DP073

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DP073   さよならドクケイル！ Goodbye, Dokucale!

First broadcast Japan April 3, 2008 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 風のメッセージ (PokaPoka Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 湯山邦彦 Kunihiko Yuyama Assistant director 宮原秀二 Shūji Miyahara Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de This is one of the few episodes storyboarded by executive producer Kunihiko Yuyama.

(Japanese: さよならドクケイル！ Goodbye, Dokucale!) is the 73rd episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on April 3, 2008, along with DP074 as a one-hour special.

Team Rocket arrives at a lakeside Pokémon Center. Jessie's Dustox sees a shiny Dustox and follows it to the lake.

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

Major events

• Jessie releases her Dustox.

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Taiki
• Jessie's childhood crush (flashback)
• Jessie's idol-wannabe friends (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's; leaves)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Dustox (shiny) (Taiki's)
• Dustox

Trivia

• Together With the Wind is used as background music.
• This is the first time a main character purposely damages one of the Poké Balls of one of their Pokémon. Jessie does so, shattering Dustox's completely, in order to release it, as Dustox refused to leave her. Though, Brock did the same to a Ninetales's Poké Ball in Just Waiting on a Friend.
• Jessie's reason for releasing Dustox is very similar to the reason why Ash released his Butterfree. Also, Dustox's yellow ribbons could be seen as a reference to Butterfree's yellow scarf.
• The opening is updated with the evolutions of Dawn's Ambipom and Paul's Honchkrow, as well as the captures of Ash's Gligar and Paul's Magmar. It can be seen here.
• When Jessie is shown as a young girl in her flashback, her hair style is similar to that of her mother, Miyamoto.

Dub edits

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