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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
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Continuing to the next town, [[Dawn's Piplup]] starts displaying signs of [[evolution]]. {{ashfr|The gang}} then meet up with {{si|Kenny}} and {{an|Jun}}, and their respective {{TP|Kenny|Prinplup}} and {{TP|Jun|Empoleon}}. {{an|Dawn}} and Piplup are faced with a dilemma as to whether it is right to evolve, but before they can decide, [[Team Rocket]] attacks, hoping to capture the evolutionary line.
Continuing to the next town, [[Dawn's Piplup]] starts displaying signs of [[evolution]]. {{ashfr|The gang}} then meet up with {{si|Kenny}} and {{an|Barry}}, and their respective {{TP|Kenny|Prinplup}} and {{TP|Barry|Empoleon}}. {{an|Dawn}} and Piplup are faced with a dilemma as to whether it is right to evolve, but before they can decide, [[Team Rocket]] attacks, hoping to capture the evolutionary line.


==Major events==
==Major events==
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} meet up with {{an|Jun}} and {{si|Kenny}} again.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} meet up with {{an|Barry}} and {{si|Kenny}} again.
* The gang learns about an upcoming Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament which Jun is planning to enter.
* The gang learns about an upcoming Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament which Jun is planning to enter.
* {{an|Dawn}} gives her Piplup an {{evostone|Everstone}} that she got from [[Nurse Joy]], thereby preventing its evolution.
* {{an|Dawn}} gives her Piplup an {{evostone|Everstone}} that she got from [[Nurse Joy]], thereby preventing its evolution.
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* [[Jessie]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[James]]
* {{an|Jun}}
* {{an|Barry}}
* {{si|Kenny}}
* {{si|Kenny}}
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
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* {{p|Carnivine}} ({{OP|James|Carnivine}})
* {{p|Carnivine}} ({{OP|James|Carnivine}})
* {{p|Prinplup}} ({{OP|Kenny|Prinplup}})
* {{p|Prinplup}} ({{OP|Kenny|Prinplup}})
* {{p|Empoleon}} ({{OP|Jun|Empoleon}})
* {{p|Empoleon}} ({{OP|Barry|Empoleon}})
* {{p|Chansey}} ({{OP|Nurse Joy|Chansey}})  
* {{p|Chansey}} ({{OP|Nurse Joy|Chansey}})  
* {{p|Ariados}} (×8)
* {{p|Ariados}} (×8)

Revision as of 00:06, 12 April 2009

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DP121
Diamond & Pearl series
DP123
DP122
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DP122   EP588
進化!その時ポッチャマは!?
Evolution! This Time for Pochama!?
First broadcast
Japan April 2, 2009
United States
English themes
Opening
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening ハイタッチ!
Ending もえよ ギザみみピチュー!
Credits
Animation Team Iguchi
Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita
Storyboard 小山賢 Masaru Koyama
Assistant director 小山賢 Masaru Koyama
Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura
Additional credits

(Japanese: 進化!その時ポッチャマは!? Evolution! This Time for Pochama!?) is the 122nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 588th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 2, 2009, as part of a one-hour special along with DP121.

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Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Continuing to the next town, Dawn's Piplup starts displaying signs of evolution. The gang then meet up with Kenny and Barry, and their respective Prinplup and Empoleon. Dawn and Piplup are faced with a dilemma as to whether it is right to evolve, but before they can decide, Team Rocket attacks, hoping to capture the evolutionary line.

Major events

  • Ash and his friends meet up with Barry and Kenny again.
  • The gang learns about an upcoming Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament which Jun is planning to enter.
  • Dawn gives her Piplup an Everstone that she got from Nurse Joy, thereby preventing its evolution.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Trivia

File:Piplup web 121.png
Piplup on another web
  • Darkrai and Giratina replace Dialga and Palkia respectively in their appearance before and after the preview of the next episode.
  • Dawn and Piplup underwent through the same experience when they first met in this episode, the same experience that helped Piplup trust Dawn.
  • This episode is similar to Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden, where Ash's Bulbasaur was in the process of evolving and ultimately decided not to evolve.

Errors

Dub edits

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DP121
Diamond & Pearl series
DP123
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