DP099

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DP099   四天王リョウ！出会いと別れの森！ Elite Four Ryou! Forest of Meeting and Separation!

First broadcast Japan October 23, 2008 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ Ending あしたはきっと

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka 山本珠代 Tamayo Yamamoto Assistant director 細谷秋夫 Akio Hosoya Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda Additional credits

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(Japanese: 四天王リョウ！出会いと別れの森！ Elite Four Ryou! Forest of Meeting and Separation!) is the 99th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 565th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on October 23, 2008.

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

Synopsis

During their journey, Ash and his friends stop by a town and where they see a large crowd. They hear that Template:E4 from the Elite Four is having a public practice session. The group, which decides to watch the practice, is unexpectedly invited to Aaron's training center where various Template:Type2 Pokémon live comfortably. In the center, Dawn finds a picture of a young Aaron together with a Wurmple. Aaron tells the group that the Wurmple was his first capture and his best friend.

Major events

• Ash and friends meet Template:E4, a member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.

Debuts

• Template:E4

Pokémon debuts

• Skorupi

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Sinnoh Elite Four
  • Template:E4
  • Bertha (memory)
  • Template:E4 (memory)
  • Lucian (memory and flashback)
• Cynthia (flashback)
• Officer Jenny
• Aaron's fangirls

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Butterfree ({OP|Ash|Butterfree}}) (flashback)
• Buizel (Dawn's) (flashback)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Vespiquen (Template:E4's)
• Skorupi (Template:E4's)
• Drapion (Template:E4's)
• Wurmple (Template:E4's) (flashback)
• Beautifly (Aaron's; evolved)
• Butterfree (Pink) (flashback)
• Beedrill (multiple)
• Venonat
• Kricketot
• Ledyba
• Ledian
• Surskit
• Mothim
• Combee (multiple)
• Munchlax
• Kakuna (photo)
• Metapod (photo)

Trivia

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Aaron's signature

• Details of this episode were made known in K-Zone, a children's magazine, before any official Japanese episode listing. However, the magazine stated that Aaron would appear before Celestic Town, suggesting that it was moved to fit in the one-hour specials at Celestic.
• Aaron's signature was shown in this episode. Written was his Japanese name in romaji, Ryou.
• This marks the second time that Ash's Butterfree is seen in a flashback in the Diamond & Pearl series. The first was in The Thief That Keeps on Thieving! as a Caterpie.
• This marks the first time that Team Rocket has successfully captured a Pokémon, in this case multiple Pokémon, belonging to a member of the Elite Four.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Charmander

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