DP128

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DP128

DP128   EP594 バトルピラミッド！シンジVSジンダイ！！ Battle Pyramid! Shinji VS Jindai!!

First broadcast Japan May 21, 2009 United States

English themes Opening Ending

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

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Assistant director 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Animation director 広岡歳仁 Toshihito Hirooka Additional credits

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(Japanese: バトルピラミッド！シンジVSジンダイ！！ Battle Pyramid! Shinji VS Jindai!!) is the 128th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 594th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 21, 2009.

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

Major events

• The group meets up once again with Reggie, who suggests Paul and Ash have a battle in 10 days.
• Brandon is challenged by Paul to a battle, which results in a loss for Paul.
• Paul is revealed to have obtained a Hariyama, a Nidoking and a Lairon.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Paul
• Zoey
• Candice
• Brandon
• Samuel
• Reggie
• Noland (flashback)
• Greta (flashback)
• Tucker (flashback)
• Lucy (flashback)
• Spenser (flashback)
• Anabel (flashback)
• Mikoto

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Electabuzz (Paul's)
• Ursaring (Paul's)
• Magmar (Paul's)
• Hariyama (Paul's)
• Nidoking (Paul's)
• Lairon (Paul's)
• Turtwig (Paul's; flashback)
• Glameow (Zoey's)
• Regirock (Brandon's)
• Registeel (Brandon's)
• Regice (Brandon's)
• Drapion (Reggie's; flashback)
• Dodrio
• Articuno (Noland's; flashback)
• Medicham (Greta's; flashback)
• Arcanine (Tucker's; flashback)
• Swampert (Tucker's; flashback)
• Milotic (Lucy's; flashback)
• Claydol (Spenser's; flashback)
• Espeon (Anabel's; flashback)

Trivia

• This is the first episode starring a Frontier Brain where Scott does not appear.
• This is the first episode in which both Paul and Reggie appear in person together.
• The Sinnoh map shown on T.V. is similar to the one in-game.
• This episode holds the record for the most amount of Pokédex entries in a single episode, that being six (the Pokémon referenced being Regirock, Registeel, Regice, Hariyama, Nidoking and Lairon).

Errors

• Regirock's Stone Edge goes through Electabuzz's Protect.

Dub edits

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