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SS024   ヒカリ・新たなる旅立ち！ Hikari - Setting off on a New Journey!

First broadcast Japan February 3, 2011 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening 「サイコー・エブリディ！」（ＢＡＮＤ　ＶＥＲＳＩＯＮ） Ending 君の胸にＬａＬａＬａ

Credits Animation Unknown Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 大庭秀昭 Hideaki Ōba Assistant director 近橋伸隆 Nobutaka Chikahashi Animation director 木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: ヒカリ・新たなる旅立ち！ Hikari - Setting off on a New Journey!) is the first spin off of the Diamond and Pearl series of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 3, 2011 in a one hour special with SS025.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis After journeying with Ash, Dawn spent the days slowly in her hometown of Twinleaf. She dreams of being a Top Coordinator like her mom Johanna. This makes her determined to travel to a new region and begin training again. However, she was recently undecided about which of her Pokémon to take in her journey. With that predicament, Dawn goes to Professor Rowan's Lab. There she meets Shinko, a girl also worried about which Pokémon to take. Shinko faces a similar situation as Dawn starting out as a trainer for the first time. What's going to be the answer Dawn gets!?

Major events

• Dawn's Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava and learns Eruption.
• Dawn decides to leave Sinnoh with all of her Pokémon and compete in Pokémon Contests in Hoenn region.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Dawn's Quilava

Characters

Humans

• Dawn
• Shinko
• Professor Rowan
• Johanna
• Cara
• Izzy
• Yuzo
• Professor Rowan's assistants
• Citizens
• Wallace (flashback)

Pokémon

• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Cyndaquil (Dawn's; evolves)
• Quilava (Dawn's; newly evolved)
• Togekiss (Dawn's)
• Glameow (Johanna's)
• Umbreon (Johanna's)
• Turtwig (starter Pokémon)
• Chimchar (starter Pokémon)
• Piplup (starter Pokémon)
• Ariados (swarm)
• Ariados (Shiny)
• Cherubi
• Shinx
• Kricketot
• Shuckle
• Chingling
• Starly

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Lickitung
• Music from Pokémon Heroes and an instrumental version of Takeshi's Paradise are used as background music during this episode.
• This and SS025 are the first specials to air on the same timeslot as the main series.
• This marks the second time that Piplup is not able to use Hydro Pump due to Fake Out. The first time is in A Grand Fight for Winning.
• Dawns choice to go to Hoenn to compete in Pokémon contests mirrors Mays choice to go to Johto to compete.

Errors

• Glameow was able to use Fake Out even though it didn't use it as the first move of the battle.

Dub edits

← SS023 : Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Part Two)

Pokémon side stories

SS025 →

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