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DP157 : Gotta Get a Gible!
Diamond & Pearl series
DP159 : Short and To the Punch!
Regaining the Home Advantage!
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DP158   EP624
爆走!ジバコイルVSメタグロス!!
Loud Roar! Jibacoil VS Metagross!!
First broadcast
Japan January 7, 2010
United States June 5, 2010
English themes
Opening We Will Carry On!
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening サイコー・エブリディ!
Ending ドッチ~ニョ?
Credits
Animation Team Iguchi
Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Storyboard まついひとゆき Hitoyuki Matsui
Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe
Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume
Additional credits

Regaining the Home Advantage! (Japanese: 爆走!ジバコイルVSメタグロス!! Loud Roar! Jibacoil VS Metagross!!) is the 158th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 624th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 7, 2010 and in the United States on June 5, 2010, as the start of the new season, Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Sinnoh League Victors

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Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis As Ash and his friends continue their journey to Sunyshore City, they are attacked by a wild Magnezone. As they reach a near-by town, they are informed by Officer Jenny that Magnezone — soon joined by a wild Metagross — has suddenly appeared and is wreaking havoc throughout the town. Ash, Dawn, and Brock direct their Pokémon to stop the fighting, but the Magnezone and Metagross prove too powerful. Brock suggests that they lead the two Pokémon down the mountain with electricity to keep them from destroying the city. Pikachu and Pachirisu are up for the job, but before they reach their destination, Jessie, James and Meowth interrupt. They want to pay back the two battling Pokémon for disturbing them not once, but twice. Brock asks Meowth to talk to the two Pokémon to ask them why they are fighting, but even he can't understand what the strange metal language. Team Rocket blasts off after a hit from Metagross. With no other options, Pikachu and Pachirisu continue leading Magnezone and Metagross down the mountain.

The group meets up with Crispin, a mountain guard. Crispin informs them that the two Pokémon normally battle with each other on a regular basis to release the magnetism that builds up in their bodies, due to the strong magnetic forces emitted from the mountains. Recently, however, their "battle arena" (a deep crater) has become filled with water. Ash, his friends, Officer Jenny, and Crispin have to find out why the crater is full of water, and then find a way to drain it, so Magnezone and Metagross can battle in peace, away from the city. They discover a boulder diverting a stream to the crater, and Team Rocket reappears to move the obstacle. When their efforts are fruitless, Brock sends out his Croagunk, which uses Brick Break to break the rock. Team Rocket once again tries to help by draining the crater with a pump, but once again, they fail. Brock, helpful as ever, suggests they freeze the water. Dawn sends out her Buneary to use Ice Beam on the crater, and Brock's Happiny lifts the ice and throws it into the valley. With their battle area freed of water, Magnezone and Metagross can battle as much as they want, out of the way of the city.

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Trivia

Ash with two Pikachu instead of one.

Errors

  • In one scene, Ash is seen with two Pikachu at the same time: one on his shoulder and one standing next to him.
  • Gible's eyes were completely black while he was biting Ash's head.
  • The land around the basin is gray, but when Gible fires Draco Meteor, it is briefly seen as a wasteland.
  • Through out the episode , Magnezone's magnets were completely gray , without the blue or red on the end of them.; however, its Pokémon Diamond and Pearl sprite shows it to have completely gray magnets while the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games depict it to have the capability to turn the colors "on and off."
  • In the scene after Croagunk uses Brick Break to smash the rock, Dawn's neck is colored the same black as her outfit (which doesn't have a collar) and she's missing her scarf.

Dub edits

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