PS342
| Series | Pokémon Adventures |
| Location | Oreburgh City |
A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium/VS. Cranidos (Japanese: VSズガイドス VS. Zugaidos or ヒョウタとクロガネジム Hyouta and the Kurogane Gym) is the 342nd round of the Diamond & Pearl arc in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
Plot
The chapter begins with Diamond and Pearl preparing to help Platinum train Piplup for it's upcoming battle with Roark. Roark returns to the mines, and impresses his mining crew with the fossils he found.Platinum appears and asks Roark for a battle. They agree on to battle in two days time.Pearl comments on how strong willed Piplup is and decides to help Platinum train. Platinum comments on her knowledge of type compatibilities, but claims that reading and experiencing are two different things.Diamond starts practice battling with Platinum in preparation for the upcoming gym battle. They the assign Platinum and Piplup a training regimen to help prepare.
The next day, the group arrives at the Oreburgh Gym. A trainer challenges Platinum to a battle, Diamond and Pearl get kicked out of the gym by a statue for giving Platinum advice, and eating and drinking inside the gym. Diamond stands on Peral's shoulders in order to watch the battle through the window. Meanwy, Platinum has defeated all of the trainers, and is starting her battle with Roark. Roark starts the match using his Cranidos's shock wave attack. Roark substitutes Cranidos for Onix, while Platinum substitutes Piplup for Ponyta. Onyx uses Double Edge and Stealth Rock. Platinum is forced to substitute Piplup in, who instantly uses Water Gun to force Onyx out of the battle. Roark is sure that he has won, and has Cranidos use Double Team to prevent Piplup from hitting it. Seeing this, Diamond and Pearl start their comedy routine, giving Platinum a hint to confuse Cranidos. Roark has Cranidos use Zen Headbutt, but Piplup uses Water Pulse and confuses Cranidos. Cranidos knocks itself out, making Platinum the winner. Roark gives Platinum the coal badge, and Piplup regains it's confidence. The chapter ends with Pearl mentioning his father.
Major events
- Platinum starts training her Piplup.
- Roark battles against Platinum.
- Platinum wins the battle and receives a Coal Badge for defeating Roark.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Cameos
Pokémon
- Munchlax (Lax ;Diamond's)
- Turtwig (Tru/Wig; Diamond's)
- Chatot (Chatler/Chahiko; Pearl's)
- Chimchar (Chimler/Chimhiko; Pearl's)
- Ponyta (Platinum's)
- Piplup (Platinum's)
- Cranidos (Roark's)
- Onix (Roark's)
- Geodude (Youngster's)
Trivia
- A snippet of this round was included in VIZ Media's San Diego Comic Con 2011 sampler sampler.
Errors
- In the Chuang Yi translation, Pomeg Berry is incorrectly referred as Rowap Berry.
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