DP136

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Diamond & Pearl series

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Gateway to Ruin!

DP136   EP602 テンガン山の遺跡！ギンガ団の陰謀！！ Mt. Tengan Ruins! Ginga-dan Conspiracy!!

First broadcast Japan July 23, 2009 United States December 19, 2009

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

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！2009 Ending もえよ　ギザみみピチュー！

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka 山本珠代 Tamayo Yamamoto Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 石井和彦 Kazuhiko Ishii Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Gateway to Ruin! (Japanese: テンガン山の遺跡！ギンガ団の陰謀！！ Mt. Tengan Ruins! Ginga-dan Conspiracy!!) is the 136th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 602nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 23, 2009 and will air in the United States on December 19, 2009.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Still on their way to Dawn's next contest in Lilypad Town, Ash and his friends come to a section of Mt. Coronet where the east of Sinnoh is divided from the west, and this is most evident through the appearance of the two different types of Shellos that live in the water surrounding the area... however it seems that some of the Shellos from the east have ended up in the west and vice versa. The group decides to investigate, but when Piplup falls down an artificial tunnel, they soon find they have more serious problems than a few misplaced Pokémon...

Major events

• Ash and his friends meet Looker again and discovers that he is a member of the International Police.
• They also encounter Team Galactic again and Charon as well.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Shellos (East Sea)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Saturn
• Charon
• Looker
• Galactic Grunts
• Mars (flashback)
• Zoey (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Toxicroak (Saturn's)
• Shellos (East and West Sea; multiple)
• Golbat (Team Galactic's) (multiple)
• Shellos (Zoey's; flashback)

Trivia

• This episode which features Team Galactic also marks the 100th episode since they made their debut.
• Brock narrates the next episode's preview.
• The dub's title is based on the song, Stairway to Heaven.

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Ash's jacket

Errors

• There are a few scenes where Ash's jacket is longer than it should be.
• In one scene, a part of Dawn's vest was colored the same as her skin.
• At the end of the episode, during the "To Be Continued..." scene, Piplup's feet are blue.

Dub edits

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Diamond & Pearl series

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