Pokémon
Diamond and Pearl â Galactic Battles
Season # 12 - Episode 574
This episode is a huge mixture of comedy, action and excitement. Surely it is one of the most humorous episodes the Pokémon anime has to offer. A person will find it very hard to ignore watching it again. This episode attracts the younger audiences more than it attracts the older ones. This may be due to the lack of real Pokémon battles in it.
What about Pearlshipping in this episode? If looked closely, youâll see that the directors have actually tried to portray Ash and Dawns closeness and trust in each other. It also proved some degrading theories regarding our female protagonist Dawn Berlitz to be insanely false. Yes, you heard me, theyâre indeed FALSE. Also, Get your rotom running has shown prominent signs of Ash and Dawn having similar thinking. The episode has hinted on Ash and Dawn being more relaxed around each other and how their Pokémon are representing their trainers. Read on ahead for more detailsâ¦
The episode starts off with the heart touching opening-theme-song and the anime clips of Ash and his companions. The opening-theme-song itself inspires a person to never give up and to try harder if we fail. Itâs the perfect way to start off the episode.
âSometimes it's hard to know
Which way you're supposed to go
But deep inside, you know you're strong
If you follow your heart you can't be wrong
Stand Up (Stand Up)
For what is right
Be Brave
Get ready to fight
Hold On (Hold On)
We're friends for life
And if we come, together as one
Complete the quest we've begun
We will win the battle
Galactic Battles
Pokémon!â
During the theme-song, Ash is shown with all his poke-pals especially his Pikachu while Brock was there for a short 4 seconds and had no significant contribution to the theme-song. In the theme-song, Dawn is there with her Buneary ONLY. Her piplup made no on-screen appearance in the theme-song. In fact, Buneary is the only Pokémon under Dawns ownership to be shown in the theme-song. This may be a potential hint towards Dawn and Buneary being related with Logomorph shipping.
Here is what they looked like:
Next, it shows Ash having a conversation with Prof.Oak via video phone with Dawn and Brock behind him. Ash tells the Professor about Grotlesâ recent evolution which leads to this:
Grotle pounced on Ash and showed affection for him after which Dawn decided to tell the Professor about her own Pilloswine evolving. When she tells him this, Piloswine mimics Grotles actions and pounces on Dawn:
This tells us another similarity between Ash and Dawn. The two are them still on the floor while Brock is given no attention. He just stares at the two in disbelief, much like Professor Oak does. The episode then advances forward after the Professor suggests the trio to try the old Gateau from the old Chateau. They all agree to this and plan to go there immediately. While the others were conversing, a short team Rocket moment appears where they discuss about going to the Chateau first and eating all the Gateau out so that the âTwerpsâ have nothing left.
To be honest, in this particular scene:
Ash and Dawn are showed to be standing really close to each other and Brock is left out as usual. This shows us that Ash and Dawn are the actuall heroes in the anime.
After this, there is a comic relief by a construction worker who warns the trio about a rumor of a ghost haunting the Chateau:
Over here, the construction worker warns them. Youâd really laugh at this point. Maily because of the faces out heroes made afterwards they heard of the rumor:
The trio â even after the warning â proceeds to the Chateau and try to convince themselves that there are no ghosts. They go inside and walk around until Pikachu runs off somewhere after hearing a suspicious noise. Ash and the gang go after Pikachu and end up in a basement. There, Pikachu tries to tell them that the microwave on the floor is not an ordinary piece of metal. The trio aren't convinced by the electric mouses poor display and go on ahead to check the generator out. When they reach the generator, the microwave turns into a Rotom(heat) and traps Pikachu inside it. Pikachu â not expecting that response â uses thunder bolt which lands on the generator.
When this happens, Ash and Dawn have been separated from Brock once again:
The power gets back on and our heroes go into the kitchen. There, they hear from a voice recording P.A system that the Gateau is made manually as they follow the instructions. Ash and Dawn get excited and are looking at each other while standing at a very close distance:
This shows that the two are equally excited about the Gateau and are eager to try it out. When this happens, Ash announces that heâll do some training while Brock will cook. He goes outside and trains with his chimchar and Pikachu. Dawn â after Ash went outside â decides to train for her contest too. She goes into hall with a stage to train with Piplup and Buneary. This tells us that the both of them have similar desire for training their Pokémon.