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(Japanese: トバリジム！ルカリオVSブイゼル！！ Tobari Gym! Lucario VS Buoysel!!) is the 68th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It is scheduled to air in Japan on February 28, 2008.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash challenges Maylene.
  • Ash's Staravia defeats Maylene's Machoke.
  • Ash's Chimchar fights against Maylene's Meditite, before being recalled by Ash.
  • Ash's Staravia defeats Maylene's Meditite.
  • Ash's Staravia is defeated by Maylene's Lucario.
  • Ash's Buizel defeats Maylene's Lucario, and Ash wins the match, earning the Cobble Badge.
• Ash's Staravia perfects the move Brave Bird.
• Ash's Buizel is shown to have learned the move Water Pulse.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Maylene

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Lucario (Maylene's)
• Machoke (Maylene's)
• Meditite (Maylene's)

Trivia

• This is the 50th episode since Ash earned his first badge in the region. In Kanto, Ash already had six badges by this point, in Johto, he was going for his fourth badge, and in Hoenn he already had four badges.
• This will be Buizel's first major battle, as well as its first Gym Battle with Ash.

Errors

Dub edits

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