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Gotta Get a Gible!

DP157   EP623 フカマル！ゲットだぜ！！ Fukamaru! Got It!!

First broadcast Japan December 24, 2009 United States May 15, 2010

English themes Opening Battle Cry - (Stand Up!) Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ 2009 Ending ドッチ～ニョ？

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

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Gotta Get a Gible! (Japanese: フカマル！ゲットだぜ！！ Fukamaru! Got It!!) is the 157th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 623nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 24, 2009 and in the United States on May 15, 2010.

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

Major events

• Ash and company meet up with Barry, who is revealed to have won three more badges, bringing his total count up to six.
• Ash captures the Gible he previously befriended.
• Ash uses Gible in a battle against Empoleon and suffers his first loss to Barry.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Barry
• Officer Jenny
• Giovanni (fantasy)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Gible (Ash's; new)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Empoleon (Barry's)

Trivia

• There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture in this episode.
• This is the last Japanese episode of the 2000s.
• This is the first time when a Pokémon other than Ash's Pikachu destroys a friend's bike, and also the first time when a Pokémon destroys a bike on purpose. It's also the first time this happens to a male character.
• Music from Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, Pokémon Heroes, Destiny Deoxys, and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew is used during this episode.
• As of this episode, the entire Gible evolutionary family is owned by main or recurring characters (Ash has a Gible, Ursula has a Gabite while Cynthia has a Garchomp).
• This is the last episode of the twelfth season, Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Galactic Battles.
• During Meowth's Giovanni fantasy, Meowth says that "Team Rocket made the nights evil of truth and love". This is a reference to the original Team Rocket motto.

Errors

• Empoleon used Hydro Cannon twice in a row, without even recharging between uses. In the games, Hydro Cannon requires the user to recharge.

Dub edits

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