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A Pyramiding Rage!

DP128   EP594 バトルピラミッド！シンジVSジンダイ！！ Battle Pyramid! Shinji VS Jindai!!

First broadcast Japan May 21, 2009 United States October 17, 2009

English themes Opening Battle Cry - (Stand Up!) Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ Ending もえよ　ギザみみピチュー！

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Assistant director 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Animation director 広岡歳仁 Toshihito Hirooka Additional credits

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A Pyramiding Rage! (Japanese: バトルピラミッド！シンジVSジンダイ！！ Battle Pyramid! Shinji VS Jindai!!) is the 128th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 594th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 21, 2009 and aired in the United States on October 17, 2009.

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

Major events

• The group meets up once again with Reggie, who suggests Paul and Ash have a battle in 10 days.
• Brandon is challenged by Paul to a battle, which results in a loss for Paul.
• Paul is revealed to have obtained a Hariyama, a Nidoking and a Lairon.
• Paul learns that Ash has completed the Kanto Battle Frontier.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Paul
• Zoey
• Candice
• Brandon
• Samuel
• Reggie
• Maria
• Noland (flashback)
• Greta (flashback)
• Tucker (flashback)
• Lucy (flashback)
• Spenser (flashback)
• Anabel (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Electabuzz (Paul's)
• Ursaring (Paul's)
• Magmar (Paul's)
• Hariyama (Paul's)
• Nidoking (Paul's)
• Lairon (Paul's)
• Glameow (Zoey's)
• Dodrio
• Turtwig (Paul's; flashback)
• Regirock (Brandon's)
• Registeel (Brandon's)
• Regice (Brandon's)
• Drapion (Reggie's; flashback)
• Articuno (Noland's; flashback)
• Medicham (Greta's; flashback)
• Arcanine (Tucker's; flashback)
• Swampert (Tucker's; flashback)
• Milotic (Lucy's; flashback)
• Claydol (Spenser's; flashback)
• Espeon (Anabel's; flashback)

Trivia

• This is the first episode starring a Frontier Brain where Scott does not appear.
  • This is also the first time when a Frontier Brain appears after Battle Frontier.
• This is the first episode in which both Paul and Reggie appear in person together.
• The Sinnoh map shown on TV is similar to the one in-game.
• This episode holds the record for the most amount of Pokédex entries in a single episode, that being five (the Pokémon referenced being Regirock, Registeel, Hariyama, Nidoking, and Lairon).

Errors

• Regirock's Stone Edge is able to hit Electabuzz through Protect, though nothing except Feint and Shadow Force can do this under normal conditions.

Dub edits

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