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(Japanese: ヒカリ！コンテストデビュー!! Hikari! Contest Debut!!) is the eleventh episode of Diamond & Pearl. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 7, 2006.

Dawn is eager to participate in her first contest and meets Nozomi, another girl, whom she instantly strikes a rivalry with. However, Ash's Aipom is also very eager to enter the contest, so Ash enters as well. Will Ash end up stealing Dawn's thunder?

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash participates in an official Pokémon contest for the first time. (He previously entered an unofficial contest in Once More with Reeling.)
• Dawn participates in a Pokémon contest for the first time.
• Nozomi, Jessie, Ash and Hikari compete in the first round with Misdreavus, Carnivine, Aipom and Piplup, respectively.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Nozomi
• Momoan

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Starly (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Bonsly (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Glameow (Nozomi's)
• Misdreavus (Nozomi's)
• Glameow (Ayako's) (Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura)
• Rapidash
• Beautifly
• Buizel
• Bidoof

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• The Buizel flying with its two tails is a possible reference to Tails from the "Sonic the Hedgehog" series, a likely source of inspiration for the Pokémon.
• Music from Jirachi: Wish Maker, an instrumental version and the ballad instrumental version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ are used as background music.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Pokémon Contest Appeal Round
• Pokémon senryū: ポケモンが　かれいにまわるよ　コンテスト Pokémon, oh they spin beautifully; that is a contest.
• The next episode preview is narrated by Ash.

Errors

Dub edits

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