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Throwing the Track Switch
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Throwing the Track Switch (Japanese: エイパムとブイゼル!それぞれの道!! Eipam and Buoysel! Respective Roads!!) is the 55th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 521st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 22, 2007 and in the United States on April 26, 2008.
While in a training session with the group, Zoey notices that Aipom is more interested in Dawn's battle style while Buizel is more interested in Ash's battle style. Meanwhile, James is depressed about leaving Cacnea.
Synopsis
Major events
- Dawn learns that the next Contest will be held in Solaceon Town.
- Ash and Dawn trade their Aipom and Buizel.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Dawn
- Brock
- Jessie
- James
- Zoey
- Kenny (on television)
- Marian (on television)
- Contesta (on television)
- Two unknown trainers
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Mime Jr. (James's)
- Aipom (Ash's; traded to Dawn)
- Staravia (Ash's)
- Chimchar (Ash's)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Buneary (Dawn's)
- Pachirisu (Dawn's)
- Buizel (Dawn's; traded to Ash)
- Sudowoodo (Brock's)
- Croagunk (Brock's)
- Happiny (Brock's)
- Seviper (Jessie's)
- Dustox (Jessie's)
- Carnivine (James's)
- Glameow (Zoey's)
- Prinplup (Kenny's)
- Ponyta, (silhouette; traded between two trainers)
- Munchlax, (silhouette; traded between two trainers)
Trivia
- Music from Jirachi: Wish Maker, an instrumental version of Together, Hello! Thank You!, and the title theme from Pokémon 4Ever are used as background music.
- The music of the Abandoned Ship is used as background music in a scene with Team Rocket.
- Jessie says the title of the song とりかえっこプリーズ Trade Please.
- This is only the third time a main anime character has traded Pokémon. The first time was in Battle Aboard the St. Anne!, where Ash traded his Butterfree to a Gentleman for a Raticate, but soon traded back, while the second was in Tricks of the Trade, where Jessie traded her Lickitung for a Wobbuffet.
- Professor Oak's lecture: Shellos
- Pokémon senryū: カラナクシ にしとひがしで いろちがい Karanakushi, nishi to higashi de, iro chigai "Karanakushi, the Western and the Eastern are, alternate colored"
- Ash narrates the next episode preview.
- This is one of the few episodes Brock doesn't flirt with Nurse Joy, although earlier in the episode while he was making a medicine for Ash, he said he wouldn't waste Nurse Joy's time when she could be working.
Errors
- When the two trainers were trading before Dawn and Ash, it showed the shadow of a Rapidash instead of a Ponyta.
Dub edits
In other languages
- Latin American Spanish: ¡El intercambio!
- Brazilian Portuguese: A hora da troca!
- Polish: Czas na zmiany
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