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Tears For Fears! (Japanese: ヒコザルの涙！ Hikozaru's Tears!) is the 53rd episode of Diamond & Pearl. It was originally scheduled to air in Japan on November 1, 2007, but was delayed to November 8 due to baseball. It aired in the US on April 12, 2008 as the first episode of Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension.

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

Ash and his friends head to Veilstone City, the location of the next gym. During the trip, the party has a picnic. However, Chimchar is confused with the harmonious atmosphere, because this has never happened in its journey with Paul who has given it nothing but cold and harsh training.

Synopsis

Major events

• Chimchar overcomes its fear of Zangoose.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Paul (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Buizel (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Elekid (Paul's; flashback)
• Zangoose (wild, group of three) (Seiyū: 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi*, うえだゆうじ Yūji Ueda*)
• Graveler (from Chimchar's nightmare)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• Both the opening and ending animations were updated to move Chimchar to Ash's group.
• Paul's Elekid changes into Electabuzz in the opening animation.
• An instrumental version of Meowth's Song, music from Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea and an alternate cut of Together are used as background music.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Garchomp
  • Pokémon senryū: ガブリアス　ガブリとくるぞ　かみくだくGaburiasu, gaburi to kuruzo, kamiku daku
• James, Gardenia and Meowth narrate the next episode preview.

• This is the second episode where a character bleeds. The first was way back in Wake Up, Snorlax! when Misty scratched her shoulder while trying to get through the thorny bushes.
• This episode's dub title is a reference to the musical group Tears for Fears.
• For an unknown reason Jessie's Seviper's Japanese voice can be heard during the brawls against Zangoose.
• Kayzie Rogers returns after the hiatus that she went on after Following a Maiden's Voyage.

Errors

• Ash's scratch disappears in the next scene.
• In the dub, the narrator says, "With the Eterna Contest and Tag Battle behind them..." The group has just left from a contest in Hearthome City, not Eterna. This may be due to script confusion, as the next episode features the Eterna Gym Leader, Gardenia.

Dub edits

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