DP103

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A Jumping Rocket Ship

DP103   EP569 混戦混乱ミオシティ！ Chaotic Melee in Mio City!

First broadcast Japan November 20, 2008 United States April 25, 2009

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

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

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume Additional credits

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A Jumping Rocket Ship (Japanese: 混戦混乱ミオシティ！ Chaotic Melee in Mio City!) is the 103rd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 569th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 20, 2008 and will air in the United States on April 25, 2009.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis When they arrive in Canalave City, a Team Rocket trap forces Ash and co. to be separated from Pikachu and the other Pokémon. The Pokémon desperately search for their trainers, but come across Team Rocket's Meowth. Meowth wants to be their ally - and says he wants to quit Team Rocket and travel with Ash and company! While separated, Meowth, Pikachu, Mime Jr. and Pachirisu team up to find their trainers, with Empoleon, Grotle, Happiny and Piplup doing the same.

Major events

• Ash and co. arrive in Canalave City.
• Barry leaves the group to train at Iron Island.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Barry
• Lady

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Grotle (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Swinub (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's, flashback)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Empoleon (Barry's)

Trivia

• The dub version of this episode first aired in the UK on April 16, 2009 along with A Shield with a Twist.
• Music from Pokémon 4Ever and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew are used as background music.
• Meowth parodies samurai movies during his fight with Empoleon.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Altaria
• This episode implies that Ash's Staravia is male as it falls in love with a robot that is designed to resemble a female Staravia (including a smaller dot on it's forehead); however, the issue regarding Staravia's gender is still unclear due to the fact that another Staravia besides Ash's has yet to appear in the anime (as well as the fact it is still referred to as female in the Czech dub of the show).

In other languages

• German: Wer suchet der findet!

← DP102 : A Shield with a Twist

Diamond & Pearl series

DP104 : Sleepless in Pre-Battle →

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