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(Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト！ズイ大会！！ Pokémon Contest! Zui Convention!!) is the 61st episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on December 20, 2007 along with DP060.

Dawn prepares for the Contest taking place the next day. Although the training flows smoothly, she has fierce competition this time, including Kenny and his new partner, a Breloom. Will Dawn be able to win her second ribbon despite dropping out after the first round in her last Contest?

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Jessie wins the Solaceon Contest with her Dustox.
• Dawn loses in the Appeal Round for the second contest in a row.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

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

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Glameow (Zoey's)
• Prinplup (Kenny's)
• Breloom (Kenny's)
• Glameow (Johanna's)
• Rattata
• Dunsparce
• Steelix
• Exploud
• Dusclops

Trivia

• Professor Oak's lecture: Bibarel
  • Pokémon senryū: たいぼくを　かじれビーダル　はがいのち
• This is the first official contest that Jessie has ever won without cheating. But she uses another name in her entry.
• This marks the second time that Dawn hasn't made it through the appeals round.
• This is the last to use 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 (Winter Version) as well as 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 in general.

Errors

Dub edits

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