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Throwing the Track Switch
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エイパムとブイゼル!それぞれの道!! Eipam and Buoysel! Respective Roads!!
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First broadcast
Japan
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November 22, 2007
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United States
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April 26, 2008
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
Animation
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Team Iguchi
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Screenplay
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冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
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Storyboard
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奥村よしあき Yoshiasa Okumura
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Assistant director
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秦義人 Yoshito Hata
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Animation director
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木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita
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Additional credits
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Throwing the Track Switch (Japanese: エイパムとブイゼル!それぞれの道!! Eipam and Buoysel! Respective Roads!!) is the 55th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 521st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 22, 2007 and in the United States on April 26, 2008.
While in a training session with the group, Zoey notices that Aipom is more interested in Dawn's battle style while Buizel is more interested in Ash's battle style. Meanwhile, James is depressed about leaving Cacnea.
Synopsis
When Dawn and her friends run into Zoey on their way to Solaceon Town, the two Coordinators can't resist having a practice battle. At the same time, Ash has Chimchar and Aipom battle each other to train for his upcoming Gym battle. But Dawn's Buizel is distracted by the battle between Chimchar and Aipom, while Aipom keeps trying to watch the Contest battle between Buizel and Zoey's Glameow. It seems as if Buizel would rather be battling while Aipom would rather be in a Contest, so Zoey makes a bold suggestion: why doesn't Dawn trade Buizel for Ash's Aipom?
Dawn and Ash aren't sure if that's a good idea. To test the waters, Ash suggests that he use Buizel to battle Brock, and Dawn can use Aipom to battle Zoey. But before the battle can get very far, Jessie and Meowth show up in disguise. James is miserable now that Cacnea is gone, so his teammates are determined to cheer him up-by stealing Aipom and Buizel!
But James, unaware of the plan, accidentally blows Team Rocket's cover. Jessie's Seviper uses Haze and Team Rocket makes a grab for Aipom and Buizel anyway, but they end up snagging Glameow and Sudowoodo instead. Ash and Dawn use Aipom and Buizel to defeat Team Rocket, and it looks like Ash's attacking style is a good match for Aipom while Aipom's flair is a good match for Dawn. They complete the Pokémon trade, then get back on the road to Dawn's next Contest!
Major events
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Trivia
Errors
- When the two trainers were trading before Dawn and Ash, it showed the shadow of a Rapidash instead of a Ponyta.
Dub edits
In other languages
- Latin American Spanish: ¡El intercambio!
- Iberian Spanish: ¡Intercambio de Pokémon!
- Brazilian Portuguese: A hora da troca!
- Polish: Czas na zmiany
- Dutch: De grote verwisseltruc!
- Italian: Scambio di Pokémon!
- Finnish: Vaihtelu virkistää!
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