DP018

O'er the Rampardos We Watched! (Japanese: クロガネジムふたたび！決戦ラムパルド！！ Return to Gym! Decisive Match with !!) is the 18th episode of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, and the 484th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on February 1, 2007, and in the United States on July 3, 2007.
==Blurb==
Ash may have lost his battle at the Oreburgh Gym, but he wants a rematch and he's down at the Oreburgh mine to train hard for round two. His hard work inspires Dawn to go back to town and train her own Pokémon for the upcoming Contest in Floaroma Town. But over at Oreburgh's museum, the fossil restorer machine has vanished, together with the fossil that was inside! It could only be the work of Team Rocket, who gets a big surprise when the stolen machine finishes reviving the fossil and a very irritated Aerodactyl emerges. After giving Team Rocket a good clobbering, it flies off toward Oreburgh City.
Aerodactyl causes a big commotion as it soars over the city, surprising Dawn and alerting the museum's scientists to the fate of their missing fossil. In the confusion, a Kabutops and Armaldo break out of their quarters and the scientists go to get Roark's help. Ash and Brock team with Roark to stop the rogue Pokémon, but Team Rocket appears and snatches Kabutops, Armaldo, and Roark's Cranidos!
Surprisingly, it's Aerodactyl who comes to the rescue—it swoops in and blasts Team Rocket once more, freeing the Pokémon and giving the scientists a chance to safely recall Kabutops and Armaldo to their Poké Balls. But now who's going to stop Aerodactyl? The guys all give it their best, but this time Dawn shows up to save the day! She has Piplup and Buneary team up to pin Aerodactyl so the scientists can put it in a Poké Ball. Then Roark's Cranidos evolves into Rampardos so it can take down Team Rocket, and the fossil restorer is returned to the scientists. All of which gives Ash an idea for his rematch with Roark...
==Plot==
Roark is pleased to see has returned for a rematch, this time with added confidence. In the sidelines, unveils her special cheerleader outfit, and with the help of and , to cheer Ash onto victory.
Roark sends out his while Ash opts for and starts things off with . Onix replies with , though Pikachu quickly dodges the attack and climbs onto Onix. The es at Pikachu to get him off its body, but it fails. Onix resorts to shaking Pikachu off, but he holds on tight. Pikachu quickly uses and hits Onix. Onix tries a attack, but Ash, taking a note from Dawn's technique, has Pikachu spin to evade and follows up with Iron Tail. However, Onix dodges the move, and Slams Pikachu into a boulder. Onix uses , setting things up for the future rounds. Pikachu uses and destroys every rock near himself, also hitting Onix. Pikachu moves in to use Iron Tail and although Onix tries to stop Pikachu with Screech, Pikachu knocks Onix out with Iron Tail, winning the first round. Roark recalls Onix and sends out . Ash decides to recall his Pikachu and sends out .
Meanwhile, gets into the Oreburgh Gym thanks to 's lock picking skills. However, their break-in attracts the attention of , who proceeds to look around. Soon, Aipom versus Geodude gets underway. Aipom aims a attack at Geodude, but it counters using and proceeds to approach. Geodude misses its target and strikes a boulder instead after Aipom uses . Aipom leaps forward with , but Geodude blocks the attack with its strong hand. Geodude promptly uses a to smash Aipom into the battlefield. Its follow-up , however, fails after Aipom launches herself upright with her tail and performs a spinning dodge like Pikachu did. Aipom uses Focus Punch again, taking Geodude down for the count.
