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An Old Family Blend!

DP182   EP648 熱戦前夜！サトシのポケモン大集合！！ Eve of Battle! Satoshi's Pokémon All Together!!

First broadcast Japan June 24, 2010 United States November 20, 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 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 金崎貴臣 Takaomi Kanasaki Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama No additional credits are available at this time.

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An Old Family Blend! (Japanese: 熱戦前夜！サトシのポケモン大集合！！ Eve of Battle! Satoshi's Pokémon All Together!!) is the 182nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 648th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 24, 2010 and in the United States on November 20, 2010.

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

Synopsis

The gang has finally reached Lily of the Valley Island. Ash registers for the League at the Pokémon Center, while Team Rocket watches. Next they head to Trainer's Village. While there, they bump into Conway who says that he will be competing too. Inside the hotel room, Ash finds a basket of roses with a good-luck card from Professor Oak. Ash calls Oak and tells him to send some of his reserve Pokémon for training. But the Poké Balls get separated from Team Rocket, so Ash and co. search and finds Totodile, Corphish, Snorlax (sent by mistake; Oak was supposed to send in Heracross), and Bayleef. Cyndaquil is left, but Team Rocket finds it first. It then uses its new move Flame Wheel to crash into a tree and set it on fire. Ash and the others see the smoke and find it. After the kids put out the fire, they begin to destroy the machine however the mecha fixes itself and Team Rocket goes after Cyndaquil once more. Just as they reach for it, Cyndaquil suddenly evolves into Quilava to protect itself. Quilava immediately learns Eruption to blast off Team Rocket. They then celebrate. After that, Glalie, Torkoal, Donphan, Noctowl and Muk show up so Ash can start his training session. At last, the Sinnoh League starts and Ash's first opponent will be Nando. Who will win?

Major events

• Ash and his friends arrive at Lily of the Valley Island for the Lily of the Valley Conference.
• Paul, Barry, Nando and Conway also enter the Lily of the Valley Conference, having earned the eight Gym Badges required.
• Ash decides to use the Pokémon he has stored at Professor Oak's Laboratory alongside the Pokémon he has acquired in Sinnoh during the tournament and spends time with several of them.
• Ash's Cyndaquil is revealed to have learned Flame Wheel.
• Ash's Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava and learns Eruption.
• Ash learns he will be battling Nando in the first round of the tournament.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Ash's Quilava

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Paul
• Nando
• Conway
• Barry
• Professor Oak
• Cynthia
• Mr. Goodshow
• Jeffrey
• Trainers
• Merchants
• Pokémon Center employee
• Torch runners
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's; evolves)
• Quilava (Ash's; newly evolved)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Donphan (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Glalie (Ash's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Wingull (multiple)
• Luxray (Jeffrey's)

Trainers'

• Makuhita (two)
• Spearow
• Doduo
• Azumarill
• Elekid
• Jumpluff
• Whismur
• Lickilicky
• Cyndaquil
• Bronzong
• Heatran
• Probopass
• Floatzel
• Purugly
• Luxray
• Snorunt
• Geodude
• Tyrogue
• Jigglypuff
• Poochyena
• Wingull
• Gabite
• Lopunny
• Glaceon
• Snorlax
• Donphan
• Bulbasaur
• Heracross
• Muk

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Gardevoir
• This is the first episode of the eight-part 'Lily of the Valley Conference' arc.
• This marks the first time a legendary Pokémon, Heatran, is seen being entered in a Pokémon League competition.
• Pokémon Symphonic Medley 2 and music from Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea were used in this episode.
• One of the badges that appear on a screen at the end of the episode is the same unknown red badge that has been seen among the badges owned by both Barry and Nando in previous episodes.
• If one of looks closely at the entrance sign in the beginning of the episode, they could see the word Suzuran, the Japanese name of the Conference, written in the text.
• Among some of the less practical tools on Team Rocket's multi-armed mech are a folding fan, a concrete scraper, a pair of barbecue tongs, and a measuring triangle.
  • They also seem to use a golden mallet; this and the folding fan are both items in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Errors

The error

• In the scene in Oak's lab with Heracross and Bulbasaur, the top of Heracross's horn is missing when Oak checks his list.
• Near the end of the episode, where all the trainers are lined up inside the stadium, a green eyed Jigglypuff appears with its trainer. This however may be a shiny pokemon, but it also may be a colouring error.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		激戰前夜！小智的神奇寶貝大集合！！

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