BW140

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BW140

BW140   EP797 デントＶＳ氷の挑戦者！サンヨウジムの危機！！ Dent VS the Ice Challenger! The Crisis of Sanyou Gym!!

First broadcast Japan September 12, 2013 United States

English themes Opening Ending

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

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Assistant director 小林調 Chō Kobayashi Animation director 古川博之 Hiroyuki Furukawa No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: デントＶＳ氷の挑戦者！サンヨウジムの危機！！ Dent VS the Ice Challenger! The Crisis of Sanyou Gym!!) is the 140th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 797th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 12, 2013.

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

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
• Porter
• Alexa
• Cress
• Chili
• Drago
• Burgundy (flashback)
• Ingo (flashback)
• Emmet (flashback)
• Stephan (flashback)
• Skyla (flashback)
• Butler (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Pansage (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Oshawott (Ash's; flashback)
• Tepig (Ash's; flashback)
• Excadrill (Iris's; flashback)
• Dragonite (Iris's; flashback)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Dwebble (Cilan's; flashback)
• Crustle (Cilan's; flashback)
• Stunfisk (Cilan's; flashback)
• Helioptile (Alexa's)
• Gogoat (Alexa's)
• Pansear (Chili's)
• Panpour (Cress's)
• Chandelure (Ingo; flashback)
• Eelektross (Emmet; flashback)
• Abomasnow (Drago's)
• Mamoswine (Drago's; flashback)
• Glalie (Drago's; flashback)
• Deino (unknown Trainer's; flashback)
• Dewott (Burgundy's; flashback)
• Sawk (Stephan's: flashback)
• Swanna (Skyla's; flashback)
• Purrloin (Ricard Nouveau's; flashback)
• Sewaddle (flashback)
• Whimsicott (flashback)
• Patrat (flashback)
• Minccino (flashback)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Alomomola
• This episode marks the first appearance of a Mamoswine in the main series other than the one that belongs to Dawn.
• This episode features the following flashbacks of Cilan and his Pokemon:
  • Cilan's Dwebble defeating Burgundy's Dewott in A Connoisseur's Revenge!.
  • Cilan's Stunfisk losing Skyla's Swanna in Cilan Takes Flight!.
  • Cilan's Pansage losing Stephan's Sawk in A Clubsplosion of Excitement!.
  • Cilan's Crustle defeating Ricard Nouveau's {{p|Purrloin in Clash of the Connoisseurs!.
• The next episode preview is narrated by Ash, Iris, and Cilan.

Errors

• When Iris comments on preparing food by herself, Ash's eye dissapears before he turns around to look at Iris.
• When Cilan approaches Ash and Iris in the picnic park, the visor on Ash's hat is colored white instead of red.
• During one scene, the back of Cilan's vest is colored black instead of gray.
• When Cilan's Pansage uses Dig, his hands are green like his feet.
• In several scenes, the Poké Ball symbol on Ash's hat is deformed.
• When Ash, Iris and Cilan are saying goodbye to Cress and Chili, Iris's hair clips are colored the same as her hair.

In other languages

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