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Throwing the Track Switch

DP055   EP521 エイパムとブイゼル！それぞれの道！！ Eipam and Buoysel! Respective Roads!!

First broadcast Japan November 22, 2007 United States April 26, 2008

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 (Winter Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 奥村よしあき Yoshiasa Okumura Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de This episode was originally scheduled to air on November 15, 2007.

Throwing the Track Switch (Japanese: エイパムとブイゼル！それぞれの道！！ Eipam and Buoysel! Respective Roads!!) is the 55th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 521st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 22, 2007 and in the United States on April 26, 2008.

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

Synopsis

While staying at a Pokémon Center on their way to Veilstone City, Dawn and her friends run into Zoey. Dawn learns that Kenny has just won his second ribbon and the next Contest will be held in Solaceon Town, and as it's on the way to Veilstone anyway, Ash agrees to head there first. Although Zoey tells Dawn that she's going to pass on the Solaceon Contest, the two Coordinators can't resist having a practice battle. Meanwhile Ash has Chimchar and Aipom battle each other to train for his upcoming Gym battle. But Buizel is distracted by the battle between Chimchar and Aipom, enjoying seeing them battle with raw power while Dawn is trying to get him to work on how to pull off his moves with style. Aipom is having a similar problem, as she keeps trying to watch the Contest battle between Buizel and Zoey's Glameow, and ends up performing attacks as if they were being used in a Contest. It seems as if Buizel would rather be battling while Aipom would rather be in a Contest, so Zoey makes a bold suggestion: why doesn't Dawn trade Buizel for Ash's Aipom?

Inside the Pokémon Center, Dawn and Ash approach the trade machine, however the two trainers aren't sure if a trade is a good idea. Ash explains that he feels bad taking Buizel as Dawn has put in a lot of hard work getting him ready for contests, and Dawn tells the others that she knows Ash and Aipom have a special bond and she doesn't want to be the one to take Aipom away. Nurse Joy understands their reluctance, as she explains that just as a Pokémon adjusts to their trainer, a trainer also adjusts to their Pokémon. This gives Ash an idea and he suggests that he use Buizel to battle Brock, and Dawn can use Aipom to battle Zoey. But before the battle can get very far, Jessie and Meowth show up in disguise. James is miserable now that Cacnea is gone, so his teammates are determined to cheer him up-by stealing Aipom and Buizel!

But James, unaware of the plan, accidentally blows Team Rocket's cover. Jessie's Seviper uses Haze and Team Rocket makes a grab for Aipom and Buizel anyway, but they end up snagging Glameow and Sudowoodo instead. Ash and Dawn decide to use each others Pokémon to battle Team Rocket, and it soon becomes clear that Buizel is far more suited to Ash's attacking style, while Aipom's flair works well with Dawn's contest moves. As a result, Team Rocket are sent blasting off as usual... and although they once again leave with no Pokémon James is cheered up by his teammates attempt to help him.

Inside the Pokémon Center, Ash and Dawn are once again at the trade machine and now they're both certain they're doing the right thing. Ash and Dawn place Aipom and Buizel's Poké Balls into the slots and pull the exchange lever together, and the trade is completed, with Ash receiving Buizel and Dawn receiving Aipom. Both trainers send out their new Pokémon, and Ash tells Buizel he can't wait until the next Gym Battle, while Dawn can't wait to use Aipom in the Solaceon Contest. It may have been a difficult decision, but it's now clear it was the right one.

Major events

• Kenny is revealed to have won two ribbons.
• Dawn learns that the next Contest will be held in Solaceon Town.
• Ash and Dawn trade their Aipom and Buizel.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Zoey
• Nurse Joy
• Kenny (on television)
• Marian (on television)
• Contesta (on television)
• Two unknown trainers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's; traded to Dawn)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Buizel (Dawn's; traded to Ash)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Glameow (Zoey's)
• Prinplup (Kenny's)
• Ponyta, (silhouette; traded between two trainers)
• Munchlax, (silhouette; traded between two trainers)

Trivia

• Music from Jirachi: Wish Maker, an instrumental version of Together, Hello! Thank You!, and the title theme from Celebi: Voice of the Forest are used as background music.
• The music of the Abandoned Ship is used as background music in a scene with Team Rocket.
• Jessie says the title of the song とりかえっこプリーズ Trade Please.
• This is only the third time a main anime character has traded Pokémon. The first time was in Battle Aboard the St. Anne!, where Ash traded his Butterfree to a Gentleman for a Raticate, but soon traded back, while the second was in Tricks of the Trade, where Jessie traded her Lickitung for a Wobbuffet.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Shellos
  • Pokémon senryū: カラナクシ　にしとひがしで　いろちがい Karanakushi, nishi to higashi de, iro chigai "Karanakushi, the Western and the Eastern are, alternate colored"
• Ash narrates the next episode preview.
• This is one of the few episodes Brock doesn't flirt with Nurse Joy, although earlier in the episode while he was making a medicine for Ash, he said he wouldn't waste Nurse Joy's time when she could be working.

Errors

• When the two Trainers were trading before Dawn and Ash, it showed the shadow of a Rapidash instead of a Ponyta.

Dub edits

In other languages

• German: Ein unerwarteter Tausch!
• Latin American Spanish: ¡El intercambio!
• Iberian Spanish: ¡Intercambio de Pokémon!
• Brazilian Portuguese: A hora da troca!
• Polish: Czas na zmiany
• Dutch: De grote verwisseltruc!
• Italian: Scambio di Pokémon!
• Finnish: Vaihtelu virkistää!
• Czech: Radši přepneme

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