DP159

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DP159

DP159   EP625 唸れれいとうパンチ！ブイゼルＶＳバリヤード！！ Roaring Freezing Punch! Buoysel VS Barrierd!!

First broadcast Japan January 14, 2010 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening サイコー・エブリディ！ Ending ドッチ～ニョ？

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Assistant director うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Animation directors 広岡歳仁 Toshihito Hirooka 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama Additional credits

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(Japanese: 唸れれいとうパンチ！ブイゼルＶＳバリヤード！！ Roaring Freezing Punch! Buoysel VS Barrierd!!) is the 159th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 625th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 14, 2010.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis After yet another failed attempt to master Draco Meteor, Ash's Gible falls into a lake and has to be saved by Buizel. After the successful rescue, Ash and Buizel are suddenly challenge to a battle by a Black Belt called Kijūrō against his Mr. Mime. Ash and Buizel naturally agree, however it soon emerges that this Mr. Mime is a powerful battler and Buizel is easily defeated. Determined to defeat this skilled Trainer and his Pokémon, Ash and Buizel combine their fighting spirits and train hard for the inevitable rematch...

Major events

• Ash's Buizel learns Ice Punch.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Kijūrō

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gible (Ash's)
• Mr. Mime (Kijūrō's)

Trivia

Live action ending song

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Charmeleon
• Challenger!! is used as background music.
• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea is used as background music.
• A live action version of Which One ~ Is It? is used as the ending song.
• This episode surpasses the previous 31 episode gap where Ash does not earn a Gym Badge, which happened between The Grass Menagerie! to A Triple Fighting Chance!. This gap started with Sliding Into Seventh!.
• Ash now owns two Pokemon with the ability to use Ice Punch: Snorlax and Buizel. Coincidentally, Snorlax's evolution chain was modified prior to Generation IV Pokemon.

Dub edits

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