DP018

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Diamond & Pearl series

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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 Rampard!!

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 Rampard!!) is the 18th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 484th episode of the Pokémon anime. 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.

Synopsis

Ash comes up to Roark and challenges him. Dawn dresses up as a cheerleader and with the help of Piplup and Buneary, she cheers him on, giving him confidence.

Roark sends out his Onix. Ash sends out Pikachu. Pikachu uses Quick Attack, but Onix quickly uses Slam. Pikachu quickly dodges the attack and climbs onto Onix. Onix uses Screech to get Pikachu off, but it fails. Onix tries to shake Pikachu off, but it holds on tight. Pikachu quickly uses Iron tail and hits Onix. Onix uses Double-Edge, but Ash tells Pikachu to spin, avoiding the attack, and Pikachu uses Iron Tail. Onix dodges the move, and then Onix slammed Pikachu right down to the ground. Onix uses Stealth Rock. Pikachu used Thunderbolt and destroys every rock near it. It also hits Onix badly. Ash tells Pikachu to use Iron Tail. Roark told Onix to use Screech, but before it got a chance, Onix was hit, knocking Onix out. Roark recalls Onix and sends out Geodude. Ash decides to recall his Pikachu and sends out Aipom.

Meanwhile, Jessie, James, and Meowth are snooping around the back of the Gym. Meowth used one of its claws to open up the back door. They find an empty hallway and they are ready to start stealing things.

Back at the Gym, Dawn, Buneary, and Piplup are cheering Aipom on. Croagunk notices something and decides to check it out. Aipom uses Swift on Geodude. It doesn't hit it because Geodude uses Rollout. Aipom uses Double Team and Geodude hits the wrong copy. Aipom uses Focus Punch, but Geodude blocks the attack. Geodude uses Seismic Toss and Rollout on Aipom, but it dodges the Rollout. Aipom uses Focus Punch again and knocks Geodude out. Finally, Roark sends out his best Pokémon: Rampardos. Aipom uses Swift, but it doesn't affect Rampardos at all. Rampardos uses Headbutt, but before Aipom could dodge it, it is hit and knocks out. Ash sends out Pikachu again.

Team Rocket is still snooping around the Gym. They bump into Croagunk along the way. Jessie, James, and Meowth start to get nervous. Croagunk starts walking up to them and they step back.

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. Pikachu uses Quick Attack. Rampardos is about to use Headbutt, but Pikachu jumps away. Rampardos throws Pikachu off with its tail. Pikachu uses Iron Tail and Rampardos used Zen Headbutt. Rampardos uses Zen Headbutt one more time and Pikachu is knocked out.

Croagunk is still scaring Team Rocket out of the Gym. Jessie thinks that Croagunk wants to join their team, but Croagunk Poison Jabs her. James and Meowth pick her up and run away screaming.

Ash sends out Turtwig. Rampardos uses Headbutt, but Turtwig rolls away. Rampardos is about to hit Turtwig with its tail, but Turtwig bites it. Turtwig tosses Rampardos away. Turtwig uses Razor Leaf, but Rampardos burns it with Flamethrower. Rampardos uses Head Smash. Turtwig uses Razor Leaf, but is hit. Turtwig uses Synthesis to heal itself while Rampardos is suffering from the recoil from Head Smash, but Rampardos quickly snaps out of the recoil and uses Flamethrower forcing Turtwig to stop 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 negate any Razor Leaf 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 burned leaves, so he orders Rampardos uses Zen Headbutt again. Rampardos charges forward, but Turtwig jumps away. Rampardos jumps, too, but it then shows that Turtwig is rolling under Rampardos. Rampardos is hit with a super-strong Razor Leaf, knocking Rampardos out. Ash wins his first Sinnoh Gym Badge!

Major events

• Ash defeats Roark in a rematch, 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 lecture: Dawn's Buneary
• Instrumentals from Destiny Deoxys and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and an alternate cut of Together are used as background music.
  • 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."
• Dawn narrates the next episode preview.
• This is the first time that the English 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.
• Wobbuffet is absent from this episode.
• This is Ash's first Sinnoh Gym battle, and he defeats and Onix with a Pikachu, similar to EP005.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		再戰鋼鐵道館！決戰戰槌龍！！
Czech		My se Rampardose nebojíme!
Dutch		Pas op voor Rampardos!
Finnish		Vastassa hirmuinen Rampardos
European French		Un Charkos entêté !
German		Selbstvertrauen ist der halbe Sieg
Italian		La sfida contro Rampardos & La Medaglia Carbone
Polish		Sposób na Rampardosa
Portuguese	Brazil	O Rampardos Que Nós Assistimos!
	Portugal	Vencer o Rampardos!
Romanian		Am Reușit să Trecem peste Rampardos
Spanish	Latin America	¡Sobre Rampardos Ganaremos!
	Spain	Vigilaremos a Rampardos
Swedish		Attacktaktik

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Diamond & Pearl series

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