BW039

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BW039   EP696 全員集合！ドンバトル！！ Everyone Gathers! Don Battle!!

First broadcast Japan July 7, 2011 United States

English themes Opening Black and White Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima Assistant director 矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: 全員集合！ドンバトル！！ Everyone Gathers! Don Battle!!) is the 39th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 696th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 7, 2011.

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

Major events

• Ash and his friends enter the Don Battle, along with Luke, Bianca, Burgundy, Langley, Kenyan, and Trip.
• Kenyan's Blitzle is revealed to have evolved into a Zebstrika.
• Burgundy is revealed to have obtained a Stoutland.
• Ash defeats Burgundy and makes it to the second round of the Don Battle along with Langley.
• Ash uses his Palpitoad for the first time.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Stoutland
• Zebstrika

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Don George
• Trip
• Bianca
• Burgundy
• Kenyan
• Langley
• Luke
• Antonio
• Ibushi
• Omega
• Dean
• Sanshirō
• Sekimoto
• Yoshihiko
• Takemitsu
• Don George's apprentice
• Trainers
• Audience
• Citizens

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Oshawott (Ash's; flashback)
• Palpitoad (Ash's)
• Stoutland (Burgundy's; debut)
• Dewott (Burgundy's; flashback)
• Sawsbuck (Burgundy's; flashback)
• Zebstrika (Kenyan's; debut)
• Beartic (Langley's)
• Zorua (Luke's)
• Golett (Luke's)
• Deerling (Dean's)
• Patrat (Omega's)
• Joltik (Sanshirō's)
• Scolipede (Ibushi's)
• Tranquill (Antonio's)
• Deerling
• Pidove (two)

Trivia

• There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster following this episode. Clips from the fourteenth movie were shown instead.

Dub edits

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