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Playing the Leveling Field!
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Japanese themes
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Playing the Leveling Field! (Japanese: 踊るジムリーダー!メリッサ登場!! Dancing Gym Leader! Enter Melissa!) is the 93rd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 559th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 11, 2008.
Synopsis
Major events
- Fantina has a battle with Zoey and wins.
- Ash has an informal battle with Fantina.
- Fantina's Drifloon defeats Ash's Buizel.
- Fantina's Drifloon puts Ash's Chimchar to sleep and Chimchar is recalled.
- Fantina's Drifloon evolves to Drifblim in the battle against Ash's Pikachu and puts it to sleep. Ash then forfeits the match.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Anime debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Turtwig (Ash's)
- Staravia (Ash's)
- Chimchar (Ash's)
- Buizel (Ash's)
- Gliscor (Ash's)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Croagunk (Brock's)
- Happiny (Brock's)
- Yanmega (Jessie's)
- Glameow (Zoey's)
- Misdreavus (Fantina's) (flashback)
- Mismagius (Fantina's)
- Drifloon (Fantina's; evolves)
- Drifblim (Fantina's; newly evolved)
- Gengar (Fantina's) (flashback)
- Nosepass (Alan's) (flashback)
- Probopass (Alan's) (flashback)
- Luxray (flashback)
- Ponyta (flashback)
- Abra (flashback)
Trivia
- Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea is used as background music.
- Professor Oak's lecture: Riolu
- The dub title is a reference to the phrase "level the playing field".
Errors
Dub edits
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