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| Season | Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (Season 10) · Oreburgh City & the Coal Badge arc (DP013–DP018) |
| Episode | Season 10, episode 15 · English episode 479 · Japanese episode 482 · Bulbapedia code DP015 |
| English title | Shapes of Things to Come! |
| Japanese title | クロガネジム！ヒョウタＶＳシンジ！！ Kurogane Jimu! Hyōta Tai Shinji!! — “Kurogane Gym! Hyouta VS Shinji!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 11 January 2007 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 27 June 2007 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Together – Fumie Akiyoshi · Kimi no Soba de ~Hikari no Tēma~ (By Your Side ~Hikari’s Theme~) – Grin |
| English opening | Diamond and Pearl – Chris “Breeze” Barczynski |
| Previous episode | Leave It To Brocko! (DP014) |
| Next episode | A Gruff Act to Follow! (DP016) |
Plot episodePaul wins the Coal BadgeRoark debuts
Shapes of Things to Come! is the 15th episode of Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl, the tenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 479th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 482, Bulbapedia code DP015). It first aired in Japan on 11 January 2007 and in the United States on 27 June 2007. It falls within the season’s Oreburgh City & the Coal Badge stretch (EP13–EP18).
Synopsis
Arriving in Oreburgh City, Ash, Dawn and Brock reach the Gym just as Paul walks out with an older man named Ian. The Leader is away, Ian explains, and the Gym specialises in Rock types. Paul heads off to a Pokémon Center while the others go to find the Leader, Roark, at the Oreburgh Mine. Team Rocket are already there, disguised as miners and hiding their faces when Ash asks for directions. A cart rolls out carrying a huge boulder, and Roark polishes it to reveal a fossil destined for the museum, admitting he forgot all about his Gym duties in the excitement. When Team Rocket overhear that fossils can be brought back to life at the museum, they start making plans. Roark returns to the Gym, Paul arrives for his match, and Ian referees a three-on-three battle on a rocky field built to suit the Leader’s Pokémon.
Paul opens with Azumarill against Roark’s Geodude, but Geodude deflects Hydro Pump with Hidden Power and knocks Azumarill out with Rollout, and Paul recalls it with a contemptuous remark about its weakness that angers Ash. Elekid flattens Geodude with one Brick Break, then faces Onix, which shrugs off the recoil of Double-Edge thanks to its Rock Head Ability and scatters Stealth Rock across the field. Elekid’s Static paralyses Onix before Paul recalls it, and Chimchar, stung by the floating stones, tunnels under the paralysed giant with Dig again and again until Onix falls. Roark’s final Pokémon, Cranidos, anticipates the next Dig, makes Chimchar flinch with Zen Headbutt and builds up power with Focus Energy. Chimchar’s Blaze Ability flares up and its Flame Wheel strikes Cranidos’s weak legs, but Cranidos dodges a last Dig and finishes it with Headbutt.
Paul recalls Chimchar coldly, promising to deal with it later, and sends out Elekid again, which takes more damage from the Stealth Rock as it lands. Elekid dodges Flamethrower and cracks Cranidos’s knee with Brick Break, and Static paralyses it once more. Cranidos’s Mold Breaker Ability seems to break the paralysis, but its injured knee throws off its timing and another Brick Break lands on its head. In the final exchange, Zen Headbutt and Brick Break collide in a huge explosion, and after a tense pause Cranidos collapses. Ian declares Paul the winner, and Roark presents him with the Coal Badge. As Paul turns to go, Ash calls out and demands that he stay and watch Ash’s own battle with Roark.
Major Events
- Paul wins the Coal Badge. Ash arrives in Oreburgh City
- Roark and his referee Ian debut
- Paul beats Roark with Azumarill, Elekid and Chimchar
- Four Ability activations, a series record
- Ash receives his Sinnoh Badge case
Pokémon making their anime debut
Cranidos#0408 · DP015
Trivia
- The English title plays on “H. G. Wells’s The Shape of Things to Come”.
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Sinnoh storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Paul gains an added “Duh!” and “Come on!”
- Staravia and Sudowoodo added to Together; Sudowoodo replaces Bonsly in the ending
- Destiny Deoxys score
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