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| Season | Pokémon DP: Sinnoh League Victors (Season 13) · The road to Lake Valor arc (DP167–DP173) |
| Episode | Season 13, episode 15 · English episode 634 · Japanese episode 639 · Bulbapedia code DP172 |
| English title | With the Easiest of Grace! |
| Japanese title | トゲキッス！華麗なるバトル！！ Togekissu! Kareinaru Batoru!! — “Togekiss! The Magnificent Battle!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 15 April 2010 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 4 September 2010 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Masashi Sogo |
| 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 | Dawn of a Royal Day! (DP171) |
| Next episode | Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama! (DP173) |
Filler / stand-alone episodeTogekiss’s graceful style
With the Easiest of Grace! is the 15th episode of Pokémon DP: Sinnoh League Victors, the thirteenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 634th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 639, Bulbapedia code DP172). It first aired in Japan on 15 April 2010 and in the United States on 4 September 2010. It falls within the season’s The road to Lake Valor stretch (EP167–EP173).
Synopsis
Dawn learns to work with her new Togekiss, whose habit of dancing through the air before every move worries her. In a practice battle against Ash’s Gible, Togekiss pirouettes before Sky Attack and Air Slash, and even knocks Gible’s misfired Draco Meteor away from Piplup and back onto Gible.
Over lunch Dawn frets that the delays will cost her in Contests, and Brock advises that she and Togekiss simply need to understand each other better. Meanwhile Jessie has fallen for Togekiss, and Team Rocket’s tunnels keep failing until they flood the trio out; they attack with Seviper, Carnivine and Yanmega.
When Dawn tells Togekiss to dodge in its own stylish way, it weaves through every attack and knocks out Yanmega with a critical-hit Air Slash. Team Rocket’s balloon snatches Pikachu and Piplup, but Togekiss swoops in, frees them and catches them in mid-air before the three destroy the balloon. That evening Dawn understands that Togekiss’s grace is a strength, and the group heads for Valor Lakefront.
Major Events
- Dawn learns to work with Togekiss’s sky-dancing style
- Togekiss rescues Pikachu and Piplup from Team Rocket
- The Japanese ending’s “up” shot is updated with Gible, Togekiss, Torterra and Infernape
Trivia
- The English title plays on “with the greatest of ease”, from the song “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze”, for Togekiss’s aerobatics.
- The screenplay is by Masashi Sogo.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Sinnoh story.
Changes in the English Dub
- Team Rocket Forever before the eyecatch
- The Japanese ending’s “up” shot is updated
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