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| Season | Pokémon DP: Sinnoh League Victors (Season 13) · The road to Lake Valor arc (DP167–DP173) |
| Episode | Season 13, episode 16 · English episode 635 · Japanese episode 640 · Bulbapedia code DP173 |
| English title | Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama! |
| Japanese title | メタモン・へんしんバトル！本物はドッチ～ニョ！？ Metamon Henshin Batoru! Honmono wa Dotchi~nyo!? — “Metamon – Transformation Battle! Which One is the Real One!?” |
| First aired (Japan) | 22 April 2010 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 11 September 2010 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Shōji Yonemura |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Saikō – Everyday! (The Greatest – Everyday!) – Fumie Akiyoshi · Dotchi~nyo? (Which One ~ Is It?), Version 2 – Moomoo Milk and Araki-san |
| English opening | We Will Carry On! – Adam Elk |
| Previous episode | With the Easiest of Grace! (DP172) |
| Next episode | Last Call—First Round! (DP174) |
Filler / stand-alone episodeTwo DittoArrival at Valor Lakefront
Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama! is the 16th episode of Pokémon DP: Sinnoh League Victors, the thirteenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 635th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 640, Bulbapedia code DP173). It first aired in Japan on 22 April 2010 and in the United States on 11 September 2010. It falls within the season’s The road to Lake Valor stretch (EP167–EP173).
Synopsis
Ash and his friends are baffled by doubles of their Pokémon that turn out to be two Ditto belonging to a Trainer named Narissa. Near Valor Lakefront a second Piplup steals the lunch, and soon there are two Togekiss, two Pikachu and two Gible squabbling with each other.
Narissa, who calls herself “The Rumbler”, claims the Ditto, one of them Shiny, and Ash challenges her to a two-on-two battle. Her Ditto copy Infernape and then Piplup and Pikachu, but Mach Punch, Thunderbolt and Quick Attack defeat them; Narissa admits her tough act hides a gentle nature, and Brock teaches her more about Ditto.
Team Rocket net both Ditto, which transform into Meowth and Wobbuffet until the trio cannot decide which to keep. As Staraptor, one Ditto defeats Carnivine, Gible’s Dig and Staraptor’s Quick Attack finish Seviper, and a triple Thunderbolt from Pikachu and two Ditto-Pikachu blasts Team Rocket off. Narissa hints that she likes Brock, who promptly flirts with someone else and is jabbed by three Croagunk.
Major Events
- Narissa “the Rumbler” and her two Ditto, one of them Shiny
- Ash beats both Ditto in a two-on-two battle
- The group reach Valor Lakefront
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Shōji Yonemura.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Sinnoh story.
Changes in the English Dub
- The Ditto disguised as Meowth talks in Japanese but only says “Meowth” in English
- Narissa’s “yankee” becomes “the Rumbler”
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