DP121

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DP121

DP121   EP587 さびしがりやのユキカブリ！ The Lonely Yukikaburi!

First broadcast Japan April 2, 2009 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ Ending もえよ　ギザみみピチュー！

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume Additional credits

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(Japanese: さびしがりやのユキカブリ！ The Lonely Yukikaburi!) is the 121st episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 587th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 2, 2009, as part of a one-hour special along with DP122.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Taking a break, the gang encounter a lost Snover. Ash, Dawn and Brock decide to help return Snover to its owner, but Team Rocket have ambitions for it...

Major events

• Ash's Grotle learns Rock Climb.
• Dawn learns of a Contest in Tatsunami Town.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Snover

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni (fantasy)
• Teacher
• Schoolchildren

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Grotle (Ash's)
• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Snover
• Starly (×2)
• Kricketot
• Swablu (×2)
• Cherrim (×3)

Trivia

• Much like Here's Looking at You, Elekid before it, this episode begins a new era for the Pokémon anime, as it switches from a 4:3 aspect ratio to a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, while broadcasting in high-definition for the first time.
• Together is used as background music.
• A new title card is introduced. It features the Sinnoh Gym Badges Ash currently has and Contest Ribbons Dawn earned. It also features the silhouettes of Dialga and Palkia, with the Notched-ear Pichu under the title.
• The new eyecatches are introduced. This time, Ash was positioned at the center for the first eyecatch and Dawn was positioned at the center of the second eyecatch. Previously, Dawn was at the center of the eyecatches. In addition, a quiz in Japan was introduced where residents from Japan had to answer where the Notched-ear Pichu appeared in.
• The font used for the "To be continued" text at the end of the episode has been changed, after being the same since EP001.
• This is the first episode in which a main character's Pokémon explicitly uses a current HM move.
• This episode marks the first time Ash's Grotle has used Energy Ball since evolving from Turtwig.

• DP121 new title card.png

  The new title card.

• New tbc.png

  The new "To be continued"

• Staraptormissingdot.png

  The error.

Errors

• In one scene, the dot on Staraptor's head is missing.

Dub edits

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Diamond & Pearl series

DP122 →

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