Roark sends out his strongest and final Pokémon: his newly evolved . Aipom uses Swift, but it doesn't affect Rampardos at all. Rampardos makes a swift reply with , taking Aipom out. Ash sends out Pikachu again. Ash tells Pikachu to use Thunderbolt, but Rampardos dodges and uses . Pikachu tries to jump away, but is hurt by the Zen Headbutt as he spins past. Pikachu sprints into a Quick Attack and Rampardos is about to use Headbutt, but Pikachu jumps over it. Rampardos throws Pikachu off with its tail. Pikachu responds with an Iron Tail attack, which collides with Rampardos's Zen Headbutt. The physical contact activates Pikachu's Ability and temporarily Rampardos, but its Ability nullifies the status condition. Rampardos uses Zen Headbutt one more time and Pikachu is knocked out. Elsewhere, Croagunk's intimidating stare scares Team Rocket out of the Gym. Jessie thinks that Croagunk wants to join their team, but Croagunk s her in the stomach. James and Meowth immediately pick her up and run away screaming to a hospital.
Now down to his last selection, Ash sends out . Rampardos charges forward with Headbutt, but Turtwig rolls away. Rampardos is about to hit Turtwig with its tail, but Turtwig s down and tosses Rampardos away. Turtwig uses , but Rampardos incinerates the flurry of sharp-edged leaves with . Rampardos charges forward with , rampaging through another Razor Leaf flurry and sending Turtwig flying into a boulder. Turtwig uses to heal himself while Rampardos is suffering recoil damage from its own Head Smash. Rampardos attacks again, this time with Flamethrower, forcing Turtwig to stop using Synthesis to dodge the attack. Ash begins to panic because all he can do is defend himself. Rampardos is way too fast and Flamethrower will burn up any Razor Leaf attacks thrown at it, but this suddenly gives Ash an idea. He orders Turtwig to start running while using Razor Leaf at the same time. Rampardos uses Flamethrower, but Turtwig keeps going and soon the burned leaves begin to obscure Turtwig. Roark soon realizes Ash is trying to camouflage Turtwig with the burnt leaves, so he orders Rampardos to use Zen Headbutt again. Rampardos rushes forward, but Turtwig jumps away. Rampardos jumps, too, allowing Turtwig to roll underneath and stop behind his opponent. Rampardos is struck with Razor Leaf, knocking it out. announces that Turtwig is the winner, earning Ash his first Sinnoh Badge.
==Major events==
* has a rematch with Roark and wins, earning him his first Sinnoh League Badge, the .
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
==Characters==
===Humans===
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* Jessie
* James
* Roark
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* Townspeople
===Pokémon===
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==Trivia==
* Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia: Dawn's Buneary
** Pokémon senryū: ミミロルが　みみをまるめて　みみロール Mimiroru ga, mimi wo marumete, mimi rooru "Mimirol, rolling up its ears, ear-roll."
* Music from Destiny Deoxys and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, and Together are used as background music.
* 4Kids background music is used in this episode.
* narrates the preview for the next episode.
* This is the first time that the episode's English dub title references a lyric from ; the second time is in Dawn's Early Night.
* The stretch of 18 episodes from arriving in the region to winning his first Badge is currently 's longest.
* Jessie's Wobbuffet does not appear in this episode.
* doesn't blast off in this episode.
* This episode was adapted into the book Coal Badge Battle.
* The blurb for this episode on the official Pokémon website erroneously describes the events of the previous episode.
===Errors===
* The that uses to nullify affects , a type.
* In multiple scenes, 's horns are gray instead of white.
* says that has attacks, although Turtwig only knows at this time.
===Dub edits===
* An extended version of is used as background music in the English dub.
** In the , , dubs, the extended version of Diamond and Pearl was replaced with an instrumental version of the same song.
==In other languages==
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Category:Episodes written by Atsuhiro Tomioka
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Masamitsu Hidaka
Category:Episodes directed by Kazuomi Koga
Category:Episodes animated by Izumi Shimura
Category:Episodes in which Ash gets a Badge
Category:Episodes with Gym battles
Category:Episodes focusing on Ash
de:Selbstvertrauen ist der halbe Sieg
es:EP487
fr:DP018
it:DP018
ja:DP編第18話
zh:宝可梦 钻石＆珍珠 第18集