DP078

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激闘！それぞれのバトル!! Fierce Fighting! Respective Battles!!
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	秦義人 Yoshito Hata
Assistant director	秦義人 Yoshito Hata
Animation director	木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita
Screenshots on Filb.de

(Japanese: 激闘！ それぞれのバトル！！ Fierce Fighting! Respective Battles!!) is the 78th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on May 8, 2008 alongside DP077 as part of a one-hour special.

While taking a walk by Lake Valor, Ash and Pikachu see the shadow of a mysterious creature. The next day, the competitors progress through the battle rounds of the Wallace Cup.

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash, Dawn, Zoey, and May continue on for the big prize in the Wallace Cup.
• Ash encounters a mysterious Pokémon near Lake Valor.
• May's Bulbasaur evolved into Venusaur during her travels in Johto.
• Ash loses in his second match of the battle round.
• May, Dawn, and Zoey advance to the semifinals.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• May's Venusaur

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• May
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Paul
• Zoey
• Kaito
• Wallace
• Max
• Norman
• Caroline
• Harley
• Drew
• Solidad
• Kenny

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Venusaur (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Wartortle (May's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Misdreavus (Zoey's)
• Finneon (Zoey's)
• Lanturn (Kaito's)
• Mothim
• Crawdaunt (Kaito's)
• Exeggutor
• Pelipper
• Wailmer
• Mareep
• Kecleon
• Azelf
• Mesprit (flashback)

Trivia

• Ash encounters Azelf at Lake Valor, much like Dawn encountered Mesprit at Lake Verity in Following a Maiden's Voyage. Much speculation as to who will encounter Uxie is being made at the current time, with major candidates being Brock and Paul. During the episode, May tells of a story she heard about a mysterious, legendary Pokémon (likely to be Uxie) during her pitstop at Snowpoint City.

Azelf's soul appears to Ash.

• At the end of this episode, Piplup is returned to its Poké Ball for the first time in a long time so as to come out with the effects of the Ball Capsule. If Ash had used Pikachu instead of Buizel, it is unknown what he would have done.
• Instead of Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture, the end of the episode featured a memorial to Pokémon 4Ever. This is part of a countdown to Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin.
• I Won't Lose! ~Haruka's Theme~, By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ and Battle Frontier (song) are used as insert songs during the appeal rounds for May, Dawn and Ash.

Errors

• In Dawn's first match, Buneary's capsule has a Bubble Seal, but then it changes to a Heart Seal when it opens.

Dub edits

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