DP177

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DP177   EP643 決戦！ヒカリＶＳノゾミ！！ Decisive Battle! Hikari VS Nozomi!!

First broadcast Japan May 20, 2010 United States

English themes Opening Ending

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

Credits Animation Team Kato 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 No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: 決戦！ヒカリＶＳノゾミ！！ Decisive Battle! Hikari VS Nozomi!!) is the 177th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 643rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 20, 2010.

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Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis While the Grand Festival continues, Dawn and Zoey make it to the final round. Can Dawn beat her rival and win the Grand Festival or will she suffer yet another defeat?

Major events

• Zoey's Kirlia is revealed to have evolved into a Gallade.
• Zoey defeats Dawn in the final round of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
• After Dawn's loss, Jessie decides to give up on contests, throwing away her Jessilina dress.
• Dawn returns the ribbon that Johanna gave her at the start of her journey.
• Ash learns that Sunyshore Gym is fully repaired and Volkner is ready for their Gym Battle.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Gallade

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Marian
• Mr. Contesta
• Mr. Sukizo
• Fantina
• Zoey
• Johanna
• Nurse Joy
• Kenny
• Nando
• Ursula
• Princess Salvia
• Freesia
• Lila
• Candice
• Jeremiah
• Snowpoint Trainers' School students
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Cyndaquil (Dawn's)
• Togekiss (Dawn's)
• Glameow (Zoey's)
• Gallade (Zoey's)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Gligar
• This episode marks a year since Ash last earned a Gym Badge, by far the longest period between Gym Badge wins in the series.

Dub edits

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