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| Season | Pokémon DP: Galactic Battles (Season 12) · Canalave & the Mine Badge arc (DP105–DP109) |
| Episode | Season 12, episode 4 · English episode 571 · Japanese episode 575 · Bulbapedia code DP108 |
| English title | Dealing With Defensive Types! |
| Japanese title | ミオジム戦！はがねのバトル！！ Mio Jimu Sen! Hagane no Batoru!! — “Mio Gym Match! Steel Battle!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 25 December 2008 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 30 May 2009 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Shinzō Fujita |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Hai Tatchi! (High Touch!) – Satoshi (Rica Matsumoto) & Hikari (Megumi Toyoguchi) · Ashita wa Kitto (Surely Tomorrow) – Kanako |
| English opening | Battle Cry – (Stand Up!), Version 1 – Erin Bowman |
| Previous episode | Ancient Family Matters! (DP107) |
| Next episode | Leading a Stray! (DP109) |
Plot episodeMine BadgeGliscor’s first Gym battle
Dealing With Defensive Types! is the 4th episode of Pokémon DP: Galactic Battles, the twelfth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 571st episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 575, Bulbapedia code DP108). It first aired in Japan on 25 December 2008 and in the United States on 30 May 2009. It falls within the season’s Canalave & the Mine Badge stretch (EP105–EP109).
Synopsis
Ash battles Byron for the Mine Badge, and Gliscor’s first Gym battle ends in victory with a close-range Fire Fang against Bastiodon. With Roark refereeing, Chimchar opens against Bronzor, whose Heatproof Ability and Rain Dance blunt its fire until a Flame Wheel collides with Gyro Ball and Bronzor faints.
Byron’s Steelix uses Screech, Bind and Iron Tail to knock out Buizel, but the tired Chimchar returns, digs until the huge Steelix collapses the ground beneath itself, and wins with Flame Wheel. Bastiodon’s Iron Defense and Metal Burst then stop Chimchar. Meanwhile, Team Rocket’s attempts to raid the Gym’s fossils are repelled by Kabuto, Omastar, Kabutops, Armaldo and Cradily.
Ash’s last choice is Gliscor, which struggles against Bastiodon’s Iron Head and Flash Cannon. Gliscor trips its opponent with its tail, covers the field with Sand Attack and lands Fire Fang at point-blank range, and Bastiodon finally falls. Byron awards Ash the Mine Badge, his sixth in Sinnoh.
Major Events
- Ash wins the Mine Badge, his sixth in Sinnoh. Chimchar beats Bronzor and Steelix
- Gliscor’s first Gym battle, after which every member of Ash’s team has battled in a Gym
- The shortest gap between two of Ash’s Sinnoh Gym battles
- The Gym’s fossil Pokémon chase Team Rocket
- Parallels Nerves of Steelix!
Trivia
- The English title plays on “defensive types” of people, for a Gym of Steel types built on defence.
- The screenplay is by Shinzō Fujita.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Sinnoh storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Onix’s voice in the flashback to A Gruff Act to Follow! differs from the original
- A remix of the Team Magma and Team Aqua battle theme
- The Pokémon Symphonic Medley
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