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title_en=Showdown at the Gates of Warp! |
title_ja=ディアルガ＆パルキア！時空大決戦！！ |
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'''Showdown at the Gates of Warp!''' (Japanese: '''ディアルガ＆パルキア！時空大決戦！！''' ''Dialga & Palkia! The Space-Time Showdown!!'') is the 90th episode of ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'', and the 1,175th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on December 10, 2021, in Canada on March 26, 2022, in South Africa on May 17, 2022, in Australia on May 18, 2022, and in the United States on May 26, 2022.
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==Blurb==
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''After traveling through mysterious gates, Ash, Goh, Chloe, and Dawn are in a parallel world where the backward flow of time has caused Pokémon to eventually revert to Eggs! Along with their parallel-world counterparts, Ash and friends investigate the gates’ origin and find the Legendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia locked in battle. After defeating the parallel world’s Team Rocket, our heroes themselves are affected by the reversal of time, becoming younger! Desperate to stop the Legendary Pokémon’s fighting and restore space-time, they share their feelings with Dialga, Palkia, and the Mythical Pokémon Arceus, who momentarily appears to quell the conflict. With everything returned to normal, our heroes head home!''

==Plot==
Resuming from the end of the [[JN089|previous episode]], {{Ash}} and [[Chloe]] come face to face with [[Alternate World Ash|an alternate version of Ash]] in an alternate [[Canalave City]], with Chloe explaining to him that they came from a [[Pokémon multiverse|different world]] similar to this one. When the alternate Ash spots {{AP|Pikachu}}, he cries and hugs him before revealing that his own {{p|Pikachu}} has reverted into an {{pkmn|Egg}}, as if time itself was flowing backwards. Ash panics at the thought of the same happening to his Pikachu, and alternate Ash suggests they go to [[Sandgem Town]].

After a ride with [[Ash's Dragonite]] and {{AP|Gengar}}, Ash, Chloe, and alternate Ash arrive at the Sandgem Town [[Pokémon Center]], where they find all the Eggs stored there being loaded into a large truck by {{DL|Professor Rowan|Alternate World Professor Rowan|Professor Rowan}}, against {{DL|Nurse Joy|Alternate World Nurse Joy|Nurse Joy}}'s objections. Just as [[Goh]], {{an|Dawn}}, and [[Alternate World Dawn|alternate Dawn]] come out of the Pokémon Center and reunite with Ash's group, another Professor Rowan suddenly appears and demands to know what's going on. The first "Professor Rowan" and his "assistant" remove their disguises, revealing themselves as [[Alternate World Team Rocket|this world's Jessie and James]]. They escape with the Eggs while {{p|Meowth}} briefly stays behind to keep anyone from following them. Ash and Goh send Pikachu and {{TP|Goh|Cinderace}} to battle him, but before they can even attack, the time reversal [[Devolution|turns them back]] into a {{p|Pichu}} and a {{p|Raboot}}. Alternate Ash and Dawn recommend they should [[recall]] their Pokémon to slow down the reversal process, which they agree to do, while Ash places Pichu in his vest pocket.

Professor Rowan warns the children that the time reversal will affect not just plants and {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, but [[human]]s as well, alarming the group. Understanding that {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}} are behind these events, Professor Rowan directs the group to the [[Spear Pillar]] atop [[Mount Coronet]]. Ash calls out Dragonite and Gengar to take him and Goh there, but they immediately turn back into {{p|Dragonair}} and {{p|Haunter}}, showing that the time reversal is getting faster and faster. Ash recalls his Pokémon while Goh sends out {{TP|Goh|Flygon}} and {{TP|Goh|Aerodactyl}}. Dawn and Chloe also come along, but since there's not enough room for alternate Ash and Dawn, they must follow them behind. As they take flight, Goh gets an idea and makes a call on his [[Rotom Phone]].

