Friendship Festival

The setting of the contest

The Friendship Festival (Japanese: ウォーターフェスティバル・みんな友達！みずタイプポケモン仲良しコンテスト Water Festival - We're All Friends! Water-type Pokémon Friendship Contest) is an animated series-exclusive competition that takes place in Slateport City. The festival was featured in The Cuteness Quotient! and is loosely based on Pokémon Contests. Only younger children are allowed to enter the competition.

Competition

Each contestant, accompanied by a Water-type Pokémon, must perform with an appeal to the beauty of their Pokémon. The winner receives a trophy. Other competitors may also receive a special award trophy based on certain circumstances.

Known contestants

Jinny holding her trophy

Contestant	Place
Jinny	Special award*
Marin	Unknown*
Tito	Unknown

Pokémon entered in the contest

Jinny

Feebas → Milotic

Marin

Seaking

Tito

Corsola

Other competitors

Piplup

Starmie

Pyukumuku

Azurill

Trivia

• In the games and Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, Slateport City is one of the cities or towns in Hoenn where Pokémon Contests are held.

In other languages

Language Title Czech Slavnosti přátelství Finnish Ystävyysjuhlat Italian Festival dell'amicizia Polish Festiwal Przyjaźni Brazilian Portuguese Festival da amizade

Animated series-exclusive Pokémon competitions

Multiregional Grand Festival • Pokémon Baccer World Cup • Pokémon League Conference • PokéRinger • Wallace Cup World Coronation Series (Masters Eight Tournament) Kanto Aura Guardian Festival • Beach Beauty and Pokémon Costume Contest • Big P Pokémon Race • Indigo Plateau Conference Kanto Grand Festival • Magikarp High Jump Competition • P1 Grand Prix • Pokémon Grand Eating Contest • Pokémon Orienteering Queen of the Princess Festival Johto Extreme Pokémon Race • Fire and Rescue Grand Prix • Grass Tournament • Mareep Festival • Pokémon Balloon Race Pokémon Beauty Contest • Rock and Tumble One-on-One Tauros Competition • Running of the Tauros Seaking Catching Competition • Silver Conference • Sumo Conference • Sunflora Festival • Tour de Alto Mare • Whirl Cup Hoenn Battle Frontier Flute Cup • Crossgate PokéRinger • Ever Grande Conference • Friendship Festival • Hoenn Grand Festival Marine Athletic Race • Trick House Contest Sinnoh Croagunk Festival • Festival Battle Challenge • Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition • Hearthome Collection Lily of the Valley Conference • Pokémon Dress-Up Contest • Pokémon Iceberg Race • Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament Pokémon Summer Academy • Pokémon Triathlon • Sinnoh Grand Festival • Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle • Squallville PokéRinger Unova Club Battle • Clubsplosion • Eindoak Harvest Festival • Pokémon Performance Competition • Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup Pokéstar Studios Film Competition • Subway Bosses' Stamp Rally • Vertress Conference • Wishing Bell Festival Decolore Marine Cup Tournament • Pokémon Sumo Tournament • Scalchop King Competition Kalos Lumiose Conference • Poké Puff Contest • Pokémon Showcase • Pokémon Sky Relay • Pokémon Summer Camp Alola Alola Bread Festival • Charjabug race • Manalo Conference‎‎ • Pokémon Catch Adventure Race • Pokémon Pancake Race Pokémon Ping-Pong tournament • Pokémon Sled Jump Games • Vikavolt race Galar All-Alcremie Decoration Challenge Paldea Elite Four Tag Battle Unknown Pigton Town Multi Battle Tournament • Pokémon Catch Race

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