DP179

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DP179

DP179   EP645 電撃バトル！最後のバッジ！！ Electric Shock Battle! The Final Badge!!

First broadcast Japan June 3, 2010 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening サイコー・エブリディ！ Ending ドッチ～ニョ？

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: 電撃バトル！最後のバッジ！！ Electric Shock Battle! The Final Badge!!) is the 179th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 645th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 3, 2010.

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Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis With Sunyshore Gym fully repaired, Ash is ready to finally battle Volkner for the Beacon Badge, the final Gym Badge he needs to enter the Sinnoh League. However, as the final Gym Leader before the league, Volkner won't be so easy to beat. The robotic referee starts the match off. Ash chooses his Torterra and Volkner chooses his Electivire. Ash starts by ordering a Leaf Storm form Torterra but Volkner has Electivire use Fire Punch to burn the leaves up. Ash makes a plan and tells Torterra to use Leaf Storm again and Electivire again uses Fire Punch to burn the leaves up, however, Ash has Torterra use Energy Ball in quick succession and this time, the attack makes a hit. Electivire doesn't appear to be harmed. Ash has Torterra use Rock Climb to fill the terrain with rock pillars and a pillar comes out from under Electivire's feet. As Torterra climbs up the pillar, Volkner has Electivire use Ice Punch and the attack makes a clean hit. Torterra being part Grass type gets frozen quite easily and falls down to the ground. When it falls, the ice breaks and it is seen that Torterra is unconscious. The match goes to Volkner. Ash decides to send out his Pikachu to fight Electivire. Pikachu uses Quick Attack and Electivire counters with Fire Punch. Pikachu dodges and uses Thunderbolt. This triggers Electivire's Motor Drive ability which makes it immune to Electric attacks. Pikachu uses another Thunderbolt but with no avail. Realizing that Electric attacks won't work, Ash orders an Iron Tail from Pikachu but this triggers the second effect of Motor Drive which boosts Electivire's speed. After running circles around Pikachu, Electivire uses Fire Punch but Pikachu dodges it. Electivire uses Ice Punch in quick succession and this time, the attack hits. This triggers Pikachu's Static ability which immobilizes Electivire's left arm. Electivire uses another Ice Punch and Pikachu dodges, but while dodging, Pikachu's tail touches Electivire's leg and immobilizes it. Electivire uses another Ice Punch and Pikachu counters with Iron Tail. The two attacks collide and the rest of Electivire's body immobilizes making it completely paralyzed. Pikachu uses one final Iron Tail which hits Electivire in the face and knocks it out, giving Ash the victory.

Major events

• Ash arrives back at Sunyshore Gym for his Gym Battle against Volkner.
• Ash's Infernape's Blaze is activated again, and it gains control of the ability for the first time.
• Ash defeats Volkner and earns the Beacon Badge, allowing him to participate in the Sinnoh League.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Volkner
• Flint

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Torterra (Ash's)
• Infernape (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's; flashback)
• Monferno (Ash's; flashback)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Electivire (Volkner's)
• Luxray (Volkner's)
• Jolteon (Volkner's)
• Empoleon (Barry's; flashback)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Caterpie
• This episode marks the first time Ash has won a Gym Badge since Sliding Into Seventh!, 52 episodes, and just over one year, previous. This is the longest gap between badges of the same region.
• This episode marks the first time Pikachu has defeated a member of the Electabuzz evolutionary line by himself.
• Volkner uses his team from Pokémon Platinum to battle Ash in this episode, whereas all the other Sinnoh Gym Leaders in the anime used the teams they had in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
• This is the fourth Gym battle in a row where Infernape defeats two of the Gym Leader's Pokémon. This battle, as with all the previous battles (which all occurred before Chimchar evolved into Monferno) involved it defeating one of the Gym Leader's Pokémon, being temporarily recalled and then being reused to defeat the second Pokémon.
• The Greatest - Everyday! is played as background music after Infernape had gained control of Blaze.

Errors

• When Electivire falls over as it's knocked out, the black spot on its forehead is missing.
• Blaze is supposed to power up only Template:Type2 moves, but it also powered up Mach Punch.

Dub edits

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