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Enter Galactic!

DP069   EP535 ステキファッション！その名はギンガ団！！ Lovely Fashion! Their Name is Galaxy-dan!!

First broadcast Japan March 6, 2008 United States August 9, 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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume Additional credits

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Enter Galactic! (Japanese: ステキファッション！その名はギンガ団！！ Lovely Fashion! Their Name is Galaxy-dan!!) is the 69th episode of Diamond & Pearl series, and the 535th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 6, 2008 and in the United States on August 9, 2008.

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

Blurb

Before Ash and his friends leave Veilstone City, Paul's brother Reggie shows him the city's most famous sight: a field full of ancient meteorites that are considered the guardians of the city. Then it's off to the Pokémon Center to plan for Ash's next destination, the Gym in Pastoria City. All the while, Team Galactic prepares to execute the next stage in their grand scheme—Commander Saturn has come to town with the strange cube he took from the Solaceon Ruins, and the meteorites' presence transforms the cube into the Spear Key. With the Key now in hand, Saturn signals for the second phase to begin.

From their secret base in Veilstone, Team Galactic jams the entire city with a magnetic wave, disrupting everything from the communications grid to the medical equipment at the Pokémon Center. Using that as cover, they move in to steal the meteorites. Gym Leader Maylene's Lucario senses that something's afoot, so she and our heroes rush to the meteorite field and find Team Galactic ready to fly off with the meteorites.

Even with Officer Jenny as reinforcement, Ash and the gang are still outnumbered as they try to stop Team Galactic. While Brock's Croagunk faces down Saturn's Toxicroak, Team Galactic's minions release a swarm of Golbat. The Golbat hold everyone off—until Reggie and Paul's Electabuzz show up and Electabuzz teams up with Pikachu to unleash Electric-type attacks. The tide turns and Pikachu helps cut the meteorites loose, forcing Team Galactic to retreat. Another victory for the forces of good! However, despite the loss of the meteorites, Team Galactic's scheme is still proceeding as planned...

Plot

As Ash and his friends are preparing to leave Veilstone City, Reggie takes them to see the meteors of the city. The gang marvel at where the meteors could have come from, as red, green and blue lights appear far overhead. Back at the Pokémon Center, Ash plans the next Gym to go to, with Nurse Joy suggesting Pastoria's Gym. Meanwhile, Saturn steps out of a helicopter and heads into the Veilstone Galactic Headquarters with a mysterious box in hand. He briefs the Grunts about what their mission is, and then leaves to go to the park where the meteors are held.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket is planning and singing about how they will steal the meteors, until James points out that trying to lift one, all four would receive a hernia. They are interrupted by helicopters touching down, while others hover overhead. In the Pokémon Center, Reggie is talking on the videophone with Paul. Reggie comments to Paul about how Ash is a formidable opponent, which annoys Paul. Back at the meteor field, Saturn steps out of a helicopter, and gets out the box, and opens it to reveal the Spear Key. In the meteor's presence, the cube-like key hovers and reforms into a different shape, and as this happens, the meteors start glowing and release beams of light into the air. Many people, including Ash, Dawn, Brock, Maylene, and Reggie, take notice. Saturn then radios HQ to run the scrambling. The grunt on the other end complies, and communications and all technology (excluding vehicles and Galactic Equipment) across the city go down. This prompts Officer Jenny to dispatch forces across the city, while the gang heads over to the hill. En route, they bump into Maylene and her Lucario, who tells them that Connally has gone to inform Jenny about what's happening.

