DP011

Mounting a Coordinator Assault File:HikariContestDebut.jpg

DP011   ヒカリ！コンテストデビュー!! Hikari! Contest Debut!!

First broadcast Japan December 7, 2006 United States June 20, 2007

English themes Opening Diamond and Pearl

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜

Credits Animation Team Iguchi 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

Screenshots on Filb.de

Mounting a Coordinator Assault (Japanese: ヒカリ！コンテストデビュー!! Hikari! Contest Debut!!) is the eleventh episode of Diamond & Pearl. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 7, 2006.

Dawn is eager to participate in her first contest and meets Zoey, another girl, whom she instantly strikes a rivalry with. However, Ash's Aipom is also very eager to enter the contest, so Ash enters as well. Will Ash end up stealing Dawn's thunder?

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

Major events

• Ash participates in an official Pokémon contest for the first time. (He previously entered an unofficial contest in Once More with Reeling.)
• Dawn participates in a Pokémon contest for the first time.
• Zoey, Jessie, Ash and Dawn compete in the first round with Misdreavus, Carnivine, Aipom and Piplup, respectively.

Debuts

• Zoey

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Zoey
• Johanna
• Marian
• Nurse Joy
• Contesta
• Sukizo

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Starly (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Bonsly (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Glameow (Zoey's)
• Misdreavus (Zoey's)
• Glameow (Johanna's)
• Rapidash
• Beautifly
• Buizel
• Bidoof

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• Dawn reads the title card.
• Music from Jirachi: Wish Maker, an instrumental version and the ballad instrumental version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ are used as background music.
• Professor Oak's lecture: Pokémon Contest Appeal Round
• Pokémon senryū: ポケモンが　かれいにまわるよ　コンテスト Pokemon ga, kare rinima neru yo, Kontesuto "Pokémon, oh they spin beautifully; that is a contest."
• The next episode preview is narrated by Ash.
• This is the second episode to use the word "Assault" in Pokémon, the first being in "The Joy Of Pokémon".
• In the dub, Misdreavus' name is pronounced "Mis-DREE-vus" rather than "MIS-dri-vus", the way the 4Kids dub pronounced it. It's possible that Pokémon USA may fix this error sometime.
• Most fans say that Misdreavus used Shock Wave only on the dub, but in Japanese it used the same move.

Errors

File:DP11 error.jpg

Ash's missing shirt.

• In one scene, Ash's shirt is not showing underneath his jacket.

Dub edits

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