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Faced with Steelix Determination!

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EP489

爆走ハガネール！ビッパの村を守れ！！
Roaring Haganeil! Protect the Bippa Village!!

First broadcast

Japan	March 15, 2007
United States	July 12, 2007

English themes

Opening	Diamond and Pearl
Ending

Japanese themes

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

Credits

Additional credits
Animation	Team Iguchi
Screenplay	十川誠志 Masashi Sogo
Storyboard	日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka
Assistant director	秦義人 Yoshito Hata
Animation director	志村泉 Izumi Shimura

Screenshots on Filb.de

Faced with Steelix Determination! (Japanese: 爆走ハガネール！ビッパの村を守れ！！ Roaring Haganeil! Protect the Bippa Village!!) is the 23rd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 489th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 15, 2007 and in the United States on July 12, 2007.

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

Synopsis

The episode starts off with Jessie, James and Meowth digging some holes into the ground. Halfway, when they were digging a particular hole, they hit something hard. It turns out to be a Steelix, and the shovels which they were using were stuck on the Steelix's head. While they were running for it, Ash, Brock and Dawn were heading in the direction Team Rocket was running. Suddenly, they heard a cry of a Bidoof. Brock took out a potion to heal the Bidoof, and put a plaster on its wound. As they were about to turn into a junction into the forest, Team Rocket appeared, with Meowth in front. While they were talking about catching Ash's Pikachu, the Steelix appeared. When it was charging a Hyper Beam, they started running. While they were running, they spotted a gap in the rocks.

The gap in the rock was an opening to a Bidoof village. The Bidoof which Brock healed belonged to the Bidoof village. Jessie and James soon arrived at the Bidoof village. They hid in a small bush with a hole, because by then the Steelix was breaking in and so Ash, Brock, Dawn and Meowth cut down trees and shifted rocks to build a barricade against the Steelix. Jessie and James refused to help, as they were "very tired", and fell asleep.

Soon, the Steelix finally broke in. But by this time, they had a plan: Use Meowth to lure the Steelix, then pull off the shovels on its head. Staravia managed to pull off one, while his Pikachu also managed to pull off one. When the Steelix was about to fall into a pool of water, some Bidoof managed to pull the last shovel out.

The episode ends with Ash and his friends leaving the Bidoof village.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Pikachu (Ash's)
Meowth (Team Rocket)
Piplup (Dawn's)
Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
Turtwig (Ash's)
Staravia (Ash's)
Bidoof (stray) (Seiyū: 津村まこと Makoto Tsumura)
Bidoof (leader) (Seiyū: 三宅健太 Kenta Miyake)
Bidoof (pack)
Steelix (Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

Music from Destiny Deoxys and Jirachi: Wish Maker, and an alternate cut of Spurt! are used as background music.
Professor Oak's lecture: Jessie's Seviper
- Pokémon senryū: あかいキバ　わわるとアブネー　ハブネーク Akai kiba / Wawaru to abunē / Habunēku "The red fangs, it's dangerous to touch them; Habunake."

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		大鋼蛇失控！守護大牙狸的村落！！
Czech		Kdo se bojí Steelixe?
Dutch		Oog in oog met Steelix!
Finnish		Kivenkova Steelix raivostuu
European French		La pelle de Steelix !
German		Kein Mut, kein Preis!
Italian		Uno Steelix infuriato & Il coraggio di Bidoof
Polish		Stawić czoła Steelixowi!
Portuguese	Brazil	Enfrentando o Cabeça-Dura do Steelix!
Portuguese	Portugal	Confrontados com a Determinação do Steelix!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Un Steelix al ataque!
Spanish	Spain	Un Steelix con determinación de acero