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Mounting a Coordinator Assault
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Mounting a Coordinator Assault (Japanese: ヒカリ!コンテストデビュー!! Hikari! Contest Debut!!) is the 11th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 7, 2006 and in the USA on June 20, 2007.
Dawn is eager to participate in her first contest and meets Zoey, 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?
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.
- The gang meets Zoey.
- Zoey, Jessie, Ash and Dawn compete in the first round with Misdreavus, Carnivine, Aipom and Piplup, respectively.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
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 (Zoey's)
- Misdreavus (Zoey's)
- Glameow (Johanna's)
- Rapidash
- Beautifly
- Buizel
- Bidoof
* No official credit was given for this character.
Trivia
- Dawn reads the title card.
- 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 ga, kare rinima neru yo, Kontesuto "Pokémon, oh they spin beautifully; that is a Contest."
- The next episode preview is narrated by Ash.
- In the dub, Misdreavus's name is pronounced "Mis-DREE-vus". It had been pronounced "MIS-dri-vus" while Template:4Kids was dubbing the series.
Errors
- In one scene, Ash's shirt is not showing underneath his jacket.
Dub edits
In other languages
- Portuguese: Montando Um Ataque de Coordenadora!
- Italian: Che lo spettacolo abbia inizio! & Una parata di emozioni
- Iberian Spanish: Preparando el debut de una coordinadora.
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Coordinadores en Entrenamiento!
- Dutch: Jubilife Pokémon Wedstrijd!
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