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Tanks for the Memories!

DP062   EP528 メイドカフェのミルタンク! Miltank of the Maid Café!

First broadcast Japan January 10, 2008 United States June 21, 2008

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 風のメッセージ

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Tanks for the Memories! (Japanese: メイドカフェのミルタンク! Miltank of the Maid Café!) is the 62nd episode of Diamond & Pearl series, and the 528th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 10, 2008, and in the United States on June 21, 2008.

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

Synopsis

The episode begins with Ash and friends on a cliff. Ash is excited about his next Gym battle at Veilstone City. Dawn claims she needs to kick back and think about her next contest. Brock decides to take his friends to the Mountain Hut Maid Café. There, they meet the three maids Autumn, Spring and Summer. Brock immediately goes for Spring and Summer, but is interrupted by Croagunk. After recovering, Spring, Autumn, and Summer take all three of them to the barn for Miltank milk at their request. Once there, Spring's two Miltank and Summer's Miltank happily run into the barn, hooking themselves up to give Ash and friends a nice round of milk. Everyone sends out their Pokémon to enjoy it as well.

Brock then inquires about Autumn's Miltank. She says her Miltank, Ilta, is outside and doesn't listen to her since she just got her. She also claimed that she was thinking about releasing her since she 'isn't that cute anyway'. Brock jumps in, saying that Autumn shouldn't just give up on her Miltank. Spring then compliments on Brock's knowledge, causing Brock to proclaim his dream of becoming a great Pokémon Breeder. He also claims that he can help Autumn with any problems she may have with her Miltank, becoming quite flirtatious with Spring. Croagunk uses Poison Jab a second time.

Summer then calls to her sisters about the café, saying it's becoming full. Spring tells Autumn to stay with Brock while Dawn and Ash decide to help Spring and Summer with their customers, two boys that are seen later in the show. Team Rocket sees Ash, Dawn, and their Pokémon working in the Maid Cafe and then decide to build one of their own.

The episode switches back to Brock and Autumn. Brock says that a good way to bond with Pokémon is to gain its trust. When Autumn asks how one can gain the trust of Pokémon, Brock demonstrates on his Happiny. Autumn tries it for herself, repeating the process with Ilta. When Ilta ignores her, Autumn gets frustrated, only to calm down when Brock tells Autumn to be 'kind and patient'. Autumn then tries again, causing Ilta to eat the flower that Autumn was addressing. Autumn then throws a fit. Brock simply walks over to Ilta, petting her head and asking her if the flower tasted good. When Autumn tried to do the same, she thought Ilta was leaning in to give her a small kiss, only to have Ilta belch in her face. Autumn proceeds to throw another fit.

Brock then suggests working on 'praise giving' by letting Pokémon overcome fear through kind words. A rickety bridge is the next setting for the two. Brock and Happiny go first. Happiny gets scared, but overcomes the fear when Brock cheers her on. With a bit of struggling, Brock was able to get Ilta to try and cross the bridge with a Pecha Berry. Ilta tries to cross, but becomes frightened in the middle. Brock reminds Autumn that she must cheer Ilta on. Upon doing so, Autumn smacks Ilta in the back, trying to be encouraging, but winds up tripping and falling to the side. Ilta, receiving the blow on the back, fell to the other side of the bridge. Autumn falls over the rope and hangs above the raging rapids below. Brock runs over to save her, grabbing onto her hand before it was too late. However, Brock, too, began to fall off the bridge. Happiny, in a spurt of quick thinking, ran over and grabbed Brock by the leg, flinging both him and Autumn back over the edge and where they started.

The episode switches to Happiny and Ilta eating happily while Autumn cries over what happened. Brock tries to reassure Autumn. This is the first time it is known that Autumn was starting to fall for Brock.

The episode goes back to Ash and friends working in the Mountain Hunt Maid Café. Spring tells Ash that the rush hour is over and that she can handle it. Excited, Ash runs off with his Turtwig to practice Turtwig's Energy Ball. Dawn looks sadly at Ash's enthusiasm, still upset about her last contest.

Again, the episode switches. This time to the two boys from earlier. They are staring at a new café that wasn't even on the map. Upon entering, they are greeted by Jessie in a maid outfit, James in a butler suit, and Meowth in a baby costume. Once the boys are seated, Team Rocket asks if they want coffee. Even though they replied with a 'no', they insisted on getting them coffee. Wobbuffet is seen in a maid costume as well and fixes them a cup of coffee.

Once again, the episode goes to Ash and his Turtwig practicing Energy Ball. Turtwig is able to produce the ball, but is unable to really use it as an attack as of yet. Turtwig became upset, but regained happiness when Ash comforted and encouraged it. Dawn, who was watching the practice session, became pumped up and thought of also working hard. Upon getting out her Poké Ball, she started thinking about what Zoey said to her. She lost her will yet again. Piplup looked sadly at its trainer. Although Dawn tried to reassure Piplup that she was all right, Dawn began to get upset and cry. Ash, seeing her cry, asked why she had been crying. Once Ash asked if she had something in her eye, she dismissed it as just that.

Ash then claimed to be hungry, to which Dawn replied 'why don't we get some ice cream?' Ash jumped at the chance and he and the others went off.

