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The Battle Finale of Legend!

DP152   EP618 ディアルガとパルキア！ 最後の戦い！！ Dialga and Palkia! The Final Battle!

First broadcast Japan November 12, 2009 United States April 10, 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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka 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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The Battle Finale of Legend! (Japanese: ディアルガとパルキア！ 最後の戦い！！ Dialga and Palkia! The Final Battle!) is the 152nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 618th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan as a one-hour special on November 12, 2009, along with The Needs of the Three! and in the United States on April 10, 2010.

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

Synopsis

Directly from the last episode, Ash's Pikachu and Dawn's Piplup use their attacks to breach the tanks holding the Lake trio. As Ash and his friends rush to rescue them, Mars's Purugly and Jupiter's Skuntank push them back with Iron Tail attacks. Pikachu, Piplup and Croagunk are distracted, exposing them to Toxicroak's Sludge Bomb attack, putting them down. They then notice the Red Chain fragments on the Lake trio's foreheads, which Cyrus and Charon fill them in, the Pokémon now under the control of the powers of the original one. Intending to fufill his quest of creating a new world, he walks out with the lake trio, leaving Ash and his friends trapped by Team Galactic.

Looker and Team Rocket, now disguised as Team Galactic grunts, proceed to take over the entrance to Spear Pillar. Team Galactic leaves their headquarters via helicopter with Ash and his friends imprisoned in the same helicopter. Cynthia spots the chopper from the ground and follows in her jeep. Looker and Team Rocket, having neutralized the Galactic grunts, pretend to stand guard at the entrance with the intent of ambushing Team Galactic just as their chopper arrives and sets down. However, Cyrus and his Commanders easily see through the disguise which results in them being incapacitated by a Flamethrower attack from Jupiter's Skuntank and being put in the helicopter's cell with Ash and his friends.

Outside the gate, Saturn uses the Spear Key to unlock the gate to Spear Pillar, the key being absorbed into the gate and changing form. Cyrus opens the gate with the Red Chain fragment in his hand, opening the pathway. The path lights up, leading down to Spear Pillar as Cyrus and his men, except for Jupiter, head inside. Moments later, as Jupiter grows bored of having to wait, Skuntank gets hit by a Giga Impact from Cynthia's Garchomp. Cynthia confronts her as Garchomp restrains Jupiter. Cynthia frees Ash and his friends, locking down Jupiter and the Galactic grunts. Though Jupiter insists it is too late, Ash and his friends proceed into Spear Pillar to stop Cyrus.

Inside Spear Pillar, Cyrus and his men reach their destination, placing the Adamant and Lustrous Orbs, as well as the Lake trio, in position around the ancient ruins. Cyrus uses the power of the Red Chain to force the lake trio to use their energies to power the orbs and begin to summon Dialga and Palkia. Charon then gives the order to fire and two bolts of Red Chain energy are shot from a cannon around the formations of two mystical energy portals. As the portals begin to take shape, their powers are quickly causing disturbances around Mt. Coronet, which Professor Rowan and Gary pick up from their lab. Dialga and Palkia start to appear at Spear Pillar, the Red Chains quickly taking control of both. Pikachu, Piplup, and Croagunk fly in on Staraptor, Garchomp and Gliscor, destroying the cannon. Saturn sends out Toxicroak, but Croagunk jumps from Gliscor and, just as Toxicroak finishes emerging from its Poké Ball, strikes it with Brick Break to the head. Toxicroak falls to the ground knocked out to Saturn's shock, while Brock commends a happy Croagunk on a great job.

Though Cynthia is awed to meet the lake trio, she never wanted to see them this way. Mars sends out Purugly and the Grunts send out Golbat, but Pikachu and Piplup easily put them down, allowing Ash and his friends to proceed. Pikachu, Piplup and Croagunk free the Lake trio, destroying the Red Chain fragments on their foreheads. Ash recalls Staraptor and Gliscor into their Poké Balls and he, Dawn and Brock retrieve the lake trio. Dialga and Palkia start to disappear and it appears that Cyrus has lost... however it emerges that he has a back-up plan. Cyrus summons more power from the Red Chain, and the formations begin to glow... causing Dialga and Palkia themselves to appear! They Pokémon strain under the power of the Red Chain as it takes control of them.

