DP097

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DP097   ギンガ団襲撃!!　-後編- Team Galaxy Attacks! -Part 2-

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 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

(Japanese: ギンガ団襲撃!!　-後編- Team Galaxy Attacks! -Part 2-) is the 97th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series. It first aired in Japan on October 2, 2008, as a part of a one-hour special with DP096.

Team Galactic launch a full-on attack on the Celestic Ruins, in search of the Lustrous Orb. Ash, Dawn and Brock team up with Officer Jenny and Cynthia to stop their evil schemes.

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

Major events

• Team Galactic steals the Lustrous Orb from the Celestic Town museum.

Debuts

• Jupiter

Pokémon debuts

• Gastrodon (West Sea)
• Purugly
• Skuntank

Characters

Humans

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

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's)
• Gastrodon (Cynthia's)
• Toxicroak (Saturn's)
• Purugly (Mars's)
• Bronzor (Mars's; seiyū: 古島清孝 Kiyotaka Furushima)
• Skuntank (Jupiter's)
• Golbat (Team Galactic's; multiple)
• Chansey (Pokémon Center's)
• Dialga (fantasy and statue)
• Palkia (fantasy and statue)

Trivia

• The 97th episode of the previous anime series also featured the antagonists of that generation's games, much as this episode features the antagonists of the current generation's games. AG097, however, had a cliffhanger leading into its second part, while this episode is the final part of the two-parter. The previous generation's arc, however, was the last appearance of the respective teams, while this arc, with four badges left for Ash to earn in Sinnoh, seems to merely be Team Galactic's biggest appearance yet.
• Music from The Rise of Darkrai is used.

Errors

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The error in Gastrodon

• While Cynthia's Gastrodon and Garchomp were battling Toxicroak and Purugly, Gastrodon's head was colored pink.

Dub edits

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