DP057

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Diamond & Pearl series

DP058 : Nosing 'Round the Mountain! →

Bibarel Gnaws Best!

DP057   EP523 ビーダルは知っていた！ Beadull Knew!

First broadcast Japan November 29, 2007 United States May 17, 2008

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

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

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

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Bibarel Gnaws Best! (Japanese: ビーダルは知っていた！ Beadull Knew!) is the 57th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 523rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 29, 2007 as part of a one-hour special alongside The Keystone Pops!, and in the United States on May 17, 2008.

Before an under-construction stone bridge, Ash and his friends meet the Breeder Isis, who is having a quarrel with the designer of the bridge. They are having sort of a headache because the "employee"-- Bibarel, who is supposed to do the quarrying, now doesn't work. Ash and friends offer to help with the quarrying work, however...

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash and co. are traveling to Solaceon Town, when they come across an incomplete bridge that slows their path. The bridge is incomplete due to a 'lazy' Bibarel, however, they soon realize (with an interruption from Team Rocket) that the supervisor of the project was selfish, and the plans would have resulted in the bridge collapsing. But soon, it is fixed with lots of help from all the Pokémon, and the gang can continue their journey.

Major events

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni (fantasy)
• Isis (Seiyū: 名塚佳織 Kaori Nazuka)
• Expert (Seiyū: 三宅健太 Kenta Miyake)
• Designer (Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*)
• Village headmaster

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Bibarel (expert's, in Isis's care; Seiyū: 川上とも子 Tomoko Kawakami)
• Machamp (expert's)
• Machoke (construction worker's)
• Machamp (construction worker's)
• Rhydon (designer's)
• Magmar (designer's)
• Aggron (designer's; Seiyū: 三宅健太 Kenta Miyake*)
• Metang (designer's; Seiyū: 三宅健太 Kenta Miyake*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

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Buizel's blue eye

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Hippopotas
  • Pokémon senryū: みえるかな　すなにかくれた　ヒポポタス Mieru ka na, suna ni kakureta, Hipopotasu "Can I see it? Hidden in the sand; Hipopotas"
• The ending credits are for DP056 and DP057.
• Instead of the ending credits shown before Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture, they were shown after it.
• Brock knew Isis' name even though it has not been said before.
• Most of the English dub's opening is based off of this episode.
• Beginning with this episode, when Buizel uses Water Gun, his eyes turn light blue.

Errors

• Machoke and Machamp had their color's switched, so that Machoke was significantly lighter than Machamp.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: A greve de Bibarel!
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Bibarel es el mejor!
• Dutch: Bibarel knaagt het best!

← DP056 : The Keystone Pops!

Diamond & Pearl series

DP058 : Nosing 'Round the Mountain! →

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.