DP124

This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

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Diamond & Pearl series

DP125 : Battling a Cute Drama! →

To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!

DP124   EP590 ポケモンピンポン大会！エテボースがんばる！！ Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament! Eteboth Does Her Best!!

First broadcast Japan April 23, 2009 United States September 12, 2009

English themes Opening ~Battle Cry~ (Stand Up!) Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハイタッチ！ Ending もえよ　ギザみみピチュー！

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

To Thine Own Pokémon Be True! (Japanese: ポケモンピンポン大会！エテボースがんばる！！ Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament! Eteboth Does Her Best!!) is the 124th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 590th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 23, 2009 and will air in the United States on September 12, 2009.

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

Major events

• Ash, Dawn, Barry and Jessie enter the Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament and end up being defeated.
• Barry leaves the group.
• Dawn gives her Ambipom to Ō for training to become a Ping Pong champion.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Barry
• Ō
• Max (flashback)
• Hakua
• Tournament participants
• Referees
• Audience

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Aipom (Ash's; flashback)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's; flashback)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Ambipom (Dawn's)
• Empoleon (Barry's)
• Shiftry (Ō's)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Farfetch'd
• Alakazam
• Marowak (Hakua's)
• Chikorita
• Hitmontop
• Grovyle
• Machamp
• Hariyama
• Gliscor
• Whismur
• Shuckle
• Azumarill
• Wooper
• Venonat
• Machop

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Happiny
• An instrumental version of A Small Thing is used as background music.
• The ending animation receives a minor change in this episode, as the Pikachu-colored Pichu is now surrounded by sparkles when it first appears similar to the games when a shiny Pokémon enters a battle.
• The dub title is based on William Shakespeare's poem, To Thine Own Self Be True.

Marowak's bone

• As Dawn is waiting in the hall of the Pokémon center, Nurse Joy exits the operating room and music from the Generation I gameboy games is heard.

Errors

• During the match between Dawn and Hakua, the end of Marowak's bone is colored brown instead of white.

Dub edits

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Diamond & Pearl series

DP125 : Battling a Cute Drama! →

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