DP179
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(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.
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
- Ash arrives back at Sunyshore Gym for his Gym Battle against Volkner.
- Ash's Infernape's Blaze is activated again, and it gains control of the ability for the first time.
- Ash defeats Volkner and earns the Beacon Badge, allowing him to participate in the Sinnoh League.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Trivia
- Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Caterpie
- This episode marks the first time Infernape has used Dig since evolving from Monferno.
- This episode marks the first time Ash has won a Gym Badge since Sliding Into Seventh! which aired just over a year prior to this episode (a period of 52 episodes).
- This episode marks the first time Pikachu has defeated a member of the Electabuzz evolutionary line by himself.
- Volkner uses his team from Pokémon Platinum to battle Ash in this episode, whereas all the other Sinnoh Gym Leaders in the anime used the teams they had in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
Errors
Dub edits
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