DP117

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DP117

DP117   EP583 ロケット団解散！？ Rocket-dan Breakup!?

First broadcast Japan March 5, 2009 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 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 広岡歳仁 Toshihito Hirooka Additional credits

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(Japanese: ロケット団解散！？ Rocket-dan Breakup!?) is the 117th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 583rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 5, 2009.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis The three members of the Team Rocket attack Ash and his friends in yet another attempt to capture Pikachu. The trio is blasted away by their target and, physically and emotionally drained, lands at a ramen shop. There, Jessie and James are surprised when they discover that the shop owner was one of their underclassmen from their days at the Team Rocket Academy.

Major events

• Team Rocket disbands but eventually get together again.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Yūsaku
• Customers
• Hikers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Metagross (Template:Shiny2)
• Meowth (nicknamed Meowzie; fantasy)
• Skitty (fantasy)
• Lopunny (fantasy)

Trivia

• Face Forward Team Rocket! is used as background music.
• A trailer for Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime was shown after this episode in Japan.
• This is Meowzie's first appearance in the Diamond and Pearl series, as well as her second appearance since Go West, Young Meowth, the first being in A Hole Lotta Trouble.
• The Metagross in this episode used Lock-On; a move it can't learn in the games.
• In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of the Team Rocket's motto.

Errors

• Seviper's Poison Tail affected Metagross. However, Metagross is a Template:Type2 Pokémon, immune to Template:Type2 attacks.
• Wobbuffet's Counter took effect against Metagross's Psychic, despite Psychic being a special move.

Dub edits

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Diamond & Pearl series

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