DP074

Pika and Goliath! File:PikachuRaichu!Shinka he no Michi.jpg.png

DP074   ピカチュウ！ライチュウ！進化への道!! Pikachu! Raichu! The Path to Evolution!!

First broadcast Japan April 3, 2008 United States August 30, 2008

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 風のメッセージ (PokaPoka Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Assistant director 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

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Pika and Goliath! (Japanese: ピカチュウ！ライチュウ！進化への道!! Pikachu! Raichu! The Path to Evolution!!) is the 74th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on April 3, 2008, alongside Crossing Paths as a one-hour special and in the United States on August 30, 2008.

Ash and his friends meet Sho, a boy who has a Pichu and a Raichu. He mistakes Ash's Pikachu for a wild Pokémon.

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

Major events

• Pikachu reaffirms its decision not to evolve.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Paul
• Sho
• Nurse Joy
• Lt. Surge (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Raichu (Sho's)
• Pichu (Sho's)
• Raichu (Lt. Surge's) (flashback)

Trivia

• This episode follows much of the premise of Electric Shock Showdown by having Ash's Pikachu be defeated by a Raichu and choose whether to evolve or not via the Thunderstone. Clips from the episode are shown at the end.
• It is shown that Ash still had the Thunderstone that the Nurse Joy from Vermilion City had given him. During the episode, Jessie, James, and Meowth grabbed the stone, and currently have it with them. It is also implied that they plan on selling it.
• To My Best Friend and Pokémon Symphonic Medley were both used as background music.
• The dub title is a reference to David and Goliath.
• This is the first time since Luxray Vision! that a character kept their Japanese name.

Sho (this episode) and Marble (Luxray Vision!). However, the little line over the O in Shō was removed, but both were pronounced the same.

Dub edits

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