DP117

← DP116 : The Drifting Snorunt!

Diamond & Pearl series

DP118 : Pursuing a Lofty Goal! →

Noodles! Roamin' Off!

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

First broadcast Japan March 5, 2009 United States August 1, 2009

English themes Opening ~Battle Cry~ (Stand Up!) 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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Noodles! Roamin' Off! (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 and in the United States on August 1, 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 gets together again.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Christopher
• 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 (Meowzie; fantasy)
• Skitty (fantasy)
• Lopunny (fantasy)

Trivia

• Face Forward Team Rocket! is used as background music.
• There is no Professor Oak's lecture at the end of this episode. Instead, a trailer for Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime was shown after this episode aired 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 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 their motto.
• This episode is one of the few where Jessie's hair is seen down.
• This is one of four episodes where James's Mime Jr. is used in battle. The other episodes were All Dressed Up with Somewhere to Go, The Bells are Singing!, and Jumping Rocket Ship!.
• This episode's English title is a play on a pasta dish, noodles romanoff.

Errors

• Seviper's Poison Tail damaged Metagross, a Template:Type2. However, Steel-type Pokémon are immune to Template:Type2 attacks.

Dub edits

← DP116 : The Drifting Snorunt!

Diamond & Pearl series

DP118 : Pursuing a Lofty Goal! →

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