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* Dawn and Piplup underwent through the same experience when they [[DP001|first met]] in this episode, the same experience that helped Piplup trust Dawn.
* Dawn and Piplup underwent through the same experience when they [[DP001|first met]] in this episode, the same experience that helped Piplup trust Dawn.
* This episode is similar to ''[[EP051|Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden]]'', where [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] was in the process of evolving and ultimately decided not to evolve.
* This episode is similar to ''[[EP051|Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden]]'', where [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] was in the process of evolving and ultimately decided not to evolve.
 
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Revision as of 22:38, 5 August 2009

These donuts are great! This article is about an episode of the Pokémon anime that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.
DP121
Diamond & Pearl series
DP123
Stopped in the Name of Love
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DP122   EP588
進化!その時ポッチャマは!?
Evolution! This Time for Pochama!?
First broadcast
Japan April 2, 2009
United States September 5, 2009
English themes
Opening ~Battle Cry~ (Stand Up!)
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening ハイタッチ!
Ending もえよ ギザみみピチュー!
Credits
Animation Team Iguchi
Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita
Storyboard 小山賢 Masaru Koyama
Assistant director 小山賢 Masaru Koyama
Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura
Additional credits

Stopped in the Name of Love (Japanese: 進化!その時ポッチャマは!? Evolution! This Time for Pochama!?) is the 122nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 588th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 2, 2009, as part of a one-hour special along with DP121 and will air in the United States on September 5, 2009.

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Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Continuing to the next town, Dawn's Piplup starts displaying signs of evolution. The gang then meet up with Kenny and Barry, and their respective Prinplup and Empoleon. Dawn and Piplup are faced with a dilemma as to whether it is right to evolve, but before they can decide, Team Rocket attacks, hoping to capture the evolutionary line.

Major events

  • Ash and his friends meet up with Barry and Kenny again.
  • The gang learns about an upcoming Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament which Barry is planning to enter.
  • Piplup begins to evolve, but chooses not to.
  • Dawn gives her Piplup an Everstone that she got from Nurse Joy, to prevent its evolution.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Trivia

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Piplup on another web
  • Darkrai and Giratina replace Dialga and Palkia respectively in their appearance before and after the preview of the next episode.
  • Dawn and Piplup underwent through the same experience when they first met in this episode, the same experience that helped Piplup trust Dawn.
  • This episode is similar to Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden, where Ash's Bulbasaur was in the process of evolving and ultimately decided not to evolve.

Errors

Dub edits

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DP121
Diamond & Pearl series
DP123
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