DP102

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Shield with a Twist!

DP102   EP568 ヨスガジム戦！VSメリッサ!! Yosuga Gym Match! VS Melissa!!

First broadcast Japan November 13, 2008 United States April 18, 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 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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Shield with a Twist! (Japanese: ヨスガジム戦！VSメリッサ!! Yosuga Gym Match! VS Melissa!!) is the 102nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 568th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 13, 2008, in the UK on April 16, 2009 and in the United States on April 18, 2009.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash finally faces Fantina, the Gym Leader of Hearthome City. Ash chooses Buizel to battle against her Gengar, but will he be able to win?

Major events

• Jessie wins her second Contest ribbon with her Yanmega.
• Ash has an official Gym battle against Fantina and wins, earning his fifth gym badge, the Relic Badge.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Fantina
• Barry
• Zoey (flashback)
• Marian
• Contesta
• Sukizo
• Nurse Joy
• Gym referee
• Audience

Pokémon

• Professor Oak's lecture: Lapras
• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Glameow (Zoey's) (flashback)
• Gengar (Fantina's)
• Drifblim (Fantina's)
• Mismagius (Fantina's)
• Empoleon (Barry's)
• Steelix (flashback)

Trivia

• The English version of this episode first aired in the UK on April 16, 2009 along with Jumping Rocket Ship!.
• As of this episode, every member of Ash's Sinnoh team, other than Gliscor, has been used in at least two gym battles, and Grotle, Pikachu, and Buizel have been used in three. This also includes Aipom, who is no longer a member of Ash's team.
• Music from Pokémon Heroes is used as background music.
• This is the first episode where a Pokémon Contest and a Gym Battle are depicted in the same episode.
• Jessie is not seen in her standard Team Rocket uniform throughout this episode, instead remaining in her Jessalina disguise for the Majolica Contest.
  • This episode is one of the few where Jessie's hair is seen down.
• An earlier episode has a similar title to this one.
• This episode marks the first time Ash's Chimchar uses the improvised move Counter Shield.

In other languages

• German: Drei gegen drei!
• Korean: 연고체육관 시합! 지우 VS 멜리사
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Protegidos con un Escudo!
• Czech: Nelehký zápas

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