DP151

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The Needs of Three!

DP151   EP617 アグノム・ユクシー・エムリット！ Agnome, Yuxie, Emrit!

First broadcast Japan November 12, 2009 United States April 3, 2010

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

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ 2009 Ending ドッチ～ニョ？

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

The Needs of Three! (Japanese: アグノム・ユクシー・エムリット！ Agnome, Yuxie, Emrit!) is the 151st episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 617th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan as a one-hour special on November 12, 2009, along with DP152 and will air in the United States on April 3, 2010.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash, Dawn and Brock all have a dream, where Mesprit, Azelf and Uxie call out to them for help... only it turns out that it wasn't just a dream. Pokémon Hunter J attacks Lake Valor using a special bomb made by Team Galactic in order to draw out Azelf, and in turn the other two Lake Guardians. J succeeds in capturing all three Lake Guardians for Team Galactic's evil plot. While Gary Oak tries to stop Team Galactic's evil plan, Ash and his friends join forces with Cynthia only to be drawn into a confrontation with Cyrus himself!

Major events

• Pokémon Hunter J succeeds in capturing Mesprit, Azelf and Uxie for Team Galactic, but her ship is destroyed by Mesprit and Uxie's Future Sight and crashes into the lake.
• Ash and his friends learn that Cyrus is the leader of Team Galactic.
• Cyrus prepares to summon Dialga and Palkia.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• J
• Cyrus
• Saturn
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Charon
• Galactic Grunts
• Looker
• Cynthia
• Professor Carolina
• Professor Rowan
• Gary Oak
• Yuzo

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Umbreon (Gary's)
• Electivire (Gary's)
• Salamence (J's)
• Toxicroak (Saturn's)
• Purugly (Mars's)
• Skuntank (Jupiter's)
• Golbat (Galactic Grunts'; multiple)
• Magikarp (multiple)
• Uxie
• Mesprit
• Azelf

Trivia

• There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture following this episode (due to it being shown immedietly before DP152).
• This is the first time that Mesprit, Azelf, and Uxie appear in their physical forms. They previously appeared as projected souls in Following a Maiden's Voyage!, Pruning a Passel of Pals!, and Uncrushing Defeat! respectively.
• The title card is read by Ash, Dawn and Brock.
• In this episode, J used a Galactic Bomb on Lake Valor, which is what Saturn did in the games.
• This episode marks the only known battle loss of Gary's Umbreon.
• The background music Darkrai: From Within the Shadows from the tenth movie is used in this episode.

Dub edits

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