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Gateway to Ruin!

DP136   EP602 テンガン山の遺跡！ギンガ団の陰謀！！ Mt. Tengan Ruins! Ginga-dan Conspiracy!!

First broadcast Japan July 23, 2009 United States December 19, 2009

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

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！2009 Ending もえよ　ギザみみピチュー！

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka 山本珠代 Tamayo Yamamoto Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 石井和彦 Kazuhiko Ishii Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Gateway to Ruin! (Japanese: テンガン山の遺跡！ギンガ団の陰謀！！ Mt. Tengan Ruins! Ginga-dan Conspiracy!!) is the 136th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 602nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 23, 2009 and in the United States on December 19, 2009.

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Synopsis

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Still on their way to Dawn's next contest in Lilypad Town, Ash and his friends come to a section of Mt. Coronet where the area is muggy and a marshland. Soon, they come across a river with a strong current, as well as some blue Shellos. Ash and the gang are confused, as Zoey's Shellos is colored pink. Dawn looks it up in her Pokédex and finds out that there were two confirmed kinds of Shellos—Pink Shellos and Blue Shellos. Soon they see a Pink Shellos trapped in the river's current.

Piplup jumps in to try to rescue it. Piplup manages to catch it just before the current takes it away. Then, using a long tree branch, the others pull both Shellos and Piplup to the shore safely. Then, Nurse Joy arrives, relieved to see Shellos safe and thanks the gang for saving it. Brock then begins his usual flirting, which is then, of course, interrupted by Croagunk's Poison Jab. Nurse Joy wonders why a Pink Shellos is on the east side of Mt. Coronet, as Pink Shellos are only found the western side of the mountain and not on the east side with the Blue Shellos.

Nurse Joy reveals that long ago, when Mt. Coronet was starting to form, the two types of Shellos were separated and soon adapted to their new color and environment. However, there have recently been several western Shellos that have gotten lost on the east side of the mountain, but she was unsure why. Nurse Joy quickly changed the subject and took it to the Pokémon Center.

Fortunately, for the gang, Shellos is not injured a bit. The gang decides to take Shellos to the western side of the mountain. Nurse Joy suggests to find its home near the marshlands when Looker arrives and is intrigued to see another Shellos on the eastern side of Mt. Coronet. After happily greeting the group, Looker announces he is in a hurry and left. Although the gang was confused, they still decided to keep on their task and bring Shellos home.

Meanwhile, inside of the mountain, a squad of Galactic Grunts—led by Saturn and Charon—is searching the mountain for more clues to Spear Pillar. The limited data they collected from Iron Island suggested that it was on the Mt. Coronet and all the team has to do is find its gateway. Saturn is very impatient to find it, as they are very much behind schedule. Charon suggested he relax, as they would succeed in finding it. They were unaware that Team Rocket were spying on them. Jessie eyed the briefcase Team Galactic had and the trio began plotting to steal it.

Back with the group, Piplup was leading the way back to Shellos' home, with the latter riding on his head. Then, the gang noticed many caves. Piplup and Shellos peeked into one and, despite Dawn's safety warning, accidentally fell into it, with the gang following after. After falling a long way down, they find themselves unable to climb out. Looker, meanwhile, (who had just entered a different cave to the inside of the mountain) found human footprints and deduced that the tunnels were dug up recently. Just then, he heard a sound and soon discovered Team Galactic, but did not reveal himself just yet.

Team Galactic were continuing their search for Spear Pillar, but Saturn was still a bit impatient and was starting to lose hope. Charon scolded Saturn's impatience and reminded him that the region long ago believed in a Time-Space Legend involving Pokémon. These two Pokémon being Dialga and Palkia. Charon also mentioned that the ruins were made as a result of the ancient people's desire to meet them and suggested once again that Saturn relax again.

The gang soon found the footprints and this time, Shellos led the way. The gang did their best to catch up to Shellos, hoping to find a way out or someone who knows a way out. Unfortunately, they only found Team Galactic. Saturn became annoyed at the children getting in their way yet again. Without any warning, Ash and his friends were surrounded by Galactic Grunts, still under the watchful eye of Looker and Team Rocket....

Team Galactic tied up Ash, Dawn, Brock, Pikachu, Piplup, and Shellos, so they would not get in their way until their mission was complete. Brock wondered what they were planning this time, as Charon became amazed at finally meeting the "famous children" in person. Saturn, still getting impatient, tells Charon to ignore them and return to work. Team Rocket still planned to steal the briefcase, but needed a way to get past the Grunt guarding it.

Then, Shellos began to cry, which irritated Charon and ordered to keep it quiet. A grunt with a face unknown volunteered and yelled meanly at Shellos so that Team Galactic could hear. However, the grunt quietly talked calmly to it, but making sure Saturn and Charon didn't hear him, as well as not hear him telling the gang he would help them escape. He did, however, yell loudly that he would "tighten the ropes". Charon and Saturn immediately asked who he was and the grunt came towards him (with Saturn very suspicious of him).

