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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.

(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. Can Ash and his team find the strength needed to defeat Volkner and his powerful Template:Type2 Pokémon?

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Trivia

Errors

Blaze supposed to power up only Fire-type moves, but it also powered Mach Punch.

Dub edits

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