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VS. Staraptor

VS ムクホーク

VS. Staraptor

Info

Series

Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

Canalave City

VS. Staraptor (Japanese: VSムクホーク VS. Staraptor) is the 376th round of the Diamond & Pearl arc in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Synopsis

At the opening of episode, the scene cuts to the Galactic building. Cyrus comes to see Galactic's bomb. His servant explains the situation and he decides to start his plan the next week. Then, Platinum is seen sitting in front of the Gym. She is still shocked and cannot endure to stay with Diamond and Pearl. However, her father is still in the cage, so she can't yet leave the Gym. That night, Platinum is still thinking and she is so tired that she falls asleep. Then, the cloaked Galactic grunt appears and explains the plan to Platinum and tells her that he had come to release her father. Platinum has a nightmare from that interaction. When she wakes up in the morning, she starts writing something. The scene then cuts to Diamond and Pearl as they prepare to leave followed by their have a conversation with Byron. Before they can leave, their Pokédex makes a sound and Platinum approaches. She starts to read what she had written. It seem she had recovered from the shock and had forgiven Diamond, Pearl, and also herself. She decides that she wants them to stay with her. At the end of episode, she decides to travel to stop Galactic's plan.

Major events

• Platinum recovers from the truth and learns Team Galactic's plan.
• Platinum reveals her full name to Diamond and Pearl.

Characters

Humans

• Platinum
• Diamond
• Pearl
• Byron
• Cyrus
• Cloaked Grunt
• Professor Rowan
• Sir Berlitz

Pokémon

• Empoleon (Platinum's; mentioned)
• Ponyta (Platinum's)
• Chingling (Cloaked Grunt's)
• Staraptor (Cloaked Grunt's)

Cameos

• Azelf (Mentioned; Dream)
• Uxie (Mentioned; Dream)
• Mesprit (Mentioned; Dream)