Arrival of a Rival!
Diamond And Pearl
| EP# | English title Japanese title | Air Date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| J# | E# | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 480 | 476 | "Arrival of a Rival!" (Contest Battle! Rival Confrontation!!) "Kontesuto Batoru! Raibaru Taiketsu!!" (コンテストバトル！ライバル対決!!) | December 14, 2006 | June 21, 2007 | February 19, 2008 |
| Ash, Dawn, Jessie, and Zoey all successfully make it past the first round. But Ash loses against Zoey in the second round and then, Dawn loses against Zoey in the semifinals. Jessie goes to the final round and loses to Zoey there. Dawn then get upset and tells her mother, who only tells her she should talk to her friends and not her all the time, so Dawn agrees. They then head to Oreburgh City to see Ash's first Gym Battle. | |||||
