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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.

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

Synopsis

At the next city, Ash and co find the Contest Hall. Hikari 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 Hikari's thunder?

Major events

• Hikari participates in her first Pokémon Contest.

Debuts

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

Characters

Humans

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

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Piplup (Hikari's)
• Buneary (Hikari's)
• Glameow (Nozomi's)
• Misdreavus (Nozomi's)
• Glameow (Ayako's) (Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura)
• Rapidash
• Beautifly
• Buizel
• Bippa

* 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.

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