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DP009   ミミロルとあそぼう!? Let's Play with Mimirol!?

First broadcast Japan November 16, 2006 United States

English themes Opening

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 湯山邦彦 Kunihiko Yuyama Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 船津弘美 Hiromi Funatsu

Screenshots on Filb.de This is one of the few episodes storyboarded by executive producer Kunihiko Yuyama.

(Japanese: ミミロルとあそぼう!? Let's Play with Mimirol!?) is the ninth episode of Diamond & Pearl. It aired in Japan on November 16, 2006.

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

Major events

• Hikari captures a Mimirol.

Pokémon Debuts

• Hikari's Mimirol

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Hikari
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny

Pokémon

• Ash's Pikachu
• Team Rocket's Meowth
• Jessie's Wobbuffet
• James's Mime Jr.
• Ash's Aipom
• Ash's Mukkuru
• Ash's Naetle
• Hikari's Pochama
• Hikari's Mimirol (new) (Seiyū: 川上とも子 Tomoko Kawakami)
• Brock's Bonsly
• Brock's Gureggru
• Mukkuru (flock)

Trivia

• Brock's Gureggru is added to Together and By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~.
• An instrumental version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ is used as background music during the second Pochama vs. Mimirol battle.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Gym Leaders
  • The footage in this segment is of Juan's Pokémon in his battle with Ash. Of Ash's Pokémon, only Pikachu and Swellow are shown.
• Pokémon senryū: ジムリーダー　いのちをかけて　かかってこい
• Hikari narrates the next episode preview.

Dub edits

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