DP077
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| | This article is about an episode of the Pokémon anime that has not yet been aired dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names. |
| みんなライバル!ミクリカップ!! Everyone's A Rival! Mikuri Cup!! | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | May 8, 2008 |
| USA | |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | Together |
| Ending | 風のメッセージ (PokaPoka Version) |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Iguchi |
| Screenplay | 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Storyboard | 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka |
| Assistant director | 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga |
| Animation director | 田口広一 Kōichi Taguchi |
| More credits | |
(Japanese: みんなライバル!ミクリカップ!! Everyone's A Rival! Mikuri Cup!!) is the 77th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on May 8, 2008 alongside DP078 as part of a one-hour special.
Ash and his friends have arrived at the Lake Resort where the Wallace Cup will take place. They reunite with Zoey who has caught a Finneon. Dawn becomes nervous and has trouble keeping her composure. Meanwhile, May decides to enter with Wartortle, and Ash with Buizel...!
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Synopsis
Major events
- Ash, Dawn, Zoey, Jessie and May participate in the Wallace Cup.
- May meets Zoey.
- May's Squirtle has evolved into a Wartortle during her travels in Johto.
- Zoey has caught a Finneon.
- Jessie loses in the Appeal Round.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Brock
- May
- Dawn
- Jessie
- James
- Paul
- Kenny
- Zoey
- Sukizō
- Marian
- Contesta
- Nurse Joy
- Wallace
- Max
- Drew
- Harley
- Solidad
- Norman
- Caroline
- Rhonda
- Sinnoh Now Staff
- Kaito
- Pokémon Coordinators
- Wallace's fans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Mime Jr. (James's)
- Buizel (Ash's)
- Munchlax (May's)
- Squirtle (May's) (flashback)
- Wartortle (May's)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Ambipom (Dawn's)
- Croagunk (Brock's)
- Finneon (Zoey's)
- Milotic (Wallace's)
- Cloyster (Kaito's)
Trivia
- This is the first Pokémon Contest in which Ash and May have competed in costume. Ash has already participated in a Sinnoh region contest, but did not dress up.
- Both May and Dawn had most of their rivals appear in the episode either in cameos or throughout the course of the episode: Drew, Solidad, and Harley for May; and Zoey and Kenny for Dawn. It should be noted that Ash's rival, Paul, also had a brief appearance. Nando was the only one of Dawn's main rivals not to appear.
- Drew, Harley and Solidad are watching the Wallace Cup in Ecruteak City
- Two girls near the beginning of the episode look like Sakura Kinomoto and Tomoyo Daidōji from Cardcaptor Sakura.
- One of the other coordinators had a strong resemblance to Oscar from The Bicker The Better.
- Instead of Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture, the end of the episode featured a memorial to Spell of the Unown. This is part of a countdown to Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin.
Errors
- When Croagunk drags Brock away from the woman selling food, May's gloves disappear.
Dub edits
Categories: Undubbed episodes | Episode stubs | Diamond & Pearl episodes | Episodes written by Atsuhiro Tomioka | Episodes storyboarded by Masamitsu Hidaka | Episodes directed by Kazuomi Koga | Episodes animated by Kōichi Taguchi | Episodes focusing on Dawn | Episodes focusing on May | Episodes focusing on Ash | Episodes focusing on Zoey



