DP110

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DP110

DP110   EP576 ゲンとルカリオ！ Gen and Lucario!

First broadcast Japan January 15, 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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka 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: ゲンとルカリオ！ Gen and Lucario!) is the 110th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 576th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 15, 2009.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash and friends go to Iron Island after a call from Barry. He needs help with his Empoleon and some other Pokémon who've begun to act out violently. They go to help him and find all the Template:Type2 Pokémon going crazy, and fighting amongst themselves and other Pokémon...

Major events

• Ash and his friends meet Barry again.
• Ash and his friends meet Riley, a user of Aura.
• The gang encounters Commander Mars of Team Galactic again.
• Team Galactic excavates a mysterious temple and, using the Spear Key, causes it to send out a strange beam that impacts Mt. Coronet.

Debuts

• Riley

Pokémon debuts

• Riley's Lucario

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Riley
• Barry
• Mars
• Team Galactic Grunts
• Nurse Joy

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Lucario (Riley's)
• Empoleon (Barry's)
• Heracross (Barry's)
• Staraptor (Barry's)
• Roserade (Barry's)
• Golbat (Team Galactic's; multiple)
• Purugly (Mars's)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Aggron
• Steelix
• Metang
• Lairon
• Forretress
• Scizor
• Aron
• Graveler
• Onix
• Magnemite (multiple)
• Geodude (multiple)
• Skarmory (multiple)
• Diglett (multiple)
• Rattata (multiple)
• Dialga (statue)
• Palkia (statue)

Trivia

• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew is used.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Starmie
• This is one of the few times where Carnivine does not show affection for James after being called out of its Poké Ball.
• This is the first episode featuring Team Galactic in which Saturn does not appear.

Errors

• The scene where after Lucario gets hit by the beam, the ground's color is the same as Riley's trousers.

Dub edits

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Diamond & Pearl series

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