DP172

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DP172   EP638 トゲキッス！華麗なるバトル！！ Togekiss! The Magnificent Battle!!

First broadcast Japan April 15, 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 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo 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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(Japanese: トゲキッス！華麗なるバトル！！ Togekiss! The Magnificent Battle!!) is the 172nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 638th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 15, 2010.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Dawn decides to start training her new Togekiss for the Grand Festival; however, problems arise when it emerges during a battle with Ash's Gible that Togekiss is willing to take hits as long as it manages to look graceful. Dawn then becomes determined to teach Togekiss the balance between gracefulness and battle style...

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Princess Salvia (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Gible (Ash's)
• Togekiss (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)

Trivia

• Gible and Togekiss have been added to the 'Up' ending shot of Which One ~ Is It?, while Torterra and Infernape have replaced Grotle and Monferno.
• Music from Pikachu's Vacation, Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, Spell of the Unown, Pokemon Heroes, and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew is played during this episode.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture isn't shown at the end of the episode. Instead, previews from future events and a trailer for Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark are shown.

Errors

Near to the end, when Team Rocket get blasted, the Meowth's left foot has swapped colors.

Dub edits

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