DP018

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Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

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O'er the Rampardos We Watched!

DP018   EP484 クロガネジムふたたび！決戦ラムパルド！！ Return to Kurogane Gym! Decisive Match with Rampald!!

First broadcast Japan February 1, 2007 United States July 3, 2007

English themes Opening Diamond and Pearl Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

O'er the Rampardos We Watched! (Japanese: クロガネジムふたたび！決戦ラムパルド！！ Return to Kurogane Gym! Decisive Match with Rampald!!) is the 18th episode of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, and the 484th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on February 1, 2007, and in the United States on July 3, 2007.

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

Blurb

Ash may have lost his battle at the Oreburgh Gym, but he wants a rematch and he's down at the Oreburgh mine to train hard for round two. His hard work inspires Dawn to go back to town and train her own Pokémon for the upcoming Contest in Floaroma Town. But over at Oreburgh's museum, the fossil restorer machine has vanished, together with the fossil that was inside! It could only be the work of Team Rocket, who gets a big surprise when the stolen machine finishes reviving the fossil and a very irritated Aerodactyl emerges. After giving Team Rocket a good clobbering, it flies off toward Oreburgh City.

Aerodactyl causes a big commotion as it soars over the city, surprising Dawn and alerting the museum's scientists to the fate of their missing fossil. In the confusion, a Kabutops and Armaldo break out of their quarters and the scientists go to get Roark's help. Ash and Brock team with Roark to stop the rogue Pokémon, but Team Rocket appears and snatches Kabutops, Armaldo, and Roark's Cranidos!

Surprisingly, it's Aerodactyl who comes to the rescue—it swoops in and blasts Team Rocket once more, freeing the Pokémon and giving the scientists a chance to safely recall Kabutops and Armaldo to their Poké Balls. But now who's going to stop Aerodactyl? The guys all give it their best, but this time Dawn shows up to save the day! She has Piplup and Buneary team up to pin Aerodactyl so the scientists can put it in a Poké Ball. Then Roark's Cranidos evolves into Rampardos so it can take down Team Rocket, and the fossil restorer is returned to the scientists. All of which gives Ash an idea for his rematch with Roark...

Plot

Roark is pleased to see Ash has returned for a rematch, this time with added confidence. In the sidelines, Dawn unveils her special cheerleader outfit, and with the help of Piplup and Buneary, to cheer Ash onto victory.

Roark sends out his Onix while Ash opts for Pikachu and starts things off with Quick Attack. Onix replies with Slam, though Pikachu quickly dodges the attack and climbs onto Onix. The Rock Snake Pokémon Screeches at Pikachu to get him off its body, but it fails. Onix resorts to shaking Pikachu off, but he holds on tight. Pikachu quickly uses Iron Tail and hits Onix. Onix tries a Double-Edge attack, but Ash, taking a note from Dawn's technique, has Pikachu spin to evade and follows up with Iron Tail. However, Onix dodges the move, and Slams Pikachu into a boulder. Onix uses Stealth Rock, setting things up for the future rounds. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt and destroys every rock near himself, also hitting Onix. Pikachu moves in to use Iron Tail and although Onix tries to stop Pikachu with Screech, Pikachu knocks Onix out with Iron Tail, winning the first round. Roark recalls Onix and sends out Geodude. Ash decides to recall his Pikachu and sends out Aipom.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket gets into the Oreburgh Gym thanks to Meowth's lock picking skills. However, their break-in attracts the attention of Croagunk, who proceeds to look around. Soon, Aipom versus Geodude gets underway. Aipom aims a Swift attack at Geodude, but it counters using Rollout and proceeds to approach. Geodude misses its target and strikes a boulder instead after Aipom uses Double Team. Aipom leaps forward with Focus Punch, but Geodude blocks the attack with its strong hand. Geodude promptly uses a Seismic Toss to smash Aipom into the battlefield. Its follow-up Rollout, however, fails after Aipom launches herself upright with her tail and performs a spinning dodge like Pikachu did. Aipom uses Focus Punch again, taking Geodude down for the count.

Roark sends out his strongest and final Pokémon: his newly evolved Rampardos. Aipom uses Swift, but it doesn't affect Rampardos at all. Rampardos makes a swift reply with Headbutt, taking Aipom out. Ash sends out Pikachu again. Ash tells Pikachu to use Thunderbolt, but Rampardos dodges and uses Zen Headbutt. Pikachu tries to jump away, but is hurt by the Zen Headbutt as he spins past. Pikachu sprints into a Quick Attack and Rampardos is about to use Headbutt, but Pikachu jumps over it. Rampardos throws Pikachu off with its tail. Pikachu responds with an Iron Tail attack, which collides with Rampardos's Zen Headbutt. The physical contact activates Pikachu's Static Ability and temporarily paralyzes Rampardos, but its Mold Breaker Ability nullifies the status condition. Rampardos uses Zen Headbutt one more time and Pikachu is knocked out. Elsewhere, Croagunk's intimidating stare scares Team Rocket out of the Gym. Jessie thinks that Croagunk wants to join their team, but Croagunk Poison Jabs her in the stomach. James and Meowth immediately pick her up and run away screaming to a hospital.