Meanwhile, the regular {{TRT}} has arrived in this world's Canalave City through a Gate. [[Jessie]] enjoys her skin feeling smoother than usual, but the good feeling about their current situation begins to fade as {{MTR}} starts losing his ability to {{pkmn2|Talking|talk}} and {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} suddenly reverts into {{p|Wynaut}}. While Ash and {{ashfr}} arrive at the Spear Pillar and leap through a Gate they find there, alternate Ash and Dawn are approached by [[Alternate World Goh|this world's Goh]] and {{FB|Alternate World|Chloe}}. As they head to Mount Coronet together, alternate Ash and Dawn note the suits of armor alternate Goh and Chloe are wearing. They explain that, after noticing how Team Rocket's Pokémon weren't being rewound, alternate Chloe hacked into their database and constructed them and their Pokémon the same kind of suits the [[villainous team]] had to protect them from the time reversal.

Ash and his friends find themselves in an odd, dark [[dimension]], where they immediately find Dialga and Palkia locked in a fierce clash and opening Gates in the process. Before they can do anything to stop them, alternate Team Rocket appears before them and sends out their Pokémon. Ash and Goh do the same, but the time reversal immediately causes all of their Pokémon to revert into Eggs. In Team Rocket's cage, Ash and Goh see {{AP|Lucario}} and {{TP|Goh|Inteleon}}, who quickly start to devolve, along with the other Pokémon held in the cage. Alternate Jessie and James reveal that they are the ones responsible for Dialga and Palkia's battle, all thanks to the [[Red Chain]], which contains the power of {{p|Arceus}}. Thanks to Palkia creating Gates and all life forms being rewound by Dialga, Team Rocket plans to collect all the reverted Pokémon and Eggs for themselves. And once Dialga and Palkia have tired themselves out with their battle, they will {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} them and raise the stolen Pokémon and Eggs to serve Team Rocket, making their conquest of the world all the easier.

Just then, alternate Goh, Chloe, Ash, and Dawn arrive to join the battle. Ash and his alternate self head forward to break the Red Chain while Goh, Dawn, Chloe, and their counterparts battle Team Rocket. However, amidst of the battle, Dialga's time reversal strikes everyone with such force that even the protective suits break. The surge of power sends Team Rocket blasting off through a Gate, turns Ash, his friends, and their counterparts into toddlers, and reverts all of their Pokémon into Eggs.

With no Pokémon with them anymore, the group seems to be out of options for how to stop the fight. Ash decides that they should send out their feelings to Dialga and Palkia to make them stop, and alternate Ash suggests they do the same with Arceus as well, since it was the one who created Dialga and Palkia, and must have the power to return everything to normal. Through Gates in both the regular and alternate world, people join in on praying for their Pokémon to be brought back. Reacting to the group's desperate pleas, a shining image of Arceus appears from the Red Chain and makes it disappear, finally stopping Dialga and Palkia's fight. The two [[Legendary Pokémon]] immediately start undoing the results of their battle and send the group to alternate Sandgem Town, where they return to their normal ages and their and everyone else's Pokémon are returned to normal, with Meowth also regaining his ability to talk. With everything returning to normal, Ash, his friends, and their Pokémon are pulled back to their own world, bidding farewell to their alternate selves.

Arriving back to their own world, Ash and his friends, secretly followed by the Team Rocket trio, are happy to see that everything is back to normal, and happily rush to greet {{an|Cynthia}}. In the dark dimension, Dialga and Palkia part ways.

==Major events==
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, [[Goh]], and [[Jessie]]'s Pokémon temporarily [[devolution|devolve]] due to {{OBP|Dialga|recurring}} and {{OBP|Palkia|recurring}}'s influence, but are later restored to normal.
* Ash and Goh recover {{AP|Lucario}} and {{TP|Goh|Inteleon}}, respectively, from [[Alternate World Team Rocket]].
* Dawn and Goh meet {{an|Cynthia}} again.
* Ash, Goh, and [[Chloe]] return to [[Vermilion City]].
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===Debuts===
====Humans====
* {{DL|Professor Rowan|Alternate World Professor Rowan}} (in person)

