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Pruning a Passel of Pals! (Japanese: 激闘！ それぞれのバトル！！ Fierce Fighting! Respective Battles!!) is the 78th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on May 8, 2008 alongside Staging a Heroes Welcome as part of a one-hour special, and in the United States on September 27, 2008.

While taking a walk by Lake Valor, Ash and Pikachu see the shadow of a mysterious creature. The next day, the competitors progress through the battle rounds of the Wallace Cup.

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

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash, Dawn, Zoey, and May continue on for the Aqua Ribbon in the Wallace Cup.
• Ash encounters Template:P2 near Lake Valor.
• May's Bulbasaur evolved into a Venusaur during her travels in Johto.
• Ash loses in his second match of the battle round.
• May, Dawn, and Zoey advance to the semifinals.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• May's Venusaur

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• May
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Paul
• Zoey
• Kyle
• Wallace
• Max
• Norman
• Caroline
• Harley
• Drew
• Solidad
• Kenny

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Venusaur (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Wartortle (May's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Misdreavus (Zoey's)
• Shellos (Zoey's)
• Finneon (Zoey's)
• Lanturn (Kyle's)
• Mothim
• Crawdaunt (Kyle's)
• Exeggutor
• Pelipper
• Wailmer
• Mareep
• Kecleon
• Azelf
• Mesprit (flashback)

Trivia

• Ash encounters Azelf at Lake Valor, much like Dawn encountered Mesprit at Lake Verity in Following a Maiden's Voyage. Much speculation as to who will encounter Uxie is being made at the current time, with major candidates being Brock and Paul. During the episode, May tells of a story she heard about a mysterious, legendary Pokémon (likely to be Uxie) during her pitstop at Snowpoint City.
• Instead of Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture, the end of the episode featured a memorial to Pokémon 4Ever. This is part of a countdown to Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin.
• I Won't Lose! ~Haruka's Theme~, By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ and Battle Frontier (song) are used as insert songs during the appeal rounds for May, Dawn and Ash.
• It is revealed that Zoey is from Snowpoint City.

Errors

• In Dawn's first match, Buneary's capsule has a Bubble Seal, but then it changes to a Heart Seal when it opens.

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  The Bubble Seal.

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  The Heart Seal error.

Dub edits

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