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Dealing With Defensive Types!

DP108   EP574 ミオジム戦！はがねのバトル!! Mio Gym Match! Steel Battle!!

First broadcast Japan December 25, 2008 United States May 30, 2009

English themes Opening ~Battle Cry~ (Stand Up!) Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ Ending あしたはきっと

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

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Dealing With Defensive Types! (Japanese: ミオジム戦！はがねのバトル!! Mio Gym Match! Steel Battle!!) is the 108th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 574th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 25, 2008 and in the United States on May 30, 2009.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis At long last, Its the showdown between Ash and the Gym Leader Byron! Byron lives for two things: Beautiful Fossils and a strong defense. Can Ash finds the weakness within Byron's Team of Steel type Pokémon and win the Mine Badge? And is Gliscor ready for some pressure of its Gym Leader debut? Stay tuned...

Major events

• Ash battles Byron and earns his sixth gym badge, the Mine Badge.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Byron
• Roark
• Gym referee

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Bronzor (Byron's)
• Steelix (Byron's)
• Bastiodon (Byron's)
• Onix (Roark's, flashback)
• Omanyte
• Omastar
• Kabuto
• Kabutops
• Cradily
• Armaldo

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Machoke
• This is Gliscor's first Gym battle, and as of this episode Ash's entire team has now participated in at least one Gym battle. Gliscor also uses the battle strategy that Professor Oak told Ash to use in A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine!.
• As of this episode, Buizel has participated in more Gym Battles that any other member of Ash's Sinnoh team (including Pikachu if Gym Battles from other regions aren't counted). However, it also ties with Chimchar if its battle against Roark as a part of Paul's team is counted.
• This episode marks the shortest time between gym battles for Ash against a Sinnoh Gym Leader. Ash's last Gym battle was just six episodes ago, against Fantina.
• Ash's victory against Byron is similar to his victory over Jasmine.
  • Jasmine's badge, the Mineral Badge, was the sixth Johto badge Ash obtained, while the Mine Badge is the sixth Sinnoh badge Ash obtained.
  • Both Jasmine and Byron were defeated in the 108th episode of their region (EP117 being the first episode of Johto).
  • Both leaders specialize in Template:Type2s, and also used a Steelix in battle.
  • Byron's Steelix was defeated by Ash's Chimchar, the Sinnoh region's Template:Type2 starter, while Jasmine's Steelix was defeated by Ash's Cyndaquil, the Johto region's Template:Type2 starter.
• Pokémon Symphonic Medley is used as background music.

Errors

Dub edits

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