DP176

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DP176   EP642 セミファイナル！決勝へ進むのは！？ The Semi-Finals! Who is Heading to the Finals!?

First broadcast Japan May 13, 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 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation directors 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume 新城真 Makoto Shinjō No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Earlier reports only credited Kunihiko Natsume as animation director.

(Japanese: セミファイナル！決勝へ進むのは！？ The Semi-Finals! Who is Heading to the Finals!? ) is the 176th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 642nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 13, 2010.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis The Grand Festival continues, and the competition is really heating up as Dawn progresses into the semi-finals only to find herself paired up against none other than 'Jessilina'. While Dawn attempts to hold her nerve against the coordinator who (kind of) defeated her in the Lilypad Contest, Zoey finds herself in a similar situation as she faces the coordinator who defeated her in the Hearthome Contest... Nando.

At the festival, Zoey's Leafeon and Mismagius fights hard against Nando's Lopunny and Kricketune. They exchange blows, both losing points rapidly. But in the end Zoey edges out a win and advances to the final round. Afterwards, Dawn's Buneary and Cyndaquil easily beat Jessilina's Seviper and Carnivine. Jessie, having her dreams of being the famous Top Coordinator shattered, pinches Dawn's cheeks in anger but orders her to win the Festival. Dawn quickly thanks her, and the final stage of the Festival is ready to begin...

Major events

• Zoey's Misdreavus is revealed to have evolved into a Mismagius.
• Nando's Roselia is revealed to have evolved into a Roserade, while he is also revealed to have captured a Lopunny.
• Zoey and Dawn defeat Nando and Jessilina, respectively, and advance to the finals of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Marian
• Mr. Contesta
• Mr. Sukizo
• Fantina
• Zoey
• Nando
• Johanna
• Nurse Joy
• Sinnoh Now staff (fantasy)
  • Rhonda
  • Jack
  • Cameraman
• Men (fantasy)
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Cyndaquil (Dawn's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Glameow (Zoey's)
• Leafeon (Zoey's)
• Mismagius (Zoey's)
• Gastrodon (Zoey's)
• Kricketune (Nando's)
• Lopunny (Nando's)
• Sunflora (Nando's)
• Roserade (Nando's)
• Glameow (Johanna's)
• Swablu
• Hoppip
• Skiploom
• Poliwag
• Venonat
• Cherubi
• Cherrim
• Oddish
• Caterpie
• Shroomish
• Drifloon
• Surskit
• Sentret
• Pidgey
• Hoothoot

Trivia

File:DP176 - Nerds from DP062.jpg

The nerds from DP062, in the right corner of the screenshot.

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Togepi
• Dawn and Zoey narrates the preview for the next episode.
• Two character of the days who appeared in Tanks For The Memories! make a reappearance in this episode in Jessie's fantasy.
• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew is used during this episode.
• This episode marks the first time in the anime that a main character has made it to the final of a major tournament (the furthest Ash has ever advanced in a tournament was when he made it to the Top 8 of both the Silver and Ever Grande Conferences, while the furthest May has been known to advance was when she made it to the Top 4 of the Kanto Grand Festival).

Errors

• When Nando is outside singing to all the Pokémon, two Cherrim appear in their Sunshine Form despite the fact it is dark outside.
  • Also, the pink petals on their heads are the wrong size (much smaller than usual).
• During the montage of battles leading up to the semi-finals, Zoey's Gastrodon's head is colored fully pink.
• Despite having being shown next to Marian mere seconds before, the Ribbon Cup was missing from the final shot of the episode.

Dub edits

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