The lake trio Pokémon draw into their powers as they telepathically ask Ash and his friends to free Dialga and Palkia. Cyrus orders the legendary Pokémon to use their powers, creating a portal into another dimension, the effects causing massive disturbances around Mt. Coronet. Ash and his friends try to attack the Red Chains holding Dialga and Palkia, but Cyrus has the legendary Pokémon use their signature moves to stop Pikachu, Piplup, Croagunk and Garchomp's attacks. Dialga's Roar of Time also proceeds to strike Ash and his friends, but the lake trio blocks the attack.

Saturn and Mars want to go into the new world with Cyrus, but he turns on them, revealing his true intention of having the new world to himself. Ash and his friends attack again, this time destroying the Red Chains and freeing Dialga and Palkia. The portal begins to disappear, but Cyrus walks up and gets drawn into it before it fades. Mars panics and wants to go too, but Saturn holds her back as the portal disappears.

However, Dialga and Palkia continue to rampage, creating a massive black hole of negative energy that threatens to envelop and destroy the Sinnoh region. Cynthia warns them of the impending danger as the lake trio pleads with Ash and his friends to do what they can. One by one, the lake trio Pokémon use their energies to calm Dialga and Palkia before creating a portal that sends them back to their isolated dimensions, reversing the energy levels and clearing the area around Mt. Coronet.

The lake trio celebrates with Ash and his friends before disappearing. Back at the surface, Professor Rowan and Gary arrive. The Adamant and Lustrous orbs are secured as Gary decides to take them back to Professor Carolina. While Team Rocket makes their getaway, the police take away Saturn, Jupiter and Mars. Cynthia thanks Ash and his friends for saving Sinnoh as they continue on their journey.

Major events

• Cyrus succeeds in briefly summoning Dialga and Palkia.
• Ash, Dawn and Brock, after setting them free from Team Galactic's control, join forces with Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie to stop Cyrus and calm Dialga and Palkia.
• Cyrus disappears through a portal created by Dialga and Palkia.
• Saturn, Mars and Jupiter are arrested while the Adamant Orb and the Lustrous Orb are recovered, thereby bringing down Team Galactic.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Dialga
• Palkia

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Cyrus
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Charon
• Looker
• Cynthia
• Gary
• Professor Rowan
• Yuzo
• Galactic Grunts

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's)
• Toxicroak (Saturn's)
• Purugly (Mars's)
• Skuntank (Jupiter's)
• Golbat (Galactic Grunts'; two)
• Dialga
• Palkia
• Uxie
• Mesprit
• Azelf

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Beldum
• This episode features total of five legendary Pokémon (Azelf, Uxie, Mesprit, Dialga, and Palkia), more than any other episode.
• Darkrai and Giratina once again replace Palkia and Dialga, respectively, in the beginning and ending of the preview of the next episode.
• Music from Pokémon Heroes, Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, The Rise of Darkrai, and Giratina and the Sky Warrior is used in this episode.
• When the Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit use their abilities on Dialga and Palkia, Uxie's visually resembles the powers of Sheena and Damos to read Pokémon's hearts.
• A preview of future episodes is also shown. These include in order of the preview:
  • Ash's Gliscor learning Giga Impact (Mastering Current Events!),
  • Ash's Buizel learning Ice Punch (Short and to the Punch!),
  • Dawn's Flame Ice combination with Mamoswine and Cyndaquil (Double-Time Battle Training!),
  • Zoey appearing, with a Leafeon and Kirlia (Double-Time Battle Training!),
  • Barry appearing (Gotta Get a Gible!),
  • Ash obtaining a Gible (Gotta Get a Gible!),
  • Ash's Gible battling with Barry's Empoleon (Gotta Get a Gible!).
• When the Red Chain puts the rings around Palkia an Dialga, they resemble the rings of Arceus.

Errors

• In one scene Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf hover in front of Brock, Dawn, and Ash in that order; in the very next shot, Uxie and Azelf have switched positions.
• In another scene several minutes later the same occurs, with Azelf and Mesprit switching positions.
• In one shot, the tail of Team Rocket's Meowth balloon is missing.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		帝牙盧卡與帕路奇犽！最後的戰鬥！！
Finnish		Legendaarinen lopputaisto!
German		Der große Kampf um Raum und Zeit!
Hebrew		הקרב האגדי האחרון
Italian		La lotta leggendaria!
Polish		Legenda - ostateczna rozgrywka!
Portuguese	Brazil	A Batalha Final da Lenda!
	Portugal	O Combate Final de Uma Lenda!
Spanish	Latin America	¡La Batalla Final de Leyenda!
	Spain	La Batalla Final de Leyenda

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