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Arrival of a Rival (Japanese: コンテストバトル！ライバル対決!! Contest Battle! Rival Confrontation!!) is the twelfth episode of Diamond & Pearl. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 14, 2006.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Zoey, Dawn, Ash and Jessie advance to the second round.
• Zoey defeats Ash's Aipom in the second round with Glameow.
• Zoey defeats Dawn's Buneary in the second round with Glameow.
• Zoey defeats Jessie, who is using James's Carnivine, in the second round with Glameow.
• Zoey obtains her second ribbon.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Zoey
• Nurse Joy
• Johanna
• Marian
• Contesta
• Sukizō
• Coordinators
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Misdreavus (Zoey's)
• Glameow (Zoey's)
• Glameow (Johanna's)
• Rhydon
• Azumarill
• Bidoof

Trivia

• Dawn reads the title card.
• Sir Aaron's theme from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew are used as background music.
• The two eyecatch shots switched places with each other.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Pokémon Contest Battle Round
• Pokémon senryū: ごふんかん　みせてしょうぶだ　コンテストバトル A five-minute battle for show, that is a contest battle.

Errors

When Aipom uses Swift, Zoey's Glameow is able to dodge it, despite Swift being a move that's sure to hit.

Dub edits

In other languages

• Italian: Una rivale per Lucinda & Una Gara mozzafiato

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