DP123

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DP123

DP123   EP589 ポケモンコンテスト！タツナミ大会!! Pokémon Contest! Tatsunami Tournament!!

First broadcast Japan April 16, 2009 United States

English themes Opening 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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka 山本珠代 Tamayo Yamamoto Assistant director 細谷秋夫 Akio Hosoya Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda Additional credits

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(Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト！タツナミ大会!! Pokémon Contest! Tatsunami Tournament!!) is the 123rd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 589th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 16, 2009.

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

Synopsis

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Major events

• Kenny defeats Dawn and wins the Tatsunami Contest and his fourth ribbon.
• Ash, Dawn, and Barry prepare for the Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament.
• Ambipom discovers her talent for ping pong.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Marian
• Raoul Contesta
• Mr. Sukizo
• Nurse Joy
• Kenny
• Barry

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Aipom (Ash's) (flashback)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Prinplup (Kenny's)
• Machoke (Kenny's)
• Gabite (Urara's) (flashback)
• Gastrodon
• Haunter
• Vulpix
• Drowzee
• Stunky
• Flareon
• Seedot
• Bronzong
• Smoochum

Trivia

• This is the first episode in which Kenny is seen obtaining a ribbon on-screen. All others were shown on television.

Errors

• During the second round battles, Ambipom uses Double Hit on a Haunter.

Dub edits

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