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(Japanese: エイパムとブイゼル！それぞれの道!! Eipam and Buoysel! Respective Roads!!) is the 55th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on November 22, 2007.

Ash and his friends meets Zoey again during their journey, and from Zoey, Dawn learns that the next Contest will be held in Solaceon Town. Together with Zoey, Dawn begins the Contest training. However, her Buizel seems to be more interested in Ash's battle training and thus can't set its mind on Dawn's training; meanwhile Ash's Aipom appears to have a similar problem in Ash's training because it tends to be more interested in Dawn's Contest training. Then Zoey proposes that Ash and Dawn try exchanging the two Pokémon as a trade...

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Dawn learns that the next contest will be held in Solaceon Town.
• Ash and Dawn trade their Aipom and Buizel.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Zoey
• Kenny (on TV)
• Marion (on TV)
• Contesta (on TV)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's; traded to Dawn)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Buizel (Dawn's; traded to Ash)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Glameow (Zoey's)
• Prinplup (Kenny's)
• Ponyta, traded between two trainers
• Munchlax, traded between two trainers

Trivia

• Professor Oak's lecture: Shellos
• The first ending theme of Pokémon Sunday, Hello! Thank You!, plays when Aipom and Buizel battle Team Rocket.
• James's Cacnea was removed from both the opening and ending animations to correspond with the events of the previous episode.

Errors

Dub edits

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