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The Battle Finale of Legend!

DP152   EP618 ディアルガとパルキア！ 最後の戦い！！ Dialga and Palkia! The Final Battle!

First broadcast Japan November 12, 2009 United States April 10, 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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka 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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The Battle Finale of Legend! (Japanese: ディアルガとパルキア！ 最後の戦い！！ Dialga and Palkia! The Final Battle!) is the 152nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 618th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan as a one-hour special on November 12, 2009, along with The Needs of the Three! and in the United States on April 10, 2010.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis With the Lake Guardians captured and the Red Chain complete, Cyrus prepares to begin his final plan and summon Dialga and Palkia so they can lay waste to Sinnoh. While Gary, Professor Rowan and Cynthia try to hold things together, it's up to Ash, Dawn and Brock to try and free Azelf, Mesprit and Uxie as well as try to calm Dialga and Palkia... but can the powers of Knowledge, Emotion and Willpower be enough to stand up to the sheer force of Time and Space?

Major events

• Cyrus succeeds in briefly summoning Dialga and Palkia.
• Ash, Dawn and Brock, after setting them free from Team Galactic's control, join forces with Mesprit, Azelf and Uxie to stop Cyrus and calm Dialga and Palkia.
• Cyrus disappears through a portal created by Dialga and Palkia.
• Saturn, Mars and Jupiter are arrested while the Adamant Orb and the Lustrous Orb are recovered, thereby bringing down Team Galactic.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Dialga
• Palkia

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Cyrus
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Charon
• Looker
• Cynthia
• Gary
• Professor Rowan
• Yuzo

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's)
• Toxicroak (Saturn's)
• Purugly (Mars's)
• Skuntank (Jupiter's)
• Golbat (Galactic Grunts'; multiple)
• Dialga
• Palkia
• Uxie
• Mesprit
• Azelf

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Beldum
• This episode features total of five legendary Pokémon (Azelf, Uxie, Mesprit, Dialga, and Palkia), more than any other episode.
• The preview of the next episode was narrated by Team Rocket.
• Darkrai and Giratina once again replace Palkia and Dialga, respectively, in the beginning and ending of the preview of the next episode.
• Music from Pokémon Heroes, Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, The Rise of Darkrai, and Giratina and the Sky Warrior is used in this episode.
• A preview of future episodes is also shown. These include in order of the preview:
  • Ash's Gliscor learning Giga Impact (Mastering Current Events!),
  • Ash's Buizel learning Ice Punch (DP159),
  • Dawn's fire-ice combination with Mamoswine and Cyndaquil (Double-Time Battle Training!),
  • Zoey appearing, with a Leafeon and Kirlia (Double-Time Battle Training!),
  • Barry appearing (DP157),
  • Ash obtaining a Gible (DP157),
  • Ash's Gible battling with Barry's Empoleon (DP157).

Errors

• In one scene Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf hover in front of Brock, Dawn, and Ash in that order; in the very next shot, Uxie and Azelf have switched positions.
• In another scene several minutes later the same occurs, with Azelf and Mesprit switching positions.

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