====Pokémon debuts====
=====TV episode debuts=====
* {{p|Arceus}} (silhouette)

==Characters==
===Humans===
[[File:Dare da JN090.png|thumb|200px|{{tt|Dare da?|Who's That Pokémon?}}]]
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|Dawn}}
* [[Goh]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[Chloe]]
* {{an|Cynthia}}
* [[Alternate World Ash]]
* [[Alternate World Dawn]]
* [[Alternate World Goh]]
* [[Alternate World Team Rocket|Alternate World Jessie]]
* [[Alternate World Team Rocket|Alternate World James]]
* [[Alternate World Chloe]]
* {{DL|Nurse Joy|Alternate World Nurse Joy}}
* {{DL|Professor Rowan|Alternate World Professor Rowan}}
* Alternate World {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s ([[Matori Matrix]])
* Trainers

===Pokémon===
[[File:WTP JN090.png|thumb|200px|Who's That Pokémon?]]
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Palkia}}
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Pichu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}})
* {{p|Wynaut}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Piplup}} ({{OP|Dawn|Piplup}})
* {{p|Dragonite}} ({{OP|Ash|Dragonite}})
* {{p|Dragonair}} ({{OP|Ash|Dragonite}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Dratini}} ({{OP|Ash|Dragonite}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Gengar}} ({{OP|Ash|Gengar}})
* {{p|Haunter}} ({{OP|Ash|Gengar}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Gastly}} ({{OP|Ash|Gengar}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Lucario}} ({{OP|Ash|Lucario}})
* {{p|Riolu}} ({{OP|Ash|Riolu}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Cinderace}} ({{OP|Goh|Cinderace}})
* {{p|Raboot}} ({{OP|Goh|Cinderace}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Scorbunny}} ({{OP|Goh|Cinderace}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Inteleon}} ({{OP|Goh|Inteleon}})
* {{p|Drizzile}} ({{OP|Goh|Drizzile}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Sobble}} ({{OP|Goh|Sobble}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Flygon}} ({{OP|Goh|Flygon}})
* {{p|Vibrava}} ({{OP|Goh|Flygon}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Trapinch}} ({{OP|Goh|Flygon}}; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Aerodactyl}} ({{OP|Goh|Aerodactyl}})
* {{p|Grookey}} ({{OP|Goh|Grookey}})
* {{p|Eevee}} ({{OP|Chloe|Eevee}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ([[Alternate World Ash]]'s)
* {{p|Pichu}} ([[Alternate World Ash]]'s; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Infernape}} ([[Alternate World Ash]]'s)
* {{p|Monferno}} ([[Alternate World Ash]]'s; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Chimchar}} ([[Alternate World Ash]]'s; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Rotom}} ([[Alternate World Ash]]'s; [[Rotom Phone]])
* {{p|Piplup}} ([[Alternate World Dawn]]'s)
* {{p|Buneary}} ([[Alternate World Dawn]]'s)
* {{p|Flygon}} ([[Alternate World Goh]]'s)
* {{p|Vibrava}} ([[Alternate World Goh]]'s; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Trapinch}} ([[Alternate World Goh]]'s; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Aerodactyl}} ([[Alternate World Goh]]'s)
* {{p|Cinderace}} ([[Alternate World Goh]]'s)
* {{p|Raboot}} ([[Alternate World Goh]]'s; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Scorbunny}} ([[Alternate World Goh]]'s; [[devolution]])
* {{p|Meowth}} ([[Alternate World Team Rocket]])
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ([[Alternate World Team Rocket|Alternate World Jessie]]'s)
* {{p|Eevee}} ([[Alternate World Chloe]]'s)
* {{p|Toxicroak}} (Alternate World {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}'s)
* {{p|Purugly}} (Alternate World {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}'s)
* {{p|Rhyperior}} (Alternate World {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}'s)
* {{p|Skuntank}} (Alternate World {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}'s)
* {{p|Floatzel}} (Trainer's; alternate world)
* {{p|Buizel}} (Trainer's; [[devolution]]; alternate world)
* {{p|Bonsly}} (Trainer's; [[devolution]]; alternate world)
* {{p|Shieldon}} (Trainer's; [[devolution]]; alternate world)
* {{p|Shellos}} (Trainer's; ×2; {{form|Shellos|East Sea}}; alternate world)
* {{p|Gastrodon}} (Trainer's; {{form|Gastrodon|East Sea}}; alternate world)
* {{p|Croagunk}} (Trainer's; alternate world)
* {{p|Glameow}} (Trainer's; alternate world)
* {{p|Rhydon}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Turtwig}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Munchlax}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Dialga}} ({{OBP|Dialga|recurring|anime}})
* {{p|Palkia}} ({{OBP|Palkia|recurring|anime}})
* {{p|Arceus}} (silhouette)
* {{p|Combee}} (×2)
* {{p|Wingull}} (×4)

