DP173

This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

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Diamond & Pearl series

DP174 : Last Call, First Round! →

Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!

DP173   EP639 メタモン・へんしんバトル！本物はドッチ～ニョ！？ Metamon - Transformation Battle! Which One is the Real One!?

First broadcast Japan April 22, 2010 United States September 11, 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 Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 大庭秀昭 Hideaki Ōba Assistant director 近橋伸隆 Nobutaka Chikahashi Animation director 木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita No additional credits are available at this time.

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Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama! (Japanese: メタモン・へんしんバトル！本物はドッチ～ニョ！？ Metamon - Transformation Battle! Which One is the Real One!?) is the 173rd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 639th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 22, 2010 and is scheduled to air in the United States on September 11, 2010.

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

Major events

• The gang arrives at Valor Lakefront for the Grand Festival.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Flint (fantasy)
• Makina
• Giovanni (fantasy)
• Team Rocket grunts (fantasy)
• Unnamed Trainer (flashback)
• Unnamed girl

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Infernape (Ash's)
• Gible (Ash's)
• Togekiss (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Ditto (Makina's)
• Ditto (Makina's; shiny)
• Zapdos (flashback)
• Marowak (unnamed Trainer's; flashback)
• Cubone (unnamed Trainer's; flashback)
• Giratina (fantasy)
• Regigigas (fantasy)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Wobbuffet
  • The lecture marks the first animated appearance of a female Wobbuffet, which displays the lipstick that is present on female Wobbuffet in the games.
• This episode explains that Ditto in the anime are able to transform into any Pokémon that is in the immediate area. This differs from the games, where Ditto can only transform into any Pokémon that is currently in battle.
• When the Ditto got transformed into Meowth, they also were able to speak human language.
• The epidode's dub name is an alliteration.

Errors

• During the battle between Ash and Makina, Ditto would revert to its natural form before transforming into another Pokémon; later in the episode, however, (when changing from Staraptor and Gible to Pikachu) both Ditto made a direct transformation instead.

Dub edits

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← DP172 : With the Easiest of Grace!

Diamond & Pearl series

DP174 : Last Call, First Round! →

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