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* This episode is similar to ''[[EP051|Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden]]'', where [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] was in the process of evolving and ultimately decided not to evolve. | * This episode is similar to ''[[EP051|Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden]]'', where [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] was in the process of evolving and ultimately decided not to evolve. | ||
* Nurse Joy giving Dawn an Everstone to prevent Piplup from evolving is similar to when she gave Ash a Thunderstone to cause {{AP|Pikachu}} to evolve (however, he refused it, but still carries it around). The stones were even kept in similar cases. | * Nurse Joy giving Dawn an Everstone to prevent Piplup from evolving is similar to when she gave Ash a Thunderstone to cause {{AP|Pikachu}} to evolve (however, he refused it, but still carries it around). The stones were even kept in similar cases. | ||
* The dub title is a reference to {{wp|Stop! In the Name of Love}}, a song recorded by {{wp|The Supremes}}. | * The dub title is a reference to ''{{wp|Stop! In the Name of Love}}'', a song recorded by {{wp|The Supremes}}. | ||
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Stopped in the Name of Love! (Japanese: 進化!その時ポッチャマは!? Evolution! This Time for Pochama!?) is the 122nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 588th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 2, 2009, as part of a one-hour special along with DP121 and aired in the United States on August 29, 2009.
Synopsis
Template:Incomplete synopsis Continuing to the next town to compete in the Sandalstraw Contest, Dawn's Piplup starts displaying signs of evolution. The gang then meet up with Kenny and Barry, and their respective Prinplup and Empoleon. Dawn and Piplup are faced with a dilemma as to whether it is right to evolve, but before they can decide, Team Rocket attacks, hoping to capture the evolutionary line.
Major events
- Ash and his friends meet up with Barry and Kenny again.
- The gang learns about an upcoming Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament which Barry is planning to enter.
- Dawn's Piplup begins to evolve, but chooses not to.
- Nurse Joy gives Dawn an Everstone to prevent Piplup's evolution.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Buneary (Dawn's)
- Pachirisu (Dawn's)
- Ambipom (Dawn's)
- Mamoswine (Dawn's)
- Seviper (Jessie's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Carnivine (James's)
- Prinplup (Kenny's)
- Empoleon (Barry's)
- Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
- Ariados (×8)
- Budew
- Jigglypuff
Trivia
- Darkrai and Giratina replace Dialga and Palkia respectively in their appearance before and after the preview of the next episode.
- In this episode, Dawn and Piplup underwent the same experience against a group of wild Ariados as when they first met; the same encounter that helped Piplup trust Dawn.
- This episode is similar to Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden, where Ash's Bulbasaur was in the process of evolving and ultimately decided not to evolve.
- Nurse Joy giving Dawn an Everstone to prevent Piplup from evolving is similar to when she gave Ash a Thunderstone to cause Pikachu to evolve (however, he refused it, but still carries it around). The stones were even kept in similar cases.
- The dub title is a reference to Stop! In the Name of Love, a song recorded by The Supremes.
Errors
Dub edits
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