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{{SeasonInfobox
|colorscheme=Sinnoh
|name=Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Galactic Battles
|image=[[Image:GalacticBattles.png|260px]]
|caption=Diamond & Pearl: Galactic Battles title card. 
|number=12
|opening=[[Battle Cry - (Stand Up!)]]
|numeps=In progress (excluding [[DP120]])
|firstep=DP105
|lastep=DP156
|region=Sinnoh
|series=Diamond & Pearl
|previous=Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension
|next=Season 13
}}
'''Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Galactic Battles''' is the twelfth season of the [[Pokémon anime]], following up to the [[Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension|eleventh season]]. It is the third season of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}.

It should be noted that the concept of seasons does not exist in Japan, where episodes of Pokémon air nearly every Thursday. An invention of the American broadcast industry, a season is typically aired new for nine months out of the year, with three months (usually during the summer) taken off to begin production for the next season, during which reruns air. In Japan, no differentiation is made between this and any other seasons in the ''Diamond & Pearl'' series. However, unlike previous seasons in the dub, there was no break between this season and the [[Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension|previous one]].

It began with the dub of ''[[DP105|Get Your Rotom Running!]]''.

==Important events==
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* Ash defeats [[Byron]] in a gym battle after meeting [[Roark]] again. ([[DP108]])
* Responding to a call by [[Barry]], Ash and friends head for [[Iron Island]] and  meet [[Riley]] and his Lucario. They discover [[Mars]], along with some Team Galactic Grunts, are attacking the Iron Island to make a scan of [[Mt. Coronet]] in search of [[Spear Pillar]]. [[Professor Carolina]] reappears to study the island. ([[DP110]]-[[DP111]])
* Dawn wins her fourth ribbon in the {{to|Chocovine}} {{pkmn|Contest}}, after battling with a girl named [[Ursula]]. ([[DP114]])
* Ash enters another [[PokéRinger]] tournament and goes up against [[Paul]] in the finals. ([[DP118]])
* After caring for her injured Mamoswine, Dawn manages to earn Mamoswine's obedience. ([[DP119]])
* Ash defeats [[Candice]] in a gym battle. ([[DP127]])
* [[Pyramid King Brandon]] arrives in [[Snowpoint City]] to visit the nearby [[Snowpoint Temple|temple]]. ([[DP128]])
* Paul challenges Brandon after hearing Ash defeated him. Brandon defeats all of Paul's team without losing a single Pokémon. [[Reggie]] suggests a battle between Paul and Ash in a couple days time.
* [[J|Pokémon Hunter J]] attacks the [[Snowpoint Temple]] and awakens the {{p|Regigigas}} there. In the aftermath, Regigigas is resealed and Brandon leaves his [[Regi trio]] behind to protect it. ([[DP129]])
* While heading to [[Lake Acuity]] by train, Ash and friends meet [[Looker]], not knowing he is an investigator going after Team Galactic. ([[DP130]])
* At Lake Acuity, Ash and Paul have their first full battle. ([[DP131]]-[[DP132]])
* Ash and friends come upon [[Saturn]] and [[Charon]] searching for [[Spear Pillar]]. They meet Looker again and learn he is with the [[International Police]]. ([[DP136]])
* Ash and friends head for [[Twinleaf Town]] for the [[Twinleaf Festival]]. ([[DP138]])
* As part of the festival, Ash and friends, along with Barry, battle for the right to challenge Barry's father, [[Tower Tycoon Palmer]]. Ash wins the tournament but loses against Palmer. ([[DP141]])
* At the Johto Festa, Dawn receives from {{an|Kotone}} a [[Pokémon egg]] which later hatches into a {{p|Cyndaquil}}. ([[DP143]])
* [[Jupiter]] and Charon complete the [[Red Chain]] project. In the meantime, Saturn finds the entrance to Spear Pillar. ([[DP150]])
* Pokémon Hunter J captures the [[lake guardians]] for Team Galactic. However, her ship is destroyed by a {{m|Future Sight}} attack from {{p|Mesprit}} and {{p|Uxie}}. ([[DP151]])
* Cyrus summons {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}} on Spear Pillar. After Mesprit, {{p|Azelf}} and Uxie are rescued, he disappears through a portal. ([[DP152]])
* Ash uses Gliscor against Mitzuzo's Scizor twice, but lost both times.
* Ash gives his Gliscor away to Mitsuzo.
* Ash and friends watch a Pokémon Contest where Zoey is participating. They also meet Candice again and Zoey earns her 5th and final ribbon for the Grand Festival. ([[DP155]])
* Paul is interviewed on TV and has earned his 8th badge to qualify him for the Sinnoh League. ([[DP155]])
* Ash and friends meet Wilma who teaches a wild Gible Draco Meteor.
* Ash catches a Gible.
* Ash's Gible battles Barry's Empoleon and loses.

===Party changes===
====Additions====
The following Pokémon are obtained:
* [[Dawn's Cyndaquil]] ([[DP143]])
* [[Ash's Gible]] ([[DP157]])

====Evolutions====
The following Pokémon evolve or are revealed to have evolved:
* Dawn's {{p|Piloswine}} [[DP106|&rarr;]] {{TP|Dawn|Mamoswine}} ([[DP106]])
* Ash's {{p|Staravia}} [[DP118|&rarr;]] {{AP|Staraptor}} ([[DP118]])
* Ash's {{p|Chimchar}} [[DP132|&rarr;]] {{AP|Monferno}} ([[DP132]])
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====Releases====
*[[Dawn's Ambipom]] (given to [[O]]) ([[DP124]])
*[[Ash's Gliscor]] (given to [[Mitsuzō]]) ([[DP154]])

==Gym Battles==
Ash defeats the following [[Gym Leader]]s:
* [[Byron]] ([[DP108]])
* [[Candice]] ([[DP127]])
<!--* [[Volkner]] ([[DP???]])-->

==Pokémon Contests==
Dawn wins [[Pokémon Contest]]s in these locations:
* [[Chocovine Town]] ([[DP114]])

Jessie wins [[Pokémon Contest]]s in these locations:
*None

James wins [[Pokémon Contest]]s in these locations:
*[[Lilypad Town]] ([[DP146]]) (ribbon given to Jessie)

== In other languages ==
* Latin American Spanish: '''{{tt|Pokémon Batallas Galácticas|Pokémon Galactic Battles}}'''
* Brazilian: '''{{tt|Pokémon Batalhas Galácticas|Pokémon Galactic Battles}}'''

==See also==
{{bulbanews|New anime season to start with DP105}}

{{US Seasons}}
{{Project Anime notice|no}}

[[Category:Anime seasons|12]]
[[Category:Diamond & Pearl series episodes|*3]]

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