==Trivia==
[[File:JN090 AS.png|175px|thumb|The "After the story" artwork for this episode]]
* [[Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!]]: {{p|Pichu}}
* As of this episode, every {{cat|Generation IV Pokémon}} aside from {{p|Porygon-Z}} has appeared in the main series.
* [[Alternate World Team Rocket|Alternate World James]] disguising himself as [[Professor Rowan]] is similar to how [[James]] disguised himself as {{an|Professor Oak}} in ''[[EP245|Will the Real Oak Please Stand Up?]]'' and ''[[DP139|A Faux Oak Finish!]]''.
* In this episode, the [[Spear Pillar]] is depicted as being at the peak of [[Mount Coronet]] instead of being in a cavern underneath the mountain, like it was depicted as during ''[[Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl]]''.
* This episode marks the final appearance of the {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s from the [[Matori Matrix]], albeit as Alternate World versions led by Alternate World Jessie, James and Meowth instead of [[Matori]].
* {{Ash}}, [[Goh]], [[Allister]], and {{AP|Pikachu}} narrate the preview for the [[JN091|next episode]].
* This is the season finale of [[S24|Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series]].

===Errors===
* [[Goh's Grookey]] is seen amongst the Pokémon restored from their {{pkmn|Egg}}s when everyone returns from the dark [[dimension]], despite it being in its {{i|Poké Ball}} at the moment.

===Dub edits===
* The texts depicting the location names in the regular and alternate world are edited out.

==In other languages==
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|ar={{tt|!&rlm;مواجهة عند بوابات وورب|Showdown at the Warp Portals!}}
|zh_cmn={{tt|帝牙盧卡與帕路奇亞！時空大決戰！！|Dialga and Palkia! The Space-Time Showdown!!}}
|zh_yue={{tt|帝牙盧卡與帕路奇亞，時空大決戰|Dialga and Palkia, The Space-Time Showdown}}
|da={{tt|Et sammenstød mellem verdener!|A clash between worlds!}} {{tt|*|Pokémon TV}}<br> {{tt|Et sammenstød!|A clash!}} {{tt|*|Netflix}}
|nl={{tt|Confrontatie bij de warp-portalen!|Showdown at the Warp Portals!}}
|de={{tt|Showdown bei den Portalen der Verzerrung!|Showdown at the Portals of Distortion!}}
|fi={{tt|Selkkaus rinnakkaismaailman porteilla!|The conflict at the parallel world's gates!}}
|fr_eu={{tt|Affrontement au portail de l'échange !|Showdown at the swap portal!}}
|it={{tt|Scontro finale alle porte del mondo parallelo!|Final showdown at the parallel world's doors!}}
|pl={{tt|Ostateczne starcie w portalu do innego świata!|Showdown at the portal to a different world!}}
|pt_br={{tt|A batalha nos portais de distorção!|The battle at the portals of distortion!}}
|ru={{tt|Схватка у врат миров!|Fight at the Gates of the Worlds!}}
|es_la={{tt|¡Encuentro en el portal interdimensional!|Encounter at the interdimensional portal!}}
|sv={{tt|En sammandrabbning mellan världar!|A clash between worlds!}}
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