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Settling a Not-So-Old Score! (Japanese: 決戦！ポッチャマVSポッタイシ!! Decisive Battle! Pochama vs. Pottaishi!!) is the 27th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on April 5, 2007 as part of a two-hour special with DP026.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Major events

• Dawn wins her first contest ribbon.
  • Dawn beats Jessie's Dustox with her Piplup in the quarterfinals of the contest.
  • Dawn narrowly beats Kenny's Prinplup in the finals.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Marian
• Contesta
• Sukizō
• Nurse Joy
• Kenny
• Johanna
• Coordinators
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Prinplup (Kenny's)
• Alakazam (Kenny's)
• Nidoking
• Magneton
• Koffing (Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*)
• Magmar
• Sneasel
• Sealeo
• Solrock
• Bagon
• Kricketune
• Buizel

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and a reduced cut of Ready Go! are used as background music.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: James's Carnivine
  • Pokémon senryū: マスキッパ　きょうもはらぺこ　すきっぱら Muskippa is also starving today: empty stomach.

Errors

Dub edits

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