DP140

This article is about an episode of the Pokémon anime that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

(Japanese: ネイティ、 ネイティオ。。。不思議な森！ Naty, Natio... Mysterious Forest!) is the 140th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 606th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 27, 2009.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis While they are helping with the festival, the group encounters Barry again. To test the progress of each other, Ash and Barry immediately start a battle. However, Barry runs off into the forest and comes across a wild Natu. Soon Ash, Dawn and Barry find themselves in trouble facing predicaments that they each faced in the beginning of their journeys. With Dawn and Piplup up against yet another swarm of wild Ariados and Ash and Pikachu up against a flock of wild Spearow, what will be the outcome of all of this?

Major events

• Tower Tycoon Palmer is revealed to be Barry's father.

Debuts

• Palmer

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Barry
• Palmer
• Johanna
• Fisherman
• Iizō Iino
• Kane Iino
• Clown
• Goldeen catcher

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Heracross (Barry's)
• Dodrio (multiple)
• Sandslash (multiple)
• Tauros (multiple)
• Goldeen (multiple)
• Combee (multiple)
• Spearow (multiple)
• Ariados (multiple)
• Mightyena (multiple)
• Natu
• Xatu
• Camerupt
• Mothim
• Seel
• Grumpig
• Mr. Mime
• Alakazam
• Nidoking
• Nidoqueen
• Aipom
• Skorupi
• Fearow
• Feebas
• Magikarp
• Rattata

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Castform.
• Palmer makes his debut appearance exactly 100 episodes after Cynthia made hers. Coincidently, they both made cameos in Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime, and they shared the same battle music in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
• The pasture of Dodrio, Sandslash, and Tauros that Barry was looking over looked similar to Professor Oak's Pokémon ranch.
• This is the first episode featuring Barry where his Empoleon does not appear.

Errors

• Nidoqueen's mouth is colored blue instead of cream.

Dub edits

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