DP162

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Playing the Performance Encore!

DP162   EP628 ダブルバトル！ＶＳプラスル・マイナン！！ Double Battle! VS Prasle & Minun!!

First broadcast Japan February 4, 2010 United States July 3, 2010

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening サイコー・エブリディ！ Ending ドッチ～ニョ？

Credits Animation OLM/OLM Digital Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

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Playing the Performance Encore! (Japanese: ダブルバトル！ＶＳプラスル・マイナン！！ Double Battle! VS Prasle & Minun!!) is the 162nd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 628th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 4, 2010 and will air in the United States on July 3, 2010.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Dawn and Ursula have made it past the first round and must now face each other in battle. But, Ursula has a secret plan for Plusle and Minun. Will Dawn be able to defeat Ursula and win her fifth and final ribbon?

Major events

• "Jessilina" is knocked out of the Daybreak Contest by Ursula.
• Dawn's Cyndaquil is entered for the first time in a contest.
• Dawn's Cyndaquil and Mamoswine perfect the Flame Ice combo.
• Dawn defeats Ursula in the finals and wins her fifth ribbon, completing her requirement for the Grand Festival.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Marian
• Mr. Contesta
• Mr. Sukizo
• Ursula
• Johanna
• Coordinators
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Cyndaquil (Dawn's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Plusle (Ursula's)
• Minun (Ursula's)
• Glameow (Johanna's)

Coordinators'

• Shroomish
• Weavile
• Lickilicky
• Ivysaur
• Togetic
• Slakoth
• Magcargo
• Stantler
• Mightyena
• Houndoom

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Unown
• This episode marks the first time that the main Coordinator of the anime won her fifth ribbon in a contest that isn't the final contest before the Grand Festival.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a Togetic in the anime other than the one that belonged to Misty.
• This episode is similar to Another One Gabites the Dust!, where:
  • Dawn, Ursula, and Jessie were the main coordinators.
  • Ursula beats Jessie prior to battling Dawn in the finals.
  • Dawn defeats Ursula just before time runs out.
• Music from Spell of the Unown, Pokémon Heroes, Destiny Deoxys, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, and The Rise of Darkrai are played in this episode. By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ was also used as background music as the battle between Dawn and Ursula was about to end.
• This episode first aired in both Japan and the United States only a week shy of a year since the episode in which Dawn obtained her previous ribbon, in which Ursula herself debuted.
• This episode marks Cyndaquil's first Contest, and, coincidentally, it aired in the same week that An Egg Scramble!, the episode when Cyndaquil was obtained, aired in America.
• While Dawn is watching Ursula's battle against Jessilina, a male coordinator next to her wears the same clothing that Giovanni is seen wearing in the anime: An orange tuxedo and a light tan shirt under. The only difference is that the coordinator is wearing a differently colored tie.

Errors

• Togetic was hit by Shadow Ball despite being a Normal-type.
• Mamoswine was hit by Spark and Charge Beam despite being a Ground-type.

Dub edits

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