DP158

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Regaining the Home Advantage!

DP158   EP624 爆走！ジバコイルＶＳメタグロス！！ Loud Roar! Jibacoil VS Metagross!!

First broadcast Japan January 7, 2010 United States June 5, 2010

English themes Opening We Will Carry On! Ending

Japanese themes Opening サイコー・エブリディ！ Ending ドッチ～ニョ？

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard まついひとゆき Hitoyuki Matsui Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Regaining the Home Advantage! (Japanese: 爆走！ジバコイルＶＳメタグロス！！ Loud Roar! Jibacoil VS Metagross!!) is the 158th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 624th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 7, 2010 and in the United States on June 5, 2010, as the start of the new season, Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Sinnoh League Victors.

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

Synopsis

As Ash and his friends continue their journey to Sunyshore City, they are attacked by a wild Magnezone. As they reach a near-by town, they are informed by Officer Jenny that Magnezone — soon joined by a wild Metagross — has suddenly appeared and is wreaking havoc throughout the town. Ash, Dawn, and Brock direct their Pokémon to stop the fighting, but the Magnezone and Metagross prove too powerful. Brock suggests that they lead the two Pokémon down the mountain with electricity to keep them from destroying the city. Pikachu and Pachirisu are up for the job, but before they reach their destination, Jessie, James and Meowth interrupt. They want to pay back the two battling Pokémon for disturbing them not once, but twice. Brock asks Meowth to talk to the two Pokémon to ask them why they are fighting, but even he can't understand the strange metal language. Team Rocket blasts off after a hit from Metagross. With no other options, Pikachu and Pachirisu continue leading Magnezone and Metagross down the mountain.

The group meets up with Crispin, a mountain guard. Crispin informs them that the two Pokémon normally battle with each other on a regular basis to release the magnetism that builds up in their bodies, due to the strong magnetic forces emitted from the mountains. Recently, however, their "battle arena" (a deep crater) has become filled with water. Ash, his friends, Officer Jenny, and Crispin have to find out why the crater is full of water, and then find a way to drain it, so Magnezone and Metagross can battle in peace, away from the city. They discover a boulder diverting a stream to the crater, and Team Rocket reappears to move the obstacle with their balloon. Unfortunately, the boulder is too heavy and their balloon ends up falling in the river. Brock then sends out his Croagunk, which uses Brick Break to break the rock, restoring the normal flow, taking Team Rocket with it. With the water no longer flowing to fill the basin, they can now drain it. Team Rocket returns and tries to help once again by using their pump to drain the crater. Unfortunately, their pump's motor is weak, meaning that it would take too long to get the water out. Therefore, Brock suggests freezing the water. Dawn sends out her Buneary to use Ice Beam on the crater. Unfortunately, since Team Rocket's pump hose was still in the water, they get frozen too. Brock then sends out Happiny to lift the ice out of the basin (with Team Rocket as well). Despite Team Rocket's begging, Happiny throws the ice and them into the valley. With their battle area freed of water, Magnezone and Metagross can battle as much as they want, out of the way of the city.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Magnezone

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Crispin
• Unnamed Trainers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Monferno (Ash's)
• Gible (Ash's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Magnezone
• Metagross
• Feraligatr (unnamed Trainer's)
• Snorlax (unnamed Trainer's)
• Bayleef (unnamed Trainer's)

Trivia

Ash with two Pikachu instead of one.

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Roserade
• High Touch! 2009 is replaced by The Greatest - Everyday! as the opening theme, but it can still be heard at the end of previews for the next episodes.
• This is the first Japanese episode of the 2010s.
• Music from Pikachu's Vacation, Spell of the Unown, Pokémon Heroes, Gotta Dance, and Destiny Deoxys is used during this episode.
• This is the first episode of the thirteenth season, Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Sinnoh League Victors.
• This is the first episode where Gible used Draco Meteor and Piplup didn't faint after getting hit by it.

Errors

• In one scene, Ash is seen with two Pikachu at the same time: one on his shoulder and one standing next to him. In the same shot, Ash has his feet overlapped by the sidewalk.
• Gible's eyes were completely black while he was biting Ash's head.
• The land around the basin is gray, but when Gible fires Draco Meteor, it is briefly seen as a wasteland.
• Throughout the episode, Magnezone's magnets were completely gray, without the blue or red on the end of them; however, its Pokémon Diamond and Pearl sprite shows it to have completely gray magnets while the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games depict it to have the capability to turn the colors "on and off."
• In the scene after Croagunk uses Brick Break to smash the rock, Dawn's neck is colored the same black as her outfit (which doesn't have a collar) and she's missing her scarf.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		失控！自爆磁怪對巨金怪！！
Dutch		Terugpakken van het Voordeel!
Finnish		Kotikenttäetu haltuun!
German		Kampf der Titanen!
Italian		Si lotta in casa!
Polish		W domu najlepiej!
Portuguese	Brazil	Ganhando Outra Vez a Vantagem em Casa!
	Portugal	Recuperando o Recinto de Combate!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Recuperando la Ventaja en Casa!
	Spain	Aprovechando la energía de casa
Swedish		Återfå fördel av hemmaplan!

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