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An Egg Scramble!

DP143   EP609 ジョウトフェスタ！ チコリータとワニノコ登場！！ Jōto Festa! Enter Chicorita and Waninoko!!

First broadcast Japan September 17, 2009 United States February 6, 2010

English themes Opening Battle Cry - (Stand Up!) Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ 2009 Ending もえよ　ギザみみピチュー！

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Assistant director 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Animation directors 古川博之 Hiroyuki Furukawa 牧内ももこ Momoko Makiuchi Additional credits

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An Egg Scramble! (Japanese: ジョウトフェスタ！ チコリータとワニノコ登場！！ Jōto Festa! Enter Chicorita and Waninoko!!) is the 143rd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 609th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan as a 1 hour special on September 17, 2009, along with Gone With the Windworks! and will air in the United States on February 6, 2010.

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

Synopsis

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Major events

• Ash and friends meet Lyra and Khoury, two Pokémon Trainers from Johto.
• Dawn has a battle with Lyra during the Johto Festival and wins an egg, which hatches into a Cyndaquil.
• Lyra and Khoury join the group.

Debuts

• Lyra
• Khoury

Pokémon debuts

• Dawn's Cyndaquil

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Lyra
• Khoury
• Khoury's father
• Clair (on T.V.)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Cyndaquil (Dawn's; hatched)
• Marill (Lyra's)
• Chikorita (Lyra's)
• Totodile (Khoury's)
• Ampharos (Amphy; on T.V.)
• Dragonair (Clair's; on T.V.)
• Teddiursa
• Ursaring (multiple)
• Celebi (fantasy)
• Lugia (fantasy)
• Entei (fantasy)

Trivia

• This is the first episode of the five-part 'Lyra and Khoury' mini-arc.
• Lyra's Johto introduction showed Clair in her Generation IV outfit.
• This is the first time that a main character receives an egg in which it hatches in the same episode.
• The episode shows many of the new key items within HeartGold and SoulSilver. At their stall, Kazunari and his father are selling items such as Apricorns, Apricorn Cases, Berry Planters, Rage Candy Bars, and Apricorn Shakers.
• This episode, which featured Dawn getting a new Pokémon (Cyndaquil), aired close to when To Thine Own Pokémon Be True! aired in the US, which featured her releasing a Pokémon (Ambipom).
  • Interestingly, Cyndaquil knows the move Swift, one of Ambipom's most-used moves
• Much like how Marilyn from Battling a Cute Drama! called Dawn Hikarin, Lyra also calls Dawn this.
• The move Water Gun receives a new digital effect in this episode.

Errors

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