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Revision as of 21:26, 5 January 2010
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ヒカリVSママ！親子対決！！
Hikari VS Mama! Parent-Child Showdown!!
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First broadcast
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August 13, 2009
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January 2, 2010
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English themes
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Strategy Begins at Home! (Japanese: ヒカリVSママ！親子対決！！ Hikari VS Mama! Parent-Child Showdown!!) is the 138th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 604th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 13, 2009 and in the United States on January 2, 2010.
Synopsis
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Going back home, Dawn and her friends arrive in time for the Twinleaf Town Festival where a Contest will be held. Dawn will be facing her mother Johanna. Who will win?
Major events
- Ash and friends make it to Twinleaf Town. Ash and Brock also meet Dawn's mother, Johanna, for the first time in person.
- Dawn and Johanna have a battle, with Johanna winning.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Trivia
- This is the first episode of the four-part Twinleaf Festival arc.
- The flowers in Johanna's garden look strikingly similar to Gracideas.
- In Ash's flashback, he was wearing the same outfit as seen in a photo in Spell of the Unown.
- Daisuke Sakaguchi is credited for voicing Brock's Sudowoodo, even though Sudowoodo didn't appear in this episode.
- This is the first English episode of the 2010s.
- The English title of this episode is a reference to the phrase, "charity begins at home".
- This episode was initially given the title The Mother of All Battlers!, somewhat similar to another episode's title, but this was later changed. This title was later used by Cartoon Network Video on their list, but the video used the new title.
- The English title of the episode was narrated by both Dawn and her mother for the first time.
Errors
- The Rapidash shown in this episode is much smaller than other Rapidash shown in the anime. Its size was closer to that of a Ponyta, its pre-evolution.
Dub edits
