Gulpin it Down!

AG065

ゴクリン撃退大作戦!!
The Great Gokulin Repelling Strategy!

First broadcast

Japan	February 26, 2004
United States	February 12, 2005

English themes

Opening	This Dream
Ending

Japanese themes

Opening	アドバンス・アドベンチャー
Ending	スマイル ②

Credits

No additional credits are available at this time.
Animation	Team Ota
Screenplay	藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita
Storyboard	浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Assistant director	大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi
Animation director	たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda

Gulpin it Down! (Japanese: ゴクリン撃退大作戦!! The Great Gokulin Repelling Strategy!) is episode 65 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on February 26, 2004 and in the United States on February 12, 2005.

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

Synopsis

Ash and friends are in a town close to Petalburg City, when their picnic is gobbled up by a passing Gulpin. They hear an emergency announcement instructing everyone to evacuate.

The kids and a local shopkeeper are accosted by a large group of Gulpin. Officer Jenny saves them, bringing the friends back to the Pokémon Center. They meet Nurse Joy and Professor Jacuzzi, who are working to stop the Gulpin from eating all of the town's food supplies.

The professor's first plan involves a giant PokeBlock to lead the Gulpin away. Team Rocket tries to steal the Pokéblocks, but their balloon is shot down by the Gulpin. The Gulpin follow the Pokéblocks out of town.

The Gulpin try to return through the sewer, but Jenny and Joy block the way. The Gulpin emerge onto the street. Professor Jacuzzi arrives with a device that beams them up and shoots them away, but it breaks down with one Gulpin left to go. Ash sends his Treecko out to battle and the machine restarts, grabbing both Pokémon. It explodes, and the two of them become oversized.

To avoid destroying the town, Treecko leads Gulpin to a lake, but is too tired to battle. May suggests capturing Gulpin in a Poké Ball. Nurse Joy gives the professor a Heavy Ball, and he captures the Gulpin, vowing to restore it to its normal size.