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(Japanese: ライバルトレーナー・ジュン登場!! Enter Rival Trainer Jun!!) is the 101st episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 567th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 6, 2008.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash and his friends return to Hearthome City
• Ash has a battle against Jun:
  • Ash's Chimchar defeats Jun's Staraptor
  • Ash's Chimchar is defeated by Jun's Roserade
  • Ash's Gliscor draws with Jun's Roserade
  • Ash's Pikachu defeats Jun's Empoleon and Ash wins the match
• Ash prepares to battle against Fantina
• James's Cacnea has perfected Drain Punch

Debuts

• Jun

Pokémon debuts

• Empoleon (anime debut)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Jun
• Fantina
• Paul (flashback)
• Gardenia (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Grotle (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (Gardenia's) (flashback)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Honchkrow (Paul's) (flashback)
• Empoleon (Jun's)
• Staraptor (Jun's)
• Roserade (Jun's)
• Mismagius (Fantina's)

Trivia

• Jun's first appearance to Ash in this episode features the two literally running into each other. This is borrowed from Jun's game counterpart, Pearl.
• Turtwig is replaced by Grotle in the opening.
• As of this episode, Infernape is the only member of the Sinnoh starter families to not debut in the anime.
• Interestingly, while Ash's Badge Case has all 8 places shaped ready for the badges he will eventually receive, Jun's badge case has at least one space different as he has a badge that is not present in the games, which shows that there are at least two types of Badge Cases.
• Proffesor Oak's Lecture: Electrode

Errors

Dub edits

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