BW129

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The Pirates of Decolore!

BW129   EP786 デコロラ諸島の海賊王！ The Pirate Kings of the Decolora Archipelago!

First broadcast Japan June 6, 2013 United States September 7, 2013

English themes Opening It's Always You and Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening 夏めく坂道 Ending 手をつなごう

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Assistant director 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Animation director 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

The Pirates of Decolore! (Japanese: デコロラ諸島の海賊王！ The Pirate Kings of the Decolora Archipelago!) is the 129th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 786th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 6, 2013 and is scheduled to air in the United States on September 7, 2013.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis On a cruise ship during their travels through the Decolore Islands, Ash, Iris, Cilan and Snivy are watching how Pikachu, Pignite and Axew play with a ball. Noting how they are in a place of the archipelago with many islands, Porter approaches them and offers them some juice. Meanwhile, on the water, two Pokémon emerge, an Octillery that climbs up to the ship's deck and a Croconaw, who waits under it. When the Pokémon are playing, Ash's Pignite makes a bad pass and goes after the ball. However, when he finds it, the Octillery jumps over him and then throws a boltrope to the water. Croconaw holds on to it and an Azumarill joins as well, Octillery pulls a capstan lever and the three proceed to enter to the ship.

At the ship's storage, Jessie, James and Meowth sneak in through the ventilation system in order to steal some food. However, before they get a chance, the Water-type Pokémon appear and steal the food before them, taking it off the ferry. Ash & Co. hear the alarm and rush to help, only to find the getaway raft and watch the Pokémon get away with the food. After hearing about the acts that these pirate Pokémon partake within, Ash decides to try and stop them, with Charizard, Snivy & Pignite attempting to make them see the errors of the ways.

Major events

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Porter
• Sailors (two)
• Pokémon Trainers (two)
• Pokémon Trainers (silhouettes; multiple)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Octillery

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Pignite (Ash's)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Woobat (Jessie's)
• Yamask (James's)
• Croconaw
• Azumarill
• Octillery
• Ducklett
• Darumaka (multiple; two unknown Trainers')

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Golurk
• The opening animation is updated to include Professor Oak's Rotom.
• Second time the U.S. broadcasting, version two of It's Always You and Me (used from The Name's N! to What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!) was used, instead of version three which began being used in Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures! making it look more apparent the dub there is a new opening, or Cartoon Network is doing this.

Jessie's earrings error

Errors

• There is inconsistency in regards to the color of the ship railings. While the railings in the roofed ship terrace are colored red in most scenes, when they are showed from the outside and during full views of the ship, they are blue. Since the ship itself and Porter's color schemes features blue, the railings are probably supposed to be blue as well.
• In one scene, Jessie's earrings are colored red.
• While riding the boat, Oshawott sits on Ash's lap, but when he leans over to talk to Officer Jenny, Oshawott disappears.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		杰可羅拉群島的海賊王！

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