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Dawn's Early Night!

DP049   EP515 ポケモンコンテスト！ヨスガ大会！！ Pokémon Contest! Yosuga Convention!!

First broadcast Japan October 4, 2007 United States January 26, 2008

English themes Opening Diamond and Pearl 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 牧野行洋 Yukihiro Makino Assistant director 秦義人 Yoshito Hata Animation director 木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de Early reports credited Yukihiro Makino as both storyboarder and assistant director.

Dawn's Early Night! (Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト！ヨスガ大会！！ Pokémon Contest! Yosuga Convention!!) is the 49th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 515th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 4, 2007 as part of a two-hour special alongside Tag! We're It!, and in the United States on January 26, 2008.

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

Synopsis

Ash and his friends race through Hearthome City to the Gym, Ash excited at the opportunity to win his third badge. Staravia darts ahead as Ash’s group leaves Dawn and Brock behind. At the doors, they run into Nando, informing them that the Gym Leader isn't present. The news upsets Ash as he slams into the door. They notice a Kricketune, which belongs to Nando, as Ash checks it with his Pokédex. It's musical nature imitation serves as the ideal Pokémon for Nando.

Brock notices a note on the door as Nando recites what it says: the Gym Leader is out and won't be back for a while. Nando mentions the Hearthome Tag Battle and suggests that they enter it instead. Ash is eager to get in, and Brock also agrees. Nando has decided to enter the Contest instead, which reminds Dawn that she needs to register.

As Nando and Dawn walk to the contest hall, Dawn finds out that he still has one ribbon and one badge. Dawn knows that it has been some time since the Floaroma Contest, but thanks to Zoey's help, she is confident about the Double Performance. At the contest hall, Zoey relaxes with her Pokémon as Dawn and Nando find her, Zoey's leg fully healed from her injury. Nando meets Zoey for the first time, but when Nando reveals his decision to participate in both contests and Gym battles, it draws criticism from Zoey. Meanwhile, Jessie puts on her Jessilina disguise and trains with Dustox and Seviper, but decides to use Mime Jr. in the performance instead.

At the center, Dawn checks on her Pokémon, confident about the Contest. Still she feels nervous about the event. Zoey meets up with Ash and the others, mentioning the tag battle. Dawn thanks Zoey about her help, but starts to demonstrate overconfidence and less on her Pokémon.

The next day, the Hearthome contest begins as the stadium roof opens, letting the sunshine in as Marian discusses the format about the upcoming Contest. The first round double performance leads off with Nando's Sunflora and Kricketune. Sunflora's GrassWhistle and Kricketune's Sing combined with Nando's harp dazzle the audience with the awesome tunes. The performance gets Zoey's respect as Nando earns high marks.

Other coordinators take their turns, as Dawn is still confident despite many high-experience coordinators. Her turn arrives as she takes the stage with Pachirisu and Piplup. Pachirisu launches Sweet Kiss while Piplup encases the attack with BubbleBeam. Pachirisu uses Discharge as Piplup uses Whirlpool, the electricity causing the whirlpool to dissipate in a flash of sparkles. She gets positive reviews, while her mother watches from home intently.

Jessie takes her turn, sending out Mime Jr. and Cacnea. Cacnea uses Needle Arm, which Mime Jr. Mimics before using Tickle on Jessie as both Cacnea and Mime Jr. hug and tickle Jessie, her spinning around the stage. The unique experience gets Dawn's attention but actually creeps out Ash and Brock. Cacnea then fires Pin Missile, which Mime Jr. mimics, into the sky and creating fireworks.

Jessie gets a very high score as Zoey then takes the stage with Glameow and Shellos. Shellos fires Mud Bomb as Glameow's Iron Tail breaks the attack. Glameow taps into Secret Power, which creates a paralyzing light as on the stage. Glameow then prepares Shadow Claw to create a sparkle from the Secret Power. Shellos than launches Water Pulse, surrounding Glameow as it uses its claws to split the Water Pulse, causing the water to then rebound on itself and create a dazzling sparkle. Her performance also gets a great score.

