DP157

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Gotta Get a Gible!

DP157   EP623 フカマル！ゲットだぜ！！ Fukamaru! Got It!!

First broadcast Japan December 24, 2009 United States May 15, 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 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

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Gotta Get a Gible! (Japanese: フカマル！ゲットだぜ！！ Fukamaru! Got It!!) is the 157th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 623nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 24, 2009 and will air in the United States on May 15, 2010.

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

Major events

• Ash and company meet up with Barry, who is revealed to have won three more badges, bringing his total count up to six.
• Ash captures the Gible he previously befriended.
• Ash uses Gible in a battle against Empoleon and suffers his first loss to Barry.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Barry
• Officer Jenny
• Giovanni (fantasy)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Gible (Ash's; new)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Empoleon (Barry's)

Trivia

• There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture in this episode.
• This is the last Japanese episode of the 2000s.
• This is the first time when a Pokémon other than Ash's Pikachu destroys a friend's bike, and also the first time when a Pokémon destroys a bike on purpose. It's also the first time this happens to a male character.
• Music from Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, Pokemon Heroes, Destiny Deoxys, and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew is used during this episode.
• This is the last episode of the twelfth season, Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Galactic Battles.

Errors

• Empoleon used Hydro Cannon twice in a row, without even recharging between uses. In the games, Hydro Cannon requires the user to recharge.

This is an example of anime physics.

Dub edits

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