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epcode=DP080 |

altepcode=EP546 |

colorscheme=Sinnoh|

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title_en=The Thief That Keeps on Thieving! |

title_ja=ヤンヤンマ！ゲット作戦！！|

title_ja_trans=Yanyanma! Capture Operation!! |

broadcast_jp=May 22, 2008 |

broadcast_us=October 18, 2008 |

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en_op=[[We Will Be Heroes]] |

ja_op=[[Together|Together2008]] |

ja_ed=[[Message of the Wind|風のメッセージ]] (PokaPoka Version) |

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scenario=大橋志吉 |

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storyboard=小山賢 |

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director=小山賢|

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art=田口広一 |

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epstaffpage=DP071-DP080 |

footnotes=* {{filb-eppics|dp|080}}

The episode begins with {{Ash}} and his friends walking by a lake. {{an|Dawn}} admires her new Ribbon and Ash is excited for his [[DP083|next Gym Battle]]. A {{p|Yanma}} flies by and lands on Dawn's head. It flies over to Ash's head and Dawn checks it on her [[Pokédex]]. Yanma flies over to {{an|Brock}}'s head and lands briefly before flying away. A Trainer named [[Tyler]] comes running and asks the gang if they'd seen a Yanma. Ash tells him it went across the lake and Tyler starts running. Ash and his friends decide to follow him.

Ash and his friends sit with Tyler and start talking. Tyler's Pippy and [[Dawn's Piplup]] begin playing and Tyler begins how he first saw a Yanma and wanted it. Dawn mentions her story of catching {{TP|Dawn|Buneary}}, her first Pokémon, and Ash continues on with his first, {{AP|Caterpie|Butterfree}}. The group decides to help Tyler catch Yanma. The group look for Yanma and [[Ash's Staravia]] flies down pointing its wing to where it is. Tyler and Pippy prepare to battle. Pippy makes the first move with {{m|Bubble}} which Yanma dodges. Pippy goes on to use Peck which makes contact with Yanma. Pippy uses Pound and hits Yanma again. Yanma flies up and charges at Pippy with {{m|Quick Attack}}. Pippy charges with Peck and Yanma is sent backwards seeming unable to battle further. Tyler is ready to throw a [[Poké Ball]], but {{TRT}} comes up from the lake and performs their motto. [[Jessie]] throws a Poké Ball and catches Yanma without any effort. The group is shocked and {{TRT}} leaves. Tyler is sad and falls on his knees again, crying.

Team Rocket is sleeping and Jessie, [[James]], and {{MTR}} are thinking about what the boss will say, believing he'll be happy with Yanma. Meanwhile, Giovanni receives Jessie's Yanma, delivered to his office by two Team Rocket Grunts. He uses a special extension arm from his laptop to scan the Poké Ball, revealing the species inside and the attacks it knows. He asks about their current supply, and one of the grunts reports that Team Rocket has recently caught a large number of Yanma, and therefore there is no need for the Yanma they've just received. As he scratches his {{TP|Giovanni|Persian}} behind the ears, Giovanni is asked what he wants to do with the Yanma...

Meanwhile Pippy uses Peck on another Yanma and knocks it out. Ash tells him to throw a Poké Ball. Tyler is about to, but Team Rocket steps in front of the Yanma. Jessie sends out her Yanma, and Ash sends out {{AP|Chimchar}}. Yanma uses Wing Attack but Chimchar dodges and uses {{M|Flamethrower}}. Team Rocket shouts out and Meowth uses {{m|Fury Swipes}} on Chimchar. James sends out {{TP|James|Carnivine}} which {{m|bite}}s him on the head as usual. James throws Carnivine and Carnivine uses {{m|Bullet Seed}}. Yanma uses {{m|Sonic Boom}} and Chimchar dodges both the attacks. While in midair, Chimchar uses {{m|Flame Wheel}} and hits both Carnivine and Yanma. Jessie is shocked but Yanma recovers and uses {{m|Ancient Power}}. Chimchar is hit but recovers quick. Yanma glows white and begins to [[Evolution|evolve]]. Jessie and Meowth are surprised and Yanma becomes a {{TP|Jessie|Yanmega}}. Dawn checks out Yanmega on her Pokédex and Yanmega uses Sonic Boom. Power and momentum are on Yanmega's side and Chimchar is hit and sent flying back. Yanmega shoots several more Sonic Booms at the group knocking them all off their feet. Team Rocket is happy that they beat the twerps but the wild Yanma gets up and flies away. Team Rocket notice and recall their Pokémon. They set off after the Yanma.

Team Rocket is looking for Yanma and excited about Jessie's new Yanmega. It annoys her, however, when it comes out of its Poké Ball and lands on her head. James checks a card to see what new Pokémon they've obtained. They are convinced that it was Giovanni that taught Yanma Ancient Power to evolve it (though Yanma already knew Ancient Power when Giovanni received it). They decide to catch thousands of Yanma with the help of Yanmega for him in return.

* [[Jessie]] catches a {{p|Yanma}}.  

* {{TRT}} sends Yanma to {{an|Giovanni}}, who sends it back after deciding he does not need her.

* Jessie's Yanma evolves into {{TP|Jessie|Yanmega}}.

* {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s (two; one voiced by ''[[Kiyotaka Furushima]]'')

* This episode has a similar premise to the episode ''[[EP177|Wings n' Things]]'', though in that episode the younger Trainer wanted to ''re''catch {{p|Yanma}}.

* Jessie capturing {{TP|Jessie|Yanma|Yanmega}} after someone else weakened it echoes how she caught her {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio|Shellder}} (although in that case, it was James and his {{TP|James|Weezing}} that weakened the Pokémon).

* Yanma is caught and evolves in this episode. The only other main character's Pokémon to do this is {{AP|Ash's Caterpie|Butterfree}}, who is coincidentally referred by Ash in this episode. [[Ash's Primeape]] also evolved in its debut episode, though in that case, it evolved prior to being caught.

* During the second encounter with Team Rocket, ''[[Face Forward Team Rocket!]]'' was played.

* This was one of the few times Meowth fought alongside Jessie's and James's Pokémon, using {{m|Fury Swipes}} on Ash's Chimchar. Meowth normally fights alone or with Jessie and James.

* Instead of {{an|Professor Oak}}'s Pokémon lecture, the end of the episode featured a memorial to ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''. This is part of a countdown to ''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]''.

* This episode marks the first time one of the main character's previous Pokémon got a design change from its original appearance. In this case, {{AP|Ash's Caterpie|Butterfree}}'s mouth is changed from yellow to green as it does in Caterpie's official Sugimori art.

* [[Ed Paul]] (who was credited as Ted Lewis in season 1) reprises his role as {{an|Giovanni}}, making him the first returning voice actor to regain one of his roles since the dubbing of the show switched from 4Kids to {{TPCi|Pokémon USA}}.  

* This episode, along with [[DP081|the next episode]], is rather infamous for a hoax put up on [[Pokéani]] in regards to episode titles and summaries. This episode's hoax summary was that May or Dawn, whoever won against each other, got to battle Wallace, and they also had to stop an out of control Yanmega.  

* Before the second battle with Team Rocket, Tyler's Yanma is knocked out. However, at the end of the battle, Yanma is back at the food stand completely recovered.  

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