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Getting the Pre-Contest Titters (Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト！ソノオ大会!! Pokémon Contest! Sonō Tournament!!) is the 26th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on April 5, 2007 as part of a one-hour special with DP027, and in the United States on September 1, 2007.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Dawn meets a childhood friend, Kenny, who has a Prinplup.
• Dawn, Kenny, and Jessie enter the Floaroma Pokémon Contest.
• Dawn's Piplup learns Whirlpool.

Debuts

• Kenny
• Kenny's Prinplup

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Marian
• Contesta
• Sukizō
• Nurse Joy
• Kenny
• Zoey (flashback)
• Coordinators
• Audience
• Children (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Prinplup (Kenny's)
• Glameow (Zoey's, flashback)
• Smeargle (nail salon's)
• Clefairy
• Magneton
• Rapidash
• Koffing
• Chansey
• Beautifly
• Sealeo
• Bidoof
• Kricketune

Trivia

• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and the instrumental version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ are used as background music.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: James's Mime Jr.
  • Pokémon senryū: かわいいね　マネネまねする　きみのマネ

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• Italian: Brividi pre-Gara & Amici e rivali
• Iberian Spanish: ¡Con los nervios previos al concurso!
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Nervios de concurso!
• Dutch: Opkomst van Kenny!

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