The grunt said that he was sent from headquarters to help the expedition. Charon was confused as to why that is, since they already have enough manpower for the job. The grunt revealed he came in a hurry and only knew about ruins in the expedition. Charon decided to bring him up to speed. He told the grunt their mission was to find the gateway to Spear Pillar that is hidden on Mt. Coronet. The grunt with the case opened it, revealing the Spear Key to all, as Charon continued to explain by stating they would use the key to open the gateway to Spear Pillar, once they found it.

Ash and friends are amazed and soon found out how the Shellos got lost on the wrong side of the mountain: because Team Galactic dug the tunnels to find the gateway to Spear Pillar. Saturn reminded Charon to be careful with the key, since their leader entrusted them with the key. Charon said he couldn't really care about Team Galactic's intentions, so long as he does his part. Team Rocket, still spying on it, decide to steal the key and open the gateway to Spear Pillar themselves.

Charon orders the grunt to get to work immediately. The grunt complies, but soon jumps a distance away from them, frees Ash and the others, and reveals his true identity: Looker! Ash and the group were surprised and their surprise increased when—upon Saturn's request—revealed he was with the International Police. Team Rocket were also shocked that the man that delivered them lunchboxes some time ago was with the International Police and believed to have walked into a "brou ha ha".

Saturn mentioned that he received a report of a suspected spy in their ranks and deduced that Looker was the spy. Then, Shellos ran off again, the gang following. Saturn orders the grunts to capture Looker. Team Rocket takes the opportunity to steal the Spear Key, unguarded. Jessie sends out Seviper to use Haze. The Haze clouded Team Galactic's vision and when it faded, Team Rocket was in possession of the key. Charon ordered them to identify themselves. Team Rocket began their motto before Charon interrupted them, ordering the key back. However, they were soon surrounded by Team Galactic's Golbat arsenal.

Shellos soon ended in a dead end and cried. Ash and the group calm it down, assuring it that they would return Shellos to its home. Meanwhile, Looker manages to defend himself against the Grunts, which impresses Ash and the gang, as well as two Grunts that were working on finding the ruins. One Grunt suggests that they help out until they receive a signal. Saturn and Charon rush to them and discover that there are ruins hidden behind some rocks. Saturn is relieved to find the search to probably be over and sends out his Toxicroak.

Saturn orders his Toxicroak to use Rock Smash to destroy the rocks and after a few jabs, the rock is finally destroyed, revealing old ruins, perhaps the gateway to Spear Pillar. Although Saturn was a bit skeptical, he took the key back from Team Rocket and Toxicroak uses Dark Pulse to send Team Rocket blasting off. A grunt opens the case to reveal the key and take them to Spear Pillar.

But nothing happened. Charon could only deduce that these ruins were not the gateway to Spear Pillar. Saturn became irritated and, seeing there was no need to be here any longer, ordered to retreat. Pikachu and Piplup attempted to stop them by using Thunderbolt and BubbleBeam, respectively, but the Golbat used Protect and Team Galactic's escape was successful. Then, the place began to flood due to Toxicroak's Rock Smash. Looker took out a raft and the gang used it to barely escape. Team Galactic begins to pinpoint the next location of Spear Pillar on Mt. Coronet. Charon chuckles on how simple it was, as Saturn gives him an irritated look, apparently not trusting or taking a liking to Charon.

After safely moving out, Looker goes back to headquarters and the gang continues to find Shellos' home. As Shellos becomes reunited with its breed, Brock notices the mud water from the flash flood clogged up the tunnels Team Galactic made, meaning the Shellos will never again wind up on the wrong side of the mountain again. Ash and the gang say good-bye to Shellos, as they continue their way towards Lilypad Town...

Major events

• Ash and his friends meet Looker again and discovers that he is a member of the International Police.
• They also encounter Team Galactic again and Charon as well.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Shellos (East Sea)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Saturn
• Charon
• Looker
• Galactic Grunts
• Mars (flashback)
• Zoey (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Toxicroak (Saturn's)
• Shellos (East and West Sea; multiple)
• Golbat (Galactic Grunts'; multiple)
• Shellos (Zoey's; flashback)

Trivia

• This episode which features Team Galactic also marks the 100th episode since they made their debut.
• Brock narrates the next episode's preview.
• This is the final episode to use a 3:2 aspect ratio for the episode's beginning in the high-definition feed.

Errors

• There are a few scenes where Ash's jacket is longer than it should be.
• In one scene, a part of Dawn's vest was colored the same as her skin.
• At the end of the episode, during the "To Be Continued..." scene, Piplup's feet are blue.

Dub edits

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