Version 2
Top - Down Training!
Diamond And Pearl
| EP# | English title Japanese title | Air Date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 508 | 504 | "Top-Down Training" (Champion - Shirona Appears!!) "Chanpion, Shirona Tōjō!!" (チャンピオン・シロナ登場!!) | July 19, 2007 | December 8, 2007 | April 24, 2008 |
| Ash and his friends encounter Cynthia, Champion of the Sinnoh's Elite Four, just as she is about to begin a battle with Ash's rival, Paul. Paul reveals that he has been competing in four regions, and shows his very first Pokémon - Torterra, having evolved from his Turtwig. Paul pits his Chimchar, Weavile, Murkrow and Torterra against Cynthia's Garchomp but easily loses. | |||||