Again, the episode switched to Brock and Autumn, this time Brock wanted Autumn to wash Ilta. Brock demonstrated, saying that it was a good way to make sure your Pokémon is healthy and nice looking. When Autumn tried, she accidentally scrubbed Ilta too much, covering Ilta's face with suds. Autumn, upset and frustrated, ran to get some water for Ilta. On accident, she splashed both Ilta and Brock with water and ran to get Brock a towel, slipping over a bar of soap. When Brock inquired if Autumn was okay, Autumn responded with 'no, I'm not okay'. She complained that she was 'so clumsy and useless'. Brock simply smiled, and leaned down to a crying Autumn. He told Autumn that if she kept losing it the way she did, then how would she ever expect Ilta to listen to her. He then said "rule number one, the most important thing when raising a Pokémon", Autumn finished with "you have to earn a Pokémon's trust". Finally, Autumn made a turn around, saying she wouldn't cry again.

The episode switched to Team Rocket. The two boys weren't happy with their coffee, which they claimed to be 'just a cup of hot water'. After Jessie's fit, the two left in a rush, saying that since there was no Miltank milk, they didn't need to be there. Jessie then plans to get Miltank.

Once more, the episode switches back to Brock and Autumn. This time, Ilta comes across an apple tree. When she tried to get the apples down, she knocked down a swarm of Beedrill as well. Autumn tried to protect Ilta from an oncoming Beedrill. Happiny saved the day with a Secret Power, seemingly stunning the Beedrill swarm. They ran away, escaping from a Beedrill. Seeing how courageous Autumn was, Ilta gave her trainer a lick on the face in gratitude. Suddenly, Team Rocket appeared, capturing both Ilta and Autumn. Brock jumped onto the net they were in, so Team Rocket took him and Happiny as well. Team Rocket placed all of them in a cage, wanting milk from Ilta. Ilta refused. Happiny was able to put Team Rocket to sleep with Secret Power, causing them to drop the key and free themselves from the cage. Wobbuffet woke Team Rocket up for them to see that Autumn, Brock, Ilta, and Happiny escaped.

When Autumn tripped, it was the second time it was shown that she liked Brock upon him grabbing her hand to stop her from falling. Team Rocket chased after them, finally catching up and throwing out their Pokémon, Seviper and Carnivine respectively. Ash and Dawn, seeing that Team Rocket had caught Brock and Autumn, caught up with their friends. Ash sent out his Turtwig, commanding it to use Energy Ball. It was a miss for Ash since Turtwig's Energy Ball wasn't perfected as of yet. Before Dawn could give it a try, Brock decided that he and Autumn should double battle to strengthen the bond between them and their Pokémon. Brock and Autumn won the battle.

Back at the barn, Ilta happily strapped herself into the machine to give Autumn some milk. Once Autumn tried to thank Brock, Brock went over to her sisters. Again, Croagunk was there to drag him away. Finally, Ash and friends say goodbye to the Maid Café, with some last reassuring words from Brock to Autumn. However, when the sisters told them to come back any time, Brock nearly went back to them right away, only to have Ash and Dawn drag him off. Autumn looked lovingly at Brock, wanting to be a strong, confident trainer for him. Ash and friends walk off down the road and toward Veilstone City and for Ash's next Gym battle so Ash can earn his next badge.

Major events

• Brock's Happiny learns Secret Power.
• Ash's Turtwig continues to learn Energy Ball.
• Dawn begins to suffer a lack of confidence after her recent contest losses.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Zoey (flashback)
• Autumn
• Summer
• Spring
• Nerds

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Miltank (Autumn's, nicknamed "Ilta"; Seiyū: Chie Satō)
• Miltank (2×; Spring's)
• Miltank (Summer's)
• Beedrill (swarm)

Trivia

• The Café Cabin on Route 210 is featured in this episode. However, it's called the Mountain Hut Maid Café in the dub.
• Amy Palant returns to dub the voice of Summer.
• This episode marks the third time that Ash has crossdressed. The other times were in Pokémon Scent-sation and Love at First Flight.
• This episode's dub title may be a reference to the song, Thanks For The Memories by the Chicago band Fall Out Boy.
• Jessie's Wobbuffet dressed in the outfit it wore in Claydol Big and Tall.
• By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ is replaced by Message of the Wind as the ending theme.
• Though Ambipom evolved in Journey to the Unown!, the opening for this episode has not been updated to include her evolution, which is something that also hasn't happened with We Will Be Heroes, the English opening theme.
• When Ash and his friends are helping in the café, two guys are visiting. One of them wears a T-Shirt with Marina on it and had a bandanna similar to May's.
• This episode has a similar theme to The Lotad Lowdown. Three sisters are introduced, Brock falls in love with the two older sisters, and the youngest sister is in love with him.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Probopass
  • Pokémon senryū: ダイノーズ　しんかするなら　テンガンざん　Dainōzu, shinka suru nara, Tengan-zan. "Dainose, if it's going to evolve, Mt. Tengan."
• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew can be heard.
• This is the first episode of the season without a cold opening.
• Piplup, Pikachu and Turtwig are embarrassed to be in the maid outfits, much like Ash. This may indicate that all three Pokémon are male.
• Brock's Happiny has yet to use Secret Power again after learning it in this episode.

Errors

• For a moment when Turtwig is on Ash's head, part of Ash's undershirt is colored black instead of white.

Dub edits

• Once again, in the dub, Japanese Pokémon voiceovers can be heard over the English ones

In other languages

• German: Nett und geduldig...?!
• Spanish: ¡Gracias por los recuerdos!
• Brazilian Portuguese: Um Tanque de Preguiça!
• Finnish: Maidoissa on eroja!
• Italian: Buon maestro, buoni consigli!
• Dutch: Een tank vol herinneringen!
• Polish: Mleczne wspomnienia
• Czech: Díky za vzpomínky

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