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Smells Like Team Spirit (Japanese: タッグバトル！ファイナル!! Tag Battle! Final!!) is the 52nd episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on October 25, 2007.

As the tag battle tournament reaches the semi-finals, which of our heroes will emerge victorious?

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Major events

• Chimchar joins Ash's team.
• Paul's Elekid evolves into an Electabuzz.
• Ash with his Staravia, and Paul with his Torterra, face Brock with his Croagunk, and Honoka with her Farfetch'd. Ash and Paul win, and advance to the finals.
• Dawn with her Buizel, and Kōhei with his Heracross, face Ash with his Chimchar, and Paul with his Elekid, in the finals.
• Ash and Paul win the tournament.
• Paul gives his prize Soothe Bell to Ash.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Paul
• Enta
• Honoka
• Kōhei

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's, formerly Paul's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Buizel (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Elekid (Paul's; evolves)
• Electabuzz (Paul's; newly evolved)
• Torterra (Paul's)
• Farfetch'd (Honoka's)
• Heracross (Kōhei's)
• Slowking (Kōhei's)

Trivia

• Music from Pokémon 4Ever is used as background music.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Stunky
  • Pokémon senryū: スカンプー　すかんあいてに　におにプー
• The dub title is taken from Nirvana's famous song, Smells Like Teen Spirit.
• This episode, along with DP050 and DP051 will be aired as a 90 minute special on Feburary 1st on Cartoon Network.

Errors

Dub edits

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