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Battling the Generation Gap!

DP095   EP561 ポケモンコンテスト！カンナギ大会!! Pokémon Contest! Kannagi Tournament!!

First broadcast Japan September 25, 2008 United States February 21, 2009

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together2008 Ending 風のメッセージ

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume Additional credits

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Battling the Generation Gap! (Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト！カンナギ大会!! Pokémon Contest! Kannagi Tournament!!) is the 95th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 561st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 25, 2008, as a part of a one-hour special with Doc Brock! and will air in the United States on February 21, 2009.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Arriving in Celestic Town, Dawn is eager to enter the Pokémon Contest. However, Dawn discovers that an old friend of her mother's will also be entering. How will Dawn cope against a talented, seasoned Coordinator?

Major events

• Dawn wins her third Contest ribbon.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Cherrim

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Johanna
• Lila
• Wallace (poster)
• Contesta
• Sukizo
• Nurse Joy
• Marian

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Swinub (Dawn's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Glameow (Johanna's)
• Delcatty (Lila's)
• Cherrim (Lila's)
• Milotic (Wallace's) (poster)
• Nosepass
• Crawdaunt
• Delibird
• Donphan

Trivia

• Music from Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea and the song Oración is used as background music.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Starly
• Jessie, disguised as Jessalina, dresses up like Fantina for this episode's contest.She also uses a French accent similar to Fantina's.
• James and Meowth wore the same outfits they wore in Gymbaliar!.
• This is the first time Dawn wins a ribbon in which the events of the contest take place in one episode.
• It is implied that ribbons never expire, and that multiple years can be used to collect the needed five ribbons for the Grand Festival. However, after competing in the Festival, the five cannot be used in another competition.
• This episode contains the anime's first representation of Substitute, an attack that has existed since Generation I.
• In the games, Cherrim can only transform when Sunny Day is in effect, while in this episode, Cherrim transformed immediately after coming out of its Poké Ball. However, this was most likely due to the stadium lights.
• Another notable difference between the anime and the games is the status ailment Attraction which, in the games, does not wear off on its own.
• When Lila commands Delcatty to use Sing, the tune he produces is the same used in Jigglypuff's song, and is also identified as Jigglypuff's song on the closed caption.
• Dawn changes clothes and hairstyles throughout the contest.
  • In addition, her appearance also changes on the scoreboard.

Errors

• Ambipom's pupils drastically shrank in one scene.

Dub edits

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