DP148

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Try for the Family Stone!

DP148   EP614 ムウマとヤミカラスとやみのいし！ Muma, Yamikarasu and the Dark Stone!

First broadcast Japan October 22, 2009 United States March 13, 2010

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

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ 2009 Ending ‎ドッチ～ニョ？

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 大庭秀昭 Hideaki Ōba Assistant director 近橋伸隆 Nobutaka Chikahashi Animation director 木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Try for the Family Stone! (Japanese: ムウマとヤミカラスとやみのいし！ Muma, Yamikarasu and the Dark Stone!) is the 148th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 614th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on October 22, 2009 and will air in the United States on March 13, 2010.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Still on the way to Sunyshore City so Ash can battle for his eighth and final Gym Badge, the gang meet a female Trainer and her Misdreavus who are battling a Murkrow for a Dusk Stone, which has the power to evolve Misdreavus into a Mismagius. However it can also evolve Murkow into a Honchkrow, so it seems the Trainer has a fight on her hands...

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Ruchiru
• Michiru
• Giovanni (fantasy)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Misdreavus (Ruchiru's)
• Murkrow (Michiru's)
• Mismagius (fantasy)
• Giratina (illusion)

Trivia

• Ruchiru's Pokédex as seen in this episode appears to represent the Ice Blue edition of the Nintendo DS Lite that was released in 2008 (similar to how the Pokédex typically represents the latest released Nintendo handheld system).
• The small shrine seen in this episode has a striking resemblance to Celebi's shrine that appeared in the fourth movie.
• The episode's title is most likely a reference to the band Sly and the Family Stone
• The preview of the next episode was narrated by both Ash and Dawn.
• This is the last episode to air before the Engilsh release of HeartGold and SoulSilver

Errors

Dub edits

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