Dawn of a New Era!
Diamond And Pearl
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| 472 | 468 | "Dawn of a New Era!" (Pochama Versus Subomie! Hikari's First Battle!!) "Pocchama tai Subomī! Hikari Hatsu Batoru!!" (ポッチャマ対スボミー！ヒカリ初バトル!!) | October 5, 2006 | June 7, 2007 | February 7, 2008 |
| Ash and Dawn have started traveling together, but they are already having problems getting along with each other. On the road, Ash and Dawn constantly argue about who is better than the other in many ways. Wanting to get Ash to acknowledge her power, Dawn challenges a Pokémon minstrel by the name Nando to a battle. The two later find out that Nando is skilled and undecided about whether to challenge Gyms or Contests, causing Ash and Dawn to try and persuade him to challenge their preferred competitions. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that Nando decided to drop neither one side and chose to take both Gyms and Contests. | |||||
