DP169

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DP169

DP169   EP635 ポケモンレンジャー！ヒードラン救出作戦！！ Pokémon Ranger! Heatran Rescue Mission!!

First broadcast Japan March 18, 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 Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Assistant director 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Animation director 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: ポケモンレンジャー！ヒードラン救出作戦！！ Pokémon Ranger! Heatran Rescue Mission!!) is the 169th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 635th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan as a 1-hour special on March 18, 2010, along with DP168.

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

Synopsis

On their way to the next town, Ash & Co. meet up with a Pokémon Ranger from the Oblivia Region. He has been sent to investigate a Heatran in the area that is causing many major eruptions in a nearby Volcano. However, with Team Rocket nearby, with their own Capture Styler, they face a challenge to protect Heatran.

Major events

• Ash and friends meet Natsuya, a Pokémon Ranger.

Debuts

• Natsuya

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Heatran

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Natsuya
• Giovanni (fantasy)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Heatran
• Pidgeot
• Feraligatr

Trivia

• There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture following this episode, instead being replaced by a trailer for M13.
• Despite having being made a Partner Pokémon by Natsuya in the Pokémon Ranger: Locus of Light specials, Ukulele Pichu does not appear in this episode.
• Background music from Pokémon Heroes and Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea is used.
• This episode is the first episode since the Indigo League to feature an in-game feature, the symbols for rangers to call Pokemon. The other event was Ash's capture of Krabby transporting immediately to Professor Oak.

Dub edits

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