DP078

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DP078   激闘！それぞれのバトル!! Fierce Fighting! Respective Battles!!

First broadcast Japan May 8, 2008 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 風のメッセージ (PokaPoka Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita No additional credits are available at this time.

(Japanese: 激闘！ それぞれのバトル！！ Fierce Fighting! Respective Battles!!) is the 78th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on May 8, 2008 alongside DP077 as part of a one-hour special.

While taking a walk by Lake Valor, Ash and Pikachu see the shadow of a mysterious creature. The next day, the competitors progress through the battle rounds of the Wallace Cup.

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

Major events

• Ash, Dawn, Zoey, and May continue on in the Wallace Cup.
• Ash encounters a Template:P2 near Lake Valor.
• May's Bulbasaur has evolved into Venusaur during her travels in Johto.
• Ash loses in his second match of the battle round.
• May, Dawn, and Zoey advance to the quarter finals.

Debuts

• Kaito

Pokémon debuts

• May's Venusaur

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• May
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Paul
• Zoey
• Kaito
• Wallace
• Max
• Norman
• Caroline
• Harley
• Drew
• Solidad
• Kenny

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Venusaur (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Wartortle (May's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Misdreavus (Zoey's)
• Finneon (Zoey's)
• Lanturn (Kaito's)
• Mothim
• Crawdaunt (Kaito's)
• Exeggutor
• Pelipper
• Wailmer
• Mareep
• Kecleon
• Azelf
• Mesprit (flashback)

Trivia

• Ash encounters Azelf at Lake Valor, much like Dawn encountered Mesprit at Lake Verity in Following a Maiden's Voyage. Much speculation as to who will encounter Uxie is being made at the current time, with major candidates being Brock and Paul. During the episode, May tells of a story she heard about a mysterious, legendary Pokémon (likely to be Uxie) during her pitstop at Snowpoint City.

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Azelf's soul appears to Ash.

• At the end of this episode, Piplup is returned to its Poké Ball for the first time in a long time so as to come out with the effects of the Ball Capsule. If Ash had used Pikachu instead of Buizel, it is unknown what he would have done.
• Instead of Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture, the end of the episode featured a memorial to Pokémon 4Ever. This is part of a countdown to Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin.

Errors

• In Dawn's first match, Buneary's capsule has a Bubble Seal , but then it changes to a Heart Seal when it opens.

Dub edits

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