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DP023   爆走ハガネール！ビッパの村を守れ!! Roaring Haganeil! Protect the Bipper Village!!

First broadcast Japan March 15, 2007 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

(Japanese: 爆走ハガネール！ビッパの村を守れ!! Roaring Haganeil! Protect the Bipper Village!!) is the 23rd episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on March 15, 2007.

While continuing his journey in the Sinnoh region, Ash Ketchum and friends must protect a village of Bidoof from an out-of-control Steelix.

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

Major events

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Bidoof (stray) (Seiyū: 津村まこと Makoto Tsumura)
• Bidoof (leader) (Seiyū: 三宅健太 Ken Miyake)
• Bidoof (pack)
• Steelix (Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• Music from Destiny Deoxys and Jirachi: Wish Maker, and an alternate cut of Spurt! are used as background music.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Jessie's Seviper
  • The footage in this segment is from A Tail with a Twist, Like it or Lup It and Leave It To Brocko.
• Pokémon senryū: あかいキバ　わわるとアブネー　ハブネーク The red fangs, it's dangerous to touch them; Habunake.

Dub edits

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