DP096

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DP096   ギンガ団襲撃!!　-前編- Team Galactic Attacks! -Part 1-

First broadcast Japan October 2, 2008 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ Ending あしたはきっと

Credits Animation Team Iguchi 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 Additional credits

(Japanese: ギンガ団襲撃!!　-前編- Team Galactic Attacks! -Part 1-) is the 96th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series. It first aired in Japan on October 2, 2008, as a part of a one-hour special with DP097.

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

Major events

• Team Galactic steal the Adamant Orb from the policeman airplane.

Debuts

• Mars
• Cyrus
• Professor Karashina

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Nurse Joy
• Team Galactic
• Cynthia
• Professor Karashina
• Cyrus
• Mars
• Saturn
• Team Galactic Grunts
• Rhonda
• Policemen

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's)
• Toxicroak (Saturn's)
• Bronzor (Saturn's)
• Golbat (multiple)
• Delcatty (Yuri's) (Flashback)
• Drifblim (Fantina's) (Flashback)
• Azelf (Flashback)
• Mesprit (Flashback)
• Growlithe
• Stunky

Trivia

• The opening and ending themes are replaced by High Touch! and Surely Tomorrow in this episode.
• This episode marks exactly 60 episodes since Team Galactic's first anime appearance. In it, however, they hired Jessie, James, and Meowth to nab the Adamant Orb from Eterna City, while this time around they themselves nab both it and the Lustrous Orb from Celestic Town, which lies on the opposite side of Mt. Coronet and Route 211 from Eterna.

Dub edits

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