DP160

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A Marathon Rivalry!

DP160   EP626 燃えよカビゴン！ポケスロンの王者！！ Get Fired Up, Kabigon! King of the Pokéthlon!!

First broadcast Japan January 21, 2010 United States June 5, 2010

English themes Opening Ending

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

Credits Animation OLM/OLM Digital Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 大庭秀昭 Hideaki Ōba Assistant director 近橋伸隆 Nobutaka Chikahashi Animation director 木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

A Marathon Rivalry! (Japanese: 燃えよカビゴン！ポケスロンの王者！！ Get Fired Up, Kabigon! King of the Pokéthlon!!) is the 160th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 626th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 21, 2010 and will air in the United States on June 5, 2010.

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

Major events

• Ash participates in a Pokéathlon and loses.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Yūta
• Competitors

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Monferno (Ash's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Snorlax (Yūta's)
• Hitmonlee (Yūta's)

Competitors'

• Drowzee
• Nuzleaf
• Machoke
• Abra
• Grumpig
• Mankey
• Weavile
• Luxio
• Medicham
• Spoink
• Glaceon
• Stunky
• Magby

On a poster

• Sneasel
• Tyrogue
• Ampharos
• Aipom
• Miltank
• Politoed
• Quagsire
• Ursaring
• Elekid
• Heracross
• Granbull
• Smeargle

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Abomasnow
• The Pokémon on the Pokéathlon poster were all introduced in Generation II, referencing the fact that the Pokéathlon was introduced in the remakes of the original Generation II games.
• Due to their journey in Johto, Ash and Brock mention that they know what the Pokéathlon is.
• The same mecha used to torture Kaiser in the banned episode The Legend of Dratini appears in this episode.

Dub edits

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