DP095

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.

ポケモンコンテスト！カンナギ大会!! Pokémon Contest! Kannagi Tournament!!
Broadcast dates
Japan	September 25, 2008
USA
Theme songs
Opening
Japanese theme songs
Opening	Together2008
Ending	風のメッセージ
Credits
Animation	Team Iguchi
Screenplay	米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
Storyboard	山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada
Assistant director	山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada
Animation director	夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume
More credits
Screenshots on Filb.de

(Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト！カンナギ大会!! Pokémon Contest! Kannagi Tournament!!) is the 95th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 561st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 25, 2008, as a part of a one-hour special with DP094.

Arriving in Celestic Town, Dawn is eager to enter the Pokémon Contest. However, Dawn discovers that an old friend of her mother's will also be entering. How will Dawn cope against a talented, seasoned Coordinator?

Synopsis

Major events

• Dawn wins her third contest ribbon.
• It was implied that ribbons never expire.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Cherrim

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Johanna
• Yuri
• Wallace (poster)
• Contesta
• Sukizo
• Nurse Joy
• Marian

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Swinub (Dawn's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Glameow (Johanna's)
• Delcatty (Yuri's)
• Cherrim (Yuri's)
• Milotic (Wallace's) (poster)
• Nosepass
• Crawdaunt
• Delibird
• Donphan

Trivia

• Music from The Rise of Darkrai and Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea is used as background music.
• The Celestic Ribbon was shown the same way as the Aqua Ribbon.
• Swinub, using its head, is shown to be cheering for the first time.
• Jessie, disguised as Jessalina, dresses up like Fantina for this episode's contest.
• James and Meowth wore the same outfits they wore in Gymbaliar!.
• This is Yanmega's first contest. The appeal it uses in this episode is also similar to the appeal that Dustox used to get Jessie ahead in the contest that she won.
• This is the first time Dawn wins a ribbon in which the events of the contest take place in one episode.

Errors

Dub edits

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