are used as background music.
• Dawn and Gary meet for the first time in this episode.
• Dawn assumes that Gary writes Pokémon senryū, just like his grandfather.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Cherubi
  • Pokémon senryū: チェリンボが　おひさまあびて　あかくなり
• Dawn narrates the next episode preview.

Errors

Dub edits

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