BW077

This article is about an episode of the Pokémon anime that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

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Evolution by Fire!

BW077   EP734 炎のメモリー！ポカブVSエンブオー！！ Flaming Memories! Pokabu VS Enbouh!!

First broadcast Japan May 3, 2012 United States September 1, 2012

English themes Opening Rival Destinies Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending 七色アーチ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Assistant director 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Animation director 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

Evolution by Fire! (Japanese: 炎のメモリー！ポカブVSエンブオー！！ Flaming Memories! Pokabu VS Enbuoh!!) is the 77th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 734th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 3, 2012 and is scheduled to air in the United States on September 1, 2012.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis In Astilbe Town, Ash and his friends meet a boy called Suwama. He is the previous owner of Ash’s current Tepig due to Suwama abandoning Tepig because he believed that it had no talent for battles. Determined to prove how useless Tepig actually is, Suwama challenges Ash to a Double Battle.

Major events

• Ash and his friends meet Tepig's former Trainer, Suwama.
• Ash's Tepig evolves into Pignite and learns Fire Pledge.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Ash's Pignite

TV episode debuts

• Heatmor

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Don George
• Shamus
• Kensō
• Trainers

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Emboar (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Tepig (Ash's; evolves)
• Pignite (Ash's; newly evolved)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Scraggy (Ash's)
• Krokorok (Ash's)
• Emolga (Iris's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Emboar (Shamus's)
• Heatmor (Shamus's)
• Mienshao (Kensō's)
• Watchog (Kensō's)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Gothorita
• This episode marks the first appearance of a Don George outside of a tournament setting since Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!.

Errors

• As Watchog lifts Emboar off the ground while performing Slam, its nose is cream colored instead of black.
• While Emboar dusted himself off, the decorative pattern on its side is missing.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		炎之回憶！暖暖豬對炎武王！！

← BW076 : A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2

Best Wishes series

BW078 : Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain! →

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