DP101

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DP101

DP101   EP567 ライバルトレーナー・ジュン登場!! Enter Rival Trainer Jun!!

First broadcast Japan November 6, 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 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Assistant director 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

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(Japanese: ライバルトレーナー・ジュン登場!! Enter Rival Trainer Jun!!) is the 101st episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 567th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 6, 2008.

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

Major events

• Ash and his friends return to Hearthome City.
• Ash meets Jun.
• Ash has a battle against Jun.
  • Ash's Chimchar defeats Jun's Staraptor.
  • Ash's Chimchar is defeated by Jun's Roserade.
  • Ash's Gliscor draws with Jun's Roserade.
  • Ash's Pikachu defeats Jun's Empoleon and Ash wins the match.
• Ash prepares to battle against Fantina.
• James learns from Jun that Cacnea has perfected Drain Punch.
• Jun joins the group.

Debuts

• Jun

Anime debuts

• Empoleon

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Jun
• Fantina
• Paul (flashback)
• Gardenia (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Grotle (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's) (flashback)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Honchkrow (Paul's) (flashback)
• Empoleon (Jun's)
• Staraptor (Jun's)
• Roserade (Jun's)
• Mismagius (Fantina's)

Trivia

• Jun's first appearance to Ash in this episode features the two literally running into each other. This is borrowed from Jun's game counterpart, Pearl.
• Turtwig is replaced by Grotle in the opening. However, it stays as Turtwig in the closing.
• As of this episode, Infernape is the only member of the Sinnoh starter families who has yet to make a debut in the anime.
• Interestingly, while Ash's badge case has all 8 places shaped ready for the badges he will eventually receive, Jun's badge case has at least one space different as he has a badge that is not present in the games, which shows that there are at least two types of badge cases.
• Jazz-like music is used as a theme for Jun.
• This is only the third time that Gliscor has had a formal battle and second since it has evolved. The first two were in Chim - Charred! and Fighting Fear With Fear!.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Electrode

Dub edits

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