DP027

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DP027   決戦！ポッチャマVSポッタイシ!! Decisive Battle! Pochama vs. Pottaishi!!

First broadcast Japan April 5, 2007 United States September 8, 2007

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 (PopUp.Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Assistant director 小山賢 Masaru Koyama Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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Settling a Not-So-Old Score! (Japanese: 決戦！ポッチャマVSポッタイシ!! Decisive Battle! Pochama vs. Pottaishi!!) is the 27th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on April 5, 2007 as part of a two-hour special with DP026.

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

Synopsis

With dawns pokemon contest coming to its end she is pit up against her childhood friend, Kenny. Its Piplup vs Prinplup... But who will win?

Major events

• Dawn wins her first contest ribbon.
  • Dawn beats Jessie's Dustox with her Piplup in the quarterfinals of the contest.
  • Dawn narrowly beats Kenny's Prinplup in the finals.

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Marian
• Contesta
• Sukizō
• Nurse Joy
• Kenny
• Johanna
• Coordinators
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Prinplup (Kenny's)
• Alakazam (Kenny's)
• Nidoking
• Magneton
• Koffing (Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*)
• Magmar
• Sneasel
• Sealeo
• Solrock
• Bagon
• Kricketune
• Buizel

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and a reduced cut of Ready Go! are used as background music.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: James's Carnivine
  • Pokémon senryū: マスキッパ　きょうもはらぺこ　すきっぱら Muskippa is also starving today: empty stomach.

Dub edits

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