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'''Faced with Steelix Determination!''' (Japanese: '''爆走ハガネール！ビッパの村を守れ！！''' ''Roaring {{tt|Haganeil|Steelix}}! Protect the {{tt|Bippa|Bidoof}} Village!!'') is the 23rd episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl]]'', and the 489th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on March 15, 2007 and in the United States on July 12, 2007.

[[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}} are digging some holes into the ground. Halfway, when digging a particular hole, they hit something hard. It turns out to be a {{p|Steelix}}, and the shovels they were using get stuck in its head. Infuriated, Steelix chases them towards the direction of {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}} and {{an|Brock}}. Suddenly, the gang hears a [[cry]] from an injured {{p|Bidoof}}. Brock takes a [[Super Potion]] out of his [[bag|backpack]] to heal the Bidoof, and puts a plaster on its wound. Bidoof reveals to the gang that it lives in the Bidoof Village, and when they are about to continue walking through the forest, Team Rocket appears. While talking about catching {{AP|Pikachu}}, Steelix appears and charges a {{m|Hyper Beam}}, alerting the gang and Team Rocket to run away, with Bidoof leading the way. They all approach a fork in the road, and Bidoof commands the gang to turn left. Team Rocket prepares to follow them, but Steelix fires another Hyper Beam that hits Jessie and James but misses Meowth. Meowth jumps toward the gang as they continue to run along through the forest, still being chased by Steelix. They spot a waterfall, and Bidoof points out that this is where it lives and that they can enter through a gap in the rocks, which is too small for Steelix to fit through. After passing through the gap, they see a small village that turns out to be Bidoof Village.

As all of Bidoof's friends come out and greet it, the head Bidoof explains to Meowth that the reason they did not come looking for the Bidoof that Brock healed was because they were scared of the rampaging Steelix. It also explains that although the rocky terrain around the village is strong, it will not keep Steelix out forever. As they hear Steelix continue to attack the wall, they climb up to the other side and see Jessie and James looking for Meowth. Steelix blasts the two inside the Bidoof Village with Hyper Beam, and all of the Bidoof get angry when they hear from Ash that Steelix's rampage is all Team Rocket's fault. In a quick haste to hide from Steelix, Jessie and James go and hide in a Bidoof's home and Steelix begins to sound angrier than ever. Upon this, the gang is finally provoked to calm Steelix down and save the village. Dawn sends out {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} and has him use {{m|Bubble Beam}} on Steelix, while everyone else sets up a barricade against the gap in which the gang entered. However, after Piplup gets tired and returns to his {{i|Poké Ball}}, Steelix busts through the outside of the gap, leaving the barricade as the gang's only protection.

Dawn suggests that Steelix will calm down if the shovels are removed from its head, and that it will be easy if they can lure it into the gorge in the village. As Meowth is thrown under the bus by Dawn to be the decoy, Steelix breaks through the barricade and proceeds to chase Meowth toward not only the gorge, but also the Bidoof home in which Jessie and James are hiding. Meowth makes it to the gorge and jumps, and Ash sends out {{AP|Staravia}} to go and save him, making Steelix fall into the gorge just as Dawn planned. When Staravia sets Meowth down next to Jessie and James, Team Rocket is reunited and begins to taunt the out cold Steelix out of anger for chasing them all this way. The gang tries to shush them in an attempt to keep Steelix unconscious so they can get the shovels out of its head, but the three continue to rant. Steelix wakes up in the process and blasts Team Rocket off with Hyper Beam.

Steelix once again starts rampaging, however inside the village this time. Ash has Staravia use {{m|Aerial Ace}} on one of the shovels, knocking it off of Steelix's head. As Staravia turns around, Steelix knocks him away and charges toward him, only to smash into a rock when he is recalled by Ash. Ash has Pikachu use {{m|Iron Tail}} on the second shovel, knocking it off and leaving one shovel left on Steelix's head. As Pikachu prepares to knock the third shovel off, Steelix head butts into the wall and Pikachu falls to the ground. Steelix's anger is turned up to 11 and it relentlessly attacks the village, as such, making it too dangerous to get close to its head. The Bidoof that Brock healed explains to the head Bidoof that they must remove the last shovel themselves. Head Bidoof at first seems reluctant to perform the actions explained by the other Bidoof, but after looking around and seeing that its village cannot take much more of Steelix's attacks, it readies the entire Bidoof clan to ambush.

All the Bidoof jump off the cliff and onto Steelix's head, and try and pulling the shovel out. However, they and the gang all notice that Steelix is charging toward the fountain. Ash sends out {{AP|Turtwig}} to use {{m|Razor Leaf}} on Steelix in an attempt to stop it. Razor Leaf works for a short while, but Steelix pulls itself together and chases Turtwig away with Hyper Beam. It continues charging toward the fountain, and the Bidoof clan continues their attempt to pull the shovel out. Steelix gets to the very edge of the waterfall, and head Bidoof tells the gang to give it more power, and as such, they successfully pull the shovel out of Steelix's head. Steelix stops charging right at the end of the path and calms down.

* {{p|Bidoof}} (multiple)

* Music from ''[[M07|Destiny Deoxys]]'' and ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', along with an alternate cut of [[Spurt!]], are used as background music. In the dub, music from ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' is used.

* In the <!-- Brazilian or European? -->Portuguese dub, during the rock wall scene, {{p|Steelix}} was called {{p|Bidoof}}.

* In the Finnish dub, in both occasions when the command "return" was used, it was untranslated from English.

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[[Category:Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl episodes|023]]

[[Category:Episodes written by Masashi Sogo]]

[[Category:Episodes storyboarded by Masamitsu Hidaka]]

[[Category:Episodes directed by Yoshito Hata]]

[[Category:Episodes animated by Izumi Shimura]]

[[Category:Episodes focusing on Meowth]]

[[zh:宝可梦 钻石＆珍珠 第23集]]