DP066

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DP066   ルカリオ！怒りのはどうだん!! Lucario! Pulse Bomb of Anger!!

First broadcast Japan February 7, 2008 United States July 19, 2008

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 風のメッセージ

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

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Lost Leader Strategy! (Japanese: ルカリオ！怒りのはどうだん!! Lucario! Pulse Bomb of Anger!!) is the 66th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on February 7, 2008, and in the US on July 19, 2008.

The group are introduced to Maylene and Ash immediately asks for Gym Battle. However, Maylene declines his request because she has lost her self-confidence as a Gym Leader due to Paul...

Major events

• Paul's Murkrow is revealed to have evolved into Honchkrow.
• Paul is revealed to have a Magmar on his team.
• Paul is revealed to have won the Cobble Badge.
• Paul is revealed to have left his Electabuzz under the care of his brother, Reiji.
• Reiji is revealed to have traveled through Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and the Battle Frontier before, getting the eight badges of each region and six of the seven Frontier Symbols.
• Ash battles against Reiji:
  • Ash's Turtwig defeats Reiji's Bibarel.
  • Ash's Staravia is defeated by Reiji's Swalot.
  • Ash's Pikachu defeats Reiji's Staraptor, and Ash wins the battle.

Debuts

• Maylene
• Reiji
• Lucario
• Honchkrow

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Maylene
• Reiji
• Paul (flashback)
• Gym assistants

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Gligar (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Electabuzz (Paul's)
• Magmar (Paul's, new, flashback)
• Honchkrow (Paul's; newly evolved, flashback)
• Machoke (Maylene's, flashback)
• Meditite (Maylene's, flashback; Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura)
• Lucario (Maylene's)
• Swalot (Reiji's)
• Bibarel (Reiji's)
• Staraptor (Reiji's)
• Starly
• Bidoof
• Cherubi
• Shinx
• Kricketot

Trivia

• This episode features the debut of Lucario and Honchkrow in the Pokémon TV series, although they previously appeared in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and The Rise of Darkrai respectively.
• The Lucario of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew is referenced by Ash's enthusiasm on seeing one and Jessie offering a bar of chocolate to Maylene's Lucario.
• This episode first aired in Japan one week after the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which features Lucario as an unlockable playable character.

Dub edits

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