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| Arrival of a Rival | |
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| コンテストバトル！ライバル対決!! Contest Battle! Rival Confrontation!! | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | December 14, 2006 |
| USA | June 21, 2007 |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | Diamond and Pearl |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | Together |
| Ending | 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Iguchi |
| Screenplay | 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Storyboard | 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka |
| Assistant director | 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe |
| Animation director | 志村泉 Izumi Shimura |
Arrival of a Rival (Japanese: コンテストバトル！ライバル対決!! Contest Battle! Rival Confrontation!!) is the twelfth episode of Diamond & Pearl. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 14, 2006.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
Contents |
Synopsis
Major events
- Zoey, Dawn, Ash and Jessie advance to the second round.
- Zoey defeats Ash's Aipom in the second round with Glameow.
- Zoey defeats Dawn's Buneary in the second round with Glameow.
- Zoey defeats Jessie, who uses James's Carnivine, in the second round with Glameow.
- Zoey obtains her second ribbon.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash Ketchum
- Dawn
- Brock
- Jessie
- James
- Zoey
- Nurse Joy
- Johanna
- Marian
- Contesta
- Sukizō
- Coordinators
- Audience
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Aipom (Ash's)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Buneary (Dawn's)
- Carnivine (James's)
- Misdreavus (Zoey's)
- Glameow (Zoey's)
- Glameow (Johanna's)
- Rhydon
- Azumarill
- Bidoof
Trivia
- Dawn reads the title card.
- Sir Aaron's theme from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew are used as background music.
- The two eyecatch shots switched places with each other.
- Professor Oak's lecture: Pokémon Contest Battle Round
- Pokémon senryū: ごふんかん みせてしょうぶだ コンテストバトル A five-minute battle for show, that is a contest battle.
Errors
When Aipom uses Swift, Zoey's Glameow is able to dodge it, despite Swift being a move that's sure to hit.
Dub edits
In other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: A Rival Sensacional!
- Italian: Una rivale per Lucinda & Una Gara mozzafiato
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Un Rival esta por llegar!
| This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each episode of the Pokémon anime. |
Categories: Episode stubs | Diamond & Pearl episodes | Episodes written by Atsuhiro Tomioka | Episodes storyboarded by Masamitsu Hidaka | Episodes directed by Masahiko Watanabe | Episodes animated by Izumi Shimura | Episodes with contests | Episodes focusing on Dawn | Episodes focusing on Zoey
