Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Diamond and Pearl arc

DP005 · Gettin' Twiggy with It!

Name: Gettin' Twiggy with It!
Released: 2007-06-11

ナエトル！ゲットだぜ！

US air. 2007-06-11 JP air. 2006-10-19 Season. Diamond and Pearl (S10) Position. Episode 5 of 191 in Diamond & Pearl

Why this episode matters

Signature episode for Brock

Croagunk catches Brock's heart; Croagunk catches Brock with Poison Jab. New comedy bit established.

Synopsis

What happens.

Ash and his friends give chase as TRT make a balloon getaway with Pikachu locked in a cage. Ash summons Starly to attack the rope holding Pikachu's cage. James sends out Carnivine, but it latches onto him as usual.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP005 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · DP001-DP052

Diamond and Pearl.

Ash arrives in Sinnoh, meets Dawn and her Piplup, reunites with Brock. Picks Turtwig from Rowan; the Sinnoh badge run begins. Paul introduced as a foil.

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Pokémon featured · 13

Who appears.

Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.

Other episodes in Diamond and Pearl.

Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.