Now down to his last selection, Ash sends out Turtwig. Rampardos charges forward with Headbutt, but Turtwig rolls away. Rampardos is about to hit Turtwig with its tail, but Turtwig Bites down and tosses Rampardos away. Turtwig uses Razor Leaf, but Rampardos incinerates the flurry of sharp-edged leaves with Flamethrower. Rampardos charges forward with Head Smash, rampaging through another Razor Leaf flurry and sending Turtwig flying into a boulder. Turtwig uses Synthesis to heal himself while Rampardos is suffering recoil damage from its own Head Smash. Rampardos attacks again, this time with Flamethrower, forcing Turtwig to stop using Synthesis to dodge the attack. Ash begins to panic because all he can do is defend himself. Rampardos is way too fast and Flamethrower will burn up any Razor Leaf attacks thrown at it, but this suddenly gives Ash an idea. He orders Turtwig to start running while using Razor Leaf at the same time. Rampardos uses Flamethrower, but Turtwig keeps going and soon the burned leaves begin to obscure Turtwig. Roark soon realizes Ash is trying to camouflage Turtwig with the burnt leaves, so he orders Rampardos to use Zen Headbutt again. Rampardos rushes forward, but Turtwig jumps away. Rampardos jumps, too, allowing Turtwig to roll underneath and stop behind his opponent. Rampardos is struck with Razor Leaf, knocking it out. Ian announces that Turtwig is the winner, earning Ash his first Sinnoh Badge.

Major events

Ash holding the Coal Badge

• Ash has a rematch with Roark and wins, earning him his first Sinnoh League Badge, the Coal Badge.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Roark
• Ian
• Townspeople

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Geodude (Roark's)
• Onix (Roark's)
• Rampardos (Roark's)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia: Dawn's Buneary
  • Pokémon senryū: ミミロルが　みみをまるめて　みみロール Mimiroru ga, mimi wo marumete, mimi rooru "Mimirol, rolling up its ears, ear-roll."
• Music from Destiny Deoxys and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, and Together are used as background music.
• 4Kids background music is used in this episode.
• Dawn narrates the preview for the next episode.
• This is the first time that the episode's English dub title references a lyric from The Star-Spangled Banner; the second time is in Dawn's Early Night.
• The stretch of 18 episodes from arriving in the region to winning his first Badge is currently Ash's longest.
• Jessie's Wobbuffet does not appear in this episode.
• Team Rocket doesn't blast off in this episode.
• This episode was adapted into the book Coal Badge Battle.
• The blurb for this episode on the official Pokémon website erroneously describes the events of the previous episode.

Errors

Rampardos's horn error

• The Thunderbolt that Pikachu uses to nullify Stealth Rock affects Onix, a Ground type.
• In multiple scenes, Rampardos's horns are gray instead of white.
• Brock says that Turtwig has Grass-type attacks, although Turtwig only knows one Grass attack at this time.

Dub edits

• An extended version of Diamond and Pearl is used as background music in the English dub.
  • In the Finnish, Swedish, Indian Disney XD Tamil, and Telugu dubs, the extended version of Diamond and Pearl was replaced with an instrumental version of the same song.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		再戰鋼鐵道館！決戰戰槌龍！！
Czech		My se Rampardose nebojíme!
Danish		I kamp mod Rampardos
Dutch		Pas op voor Rampardos!
Finnish		Vastassa hirmuinen Rampardos
European French		Un Charkos entêté !
German		Selbstvertrauen ist der halbe Sieg
Hebrew		קרב הגומלין בין אש לרורק
Italian		La sfida contro Rampardos & La Medaglia Carbone
Korean		지우 무쇠체육관에 다시 도전하다
Norwegian		I kamp mot Rampardos
Polish		Sposób na Rampardosa
Portuguese	Brazil	O Rampardos Que Nós Assistimos!
	Portugal	Vencer o Rampardos!
Romanian		Am Reușit să Trecem peste Rampardos
Russian		Обойти Рэмпардоса
Spanish	Latin America	¡Sobre Rampardos Ganaremos!
	Spain	Vigilaremos a Rampardos
Swedish		Attacktaktik
Thai		คุโรงาเนะยิมอีกครั้ง! ปะทะ แรมพัลด์!

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