DP008

Gymbaliar File:GureggruandtheMysterious Gym.jpg

DP008   なぞのジムのグレッグル！ Gureggru of the Mysterious Gym!

First broadcast Japan November 9, 2006 United States June 14, 2007

English themes Opening Diamond and Pearl

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

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant director 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura

Screenshots on Filb.de

Gymbaliar (Japanese: なぞのジムのグレッグル！ Gureggru of the Mysterious Gym!) is the eighth episode of Diamond & Pearl. It aired in Japan on November 9, 2006.

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

Major events

• Jessie, James and Meowth (Team Rocket) make a gym and battle trainers.
• Brock catches a Croagunk.

Pokémon debuts

• Croagunk

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Minnie (Japanese: ミナエ Minae; Seiyū: 木村亜希子 Akiko Kimura)
• Jeffrey (Japanese: Isana; Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura*)
• Boy trainer (Seiyū: 伊東みやこ Miyako Itō*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Starly (Ash's)
• Croagunk (Brock's, new; debut)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Sandslash (boy trainer's)
• Marowak (Isana's)
• Scizor (Minae's) (Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• Jessie used many Anglicisms in her speech throughout this episode in the Japanese version.
• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew is used as background music in this episode.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Gyms

The footage in this segment is from Ash's battles with Roxanne, Flannery, Winona and Juan. The final shot is of the flame at the Ever Grande Conference.

• Pokémon senryū: かてるまで　なんどもちょうせん　ポケモンジム Kateru made nando mo chōsen, Pokémon Jimu "Until you win, battle again and again; that is a Pokémon Gym."
• Dawn narrates the next episode preview.
• The dub title is a play off the dish Jambalaya and combining the two words Gym and liar.
• Brock's Croagunk was caught simaliar to the way James's Mime Jr. and Misty's Psyduck was. There was no battle, and the Pokémon just wanted to be caught.
• Japanese text was left on the Croagunk card used by James

Errors

• In the English dub, Jessie (AKA Princess Powerzone) commands Croagunk to use Poison Sting, yet it used Brick Break.
• Poison Jab appeared to hurt Scizor, who is part Steel. Steel Pokémon are immune to Poison moves. Though it is almost same case when Pikachu hurts a Ground-type Pokémon with Thunderbolt.

Dub edits

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