DP050

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DP050   全員参加！タッグバトル!! All Members Participate! Tag Battle!!

First broadcast Japan October 4, 2007 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜(PopUp.Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Animation directors 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume 新城真 Makoto Shinjō No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Early reports only credited Kunihiko Natsume as animation director.

(Japanese: 全員参加！タッグバトル!! All Members Participate! Tag Battle!!) is the 50th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on October 4, 2007 as part of a two-hour special alongside DP049.

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

Major events

• Ash and Paul must work together in a tag battle.

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Paul
• Kōhei (Seiyū: 三戸耕三 Kōzō Mito)
• Honoka (Seiyū: 小笠原亜里沙 Arisa Ogasawara)
• Enta (Seiyū: 三宅健太 Kenta Miyake)
• Researcher (Seiyū: 仁科洋平 Yōhei Nishina)
• Elite Trainer (Seiyū: 逢坂　力 Chikara Ōsaka)
• Giant (Seiyū: 堂坂晃三 Kōzō Dōzaka)
• Trainer 1 (Seiyū: 阪口大助 Daisuke Sakaguchi*)
• Trainer 2 (Seiyū: 川上とも子 Tomoko Kawakami*)
• Audience

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Chimchar (Paul's)
• Elekid (Paul's)
• Slowking (Kōhei's)
• Wingull (Honoka's)
• Koffing
• Scyther
• Yanma
• Bagon
• Rhydon
• Magmar
• In James's daydream:
  • Cranidos
  • Mothim
  • Drifloon
  • Gastly
  • Glameow
  • Shieldon

Trivia

• This is part one of a three episode arc.
• This episode features the following pairings:

Ash and Paul with Pikachu and Chimchar

Dawn and Kōhei with Piplup and Slowking

Brock and Honoka with Sudowoodo and Wingull

• The ending was omitted in the original broadcast, with the credits moved to the opening instead.
• Music from Pokémon Heroes and Jirachi: Wish Maker, and the instrumental version of Advance Adventure are used as background music.
• Dawn's partner, Kōhei, seems to have a crush on her.
• Kōhei appears to be based off of the Super nerd class.

Errors

• Magmar is shown using water pulse, however magmar cannot learn water pulse or any other water type attacks,

Dub edits

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