DP187

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DP187   EP653 激闘フルバトル！サトシ対シンジ！！ Intense Fighting Full Battle! Satoshi vs Shinji!!

First broadcast Japan August 12, 2010 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening 「サイコー・エブリディ！」（ＢＡＮＤ　ＶＥＲＳＩＯＮ） Ending 君の胸にＬａＬａＬａ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: 激闘フルバトル！サトシ対シンジ！！ Intense Fighting Full Battle! Satoshi vs Shinji!!) is the 187th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 653rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 12, 2010.

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

Synopsis

The intense battle between Ash and Paul continues! Unfortunately for Ash it soon appears that Paul's Drapion could begin to turn the tide of battle to his rival's favor. To respond to this, Ash sends Pikachu into battle only for Paul to respond by sending out one of his newest Pokémon... Froslass!

Major events

• Ash and Paul continue their full battle.
• Paul is revealed to have obtained a Froslass.
• Ash's Gliscor is revealed to have learned Stone Edge.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Barry
• Paul
• Reggie
• Mr. Goodshow
• Cynthia
• Referee
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Torterra (Ash's)
• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Infernape (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Ninjask (Paul's)
• Froslass (Paul's)
• Drapion (Paul's)

Trivia

• Music from Pokémon Heroes, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, and Arceus and the Jewel of Life is played during the episode.
• This episode marks the first time Pikachu manages to defeat one of Paul's Pokémon.
• Although it has been mentioned in the past, this episode marks the first time Pikachu is explicitly shown to suffer recoil from using Volt Tackle.
• The effect of Toxic Spikes is shown differently in this episode to how it works in the games. While in the games Toxic Spikes will poison any Pokémon sent into battle (with the exception of Flying, Steel and Poison-type Pokémon), in this episode it is shown to poison any Pokémon that touches the ground affected by Toxic Spikes regardless of type.

Errors

• As was the case in the last episode (this time involving Drapion), Staraptor's Aerial Ace missed its target despite normally being a guaranteed hit.

Dub edits

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