The first round ends as the results are calculated. Backstage, Dawn brushes Buneary as Pachirisu eats a Poffin, Dawn confident that she passed, even predicting that her and Zoey will be in the finals. The results are then announced as the eight Coordinators are posted one by one. Nando and Zoey take the top two and three. Other Coordinators are posted, leaving only one spot left, as Jessie and Dawn watch. The eighth Coordinator to pass is not Dawn, but Jessie. Dawn is clearly upset as her friends notice, even her mother back in Twinleaf. Jessie is ecstatic at passing as Dawn's Pokémon try to cheer her up, as does Ash and her friends. Dawn is still clearly upset, even angry, as she gets up and runs out of the room. Zoey suggest that they leave her be for the moment as Dawn runs outside and lets out a scream of agony. Meanwhile, Jessie and Nando wind up battling as Nando's Kricketune easily takes out Jessie's Seviper and Dustox, depleting all her points and sending Nando to the finals.

Backstage, Dawn gets back into her travel clothes as she heads out, Ash and Brock informing Dawn that the final round will pit Nando against Zoey. Ash and his friends watch as the crowd bustles with excitement. The scene then jumps to the following night. Ash and Brock talk to Johanna over the telephone, as she knows that both Dawn and Zoey are upset, since Nando managed to beat Zoey in the final round. Johanna decides to let Dawn talk to Zoey instead of her since they both can sympathize with one another. On the balcony, Zoey reveals her respect for Nando and her inspiration. Dawn's talk with Zoey helps put down her depression.

Major events

• Ash learns that the Hearthome City Gym Leader is away.
• Nando is revealed to have captured a Kricketune.
• The gang meet up with Zoey and Nando who are both also entering the Hearthome Contest.
• Ash and Brock decide to enter the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition after learning about it from Nando.
• Dawn loses in the Appeals Round.
• Nando defeats Jessie and Zoey and wins his second ribbon.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Zoey
• Nando
• Johanna
• Marian
• Contesta
• Sukizo
• Pokémon Coordinators
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Buizel (Dawn's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Glameow (Zoey's)
• Glameow (Johanna's)
• Misdreavus (Zoey)
• Shellos (Zoey's)
• Roselia (Nando's)
• Sunflora (Nando's)
• Kricketune (Nando's)
• Psyduck
• Duskull
• Solrock
• Lunatone
• Smoochum
• Steelix
• Chansey
• Cubone
• Marowak
• Teddiursa
• Stantler
• Furret
• Sunkern

Trivia

• Paul's Torterra, Ursaring and Weavile have been added to the Japanese opening.
• The ending is omitted in the original Japanese broadcast, with the credits moved to the opening instead (scrolling from right to left).
• Music from Destiny Deoxys, Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, the instrumental version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ and its ballad version are used as background music.
• This marks the second time that a main character lost in the appeal round. The only previous time took an extreme amount of ignorance on the part of Jessie.
• This episode is the first time Sinnoh's Pokémon Contests are referred to as Super Contests in the anime.
• The episode's dub title is a slight corruption of a lyric from The Star-Spangled Banner. This is the second time such a reference is used, after O'er the Rampardos we Watched.
• Fantina wasn't at the Gym in this episode and it did not have a replacement, despite the fact that leaving the Gym without a suitable replacement was one of the things that the Pokémon Inspection Agency can shut down a Gym for. However, they might not have authority in the Sinnoh region for them to handle this issue.

Errors

• During Dawn and Zoey's conversation, Piplup's 'cape' was colored light blue.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		神奇寶貝華麗大賽！緣之大會！！
Czech		Dawnin neúspěch
Dutch		De snelle wedstrijd van Dawn!
Finnish		Dawnin pettymys
European French		Aurore à l'aube d'une éventuelle victoire !
German		Geplatzte Träume!
Italian		La Gara di doppia performance
Polish		Nie mów hop, Dawn
Portuguese	Brazil	Um dia ruim para Dawn!
	Portugal	Uma Noita Má para a Dawn!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Una lección para Dawn!
	Spain	¡La temprana decepción de Maya!

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