The meteors of Veilstone City

While this is happening, Team Galactic notice Team Rocket, and the Trio start their motto, only to be interrupted by a nonchalant Saturn sending out his Toxicroak, who blasts them a short distance with a Sludge Bomb. The gang arrive and suspect the Rocket's to be behind it, to the ire of Jessie. Toxicroak sends a Dark Pulse at them all, and Lucario quickly intervenes with an Aura Sphere which has no effect on Toxicroak. Jenny then arrives, and confronts and reveals who Team Galactic are. At this point, Saturn tells the grunts to release their Golbat to distract the group, in order for the meteors to continue being lifted. The group struggles with the Golbat, until Reggie arrives with Electabuzz to help in the fight. While the fight is going on, Brock's Croagunk and Saturn's Toxicroak are battling, when Team Rocket get in middle of two attacks and end up blasting off. The group take out many of the Golbat after a lucky shot from a combined electric attack by Pikachu and Electabuzz. Electabuzz becomes surrounded by Golbat, until Pikachu uses Thunderbolt to disperse them, and asks if Electabuzz is OK. One of the Golbat, however, manages to fire off a Shadow Ball at Pikachu, which Electabuzz blocks. The attention turns to the helicopters, and the gang turns their attention to the cables attached to the meteors. Pikachu uses Volt Tackle, supercharged by Electabuzz's Thunder attack, Lucario uses Bone Rush to cut the cables, and Dawn's Piplup uses Whirlpool to contain the meteors to protect them. Saturn sighs at the grunts telling him that it's time, and retreats. Pikachu and Lucario send off a Thunderbolt and an Aura Sphere respectively, but the helicopters are too far away.

Ash apologizes for not being able to apprehend them, but Jenny says that everyone is safe, as are the meteors, so it's a job well done. Meanwhile, in the helicopter, Saturn discusses how their next plan is at the lake, as Team Galactic flies into the sunset.

Major events

• Ash decides to head for the Pastoria Gym next via Lake Valor.
• Ash and his friends learn of Team Galactic and encounter them for the first time.
• Ash and his friends encounter Team Galactic Commander Saturn for the first time.
• Ash's Pikachu and Paul's Electabuzz settle their differences.
• Reggie prepares to send Electabuzz back to Paul.
• The cube Team Galactic stole from the Solaceon Ruins earlier is revealed to be the Spear Key.
• Brock's Croagunk starts a rivalry with Saturn's Toxicroak.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Toxicroak (Saturn's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Reggie
• Maylene
• Paul
• Saturn
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Team Galactic Grunts

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Electabuzz (Paul's)
• Lucario (Maylene's)
• Toxicroak (Saturn's; debut)
• Golbat (Team Galactic Grunts'; multiple)
• Chansey
• Munchlax
• Starly
• Shinx
• Cherubi
• Stunky
• Budew
• Unown (multiple; flashback)

Trivia

• This is one of the few episodes (if not the first) to feature a town map with high detail.
• This is also one of the few episodes to feature Team Rocket reciting their motto off-screen.
• The dub title is a pun on the word "intergalactic".
• As Team Galactic makes their escape, Saturn mentions the Red Chain and that their next mission will be at one of the three lakes.
• Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia: Ash's Buizel
• Music from Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea is used in some parts of this episode.

Errors

• When Ash mentions the events of Journey to the Unown!, he says the group was at Eterna City when they were actually at Solaceon Town.
  • However, he may have been referring to A Secret Sphere of Influence!, when Team Rocket stole the Adamant Orb from the Eterna Historical Museum for Team Galactic.
• When Ash mentions seeing Team Galactic, the flashback displayed is of what Team Rocket saw, and not him.
• Despite Team Galactic throwing 36 Poké Balls into the air, only fifteen Golbat appear.
• Officer Jenny says that they managed to get all of the meteors back despite the group only saving two.
• When Team Rocket talks about stealing the meteorites, the sound of Wobbuffet popping out of its Poké Ball is heard, even though Wobbuffet was already outside it.
• In the Polish dub, for unknown reasons, Saturn's voice actor is switched during one scene.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		新潮打扮！其名為銀河隊！！
Czech		Přicházejí Galakťáci!
Danish		Galactic på banen!
Dutch		De wereld van Team Galactic!
Finnish		Uusi maailma!
European French		La Team Galaxie !
German		Galaktisch böse - Team Galaktik!
Italian		Il ritorno del Team Galassia!
Korean		멋쟁이 패션! 그들의 정체는 갤럭시단!
Norwegian		Inn kom Galactic!
Polish		Zespół G wkracza do akcji
Portuguese	Brazil	Entram os Galácticos!
	Portugal	A Team Galáctica!
Romanian		Echipa Galactică la Orizont
Russian		Команда Галактика
Spanish	Latin America	¡Intergaláctico!
	Spain	Galaxia en Acción
Swedish		Galactic gör entré!

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