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Smells Like Team Spirit
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First broadcast
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Smells Like Team Spirit (Japanese: タッグバトル!ファイナル!! Tag Battle! Final!!) is the 52nd episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on October 25, 2007 and in the United States on February 1, 2008.
As the tag battle tournament reaches the semi-finals, which of our heroes will emerge victorious?
Synopsis
Major events
- Chimchar joins Ash's team.
- Paul's Elekid evolves into an Electabuzz.
- Ash with his Staravia, and Paul with his Torterra, face Brock with his Croagunk, and Holly with her Farfetch'd. Ash and Paul win, and advance to the finals.
- Dawn with her Buizel, and Conway with his Heracross, face Ash with his Chimchar, and Paul with his Elekid, in the finals.
- Ash and Paul win the tournament.
- Paul gives his prize Soothe Bell to Ash.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Mime Jr. (James's)
- Turtwig (Ash's)
- Staravia (Ash's)
- Chimchar (Ash's, formerly Paul's)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Buneary (Dawn's)
- Buizel (Dawn's)
- Croagunk (Brock's)
- Cacnea (James's)
- Carnivine (James's)
- Elekid (Paul's; evolves)
- Electabuzz (Paul's; newly evolved)
- Torterra (Paul's)
- Farfetch'd (Holly's)
- Heracross (Conway's)
- Slowking (Conway's)
Trivia
- Music from Pokémon 4Ever is used as background music.
- Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Stunky
- Pokémon senryū: スカンプー すかんあいてに におにプー
- The dub title is taken from Nirvana's famous song, Smells Like Teen Spirit.
- This episode, along with DP050 and DP051 was aired as a 90 minute special on Feburary 1st on Cartoon Network.
Errors
Dub edits
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