DP098

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DP098   浮かぶ未確認怪物！？ The Floating Unidentified Mysterious Animal!?

First broadcast Japan October 16, 2008 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ Ending あしたはきっと

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 新田典生 Norio Nitta Assistant director 新田典生 Norio Nitta Animation director 広岡歳仁 Toshihito Hirooka Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

(Japanese: 浮かぶ未確認怪物！？ The Floating Unidentified Mysterious Animal!?) is the 98th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 564th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 16, 2008.

Arriving back in Solaceon Town, the gang meet up with Aoi and her family. However, there are stories of a large monster that flies around the town at night. Can the gang find the culprit?

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

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Lickilicky

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Aoi
• Officer Jenny
• Aoi's Parents
• Unnamed trainer
• Old fisherman (Seiyū: Katsuyuki Konishi*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Shinx (Aoi's)
• Lickitung (flashback; Unnamed trainer's; evolves)
• Lickilicky (Unnamed trainer's; newly evolved)

Trivia

• Team Rocket seems to think that a Kappa is the unknown animal.
• Lickilicky's trainer uses several English phrases, such as "Oh my God" and "Thank you very much" in Japanese.

Dub edits

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