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Arriving in Style! (Japanese: ヨスガコレクション！ポケモンスタイリストへの道!! Yosuga Collection! The Road to Becoming a Pokémon Stylist!!) is the 86th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 552nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 10, 2008 and in the United States on December 20, 2008.

Ash and his friends are back in Hearthome City. The gym is still closed. Disappointed, they soon find out about a Pokémon Styling contest. Everyone joins in but who will win?

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash and his friends have returned to Hearthome City to challenge the local Gym Leader who had been absent during their last visit. However, they hear that the Gym Leader is still gone, making Ash unable to have his Gym Battle. The group meets an Idol Pokémon Stylist called Paris and her Lopunny. Upon seeing Dawn's Buneary, the woman suggests her to enter the so-called "Pokémon Collection", a famous fashion show...

Major events

• Ash and friends return to Hearthome City.
• Ash is unable to battle the Hearthome City Gym Leader again.
• Ash, Dawn, and Jessie participate in the Hearthome Collection Contest.
• Dawn wins the Hearthome Collection Contest.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Lopunny

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Zoey (flashback)
• Nurse Joy
• Enta
• Paris
• Hermione
• Cocoa
• Other stylists
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Lopunny (Paris's)
• Mismagius (Cocoa's)
• Bellossom
• Chikorita
• Magikarp
• Toxicroak
• Roselia
• Arcanine

Trivia

• Details of this episode were made known in K-Zone, a children's magazine, before any official Japanese episode listing.
• Ash's Gliscor and Dawn's Swinub were added to the opening and ending.
• The outfit Ash and Pikachu wear for the Collection are based on Fūjin and Raijin, the Japanese gods of wind and thunder, respectively.
• The Toxicroak here is shown to be the same color as Saturn's Toxicroak.
• This was the last episode to air before Giratina and the Sky Warrior premiered in Japanese theaters.
• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew can be heard.
• Just like the last time they arrived at Hearthome, Fantina did not have a substitute trainer running the gym despite the fact that the Cerulean Gym was almost shut down due to there not being someone present to run the gym by the Pokémon Inspection Agency. However they might not have authority in the Sinnoh region for them to handle this issue.

Errors

• After Buneary touched Cocoa's dress, her feet are brown.

Dub edits

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