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Tag! We're It...! (Japanese: 全員参加！タッグバトル!! All Members Participate! Tag Battle!!) is the 50th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on October 4, 2007 as part of a two-hour special alongside DP049, and in the United States on February 1, 2008.

The group enter a tag battle tournament where they must cooperate with a randomly chosen competitor to progress. While Brock and Dawn quickly become acquainted with their partners, Ash has to battle alongside Paul...

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Dawn is entry number 28 (given by Ash) and is partnered with the 9th entrant, Conway and his Slowking.
• Brock is entry number 16 and is partnered with the 21st entrant, Holly and her Wingull.
• Ash is entry number 15 and is partnered with the 5th entrant, Paul and his Chimchar.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Paul
• Conway (Seiyū: 三戸耕三 Kōzō Mito)
• Holly (Seiyū: 小笠原亜里沙 Arisa Ogasawara)
• Enta (Seiyū: 三宅健太 Kenta Miyake)
• Researcher (Seiyū: 仁科洋平 Yōhei Nishina)
• Elite Trainer (Seiyū: 逢坂　力 Chikara Ōsaka)
• Giant (Seiyū: 堂坂晃三 Kōzō Dōzaka)
• Trainer 1 (Seiyū: 阪口大助 Daisuke Sakaguchi*)
• Trainer 2 (Seiyū: 川上とも子 Tomoko Kawakami*)
• Audience

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Chimchar (Paul's)
• Elekid (Paul's)
• Slowking (Conway's)
• Wingull (Holly's; Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura)
• Koffing (unnamed trainer's)
• Scyther (unnamed trainer's)
• Yanma (unnamed trainer's)
• Bagon (unnamed trainer's)
• Rhydon (unnamed trainer's)
• Magmar (unnamed trainer's)
• In James's fantasy:
  • Cranidos
  • Mothim
  • Drifloon
  • Gastly
  • Glameow
  • Shieldon

Trivia

• This is part one of a three episode arc.
• This episode features the following pairings:

Ash and Paul with Pikachu and Chimchar

Dawn and Conway with Piplup and Slowking

Brock and Holly with Sudowoodo and Wingull

• The ending was omitted in the original broadcast, with the credits moved to the opening instead.
• Music from Pokémon Heroes and Jirachi: Wish Maker, and the instrumental version of Advance Adventure are used as background music.
• Dawn's partner, Conway, seems to have a crush on her.
• Conway appears to be based off of the Super Nerd Trainer class.
• Other than Pokémon League Conferences, this is the second time Ash and a rival participated in the same competition. The first time this happened was when Ash and Gary took part in an extreme Pokémon race where Ash won a Pokémon egg (Phanpy). This time, Ash and Paul take part and were teamed up together.
• This episode, along with DP051 and DP052 aired as a 90 minute special on Feburary 1st on Cartoon Network.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• Italian: Il torneo di doppi incontri & Spirito di squadra

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